Photos, July 29, 2013

 This is Sister Noa Mulitalo with Sister Worthen. Sister Mulitalo was Sister Worthen's Zone Trainer in the MTC. These two ladies didn't meet in the MTC--they met long ago in West Valley in Sister Worthen's sister's ward. Crazy business or tender mercy. Let's go with "TENDER MERCY."

 Sister Worthen with Elder Sterling Young.

 Sister Worthen and a sign of Common Sense posted in the MTC.

Sister Worthen with Elder Ben Lieske.

Sister Worthen and her MTC district. Their teacher is Sister Latu (the one wearing the purple). "She was MONEY IN THE BANK!!!!"

Address Update, July 28, 2013

Sister Worthen's new mailing address is 649 Erin Dr.#2 Oxford, OH 45056. Don't forget you can email her at mckayla.worthen@myldsmail.net. Happy Sabbath!

Sister Worthen's Trainer

Sister Worthen's father received a picture message the morning of July 25, 2013, on his phone. Attached was the following picture.



This is Sister Worthen and her trainer. Her first area is Oxford, Ohio. Her trainer is Sister Savage, from San Francisco, CA. Sister Savage has been in the field since February.

Sister Worthen Flys into Cincinnati, July 24, 2013

Sister Worthen left the MTC at 5:30 am on July 24, 2013. She was allowed to call her parents at about 8:15 am from the Salt Lake City International Airport. Her parents said she sounded wonderful!

She flew out with 20 elders and 9 other sisters. They were met in the airport by the local news station. Here is a link to the news story and a short clip that aired that day. http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/mormons-could-soon-spread-the-word-in-cincinnati-one-text-at-a-time. Unfortunately, you can't really see Sister Worthen very well in the still picture (just the top of her head) and you can't see her at all in the video clip.

Letter from Sister Worthen, July 13, 2013

Hey.  How are ya?  I love it here.  There is so much going on.  I feel like I have been here a lifetime.  I cannot believe how fast time moves in the MTC.  It is ridiculous.  My companion and I are getting along great.  I will say that at times I am having a lot of trouble focusing, but that is one of my flaws that I need to work on.  We did an evaluation and diligence is not one of my strong-suits.  hahahahaha

I feel like we shove so much into our day, and by the end, we don't know whether what we did was today, yesterday, or a week ago.  It's insane.  I feel like I understand the Gospel, but I still don't have any idea how to communicate that to others.  We do a lot of role play activities, and it amazes me how easy it is for me to step into the shoes of a person that I have half made up and half based on a real person.  But the point is, I get into their head in ways that I don't even get into mine. 

I am not going to lie.  I cried a lot during the first night.  But I haven't really been to upset since.  It is amazing how strong the Spirit is here and how much it takes care of me.  I hope that others can feel that too. 

I don't really know what else to say.  All the details are blurry because time moves so fast.  If you wouldn't mind though, please send me your physical mailing address.  I want to send you letters. 

Love, Sister Worthen. 

Entering the MTC, July 10, 2013

Sister Worthen did, indeed, enter the MTC on July 10, 2013. Her Zone Trainer in the MTC was Sister Noa Mulitalo, a friend from Andrea's previous West Valley ward.