I'M GOING TO BE IN GERMANY IN A WEEK AND A HALF!!!!

1 week and 5 days!!! Time flies here when you are having fun!!! Well this week has been super fun, me and my zone are having the best time ever!! Yeah German can annoying and frustrating at times, but then you have to remember that " I'M GOING TO BE IN GERMANY IN A WEEK AND A HALF". That is what helps me keep going when the times get tough. This week has been pretty crazy, we are teaching about twice a day which is keeping our skills up and then just kind of setting goals that will helps us get ready for Germany. Tomorrow we are going to Skype people in Germany and its usually a member and a non member so I'm kind of nervous for tomorrow because there is a huge difference between Americans speaking Deutsch and Germans speaking Deutsch. Oh well, as long as I have the Lord on my side I can not fail!!

It's been super fun getting to go to the temple every week. I just sit there and ponder on the gospel and questions that I have, because the temple is where you find answer to questions and that has really helped me progress my testimony in the gospel. Today I got about 25 names done that Grandma White had sent me, I just started handing them out to people in my Zone and they were all more than willing to help the work move on!! I honestly love my Zone so much, its literally like this band of brothers that cant be broke. We have had multiple people lose family members in the past month, but we are stick together. When we walk around the other people are so surprised how well we all get along. I think it is truly a testament to how dedicated everyone is to learning the language, ya sometimes we get distracted but that's why we all keep each other in check. 

Its been super fun getting to see people from home here at the MTC because sometimes you feel left out here because if your not from Utah, and you know nobody! But its been fun!! I do have to warn anybody going into the MTC soon, that the first 4 days are the longest most boring days of your life, but then after Sunday it like magic and everything flies by!!!!

Elder Whitaker, Elder White, Elder Andrus, Elder Allred from the Plano, Texas Stake found each other at the MTC this week.

Just in case you were afraid I had lost my unique personality yet, I'm here to say No. I have found a cause to fight for..... and that's having someone clean the bathrooms. We have been here for a month and they have never been cleaned, they clean other peoples bathrooms, but the people who are suppose to clean ours, never do. I have talked to 5 managers about the issue and I keep getting the "capitol hill two step". Finally I talked to the head guy and he said "OH your the kid with all the complaints". MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD DO THEIR JOB! It's just funny, oh well when you believe in something so much, sometimes you got work hard for it. Is it reasonable to ask for the overflowing toilet to be cleaned up? We don't even have a plunger and our irons broken hahahahahahah. But hey the MTC is so much fun, don't get me wrong, it has its ups and downs but I honestly I have loved every minute of it!

If you get chance read DC 128:22 I think of it as a battle cry! Because this gospel is too important to only give it 90% you got to give it 100%!!!! And when you have no more power to stand, kneel.

LOVE YOU ALL

ELDER RYAN WHITE

PS. Elder Deiderich has challenge me to write in my journal and I have to say I'm doing a pretty good job!

My 3rd Week in the MTC!!

 I just got back from the temple and got to do initiatories, it is so much fun going to the temple with a bunch of elders that are your best friends and knowing that they are all out here for the right reasons. In the MTC it is no longer time to gain a testimony, it is time to help your testimony grow. If you are English speaking, you are here for 12 days!!!! That is just enough time for you to get use to living the mission life which is tough sometimes, but very rewarding.

This week has been insane, we are teaching two investigators at the same time, it is testing our ability to speak and preach the gospel for sure! But it is fun, it makes the 6 hours of class fly by!! Since we hit the 3 week mark, they switch up all the district leader and zone leaders so I was released which takes a little burden off of me, but it was still a great experience. I can tell you one thing, that I have never been so tired in my life, I miss taking naps for sure!!! But hey it is all in the Service of our God, so I just put faith that he will help me not feel so tired. hahaha!!

 This week our teacher Bruder Garlick gave us this lesson on the Erlosungs Plan or the Plan of Salvation. We had tried all week to teach the Plan of Salvation and had realized that we had butchered the lessons. So he sat us down and made all of us explain the plan einfach (simple). So we wrote it out in 2 sentences and then in 1 sentence and then in 5 words and then in ONE word described the PLAN OF SALVATION!! The spirit was so strong and I realized that it was being too confusing that this gospel is simple, it is all about faith. So I challenge everyone to try this, take a really confusing gospel topic and break it down into 2 sentences and then 1 sentences and then 5 words and then ONE word. I will tell you that your mind will be opened and you will begin to teach the gospel more effectively. 

Thats the one thing I have learned being out here is love, you take a bunch of random guys and stick them together for 24/7 and before you would have people fighting and arguing. But here you create a family, I think of my fellow elders as my close friends, without phones, girls, and other distractions you really build a strong unit. At night when everyone is exhausted and ready to want to give up or just fall asleep out of exhaustion. I can always count on the Elder Cocker to come in and tell me some funny story about New Zealand, sing some funny missionary parody song, or see a bunch of Islanders sending a brother or friend off with the Haka. This place is amazing!!!

