Sister Malena McKee : It's A Match

Hey guys this week was my last at the mtc! I have loved my time here but I am so ready to get to Texas!!

So much has happened thus week! One was the mission president conference! And all the general authorities were here and it was amazing. We spent a lot of time stalking them. We saw a lot of authorities by staring through windows, running across campus to watch Elder Oaks walk into a building and trying to hide out in T3. But Sunday night we had a devotional and we all had the genius idea to join choir so we can get good seats for the devotional and turns out 1000 others had that idea. It was a cool choir experience. And we all stood when all the general authorities entered and were singing “Hark All Ye Nations" and it was amazing and the spirit was so strong. I also saw President and Sister Nelson.

Sister Haws and I got the assignment of Tech Specialists. And it's a pretty menial calling and all we have to do is show the newbies how to email the branch president but we made ourselves badges and bragged about it to the new district. Now everyone always yells “Hey Tech Specialists!" And two sisters asked for our badges so they could be the next Tech Specialists. Haha. And that my friends is how you make light out of a lame situation.

I'm really gonna miss my district/zone this week. Funny story: on Sunday we had this super long meeting and the branch presidency's wife was giving a very long lesson about how historical events led up to the restoration and everyone was kind of out of it but she writes 1805 on the board and says "who knows what happened this year?" And I got very excited and yelled out “The Louisiana Purchase!!" Because duh, they bought Utah in that, but no, turns out that is also the year Joseph Smith was born! Very awkward because the Louisiana purchase was in 1803. Wanna guess my AP US History score? 1

Awkward Sister McKee moments:

So we got a new district and one elder looked really familiar and then I realized! turns out I had matched with him on mutual!!! But I didnt say anything about it but Sister Hadley asked him if he had a mutual and he said yes then asked why, so I had to explain in front of our zone how I think I matched with him. It was all good though because all he said was "dude! Tell them how good my profile is though!"

I was showering and the razor fell off the shelf and hit me square in the face. I had little ridges on my nose but now just a bloody battle scar.

We paired up with another district to practice a bus tracking scene and I sat next to this elder. We went through the motions and then after he said “So I've seen you around a lot at the MTC, and I feel bad because I've been meaning to talk to you! I've wanted to tell you something!" And the whole time I was thinking "one purpose one purpose!" Then he said "you look exactly like my friend Kelsey!" And I literally sighed in relief. If you thought I was awkward before, you have no idea.

It was really sad leaving the MTC because of the great friends I've made and I'm so happy that a lot of them came with me to Texas!!

I’ve had some very spiritual experiences with my prayers being answered very specifically. I also met our new mission president and his wife… President and Sister Chapman. They were so cute, and they came and found our Fort Worth group. They then saw us during the choir and were waving at our group, and holding up heart signs. I love them. They are really short and at the devotional they were on the ground and we were on the bleachers and they were jumping so they could look over the other president’s heads and waving and smiling at us. They seem pretty relaxed. They will be in the mission next week.