Elder Wold's first letter home!

Here is the 39th branch. Adam is definitely easy to find!

Wolds,

Hi there! So Saturdays are my P day here at the MTC so I can write you today. Wow. That's all I have to say. Just wow. The first day I got here, I'll be honest, was very overwhelming and kind of intimidating. We were handed a lot of booklets and pamphlets and this and that and then taken right to our residence to drop off our stuff. After dropping everything off, we went straight to a fireside/meeting in which all the new MTC arrivals were present. What a powerful meeting! You could feel the Spirit as we sang together in one accord Hymn 256 "As Zion's Youth in Latter Days" with so much power. For that hour or so of the fireside, all feelings of fear and worry were no where to be found. Anyway, after the fireside and dinner, I got to meet up with my companion, Elder Hall, as well as meet my awesome room mates, Elder Wright, Elder Taylor and Elder Otten. We're all going to Oklahoma together and we've really started to bond! Thursday we got to meet up with the rest of our district which was awesome! All of us, including the sisters have grown comfortable with each other, which amazes me with how well we as missionaries can bond in just three days of knowing each other. I feel like I've known some of these guys for weeks! 

Now with class, we go with our district. There are three districts in our zone and we have done some stuff together, but for the majority of the time, we stick with our district. The classes are very long, to say the least. There is a lot to learn in three weeks so there was no waiting around. We are already role playing and we get to teach investigators next week. I have grown to love the classes and all the time we spend in the scriptures and preach my gospel. Of course, I struggle and can get discouraged every now and then and it is very exhausting. But it is the Lord's work and who am I to try and resist. I've learned that as long as I am willing to let the Lord change me and stay in tune with the spirit, the life of a missionary becomes a bit easier.

Our zone leaders are super awesome too! They have big hearts and are pretty hilarious. Their names are Elder Chidakee (I messed that up) and Elder Miwa. They have done a good job leading and making us feel welcome here! It is sad though because they leave for Washington early Tuesday morning. So guess who their replacements are? Yep, Elder Hall and Elder Wold, the two guys who got called to be zone leaders after being in the MTC for a day! Talk about overwhelming and scary! But our President of the 39th branch is also a very powerful man. He is very in tune with the Spirit and if he has faith and believes that we can do it, then I am more than willing to step up to the challenge! I am excited! there is so much more I wish to say but it cannot be expressed in merely an email! Just want to say I love you guys and hope you are staying true and worthy! D&C section 4 has helped me focus and get to work here. Read it, you too can be missionaries at home! Working hard! Always remembering President Hinckley's fathers quote to him when times got tough on the mission, "Forget yourself and go to work"!

Love you,

Elder Wold



Adam’s Address:
Elder Adam Jonathan Wold AUG01 OK-OKL 2005 N 900 E Unit 342 Provo, UT 84602
United States