Graduate Missionaries at Work

This truly taxes an individual.  First finding the time to continue entering blog posts, thinking of what is worth writing about and keeping foremost in our minds . . .the purpose of this blog.  Since we are unclear of it's purpose, we choose to write about those things that are important to us and not quite personal journal items.
We wanted to add some of those special events from our MTC experience.
The instruction portion of our MTC experience proved to be an awesome one.  We received new tools and names to existing tools we have used in our years of teaching and we were oblivious that they were tools and they had names.  Our testimonies grew when we met our instructors for Preach My Gospel.  Sister Reese and Brother Wood III.  There they stood before us, two graduate missionaries that have chosen to work at the MTC helping others develop their skills in bringing others unto Christ by teaching by the Spirit.  They are amazing as they patiently put with the ramblings of senior missionaries; lovingly keeping us on task, and ultimately causing us to stretch ourselves spiritually and learn to boldly open our mouths to speak truth; then stop and let the Holy Ghost complete the teaching.  When this process is done correctly, there is conversion.  There was an entire army of these awesome graduate missionaries doing all they could to teach others.  Sister Reese and Brother Wood III were chosen to teach our district. As we shied away from teaching investigators (not real investigators, just individuals posing as investigators) and objecting to this assignment after just 2 classes,  they just smiled and encouraged and informed us that we would do this.  They did it so lovingly that it was after the class ended before we realized that they had parented us!  It really was for our own good.  We thoroughly enjoyed their teaching and felt the Spirit very strongly in their classes. Getting to know them personally was also fun as we got to know they were human.  Brother Wood III was in the process of planning a proposal to the special young woman in his life and asked for our input (think he was humoring us).  He should be floating now because he was supposed to propose the weekend after we left the MTC.

Sister Reese (AM teacher-she's the young one) with our Preach My Gospel District

Bro. Wood III (PM teacher) and our Preach My Gospel District

Even when we goofed up, they made us feel good.  We were taught, given homework assignments, challenged to look deep within ourselves to understand the Holy Ghost so we would know how to teach by the Spirit.  These words remain inadequate to explain the experience.  We know each of you can relate through the Spirit because you have experienced the Holy Ghost in your life.