To earth with love from the MTC
June 18, 2013

Well, it happened.  I'm here at the MTC! It's like a different planet here.  It's incredibly stressful and I have absolutely no opportunity to be by myself like ever.  But it's wonderful! At least my companion is awesome! Her name is Sister Britton and we're like the same person.  Life at the MTC is awesome! We get to teach people and do spiritual things all the time! Lifetime goal of being a nun = fulfilled.  Haha no but really.  It's great.  I got my flight information the other day and I'm heading out of here on the 26 of June at 4:30 am.  Yay!

I'm so glad I got to see you guys on Father's Day! That was so special! And that letter you sent me the other day.  I literally read it like 6 times.  It made me so happy! So thanks! This past almost week I have been more grateful for a few things.  One, mom's cooking.  The food here isn't exactly being good to me.  Two, I'm an english speaker.  I love the place, but I'm glad I'm only here for two weeks. 

Days at the MTC are longer than days everywhere else in the world.  There is so much that we get done in one day! Honestly I wouldn't even be able to tell you what we've done each day.  So much studying and work! But I love it. 

A funny story from this week.....well at TRC yesterday we helped a man named Daniel plan a birthday party for his two year-old son because he didn't want to hear our message.  We bore our testimonies anyway and then he kicked us out.  Planted a seed anyway, right? Another funny tidbit: I don't think there's been a day here where I haven't cried.  And I got my first spiritual headache.  I can't even say enough how much I love it though.  It's sooo different from anything I've ever done, but I know that this is what I'm supposed to be doing an I'm so grateful for this opportunity!

Today, Sister Britton and I got a couple cheap copies of the Book of Mormon to give to people on the way to San Jose.  We are such good missionaries! I am so in love with all the people here.  The first day we got here, we were all a little bit weirded out about how happy everyone was.  Everyone was shouting at us like, "welcome to the MTC!" And I was just wondering how they all got so happy and when that would happen to me.  Brothers and sisters, it's happening. 

Oh! I feel like I should tell y'all about the people I'm spending 100 hours a day with.  So there's Sister Britton, my companion, and then we share a room with 4 other sisters.  Sister Scott, Sister Lallis (sister training leaders), Sister Porter, and Sister McGinty.  There are all so great.  I love them to death.  And then there's the Elders.  This is going to sound weird coming from me, but I now see the value of marrying a returned missionary!

Well, anyway, I love you all and I love being on a mission!

God Bless!

Sister Julie Catherine Harris