Sister Hallie Mae Kapp: Go to the Ohio

Hello everyone! Like the title says I'm now in Ohio. Finished up the MTC now getting ready to give tours.

The last week of MTC we had a devotional on the importance of the garment from Mathew L. Carpenter of the Seventy and it was super good. This was our last day with the elders so they gave some of us sisters a blessing before we go and it was a powerful experience.

On Monday and Tuesday in the MTC I started my Ohio training. My teachers were great and did a good job at preparing us for what was to come at the site. Part of our training was giving a tour of the MTC which went well and was a cool experience to learn more about the history of the MTC.

Wednesday we had a 2:30 am wake up call and got on a bus, the front runner, tracks, and 2 planes and now I'm in Ohio.

We got to tour the Kirtland Temple the day we got here and it's really neat. I won't lie, I was so tired so I'm excited to go there when I'm more awake.

We've be able to tour all the sites, so the Temple, the Smith home, the Johnson farm, the Ashery/Sawmill, and we've gone through the Whitney Home and Store many times since that's the tour we need to have learned by Thursday.

I've been able to give segments of the Whitney Home and Store tour and it's been really cool learning about it.

But yeah preparing for those tours is what I've mostly been doing.

Some other stuff is that I got a new companion, Sister Lane! She's awesome, she was one of my roommates in the MTC. We have 6 sisters in our house and they were all in our MTC district so it's been fun. Our house is from the 1800s so it has some funky characteristics.

I learned that it's tornado season so that's a new thing for me.

We had game night with the Senior missionaries Saturday which was so fun! The seniors are awesome and spoil us so much!

There's a commemoration for the Kirtland Temple dedication and all the Sisters are singing in the choir.

Last but not least, I've officially been a missionary for 1 month! Pretty crazy.

Spiritual thought: Something I have learned here is that God truly does provide a way. I've seen it in the history of the restoration and in these fast few days as I have been trying to learn the tours. It takes effort but know that God will always help and will make His will possible.

Thank you all for the love and support!

I love and appreciate you all!

-Sister Kapp