MTC Arrival

Sister Harper's Arrival at the Provo MTC

Sister Emma Harrison and Sister Hilary Harper (Cousins)

When we pulled into the MTC to drop off Hilary, one of the first people we saw was Hilary's cousin Emma Harrison.  We knew Emma would be looking for Hilary, and we were looking for Emma, but we thought it might be a long shot that we would actually run into each other.  Emma was able to follow our car down to, almost the very front drop off spot, and she was also able to be Hilary's MTC Host!  We were glad to have Emma there, it made the drop off a little less emotional because of our excitement to see Emma. 

Hilary later explained to me in a letter, that after we dropped her off, Emma took her to pick up her name tag and her books.  Then Emma took her to the Van, which took her to MTC West, which is where Hilary stayed while she was in the MTC.  All of the missionaries who live at MTC West are Spanish speaking.  Hilary said they started talking to her in Spanish as soon as she got to MTC West, and from that point on, she could only speak Spanish.