Final day of general training

Today was our final day of general missionary training, so we said goodbye to our two wonderful trainers, Sister Anderson (who is getting married tomorrow!) and Sister Lewis, with photos below:

Sister Anderson with our district

Sister Lewis with our district

And here we are with the Painters, the couple with whom we practiced teaching each and hung out a lot.

We also got a chance to do a practice gospel lesson with Sister Read, an LDS volunteer from the community. She was a very sweet lady. We met with her for 15 minutes to get to know her, then had 10 minutes to prepare a 20-minute lesson of our choice. Our lesson started with the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, explaining how the story illustrates spirit is as real as physical things. We then talked about how the spirit encourages us to look for our weaknesses and strive to become more like Jesus Christ.

Sister Read with the Whitings

In the afternoon we had a final gathering and instruction as a large group, including a fun skit by the young trainers in which they made a bit of fun of us older folks but also said how much we had to offer. 

Here is a photo of us in front of the "famous" world map in the MTC, pointing to where we will be serving:

At dinner we met an Elder Conger from Logandale, Nevada, who knows our niece Mandi and her husband Brandon. Small world.

Now we are off for the weekend, which is nice, because we are pretty tired. Tonight we are doing laundry in the basement of the "main" building. There are lots and lots of washer and dryers! Here is just a part of it: