Sister Jasmine Bundy

Steak Obituary

Helllloooo!

What a week.

I entered in person MTC on Wednesday and every minute has been filled since I stepped foot on this campus. The days are f l y i n g.

To keep it real with you all, it hasn't been the bestest of experiences but it has been the goodest of experiences. It feels like the refiners fire. I've truly been humbled.

Getting to know my Lil District has been such an experience. There's one Elder who never stops talking about fishing and Star Wars (specifically how it relates to Jesus Christ?) All of the Elders are best buds though, and they are early to every meal and are always yappin away when we find them.

My first day here, during orientation, someone went on and on about how the food here at the MTC was world renowned and gourmet. That man definitely doesn't eat here regularly. I've been crying ever since the first night because I was given a steak for dinner and it was so tough a chainsaw couldn't have made a dent in it. I hate to waste, so I was gonna sneak it out and see if I could perform a miracle on it later, but I wasn't allowed to bring the steak back to my dorm. Everyone please forgive me. They made me throw it away. I actually repented for it later because I felt so bad for the ranchers that raised that beef.

I got to go to the Payson Temple yesterday and that, ladies and gentlemen, was the highlight of my week. I felt like I was back in real time and not just hustle time and I could breathe. Also, it was probably the prettiest temple I've ever been in. It was breathtaking.

On the way back, an Elder across from me kept taking ugly pictures of his companion and showing his district. He was laughing so hard but literally no one else was. I enjoyed watching that. He didn't seem to notice that no one else liked his little joke which was just the cherry on top.

I can't leave out the SPIRITUAL THOUGHT: If there's one thing I've learned, it's that obedience to God's commandments brings Joy. But Joy looks different than what we thought. Joy looks like happiness, but it also looks like hope in sorrow, endurance in pain, faith in darkness, guidance in confusion and so on. Life isn't meant to always be happy even if we are always righteous. But we are meant to have Joy which will never leave us for dead and will keep us going.

No quotes this week ya'll :( I was not doing my duty to write them down. Next week though. I'll do better.

I love you all, and all of you cross my mind at least once a day. I'm not even lying.

Talk to you next week, - Sister Jazzy