P-Day #2

Hey friends and family! Well its my last P-Day here at the Provo Utah MTC. Time flies. When I first got in here the zone leader at the time told me that "The days will feel like weeks, but the weeks will feel like days" I looked right at him and told him that was the dumbest thing I had ever heard (it had been a long day) but turns out he was right. 

This week we spent a long amount of time looking for Narnia holes. For those not familiar with the term, Elders will hide boxes and stuff up in the air vents for future elders. So we looked for that for a while. And we are going to make ours today for future Elders. 

Being a Zone Leader is awesome. You get to know a lot of people and help out. I spoke in front of the whole MTC on Thursday for the Thanksgiving Devotional. It was whack! I was so scared, but I thought it went ok. The spirit is so powerful in helping you overcome adversity. 

We are teaching TRC's and committed 2 of the 3 of them to baptism! It is awesome. I love helping people find their own testimonies. I cant wait to get out there into the field. 

There isnt a whole lot that went on this week. One really funny story. An Elder named Elder Davies is super quiet; he is really introverted. We all like to mess with him, like trying to give him hugs and just make him feel awkward. Nothing mean, he doesn't mind it. He actually ends up laughing more than all of us. So last night he went to brush his teeth and we were all in there and someone said, 'Lets prank Elder Davies" and were all like, "Ok." So we have basically giant lockers that we keep all of our stuff in, and their located across from our beds. So Elder Timmerman, climbed into Davies bed and hid under his covers all the way up against the wall. Elder Duckworth hid in Elder Davies locker. The lights were off because it was past curfew. Elder Davies came in and couldn't see anything. He went to find the alarm clock in his locker and ended up feeling up; Elder Duckworths legs. We all lost it. Later he climbed in bed, got all under his covers, and Elder Timmerman (who was still in his bed) tried to give him a hug. Needless to say I literally laughed for like 20 minutes. We must've woken the entire building up. I was fading so hard. It was awesome. 

I am trying to do better at writing emails and writing in my journal, as well as taking pictures. 

Go read ROMANS Chapter 8 

-Much love, Elder J Steele Rapier

P.S. I forgot my camera cord in my room and I'm too lazy to walk over and come back, plus I'm over email time. So pictures next week I promise. Ill be in Washington early Monday morning. Love you all so much.