So, as I said before, being in the MTC for 3 months straight - you want to get the hell out of there whenever you can - well for me - was blessed!! - I got to leave that place TWICE - YES, TWICE - my Elders were SO mad - it was GREAT. So the first time I got to leave was to visit Temple Square - all foreign Missionaries got to do this - as this is totally a once in a life-time opportunity for most of us. Here are some pics of my first time out in the real world after about 6 weeks in the MTC - doing the same thing, every single day - this was BLISS...
This was the first sister i met in MTC - Sister Pierson - we were lucky enough to go to Temple Square the same day -it was awesome! -
So we are on the bus in this photo, and something really.... funny happened on the bus, i guess it happens all the time as the same MTC couple take the missionaries to Temple Square. Anyway, so they had a microphone on the bus, and because everyone was 'foreign' they asked where everyone was from, their tongans, canadians, a FINNISH kid, mexicans, and, I don't remember where else, but anyway, so someone thought it would be a great idea to sing the national anthems from our countries - well, the tongans did like this cool duet thing - seriously, it was AWESOME, the canadians shouted theirs from the roof top, the mexicans didn't really understand that much english, so they didn't do it, the finnish guy even sang on his own (which is really rare for a finn to do ANYTHING in public - even speak), and then it was my turn... umm.. YEAH.. I had to sing the Australian national anthem ALL ON MY OWN into a MICROPHONE so that everyone on the bus could hear it... YIKESIES - I won't mention I couldn't remember the very last line.. but i just ended it and no one even knew I was singing the theme from Home & Away!! (just kidding)
As missionaries, we got heaps of 'special' privledges (i cant's spell that word and I tried about four times, that will have to do!) - we got special tours - they were all so fast though because we only had a day there - but something really really special that we got to do was go to the very top of the church offices there -as in the offices that all the church Presidency have their meetings, offices etc in - HOW COOL is THAT! From the very top - I can't remember how many floors it was, but it was a looooon way up in the elevator, anyway, so when we got to the top - we got to go outside and check out the view - INCREDIABLE - this is what we saw!
The conference centre - so this was the SECOND reason I got to leave the MTC. While in the MTC the MTC choir was chosen or it was their annual turn or something, to sing at General Conference... and YES, I got to go. It was awesome. I was sitting in a REAL LIVE general conference - and I was SINGING IN THE CHOIR - in front of the WHOLE CHURCH! - It was AWESOME - very very awesome, and I think you should all be envious (although a person really shouldn't wish that upon another, but this was SO great, that you should all wish you had the chance). so lets move on to what else we saw on Temple square..
Salt Lake Temple - basically a birds eye view - this is something you only see in photos... and I guess this IS a photo, but... well.. I was REALLY there!
Everyone knows what this is :) Again - awesome!
AND - of course, certainly the most exciting, and best thing ever... was this building.. why?? because this is where President Hinckley lives!!! - or lived, i should say - awesome huh? I guess President Monson lives there now..?? Anyway so the MTC guy told us that Pesident Hinckley lives on the top floor of this building, to the left of it - I can't remember if he said the whole floor or what, maybe his room was just in the left corner or something, i don't know.. but anyway, so it's made of bullet proof glass and is very well watched over!!
And, of course we got to see the Temple... in the square!!
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