Week 2 Email

Dear friends and family,


It has only been two weeks and my life has literally flipped 🙃!  Throughout this experience almost every aspect of my life has changed. From little things like sleep schedule to what I wear. Other than the little things my life that has changed my life has changed in big ways too! like having little time to myself, and how busy my day is.  However, the biggest aspect that has changed in my life is my testimony of this restored gospel and the book of Mormon.  

I have found that reading the book of Mormon whenever I have a little bit of time to myself during the morning or at night I not only learn more and more about it but I learn just how truly amazing this book is.

This week my mtc district has started doing practice for teaching with variety of scenarios . One of these scenarios we have been practicing is when someone asks a question like, "what is that book?" Or "what is special about it".  From this, we answer by talking about the book, sharing a scripture, and sharing our testimonies of it.

I am not a reader, I just don't like reading that much. But there is a reason why I spend hours a day reading this book. It's because it's the most amazing life changing and true book on the earth today. I have received many blessings in my life from reading it like, guidance, peace, a growing, testimony and love for our savior and many more. I testify that if you read this book, and pray to know that this is the truth you will come to know just how amazing it is and I guarantee you will blessed in unimaginable ways if you read this book and I testify these things in the name of Jesus christ, Amen. - Elder Dance


Evan singing with the MTC missionaries in Tongan.

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