Hey everyone!
Holy cow this place is crazy! Super hard too. Whoever said the MTC is super easy are dirty rotten liars! I'm in the advanced class so I've never ever ever heard a word of english from my teachers and I'm never allowed to speak in english in class. It's stinking hard. I understand most everything but when I try to teach in spanish it's pretty rough. I'm having a lot of fun though. My district is soooo funny. We always talk about stupid movies or something. One time we even laughed so loud that pretty much the entire cafeteria shut up and it was really awkward... haha. We probably speak in english too much but we really get to work when we need to.
This is my suggestion to any missionaries that are coming in. Every single day, every single second it's awkard and stinking hard. But every single night, after every single prayer I feel happy. I'm probably one of the worst spanish speakers in my district and it frustrates me so much that I don't already have it down and sometimes I've wanted to just go take a nap. But at the end of the day, when I say my prayers, I feel happy, even though I know that I'm going to tank in teaching the next day. It's one of the weirdest experiences ever. Every day I feel awkward and inadequate, but every night I feel peace and joy. So if you're coming into the MTC anytime soon know that it's gonna be rough, but worth it.
So our investigators names are elena and fulgencio and they're really just our MTC teachers but I still try my hardest every time we teach them. We also got a real investigator yesterday, Roberto, and man he is a piece of work! He is very firm that God hates all of us and he expects us to prove to him that we're right and that there is a reason that out of love God made homosexuals. He wants proof! He doesn't want faith. So he's hard but he got me pumped up and I gave one of the most kick butt testimonies in spanish ever and that shut him up for a few moments. I don't have the answers to all of his questions, but I can help him feel the spirit.
My companion is from guatemala, Elder Alvarez. He's super nice, has a super strong testimony, knows the scriptures, but he kind of treats me like I don't know anything and it's just been a little rough. He's actually going to the Salt Lake City south mission and so our house is in his mission!
Today has been cray! We got to go to the temple which was awesome but afterwards when we went to catch the bus back to our campus it never came! We waited for over two hours! My whole Pday went bye bye. So sorry if this letter has been dumb and hasn't made sense but I'm kind of rushing here.
Thank you so much for all the letters, care packages, and emails. My district also thanks you for the cookies and other snacks.
Oh! There is something about this MTC food. From the moment I've started eating it I've been farting, it's kind of a problem. But I've been blessed, they don't smell during a class or lesson, but during lunch they smell like a dumpster.
I got to see Branden stuart and Brandon Chamberlain! It was awesome. We took a pic. Not on my cam because mine's broken but it's ok.
Oh! I also have my travel plans! I leave the 25th and my flight leaves at6:50 at night. I fly to LA then to Miami, then to La Paz, then to santa cruz. I'm stoked and scared! Woo Hoo!
Guys so far it's been really hard but it's really cool. I've been humbled and my testimony of the power of prayer and reading the scriptures has skyrocketed. Always remember to pray and read your scriptures. Ok I got to go. Love you guys! I'll try to get my thoughts together more. Talk to you soon!
