Hola my wonderful family!
Hey
dudes! How's it going back in good old Sandy? From the letters I've
been reading it seems pretty good! Here in my least favorite part of
Utah in Provo it's going pretty well. Apparently last week my email
seemed down.. I didn't think it was! I was actually extremely happy
because it was P-Day. I was just tired.. the same as right now. We like
to get up really early, do our laundry, get our emails sent, and then go
back and take a nap! It's 5:30 am so my letter will probably be all
over the place like last time :) Sorry about that! I had a list of stuff
I wanted to tell everyone but I left it in my classroom last night. So I
quickly made a new one so hopefully I can remember everything. First of
all, I just want to say how crazy it is how much I've learned here
while being in the MTC! It's been 4 weeks and I can't believe how much
I've learned. So I wasn't always the smartest with Book of Mormon
stories so guess what I did? I went to the bookstore and bought a book
with pictures in it! Haha Tanner told me that helped him so I had to
give it a try. I read through the whole thing and it's helped so much!
Yesterday in class I had to tell the story of Zeezrom. I would've been
screwed if I hadn't read my little kids book.. :) The people in my
district had fun making fun of me for reading it.. haha it's all good
though! I had an interview with my teacher the other night and he said
how cool it was that I showed the initiative to want to learn more about
the Book of Mormon.Do you guys want to hear an embarrassing story? I
got a new "assignment", not a calling. Haha Elder Jensen and Hancock got
called to be our zone leaders, my companion is the new district leader,
and for me... ONLINE COORDINATOR! Hahahahahahahaha pretty sure since I
was the only one left they just had to make something up so I didn't
feel bad. Apparently, I have to help the new districts log into TALL,
which is a program on the computer to help teach us Spanish. I even had
to stand up in Sacrament meeting for it.. our new zone leaders stand up,
our new district leader stand up, and now our online coordinator!
Hahaha the guys in my zone have a lot of fun with it.. I love the
district that got here a week before us! I'm way cool with all of them
and we always play dunk ball when we get back to the residence. It kind
of sucks that they leave for Mexico this Monday. Last week on Tuesday,
we went early to go do choir. We got there about 10 minutes early and it
was already full! What a joke.. way too many missionaries here. We are
probably going to try again today. Guess what? I get to be here in the
MTC for Easter and for general conference? Not going to lie that's
pretty cool! On Sunday, my district has been asked to pass the sacrament
at an MTC wide sacrament meeting. Apparently, it will be the largest
sacrament meeting in church history. I don't know if that's true but
that's what we've been told. There will be an apostle there, and after
either passing or blessing the sacrament, I get front row! I'm pretty
excited about that.. we have no idea who the speaker will be.
Unfortunately last week, it wasn't Holland. I'll let you guys know who
comes to speak to us on Sunday though! The Spanish is still coming
along! It'll be a lot of hard work, and the biggest problem I have right
now is just remembering all the conjugations. I'm one of the better
ones in my district, but my teacher said we are the fastest progressing
district he has had. He said you guys are definitely ready for the
field. Now I know I'll get there and have no idea what's going on, but
oh well! On Sunday we were able to go to a devotional and then it was
movie night. We weren't able to make it into the actualy devotional
because it was full. We had to go to one of the 5 overflow rooms. It was
still good however. Afterwards we went to the gym and watched a movie
about Christ coming, his atonement, and the resurrection. I felt the
Spirit super strong while watching it. The girls in my district,
uggggggggh. I was talking to Elder Hancock the other day and I guess our
teacher has had so many complaints in his reviews to the Branch
President. Seriously I don't know how to explain her but oh my gosh she
makes me want to bang my head into 2 stop signs, kick a cat, and punch
my kneecap. Yes you read that right. I really only like 2 of the girls
in my district. Hermana Bell and Hermana Mergenthaler. Bell is the cute
from Alta in Weston Farnsworth's ward. Mergenthaler is the one from
Montana who is 21 years old. They are heading to Argentina but they
haven't received their visas. A guy is supposed to come and take their
fingerprints, but he hasn't yet. At this point, it will be too late.
They won't even be able to leave the state until he comes. I'm so glad I
don't have to deal with a visa! Elder Jensen and I were talking to them
yesterday at lunch and they feel the same away about all the other
girls. It is unbelievable how many questions the other girls can ask one
after the other, making it so incredibly hard to learn. Jensen and I
always joke about how we would be fluent in Spanish if it wasn't for
them. Also we've had to give like 10 blessings already. Not trying to be
rude, but they'll sneeze and ask us for a blessing. I know it's a good
opportunity for us to exercise our priesthood, but I feel like they ask
us just for fun. Also last week, we were with our teacher and we had to
go down 2 floors. I can't remember if I already told you guys
this story.. anyways our teacher took us to the elevator so we could get
there quicker. 3 of the girls got so butthurt because missionaries
aren't supposed to use the elevator. My teacher was like wow are you
serious? Haha it's so annoying. I know I'll definitely miss some parts
of the MTC and should be careful what I wish for, but I have a feeling
once I'm adjusted to the culture I'll like Chile a lot more. I want to
actually help real people instead of these progressive investigators
that my teachers play! The lessons are getting a little easier now..
