I am very well, thank you, and am having a great time! My least favorite part is Missionary Directed Time and my favorite part is teaching. Wow. I was about to put an exclamation point at the end of that sentence but then I realized that would be, you know, a lot of exclamation points.
My District is AWESOME. Seriously. They are all so cool. There are seven elders and four sisters. It's pretty huge compared to previous groups. The elders are all very impressive: very sincere and very focused. Our sisters are hilarious and fun too. My companion is Syster Maxwell from North Carolina. She is 23 and graduated from BYU last year in Anthropology. She is very different from me. She likes to have a lot of time to prepare and think things out. I much prefer to just go do it! I just feel like that's how I learn the most anyway. It is important to be patient and to wait on the Lord, and I am glad I get to learn that from her example of patience. So, my District found out that I have a great appreciation for and broad interpretation of humor. We laugh A LOT and have a great time. I mean, its appropriate laughter. Its a great stress-relief and we should be able to remember that this is a joyful work. We should smile! Basically, what I am trying to say is that we have a great time.
It has been a hard experience. A lot of ups and downs and all that stuff. I love the Gospel though. I LOVE to testify of the Restoration of the Gospel. I cannot wait until I can testify to people who have not already been baptized. Everyone needs to hear the message, saints and sinners, so it is still good. I am grateful for the many opportunities I have to testify at all. It strengthens me.
So, Swedish is really cool. You guys are going to love it. I can pray, testify, and contact in Swedish. The food ar inte bra. Let's just say I won't be gaining any weight here at the MTC. I got sick Saturday night and my teacher thought I was pretty cool running out of the room with my companion. Sweet. I was able to keep working though, because the next day was Sunday. Anyway, I am healthy though. I do eat. The gym is a weird place. It's really crowded and no one wears tags (they don't let us). I am getting used to it though. I love wearing my tag. It's pretty much for selfish reasons I think though. I just feel really cool wearing it. We are all SO cool. I am trying to enjoy that feeling here, because no one really outside of the MTC will think you are really cool when you wear Church clothes and the black tag. I will still be excited to do it though, I think.
My District is AWESOME. Seriously. They are all so cool. There are seven elders and four sisters. It's pretty huge compared to previous groups. The elders are all very impressive: very sincere and very focused. Our sisters are hilarious and fun too. My companion is Syster Maxwell from North Carolina. She is 23 and graduated from BYU last year in Anthropology. She is very different from me. She likes to have a lot of time to prepare and think things out. I much prefer to just go do it! I just feel like that's how I learn the most anyway. It is important to be patient and to wait on the Lord, and I am glad I get to learn that from her example of patience. So, my District found out that I have a great appreciation for and broad interpretation of humor. We laugh A LOT and have a great time. I mean, its appropriate laughter. Its a great stress-relief and we should be able to remember that this is a joyful work. We should smile! Basically, what I am trying to say is that we have a great time.
It has been a hard experience. A lot of ups and downs and all that stuff. I love the Gospel though. I LOVE to testify of the Restoration of the Gospel. I cannot wait until I can testify to people who have not already been baptized. Everyone needs to hear the message, saints and sinners, so it is still good. I am grateful for the many opportunities I have to testify at all. It strengthens me.
So, Swedish is really cool. You guys are going to love it. I can pray, testify, and contact in Swedish. The food ar inte bra. Let's just say I won't be gaining any weight here at the MTC. I got sick Saturday night and my teacher thought I was pretty cool running out of the room with my companion. Sweet. I was able to keep working though, because the next day was Sunday. Anyway, I am healthy though. I do eat. The gym is a weird place. It's really crowded and no one wears tags (they don't let us). I am getting used to it though. I love wearing my tag. It's pretty much for selfish reasons I think though. I just feel really cool wearing it. We are all SO cool. I am trying to enjoy that feeling here, because no one really outside of the MTC will think you are really cool when you wear Church clothes and the black tag. I will still be excited to do it though, I think.
