Sister Tiffaniann Hulet, England Manchester Mission
Here are some excerpts from the letters we received from Sis. Hulet during her nearly 3 weeks at the Preston England MTC. We wish we could be-see-do-hear everything with her, what a wonderful experience she is having!
10/20/09: Things here are going so well! I can’t believe it’s almost been a week. Time absolutely flies here because every second of the day is scheduled. It’s been unexpectedly easy to adjust to! But let me start at the beginning…
The flight over here was extremely long to say the least. But, I did not have to do it alone! there were 6 sisters and 8 (or ten?) elders. It’s been so fun to get to know them! they are all amazing people from all over. The best part of the flight was when we were flying over Ireland, and flew INTO the sunrise! It was incredible!!England, from what I can tell from the drive from the airport to the MTC looks and feels a lot like So. California, minus the palm trees, horrible traffic, and death smog. And it’s quite a bit colder too. But i’ve enjoyed it so far.
Here at the MTC, we’ve been divided into 3 small districts. (There’s only 31 of us here, which is supposedly a large group for them) and I’m in the Moroni district. My companion’s name is Sis. Ylisaari (said oo-lis-ahr-ee) from Finland. She has been so great! We are both similar in that we’re rather laid-back and quiet, but I’ve enjoyed here so much! The other two sisters that we room with are S. Granier from France and S. Snell from CO. I love them all so much!
10/27/09: Today is my last day here at the MTC, it seems like i just got here! But here we are, almost three weeks out since we left home, and we’re already going to our first area! I’m so excited! It’s a bittersweet moment because we are all so excited to get out there and try our best to find those who are looking for the gospel, but the MTC has become like home. We’ve come to be such good friends! it’s frustrating to leave each other just as we’re starting to love each other so much and come to know each other like brothers and sisters. It’s like we’re having to leave home all over again!
A group of youth from Ireland came to visit the MTC to become excited to serve their own missions. It was so fun to see their faces- some excited, some nervous, some uninterested… and most of all it was so fun to get to sing to them! We sang a song called “one voice” that talks about how our one voice can make all the difference, just like Christ’s one voice did. 2 missionaries were assingned to give their testimony to these kids- Sis. Ylisaari and Eld. Breakall. They gave such wonderful testimonies of answers to prayers and missionary work. While they were bearing their testimonies to the youth, i was thinking to myself of what i would say to these kids if i had the chance to bear my testimony. I thought of a few things, and as Eld. Breakall finished his testimony, Pres Donaldson looked at me and said, “Sis Hulet, I think we need to hear your testimony as well.” I was completely shocked! I hadn’t been asked to talk to these kids, and yet, Pres Donaldson said that he felt impressed that I should speak too. But why me out of all the other 30 missionaries? So I told them about my experience of talking with the Lord while street contacting the week before.
I told those youth about how we have a gift to give the world, and that this work is the most important thing we can do for our brothers and sisters. It was interesting, I have no Idea if what I said meant anything to these teenagers, but it meant something to me as I told of my street contacting experience. I am so glad that I had the chance to speak to them, though it might have been more for my benefit. I just hoped the testimonies that were given from us touched them in some way.
Next letter from Sis. Hulet will be from her first area – keep her in your prayers!!
