Week 2 at Home MTC

Hello everyone. I've just completed my second and final week of online MTC, and I will be transitioning to in-person MTC beginning Wednesday morning at 6:30 in the morning Mexico City Time.


This week was a little tougher than last week, I found myself pretty tired pretty often, but that's probably just because online learning is not the most ideal format for learning. Regardless, I've made so much more progress learning the Spanish language. We've even started practicing teaching lessons in Spanish! My district's morning teacher had us prepare and teach a 10 minute lesson to her native parents, and it went really well.

But I'm pretty much all packed and ready to leave for the Mexico City Training Center early Tuesday morning, and I'm really excited to meet my district there. I think that we will all have a great time together at the MC MTC.

I'm excited to continue my journey as a missionary and I'm grateful to Heavenly Father for this opportunity to serve, as well as the blessings and miracles that he grants me daily. I've been able to see His hand in my life daily and I know that my missionary journey isn't possible without Him.

God bless you all, and have a fantastic week.

Elder Owens
Week 2




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