Community Shower Karaoke

August 8, 2022

Hello everyone! Crazy to think I've been here in Provo for almost a week now. It's been a crazy week though, but it's been an amazing experience. Because so much has happened, I'm gonna do what my friend Sister Hench does and list off the good things and bad things that have happened:

Good Things:

- My companions, district, and teachers are seriously amazing. 

- The food here actually isn't that bad. Who knew haha. 

- They have POG juice(passionfruit, orange and guava), which I think is better than the chocolate milk...

- The Doritos War(will explain).

- Community Shower Karaoke(will explain).

- The Comfy Chairs(will explain).

- Basketball.

- The nightly chaotic game of Uno with 9 Elders.

- The Spirit which is so strong here.

- We have a "Senior General Authority" addressing us today so we will have to see who it is.

- Choir.

Bad things:

- Nearly broke an elevator...

- I lack snacks...

- I lack sleep...

- I miss listening to Metallica while driving to work every day haha. 

Now, because I think this is funny... 

I introduce (drum roll): The 15 commandments of MTC:

Thou shalt not jump in the elevators, or fit twenty and five people in them.

Thou shalt lock thy heart, accept whilst hearing about ecclesiastical leaders' high school sweethearts, then lock thy heart.

Thou shalt hug President Porter while in the MTC, or he will kick you. 

Thou shalt not lose thy luggage in Calgary. 

Thou shalt have at least 2 ice cream or 2 donuts with every meal.

Thou shalt not teach Kylie.

Thou shall sit in the comfy chairs for they are precious above everything.

Thou shalt Yankee Yankee whenever anyone is at Uno.

Thou shall make fun of your district leader. 

Thou shall taketh many naps, for it is expedient that ye be rested.

Thou shall drinketh the BYU chocolate milk, for it giveth protection from the Sisters. 

Thou shalt not wakest up 15 minutes before church services on Sunday. 

Thou shalt dispense Root Beer from the broken Coke fountain.

Thou shall bear witness that the Lord thy God speaks Danish.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.

Now, some explanations:

The Comfy Chairs:

There is a perfect spot around the corner of our classroom with the most comfy chairs(I must've taken at least 3 naps in them) that plays soft church music in the background, with a beautiful view of the circle of flags. 

The Dorito War....

It all began in home MTC, when our district all agreed to Brother Seaman's dismay, that Cool Ranch Doritos are the superior Doritos, specifically the flaming hot ones. Elder Wall, a brilliant minded young Missionary, decided it was his time to shine.... 

Before he entered the MTC, he emptied out a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos, and replaced it with the holy Cool Ranch Doritos. He resealed the bag using a curling Iron to remove the evidence.... 

The first day of class, Elder Wall gave the bag of "Nacho Cheese Doritos" to Brother Seaman, who gratefully took it. 

That night however....

When Brother Seaman opened it at home....

(The picture of his response will be at the bottom)

And so the war began....

Community Shower Karaoke:

Just imagine for a moment, that you are in a public shower, just getting yourself clean, when you hear Gru from Despicable Me singing at the top of his lungs: Let it Go!! LET IT GO!!! Can't hold it back anymore!!!!

President Porter, the MTC President said that there was to be no music in the dorms, but he said he can't stop the "Yodeling in the shower", so we decided to make Community Shower Karaoke every night. 

We fill the dorms with the angelic yodeling of disney songs, anthems, and anything else borderline appropriate for missionaries to sing. The only problem, is your voice is dead the next morning...

Ok, but seriously, the spirit here is so strong. I have felt the spirit more this week than probably in the last month. It's constant, and it's amazing. I'm getting better and more comfortable with teaching, and my testimony is growing every day. Provo MTC is amazing and I'm even more excited to get to Vancouver. 

What I have learned that is super important is that you need to teach with the spirit. Yesterday we had a Helping Others appointment, where we teach a random volunteer who is either a nonmember, or acting as a nonmember. In this appointment, it was our first one here in Provo, my companions and I learned to recognize the spirit, and we delivered a message that wasn't what we prepared, but what the person needed to hear. The spirit was so strong and it was an incredible experience. I know this email was about all the fun I'm having here, but the most important thing is the spirit, its constant companionship is incredible.

In the words of Elder Knight: Yankee!!! Yankee!!!

- Elder Biesinger

Pictures!!!

1- My and my sick companions.

2- The beautiful Provo MTC, with some Elders taking a good nap in the bottom left corner.

3- Me and my companions eating some good food.

4- Brother Seamans response to the Doritos haha. Elder Wall responded with "interesting how that happened..... COOL RANCH ALL THE WAY" hahaha.

5- The comfy chairs.