Well, I got to call home yesterday and that was really nice. It wasn't nearly as emotional as I thought it would be which was a double bonus! It was really cool to hear from my family and I can't wait to call again at Christmas!
We've been teaching Pauline about the Apostasy and how the authority was taken from the earth. I explained to her how the Apostles were like the foundation to a building and how if you take away that foundation, everything else collapses. After I explained that, I said, "After the apostasy, or the foundation of the gospel was removed, people tried to put the principles back up on their own without the Apostles, they tried to reform the gospel. This is where all those great men came together and did the best they could with the doctrines they had; but because there wasn't a foundation to work with or the proper authority from God. The best they could do was not the fulness of the Gospel. This is where Joseph Smith comes in. Not only was he called of God to be a prophet, he RESTORED that foundation that was ripped away when the apostles were killed."
Then I bore probably the strongest testimony about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith since I've been out of the MTC. What a great experience.