WEBVTT 00:00:06.050 --> 00:00:10.090 (Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) BROTHER TORRES: Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be found in countries 00:00:10.090 --> 00:00:10.790 around the world. 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:20.140 Our family went on a tour of the training center in Provo, Utah, where many of these 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:21.300 missionaries received training. 00:00:28.090 --> 00:00:30.730 Brother Torres, welcome to the Provo Missionary Training Center. 00:00:31.090 --> 00:00:34.350 PRESIDENT MARTINO: I'm President Martino, and it sure is good to have you and your family here today. 00:00:34.470 --> 00:00:34.810 Thank you. 00:00:35.330 --> 00:00:37.490 These elders are going to show you around today for a tour. 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:38.130 ELDER DRUMELLER: Hi. 00:00:38.130 --> 00:00:39.130 My name is Elder Drummo. 00:00:39.250 --> 00:00:39.550 Hello. 00:00:39.550 --> 00:00:40.330 Great to meet you guys. 00:00:40.470 --> 00:00:40.610 ELDER BANTON: Hello. 00:00:40.870 --> 00:00:41.470 I'm Elder Banton. 00:00:41.590 --> 00:00:41.950 Nice to meet you. 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:42.350 Nice to meet you. 00:00:43.390 --> 00:00:43.930 ELDER DRUMELLER: All right. 00:00:44.030 --> 00:00:44.370 Let's go. 00:00:47.350 --> 00:00:49.170 Well, it's great to have you guys here. 00:00:49.550 --> 00:00:56.090 This MTC has been open for nearly four decades now, and hundreds of thousands of missionaries 00:00:56.090 --> 00:00:59.910 have come through here to learn and train before heading out to serve their missions 00:00:59.910 --> 00:01:00.910 all over the world. [MUSIC] 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:28.260 Here we have the cafeteria where we get to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. 00:01:28.940 --> 00:01:30.140 ELDER BANTON: They keep us really well fed. 00:01:30.620 --> 00:01:30.980 I love it. 00:01:31.080 --> 00:01:32.480 I love the endless chocolate milk. 00:01:33.180 --> 00:01:33.900 Really good. 00:01:36.220 --> 00:01:40.040 In the MTC, you get to meet people from all around the world, but also people that are 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:41.940 speaking tons of different languages from around the world. 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:43.180 It's really cool. 00:01:45.300 --> 00:01:45.460 All right. 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:49.200 So if you'll just follow me right over here to this map, and I'll be able to show you 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:50.360 around the MTC campus. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:54.520 So this is the building that we just walked through, and then right up here are the residency 00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:56.280 buildings where the elders and sisters stay. 00:01:56.580 --> 00:01:57.840 This is our building actually right here. 00:02:03.150 --> 00:02:08.130 These right here are the old classrooms where we studied language, and then right over here 00:02:08.130 --> 00:02:12.310 we have what will be the new buildings, which are over this direction, and they're really 00:02:12.310 --> 00:02:14.750 cool, and so we're really excited to be able to show you those buildings. 00:02:17.310 --> 00:02:35.710 ELDER DRUMELLER: This building is classrooms, where many of us are learning language skills, but all of 00:02:35.710 --> 00:02:40.310 us are learning skills to just be a missionary, regardless of where we're going in the world. 00:02:41.070 --> 00:02:45.910 [FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING] 00:02:46.250 --> 00:02:49.390 [FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING] 00:02:49.770 --> 00:02:53.450 The spirit you feel here on this campus is like none other. 00:02:53.790 --> 00:02:58.010 You're with people who are united in the same purpose that you are. 00:02:58.150 --> 00:03:01.830 It's all about others and trying to become like Christ. [FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING] 00:03:20.690 --> 00:03:26.110 ELDER BANTON: One of my favorite things in all the new buildings is just new photos and all the stuff 00:03:26.110 --> 00:03:26.730 that they've added. 