Ahhh things are happening! Home MTC started Wednesday this week and I’m really enjoying it. My district is starting to bond more and we’ve got some really funny sisters and elders. It’s crazy how many sisters there will be in the MTC when I get there! In my district we have 8 sisters and 4 elders. The majority will be sisters which is pretty wild because I remember when my sister Madi did home MTC she had 10 elders and 4 sisters in her district. Since the new age limit, sisters are coming in hot!
I met my companion too and she’s awesome! Her name is Sister Keller and she’s so sweet and has a strong testimony. She’s so funny and cracks me up all the time! (Even to the point of almost getting me in trouble on zoom in front of almost 300 other missionaries! jk kinda :) One miracle I’ve seen is we both have lots of things in common, we both went to BYUI during the fall and winter and she was in Animal Science so we both did Biology around the same time! We both love music and she’s so creative and has so many different artistic talents.
At home MTC we’ve been practicing approaching people and striking up conversations and bringing up the gospel with everyone we meet. It’s been challenging to practice my testimony and invite others to come to church or read scriptures but the more I do it with my district, I feel more confident and ready to go out! I’m really excited to go and start talking to people.
For this last week at home I’ve been trying to soak it up being with my family and doing the things I love one last time including playing saxophone this last week before I go out into the mission field. That’s been really fun but I’ll miss the sax! I have been really lucky and blessed with my mission president because he’s going to let me bring my violin on the mission. I also had the opportunity to play piano during class breaks and for those of you that know me well, I can’t play piano and so I’ve had some free time to get on our piano and learn a little. Even though my hands and fingers ache, it’s been great learning the chords and going through my favorite hymns.
Lastly, I’ll miss everyone and feel free to email me and let me know how things are going! I’ll try to get back to emails on my p day which I think will be Monday or Tuesday in the mission field. I love you guys and thanks for all your support! Also me and my mom were able to go out and take my mission photos.
Love, sister Hodges
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