Hey everyone!
I am going to try to make this email less chaotic haha
Business items:
one of my favorite scriptures:
-Moses 1:36-39
-how long does it take for my letters to get there? also please date your dear elders...
-pics: i know you said you were sending me a book.. but could i have some to put on my wall/bulliten board thing...
-are the pants from missionary mall supposed to be black? i thought we ordered one navy of the silky material and one grey of the regular wool. I have recieved a grey wool one and a black silky one...
-MOM: the scripture from the initiatory is Exodus 40:12-13 (i went to the temple today and we did sealings (as children) and initiatorys. Very cool! and the scripture was on a card on the wall...)
-did you pay my tithing (i forget if you ans that)
stuff to tell you:
for the benifit of everyone (but especially ben and sarah because they have asked me) here is my day to day events: everyday besides tuesday and sunday is pretty much the same with study in the morning then breakfast then gym (basically work out, soccer outside, basketball or volleyball- i usually play volleyball) then class with this really funny guy (he is exactly like me except 24 and a little taller and he likes to watch football haha) who is at BYU and went to mexico city. then lunch, then study with companion- scripture and language, then dinner (food is ok avg cafeteria food which im not used to :( then class again with a more organized mature guy who is married and at BYU... went to madrid on his mission. then read letters/write in journal/hang with the other elders then sleep! the bed is a twin and not at all like my throne of a bed at home haha... sunday is mostly church,study, devotional (with everyone at the MTC) choir if i decide to go to it, and a (church) movie!!
i tallked with ian at the devotional/movie on sunday for like 30 mins before it started. he happened to sit in front of me... haha
here are the names of the people in my district:
my companion elder riska from NC and going to LA
elder whitney (DL and guy from cafe rio) going to monteray mexico
elder weir, linden utah, LA, currently has a broken foot from v ball
elder orem from portland OR going toDC
hermana hogawoning from san diego going to oklahoma city
the following are leaving in a week and a half to go to the puru MTC (various missions in peru)
elder bies, san diego lives in utah i think, arikipa (sp) peru
elder boulter (2 of them-twins), orem utah, one loves sports, one didnt play but both are obsessed with BYU football
elder seryul (sp) from idaho, has a farm with 500 cows,he is hilarious
devotional with elder holland last tuesday was amazing! no time to describe it but it was very motivational, told us to not have any regrets when we come home from our missions...
spiritual expierence that i had in the referal center (RC)- place where you make calls, usually about people requesting church DVDs/bibles/BoMs anyway saturaday i prayed to be lead to someone who would listen to me (all the other times i went i had gotten calls requesting life insurance etc) anyway i talked with her for an hour on saturday and 2.5 hours sunday and 1.5 hours monday. she is an extreme born again christian, from MO, and is totally accepting of the gospel except priesthood authority (she has been basptized 7 times by immersion and doesnt recognize the need for priesthood auth and also she doesnt get the concept of the gift of the holy ghost or the fact that if you sin the HG leaves...- she says shse doesnt think that the HG is schizofrenic (sp) and comes in and out of you...) my companion and i talked with her yesterday like i said and we challenged her to read a few scriptures and to recieve a priesthood blessing from the missionaries when they came (if she consented-she said she had to pray about that and the blessing bvefore hand) we are checking in with her on thursday so ill tell you how that goes.
another spirtual exp really quick: i gave my first priesthood blessing to elder weir (broken foot) before he went to the BYU hospital to get a cast.. that was so cooL! i didnt anoint or seal the oil since that had already been done...
loved to hear about the stake president switch! cal monson as 1st counselor! nice agree with mom saying about james finsihing up with dad and me
thats all i have time for but how are you all? how is school? especially emma... how is jack? how is swim season?
LOVE YOU SO MUCH! dont worry about me please (mom)
ans via dear elder
love
will
