Week 5 - 6/14/2013 MTC Provo
Queridos familia e amigos
I hope you all had a wonderful week. Mine was really good. So I told you Friday (June 7th) that Sister Nally said that I would play at a devotional. Well, right after I sent that letter I got the official invitation from the MTC to play at the Sunday devotional on June 9th, at 7 pm,( that was just less than 2 days away from that day) —at the same time I picked up the mail containing some more great news, my travel plans! I’ll tell you about that in a moment—
The Devotional
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| A devotional at the MTC |
That Sunday June 9th, I went a couple hours before the
devotional to do a sound check. Then the
devotional was at 7 pm The devotional
was for the whole MTC, so that’s a lot more than 3000 missionaries and all the MTC
presidency and branch presidencies. It
was by far the biggest audience I would have to play for. The devotional started with an opening hymn,
then a prayer and after that a member of the MTC presidency introduced the
speaker and then I did my musical number.
I was definitely nervous!- but I didn't make any mistakes. Elder Arnesen, at the piano, did a great job also.
My companion
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| MTC companions Elder Thomas and Elder Rebollo |
and everyone in my district
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| My MTC District |
said that the whole thing sounded great and
that I looked good in those big screens.
The devotional hall is really big, it holds about 2000 people. Then it is broadcast to an overflow room in
another MTC building that has another 500; then there is an extension of the
MTC at Wyview, which has about 200 seats.
The speaker was Brother Richard Heaton of the MTC administration. He gave a great talk on teaching by the
Spirit is the most important element in teaching the Gospel.
Famous...for a week :)
After the devotional, I got a lot of compliments from the people around
me, including MTC President and Sister Nally, and Bro. Richard Heaton, the speaker they all shook my
hand and told me I did pretty good and that they enjoyed the musical number. Throughout this week I've continued to get
compliments from missionaries as I walk around campus: “Are you the elder who
played cello on Sunday?” and “Good job on that cello on Sunday” Seriously! I have been complimented by I don’t even know how many people. And I can tell others look at me as I walk by
because they notice me from playing at the devotional. I am not used to dealing with all that
attention, but, It’s pretty cool; it was such a great experience. I know the Lord has blessed me with the opportunity to share my testimony through music.
Travel Plans
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| At the end of the day we looked tired but really, we were like celebrating all day long! We are going to Mozambique, here are our Itineraries!! |
In my email I said I would be getting my travel plans next week. Well, I just checked the mail that same Friday and guess
what? THEY ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe it! That means I got my visa!
And I have my complete itinerary. Here it is:
We are leaving SLC on
Monday, June 24th, 1:45 pm to Dallas,
TX- to England- to South Africa and to Mozambique, arriving there on June 26 around
11 am
So, Yeah, I’ll have a 7-hr layover in London, I have heard that for layovers
that long they allow you to leave the airport. So I might get to see London a
bit!
You have no idea how excited everyone was when I walked in with the
itineraries. It was crazy!
So I will definitely have plenty of time to call home. I will need a neck pillow; these are going to
be LOOONG flights, especially to London and London to South Africa.
With love,
Elder Rebollo
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!! J I LOVE YOU DAD!!
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