Today we went to the Temple which is only a block from the MTC. oh my goodness!!! it is BEAUTIFUL! We were able to do a session and take a tour through the Temple. Sister Smith, a teacher said that they normally don't give tours, but the coordinator for the day was once the MTC President that he has a soft spot for the missionaries. The baptism font was INCREDABLE. I couldn't pick my jaw from the ground, it truely was a treat/delight to see. It is and will forever be my favorite baptismal font in the world.
A few facts about MTC life. There are only 30 missionaries here; 6 Sisters and 24 Elders. The Sisters are awesome. Sister Spencer has our Random fact of the day. I've learned that on average people lose 50-100 hairs a day. I tested the theory the next day...I only counted about 30. There are 140 million types of Spiders in the world and 40 million of them are poisionous and only three of them live in the United States! and I learned about black holes today. Sister Spencer is our dictionary! Sister Olsen, oh dear so much to say about her. With Sister Olson it's more how she says things that make it funny! Sister Jones is quiet, Sister Brown is loud, outgoing, always laughing and is always the first to volunteer to anything and last Sister Schulze(German) is quiet, but tells the truth. The other night we were eating dinner and being girls we were talking about how we are fat and need to stop eating. We asked Sister Schulze if we ate too much and she replied 'yes' we all laughed because we knew it to be true. She is sweet and is always making sure we are ON TIME!!!
In case you were wondering all the teachers here are british and have an accent so hopefully I can pick some of it up. Well that's it for this week. My p-days are on tuesdays so the next update will probably come tuesdays or wednesdays!
Hope everything is going well
Sister Garlock
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
After the Long Flight
Why Hello Family,
10 hours later and i'm finally in the preston england mtc. it was a long and great flight. I always had someone to fly with. I met Sister Brown at the SLC airport. She is serving her misison in the Leeds, England Mission but we became good travel buddies. We met up with four other missionaries in chicago! it was great to see other missionaries. I love how you can spot missionaries from a mile away! hahaha
My first flight was only two hours long. I sat next to a guy named David who is a Lutheran. We talked the entire two hours. David loves learning about the history of things. Towards the end of our flight I had him read The Proclaimation to the World/Family. I mentioned that i want to be a stay at home mom and he said that when he looked for a wife that is the ONE thing he wanted (he is divorced and has twins). I told him that I got my inspiration from the procalimation to the world and it's what our church believes in. I had the young womens values marked and those were the sentences he found the most interesting. He was still showing interesting and asked if he could read...of course i said YES! he read the introduction, three witnesses, 8 witnesses and Joseph Smith experience. It was amazing! i got his information and i'm going to use it as a referral!!! AWESOME DAY!!!
Love you
Sister Garlock
10 hours later and i'm finally in the preston england mtc. it was a long and great flight. I always had someone to fly with. I met Sister Brown at the SLC airport. She is serving her misison in the Leeds, England Mission but we became good travel buddies. We met up with four other missionaries in chicago! it was great to see other missionaries. I love how you can spot missionaries from a mile away! hahaha
My first flight was only two hours long. I sat next to a guy named David who is a Lutheran. We talked the entire two hours. David loves learning about the history of things. Towards the end of our flight I had him read The Proclaimation to the World/Family. I mentioned that i want to be a stay at home mom and he said that when he looked for a wife that is the ONE thing he wanted (he is divorced and has twins). I told him that I got my inspiration from the procalimation to the world and it's what our church believes in. I had the young womens values marked and those were the sentences he found the most interesting. He was still showing interesting and asked if he could read...of course i said YES! he read the introduction, three witnesses, 8 witnesses and Joseph Smith experience. It was amazing! i got his information and i'm going to use it as a referral!!! AWESOME DAY!!!
Love you
Sister Garlock
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Letter Time!
If you find yourself saying "What should I do right now?" I am hear to tell you. I have a solution!
Send me a letter!
Sister Lisa Garlock
Scotland/Ireland Mission
51 Spylaw Road
Edinburgh
Scotland EH10 5BP
United Kingdom
Letters take TWO weeks to get to me so make sure you send it quick so i'm not reading old news.
Take Care!
Send me a letter!
Sister Lisa Garlock
Scotland/Ireland Mission
51 Spylaw Road
Edinburgh
Scotland EH10 5BP
United Kingdom
Letters take TWO weeks to get to me so make sure you send it quick so i'm not reading old news.
Take Care!
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Call
"Dear Sister Garlock:
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Scotland/Ireland Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months.
You should report to the England Missionary Training Center on Thursday, September 15th, 2011. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the English Language."
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