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Guten Tag!!

You know how last week the night before P day the fire alarm went off?? Well it happened again last night!! ahhh This time it happened around 12:10. It was so weird because when we all got evacuated to the gym we were all so dead tired and had been asleep for two hours, and then I realized that most of my friends at BYU were probably not even asleep yet. hahah It was crazy.

Well everything is great at the MTC. They say that days are like weeks and weeks are like days and I can testify of that!! I can't believe that I only have 4 weeks left here. It blows my mind. I still have so much I need to learn. Ahh but I am so excited. I am getting excited for Valentines day as well. That is one of my favorite holidays and I have been starting to see heart candies and it makes me want to decorate. That is why I decorated my door today hahaha I want to do more but there is just no time. It is definitely a sacrifice not to make valentines goodies for people, but it is worth it. I know a mission is way more imporant, and sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven right??? But the mission isn't a sacrifice. It really isn't. It is a priviledge, and I am so grateful for this oppurtunity.

I love it here. I feel like a lot of my emails are the same, but the MTC makes me so happy. It also makes me laugh a lot. I am laughing all the time. It is the best. I have seen Elder Dereck Ford and Elder Tyler Barnes! It is so much fun seeing them. It looks like the are doing really well.

So I have absolutely loved working as the coordinating sister these past few weeks. It has been amazing to see my love for the sisters in my zone grow. I pray for them every night and I have truely grown to love each of them. It was such a neat experience because a companionship was struggling so I talked to each of them and set goals with them, and now their companionship is doing so great!! It was such a cool experience and I knew that it was the Spirit who guided me in how to help them. 

My teacher Brother Mower served in my mission, so the other day I asked him what my Presidents were like. This is what he said, " Actually you remind me so much of them, Whenever I come in to teach you, I can't help but think of them." Ahh! That made me so happy. I am so excited to meet them and I already have such a deep love for them. It is awesome. Another cool fact about them is that Sister Miles is Elder Nelson's daughter! Isn't that cool???

So this week my testimony sky rocketed on the Plan of Salvation. We are so blessed that we have a loving Heavenly Father who wants us to return to him and be like him. I was able to further understand that the Atonement is eternal, so if we are baptized in this life, but don't stay on the path, we can still repent in the Spirit world and return to him! I loved that. I just love that Heavenly Father wants ALL of his children back in his prescence, so he made a way for everyone to have the oppurtunity to choose. Ahh. We are so lucky.

All week I have just felt so grateful for this oppurtunity I have to serve. I really feel so lucky that the Lord wanted me to be an instrument in his hands. We had a testimony meeting in Relief Society on Sunday and a girl got up and said " A mission should not only be the best 18 months of our lives, but the best 18 months FOR our lives." I loved that.

Well time is short. I am headed to the Temple with my distrcit. I love yall so much!! I miss yall a ton as well. Thanks for keeping me posted:)

I LOVE YALL

Sister Elysse Allman:)