they were super stressful at first because I had to find out how to say
everything. I now know a lot more so I can outline it in English and
translate as I go. I still say a lot of words wrong but that's
okay! I've only been here 4 weeks :) Last night we were able to do
TRC's. That's where members come and volunteer, and it's like a
hometeaching visit. We had to teach these 2 girls for 40 minutes in
Spanish. We taught her about revelation through the Book of Mormon. One
was a native from Peru (actually pretty cute), and the other was in her
4th year of learning Spanish. The one from Peru actually helped us quite
a bit so it was pretty cool. Last week at TRC's was awful! We had a
middle aged man from Peru that spoke sooooo fast. And he pretty
much talked the whole time. He wouldn't even let us teach him! It
was good though because we got to see how fast people will talk once we
get to Chile! That's one part I'm not excited for haha. Last Tuesday I
was able to go the the temple and do initiatories. It was the first time
I was able to go back and do those. We quickly got done with our first
set, so we did 2! It took a while because I had a guy that was
training. Let me know how working at the temple goes! That will be
pretty cool for you guys. While I've been here, I've memorized the
purpose of a missionary and the first vision in Spanish! Our teacher
challenged us to do it, and I did it! I had them both memorized within
the first week. People in our district are still struggling to memorize
them. I don't know how to change this computer to a Spanish keyboard, so
the words will be wrong and have no accent marks or whatever. So don't
think I'm that retarded! Here is the first vision: Vi una columna de
luz, mas brillante que el sol, directamente arriba de mi cabeza. Y esta
luz gradualmente descendio hasta descansar sobre mi. Al reposar sobre mi
la luz, vi en el aire arriba de mi a dos Personajes, cuyo fulgor y
gloria no admiten descripcion. Uno de ellos me hablo, llamandome por mi
nombre y dijo, senalando al otro, este es mi hijo amado: Escuchalo! This
is so powerful when you recite it during one of your lessons! Anyways
hopefully I got that all right or I'm going to look like an idiot :) So
on Wednesday I get to host! Elder Hancock's twin is coming in that day,
so he's going to try and pick him up. Kayla comes in at 1:30.. hmm I'll
try and be out there and see if I can talk to her. Obviously I can't
host her but it would be cool to see her. Jeremy, Elder Jensen had an
extra bracket for me so I filled it out the other day. I was mad because
I heard about Georgetown losing before I had a chane to fill it out. I
still put them going to the Sweet 16 though. That's crazy a 15 seed beat
them! I also heard the 15 seed advanced to the Sweet 16. Wow that's so
sick. You can still send me a bracket and I'll fill it out and send it
back so you can see how well I did! I had Gonzaga in the championship
and I heard they lost too. March Madness is so crazy! I definitely do
miss watching that.. it was one of my favorite parts of the year. The
Jazz sound like they're doing horrible. I wonder what players will be
leaving after this year. Dad, you said Schulz was playing pretty well.
Is he doing better than Wilson? And what have you heard about Brandon
Cox? I'm glad Dennis Erickson promised a faster paced offense. I think
that will help a lot. Ugh, I'm going to miss football so much. Like
seriously. Mom, you can send my package whenever. I can't really think
of anything specific I really need. An Easter package would be great.
Thanks so much I love you! Maybe another package or 2 of those mints we
like. If the shoes are too big of a hassle, don't worry about them. I'm
only here for 2 weeks and I'll be sending them back. It's totally up to
you! Those pringes were so good.. I don't think they have the sour cream
& onion ones in the bookstore though :( I ordered 2 Chile shirts
from the bookstore. I will be sending one back that you guys can see and
just hold onto for when I get back. I've heard from some people that
Grandma is doing better, and from some others that she hasn't been.
Hopefully she will be okay and recover from that fall! Let me know what
she is going to be doing after the care center depending on the Medicare
or whatever. Heather, I loved the pictures of the baby! The 3D one was
awesome. Those are my kind of ultrasounds. Good luck with sleeping! I
know I wouldn't be able to get any sleep if my belly was gigantic ;) I
laughed when I read the story about Carter and the cave! I can totally
see him pretending to go on a bear hunt and going into the cave. Tip
toe, tip toe, tip toe! Hahaha so funny. I'm glad he likes his book and
remembers me :) 2 nights ago I had a dream that we all went to Trevor
& Heather's house for some reason. I saw Teagan, picked him up, and
he said quietly "I miss you." It made me so sad! Then he proceeded to
get mad at me for leaving him, but oh well! I woke up right after that
and I was so sad. Funny how dreams can do that to you. Anyways I
should probably go so I can send you guys some pictures! I took quite a
few yesterday so hopefully they will send. Did they work last time?
Nobody let me know so I will try the same thing I did last week. Thank
you guys for all the letters and everything that you guys do for me! I
seriously have the best family and I love you guys so much! And now I
leave you with
Tweety Bird's Seeds of Wisdom: Does anybody else
get frustrated while eating Pringles? The whole time I'm eating
them, I'm just so concerned about my hand fitting inside the can to grab
some more Pringles. Has anyone ever thought about making a can like a
deodorant stick? The bottom should have a twisting mechanism to push the
chips to the top of the can. If anyone would like to write a letter to
Pringles Incorporated and share with them this wonderful and thoughtful
idea, it would be much appreciated. If they like the idea so much as
to incorporate it into their cans, please share your millions of dollars
you receive from the company with me because this was my wondeful
insight to the world. Hasta luego familia!
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