So I guess everyone is starting school this week!!  Good luck to everyone I know you will do great. My advice to you all is that if you are prepare you shall not fear. This week we taught a lesson to one of our investigators and I hadn't really prepared that well for the lesson, When I got into the lesson I could not speak German to save my life. When I got out of the lesson I was wondering what had gone wrong, and then I figured out that I hadn't prepared and so I realized the spirit can't help you if you "don't fill the Well". So fill the Well now!!

Love Yall,

Elder White

This is where all the Elders do their laundry and write to their families.

My MTC Companion Elder Bezzant.

Well I'm officially 2 weeks into the mission!!

HEY!!!

Well I'm officially 2 weeks into the mission!! The MTC is still amazing but it has gotten a lot more challenging that is for sure. We challeneged our "investigator" for baptism so now we have a new untersucher named Kathir and Jens. Both of them don't believe in God, it has been quite a challenge trying to help them gain a testimony in God. But me and Elder Bezzant are doing really well with the language. We haven't been using any notes and have been just speaking from the heart,  the gift of tongues is real and i know that for a fact. Well things have been so much fun with the Zone, we are super close. We have had our ups and downs but that is just part of being together 24/7. My district is doing amazing, i am here to tell you that through exact obedience you can do "wunders" (word miracles in german). We have made a district goal to be on time to class everyday and i have first hand seen many elders in our district progess so quickly with the language because of that. It has been fun being the District leader and in a week i will be released and a new one will take my place. Hopefully i have set a good example to the other members of our district. 

It's crazy how fast time flies and then sometimes we wish we could make time speed up, but hey that's just the mission. We have had some amazing devotionals that have really been touching. My companion got me to sing in the choir this week and we sang at the devotional. We sang the song "Nearer My God to Thee". i never knew that the song was about Jacob after hearing that his brother was out looking to kill him. It brings so much symbolism as you listen to him talk about sleeping on the rock and then receiving revelation about "Jacob's Ladder". As we strive to find spiritual experiences in our lives, we will find ourselves nearer to god. 

Well everything here is great, you wanted to know about my schedule 

6:30 wake-up

7 personal study

8 breakfast

8:30 gym

9:50-12:50 Class Time

12:50 Lunch

2:15-5:15 Class time

5:45 Dinner

6:30-9:30 Personal Companion and Language Study

10:30 Lights out (sometime the best part of the day hahahaha)

Well I liebe alle meine Familie im Texas. Sich erinnern an der Evangalium wahr ist.

Tchuss

Elder Ryan "The Great" White

Elder White and Elder Dent (Ryan's Cousin) meet at the Provo Temple

WOW The MTC is Amazing!!!!!!

I have to say the first couple days here were rough because day two we had to give a lesson in German. We all walked into the lesson knowing only how to introduce ourselves and say a few words. Baptism by fire for sure! But you know the gift of tongues is real. We walked out of the lesson not really knowing what we said but it was weird because words would come to our heads as we sat there teaching our investigator Ingo. Since then we have taught 4 lessons and this last lesson we went in only having planned out our lesson in English. Me and my companion decided we wanted to put our faith in our heavenly father and show him that we had faith in him. We thought the lesson was going to be a disaster but it was amazing how fluently we spoke and how well we got our message across. This PLACE IS AWESOME.


My companion is Elder Bezzant from American Fork, Utah. He is like a foot shorter than me! But he is a amazing elder and has such a strong testimony! I was made the district leader which has been a interesting assignment. People are always having me go to meetings and asking me when stuff is going to happen. Half the time I don't even know when the stuff they are asking me is going to happen!!!!


The food here is super good and I am well feed, in case anyone was worried for my health. The only bad part about the MTC is waking up at 6:30 and I am not allowed to dunk during gym time. So I have decided to take my talents to sand volleyball. At least there tall people aren't discriminated against!!


It has been such a amazing experience being here, I am so excited to go to Germany and serve the people there. But before I have to make sure I can at least pretend I can speak German ;) The first few days here at the MTC were hard trying to adjust to the schedule. The hardest was sitting in class for 6 hours a day with a teacher that doesn't speak anything but  German. But know I understand what he is saying and really immersing myself in German has helped me grow and progress. I know I am here for a reason and with the people that will best help me grow in the gospel.


konnen sie deutsch not sprechen sie deutsch




Sie konnen Antwort im das Buch Mormon finden, viel Himmlishcer Vatter sprecht durch das Schriften.


(That means we can find answers through the scriptures because our Heavenly Father speaks through the scriptures! )


Ich liebe dich and Ich wiess das Evangelium Wahr ist!
 (Love you all and i know the gospel is true!)


LOVE YA ALL

Elder Ryan "The Great" White