Things are pretty crazy here at the MTC. They've pretty much quarantined the MTC because of the flu and swine flu. They aren't letting any missionaries leave on their missions, so their departure dates were pushed back. The nuevos (new people) coming in couldn't have their family come in with them, they only had a curbside drop off. The church made a press release about it. There's like 3 people with swine flu and 17 with normal flu. But someone in our zone got swine flu so it might be up to 4 now. I don't know. Other than that the MTC is pretty good. The first few days were really long and not fun. But Saturday we had our first gym and since then things have been going faster. I'm starting to learn Spanish. I can already introduce myself as a missionary, get to know the person, tell them I have a message about Christ, and bear my testimony. I still got a lot to learn though, so it's pretty intimidating.
My companion is alright. He knows a lot about the gospel and Spanish. My district also helps me a lot. We're all pretty close, so that's cool. One kid from Austin, Elder Morris, reminds me of Brad McLea. And Elder Hiatt reminds me of Robert Foran. It's weird. We found a stuffed animal dog in our room, so Elder Hiatt, Elder Watkins, Elder Morris and I took it in and gave it a name. We named her Lavender because she has a purple flower in her mouth. I feel like I have so much to write. My zone is great we're all close.
We have some people who were supposed to leave two weeks ago but have had visa problems and so they've been here for 10 weeks. I worked the Referrel Center for the first time a few days ago. I called people who ordered stuff from the church. One person I called was from Brooklyn, and was real mad that I called because he told the last person not to call back. But the best response someone got was Elder Watkins called a guy and he said "DON'T CALL ME. I DON'T WANT YA AND I DON'T NEED YA!" There was some success though. Elder Hiatt talked to a lady for like 45 minutes. The next day we did chats and I talked to a guy for 20 minutes, but I had to go eat so I had to transfer him. He seemed like he was pretty interested though.
Yesterday we had a devotional from Brother Gonzalez of the Quorum of the 70. He gave a great talk about how to be a better missionary. We also taught our first lesson in the TRC yesterday. The spirit was sooo strong while we were teaching. Our maestra (teacher) would go room to room seeing how everybody was doing, and she said ours was near perfect and that the spirit was very strong. It was a good experience. It's nice being able to have time for personal study everyday. I've been learning a lot, and it's so awesome seeing so many people here who are willing to sacrifice 2 years of their lives. Our Branch presidency is really good too. One of the counselors, Brother Priest, knows so much about the Gospel I try to absorb everything he says. I'm running out of time though so I gotta go.
My companion is alright. He knows a lot about the gospel and Spanish. My district also helps me a lot. We're all pretty close, so that's cool. One kid from Austin, Elder Morris, reminds me of Brad McLea. And Elder Hiatt reminds me of Robert Foran. It's weird. We found a stuffed animal dog in our room, so Elder Hiatt, Elder Watkins, Elder Morris and I took it in and gave it a name. We named her Lavender because she has a purple flower in her mouth. I feel like I have so much to write. My zone is great we're all close.
We have some people who were supposed to leave two weeks ago but have had visa problems and so they've been here for 10 weeks. I worked the Referrel Center for the first time a few days ago. I called people who ordered stuff from the church. One person I called was from Brooklyn, and was real mad that I called because he told the last person not to call back. But the best response someone got was Elder Watkins called a guy and he said "DON'T CALL ME. I DON'T WANT YA AND I DON'T NEED YA!" There was some success though. Elder Hiatt talked to a lady for like 45 minutes. The next day we did chats and I talked to a guy for 20 minutes, but I had to go eat so I had to transfer him. He seemed like he was pretty interested though.
Yesterday we had a devotional from Brother Gonzalez of the Quorum of the 70. He gave a great talk about how to be a better missionary. We also taught our first lesson in the TRC yesterday. The spirit was sooo strong while we were teaching. Our maestra (teacher) would go room to room seeing how everybody was doing, and she said ours was near perfect and that the spirit was very strong. It was a good experience. It's nice being able to have time for personal study everyday. I've been learning a lot, and it's so awesome seeing so many people here who are willing to sacrifice 2 years of their lives. Our Branch presidency is really good too. One of the counselors, Brother Priest, knows so much about the Gospel I try to absorb everything he says. I'm running out of time though so I gotta go.
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