00:03:36.320 --> 00:03:40.580 So this verse right here is really meaningful to us as missionaries and to all members of 00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:44.820 the church, because this is from Christ himself to his disciples, any of those who follow 00:03:44.820 --> 00:03:51.000 him, to really fulfill our purpose as missionaries and go forth and teach all nations, all people, 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:55.340 anyone who wants to hear the gospel, and baptize them in his name so that they can receive 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:56.420 the Holy Ghost. [MUSIC] [BACKGROUND] 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:11.500 ELDER DRUMELLER: We have about six hours a day where we're either learning the language or teaching, 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:14.000 and sometimes it's kind of nice to get a break from that. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.180 And in this building up here, we've got a gym. 00:04:19.200 --> 00:04:20.959 We can go get a haircut. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.240 There's a post office, there's a bookstore. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.200 Sometimes it's nice to come in here and get some stuff done. [MUSIC] 00:04:46.310 --> 00:04:51.670 ELDER BANTON: So right here is the building where we have the devotionals and large meetings, and those 00:04:51.670 --> 00:04:54.170 meetings are some of the best that we have here at the MTC. 00:04:59.510 --> 00:05:03.470 But when we don't have those meetings or devotionals, the building is just a gym where we can come 00:05:03.470 --> 00:05:07.590 and play basketball, volleyball, run around, and be able to be a little active for a bit. 00:05:08.270 --> 00:05:10.350 Come on. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.980 ELDER DRUMELLER: Elder and Sister Blackburn, how are you? 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:25.220 ELDER BLACKBURN: Good, how are you doing, Elder? 00:05:25.380 --> 00:05:26.220 ELDER DRUMELLER: Doing all right, thanks. 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:26.460 Yes. 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:27.100 SISTER BLACKBURN: Great. 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.880 ELDER DRUMELLER: In addition to having young missionaries here, we also have senior missionaries. 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:33.500 How many are there right now? 00:05:33.940 --> 00:05:39.200 SISTER BLACKBURN: There are over 60 couples here this week, and we're just having a fantastic training. [MUSIC] 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:55.140 LADY SPEAKER: The new buildings are phenomenal. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:02.460 With all the beautiful murals and the places to ponder and to look out at beautiful landscape, 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:05.440 it's always peaceful. 00:06:06.760 --> 00:06:08.280 The spirit is always there. 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.000 ELDER BANTON: And here's where we'll come on our last day. 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:23.680 We'll go out those doors, get on a bus, go to the airport, and get on our flight to Paris, France. [MUSIC] [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] 00:06:55.050 --> 00:06:58.930 SISTER HOPKINSON: You learn so much here, and I feel like I really have grown. 00:06:59.290 --> 00:07:04.150 ELDER BLOOMFIELD: The MTC focuses on the Savior, and there's a deep-rooted feeling about that here. 00:07:04.150 --> 00:07:07.370 ELDER BRIAN: There is thousands of other missionaries here right now. 00:07:07.710 --> 00:07:09.310 They're all going through the same experience. 00:07:09.630 --> 00:07:12.930 ELDER STOTT: There's nothing like it, to think that you're going to get on a plane, 00:07:13.770 --> 00:07:16.570 land on the other side of the world, and not come back for two years. 00:07:16.850 --> 00:07:18.030 That's a pretty big deal. 00:07:18.750 --> 00:07:21.390 You just go forward with faith, knowing that the Lord is on your side, 00:07:21.790 --> 00:07:23.370 and you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. 00:07:24.110 --> 00:07:27.210 SISTER SCHADE: Being a representative of Jesus Christ, I feel so honored. 00:07:28.110 --> 00:07:37.010 Having the opportunity to represent Him, and walk with Him, and teach with Him on my mission, is phenomenal. 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:42.310 ELDER MALMROSE: As I learn more about the Savior, I want to love people the same way He loves them. 00:07:42.470 --> 00:07:45.370 ELDER ROBINSON: I'm really excited to go out there. I'm excited to be out in the field. 00:07:45.590 --> 00:07:50.750 But as I'm here in the MTC, I'm excited to be learning and to be growing, 00:07:50.930 --> 00:07:54.210 and to be growing spiritually, and to be learning my language. 00:07:54.850 --> 00:07:55.990 I just love it. 00:07:57.210 --> 00:08:32.450 [MUSIC]