Week 3 - August 18, 2017

Well it was the last full week at the MTC today. It's been another awesome week! To start off I got to see Kastle my HEFY counselor at the MTC tour and that was awesome! Along with that we have been teaching some more investigators here. Me and my companion teach four right now, and have two committed to baptism! So I leave on Wednesday to go to Philadelphia at 3:30am...yeet. Some other awesome stuff that has been happening is we've had TWO other apostles come to the MTC to talk to us! We had M. Russell Ballard, and Neil L Anderson come! So awesome!! Also my district has been able to go to the teaching center and teach people all over the world either on the phone or though online chatting. Dang there was some FUNNY stuff that happened in there! We had one person who said we were a false religion because Mormons believe that you need to follow the example of Jesus Christ by serving people and doing what he would do. This person said that you don't have to do anything, but you can just do whatever you want in this life, and be saved in the next life...I mean that is probably the worst argument I've ever heard. Then this other person came online and said the devil was coming into his dreams and trying to beat him in a game of chess, I told him that I could pray for him over the chat, and he said that if I did that I would be possessed to. Then I had to explain the evil can't be in the presence of Christ, and he still wouldn't believe us, and eventually just left. There are so many other awesome ones like that! These weeks at the MTC have made my testimony of this gospel so much stronger. I know Christ died for our sins, and that all we have to do is follow his example and repent through his atonement so we can live with God again. This gospel is true, and I'll say that 'till the day I die, I see the change it brings to people I've taught, and the way it affects my life. No amount of convincing people try to do against this church can change that because I already KNOW it's true, and I want everyone to know that. That's why I'm on this mission!! Also, me and Ethan White (Elder White) get to Philly the same day! Can't wait to see that dude, we gots lots to catch up on! I miss y'all.
Elder Carlson