Second week in the MTC

Dear Home,

Yes I can put Collette's name in the prayer roll. How is she doing? Give me more information. 

Well my first week at the MTC was great! I feel like I have been reborn like 5 times and now i just need to stop being so suprised when it happens because its happening more and more. Having my eyes opened is so hard because everytime after that is like you have to restart all over again on how your are teaching. Like the beginning of this week we were taught how to teach people and not lessons so the questions that you ask the investigator have to be open ended questions that allow the investigator to dictate where the lesson goes, not easy. 

I have made alot more committments in my life and I truly am a changed person for ever and ever. Don't let this scare anyone away, I still love you all and will care for you till the end of time and then continue to care, but i just am going to care in a different way. Instead of loving you for weho you are i'm going to love you for who you are in the eyes of the Lord and try to bring you closer to Christ. No matter how close you already may be. I truly have loved every moment here and there just isn't enough time to write or communicate with you back at home. 

I have been released as a District leader and have been recalled as a Zone leader as well as one of my companions. So instead of being in charge of 8 other elders I am overlooking 20 Elders, they must trust me or something. I guess I am pretty good at deceving people... :) On another note I need you to mail me everything throught dearelder. What ever is happening its not working. You should send an email to me through it and they will print it off on this end. That gives me more time to reply instead of having 30 mins to read and then respond. Everyone needs to send me their letters through dearelder. 

As to the new missionaries they will be coming here at the beginning of the year or earlier and out into the missionfield sooner than before. The MTC time for everyone is cut by 1/3 so by January I could be teaching new missionaries in the missionfield. I love you all and have run out of time. Things are great here and pray that I have a hard mission. The atonement was not easy and that was the salvation of evryones souls so for me to do it it should be hard as well. 

Take care my friends.

Love, Elder Leonhardt