Hey
family! The MTC is amazing!!!! I'll tell you how a normal day here
goes. We wake up at 6:30 and get to breakfast by 7, then we go to class
where we have about an hour of personal study, then about four hours of
learning Spanish. Then we go to lunch, the gym, then go back to class for
a couple hours before going to dinner. We go back to class again to take
turns to teach our investigator, followed by companero study and going back to
our dorms. We have half an hour to get ready for bed and then time to write in
our journals or read scriptures, and lastly we have prayer with our
companeros. I absolutely love every minute of it. Mis companeros,
Elder Larson and Elder Taylor, are pretty much the coolest guys you'll ever
meet. We are a tri companionship and we hit it off as best friends right
away! The Spirit here is so strong. Everyone is just so eager to
learn and so ready to share the gospel. Probably my favorite part of my
experience here was definitely when we taught the investigator, Edgar Juarez,
for the first time. We prepared as much as we possibly could with our
limited knowledge of Spanish, memorizing lines where we could and teaching each
other everything we knew. But for how much effort we put in, we had about
five to ten minutes worth of talking. We didn't worry, but decided we
would do what we could and rely on the Spirit and muchos oraciones for the
rest. We went in, and our minds went blank. We greeted him and
talked to him casually fairly well, but when it got down to teaching gospel I
knew we'd be in trouble. But then the most incredible thing
happened. I started understanding everything Hermano Juarez was saying,
and we started conversing about the gospel. I glimpsed mis companeros
faces a couple times and they were awe struck, and so was I. If you ask
me what I said now, I couldn't tell you. When we went back to the class I
had to ask the teacher what a couple of the words meant that I had said.
Elder Larson is such a great example of loving everyone and putting others
before himself. He always brags about me to other people so he started telling
everyone about that experience, so now everyone asks me advice on speaking
Spanish but I honestly don't know as much as I said in our lesson. I
truly believe that the Lord helped me talk to that hermano and I am so grateful
to have that experience. I was also made District Leader the other
day! I miss you guys a lot but I know without a doubt that is is where I
need to be. Yo se la iglesia es verdadera y este es donde yo necesito
ser. Me encanto este iglesia y el evangelio. I can't wait to get to
Honduras and start preaching for real!
Con
amor,
Elder
Cocinero
Curbside at the MTC
Thank you Garry Family for a great send-off
Thank you Garry Family for a great send-off
