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BROTHER TORRES: Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be found in countries

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around the world.

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Our family went on a tour of the training center in Provo, Utah, where many of these

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missionaries received training.

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Brother Torres, welcome to the Provo Missionary Training Center.

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PRESIDENT MARTINO: I'm President Martino, and it sure is good to have you and your family here today.

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Thank you.

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These elders are going to show you around today for a tour.

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ELDER DRUMELLER: Hi.

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My name is Elder Drummo.

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Hello.

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Great to meet you guys.

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ELDER BANTON: Hello.

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I'm Elder Banton.

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Nice to meet you.

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Nice to meet you.

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ELDER DRUMELLER: All right.

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Let's go.

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Well, it's great to have you guys here.

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This MTC has been open for nearly four decades now, and hundreds of thousands of missionaries

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have come through here to learn and train before heading out to serve their missions

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all over the world. [MUSIC]

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Here we have the cafeteria where we get to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.

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ELDER BANTON: They keep us really well fed.

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I love it.

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I love the endless chocolate milk.

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Really good.

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In the MTC, you get to meet people from all around the world, but also people that are

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speaking tons of different languages from around the world.

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It's really cool.

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All right.

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So if you'll just follow me right over here to this map, and I'll be able to show you

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around the MTC campus.

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So this is the building that we just walked through, and then right up here are the residency

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buildings where the elders and sisters stay.

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This is our building actually right here.

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These right here are the old classrooms where we studied language, and then right over here

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we have what will be the new buildings, which are over this direction, and they're really

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cool, and so we're really excited to be able to show you those buildings.

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ELDER DRUMELLER: This building is classrooms, where many of us are learning language skills, but all of

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us are learning skills to just be a missionary, regardless of where we're going in the world.

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[FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING]

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[FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING]

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The spirit you feel here on this campus is like none other.

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You're with people who are united in the same purpose that you are.

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It's all about others and trying to become like Christ. [FOREIGN] [OVERLAPPING]

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ELDER BANTON: One of my favorite things in all the new buildings is just new photos and all the stuff

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that they've added.

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So this verse right here is really meaningful to us as missionaries and to all members of

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the church, because this is from Christ himself to his disciples, any of those who follow

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him, to really fulfill our purpose as missionaries and go forth and teach all nations, all people,

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anyone who wants to hear the gospel, and baptize them in his name so that they can receive

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the Holy Ghost. [MUSIC] [BACKGROUND]

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ELDER DRUMELLER: We have about six hours a day where we're either learning the language or teaching,

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and sometimes it's kind of nice to get a break from that.

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And in this building up here, we've got a gym.

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We can go get a haircut.

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There's a post office, there's a bookstore.

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Sometimes it's nice to come in here and get some stuff done. [MUSIC]

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ELDER BANTON: So right here is the building where we have the devotionals and large meetings, and those

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meetings are some of the best that we have here at the MTC.

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But when we don't have those meetings or devotionals, the building is just a gym where we can come

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and play basketball, volleyball, run around, and be able to be a little active for a bit.

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Come on.

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ELDER DRUMELLER: Elder and Sister Blackburn, how are you?

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ELDER BLACKBURN: Good, how are you doing, Elder?

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ELDER DRUMELLER: Doing all right, thanks.

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Yes.

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SISTER BLACKBURN: Great.

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ELDER DRUMELLER: In addition to having young missionaries here, we also have senior missionaries.

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How many are there right now?

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SISTER BLACKBURN: There are over 60 couples here this week, and we're just having a fantastic training. [MUSIC]

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LADY SPEAKER: The new buildings are phenomenal.

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With all the beautiful murals and the places to ponder and to look out at beautiful landscape,

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it's always peaceful.

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The spirit is always there.

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ELDER BANTON: And here's where we'll come on our last day.

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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]

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SISTER HOPKINSON: You learn so much here, and I feel like I really have grown.

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ELDER BLOOMFIELD: The MTC focuses on the Savior, and there's a deep-rooted feeling about that here.

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ELDER BRIAN: There is thousands of other missionaries here right now.

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They're all going through the same experience.

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ELDER STOTT: There's nothing like it, to think that you're going to get on a plane,

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land on the other side of the world, and not come back for two years.

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That's a pretty big deal.

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You just go forward with faith, knowing that the Lord is on your side,

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and you're doing what you're supposed to be doing.

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SISTER SCHADE: Being a representative of Jesus Christ, I feel so honored.

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Having the opportunity to represent Him, and walk with Him, and teach with Him on my mission, is phenomenal.

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ELDER MALMROSE: As I learn more about the Savior, I want to love people the same way He loves them.

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ELDER ROBINSON: I'm really excited to go out there. I'm excited to be out in the field.

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But as I'm here in the MTC, I'm excited to be learning and to be growing,

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and to be growing spiritually, and to be learning my language.

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I just love it.

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[MUSIC]