I
hope you are all well. This week has been packed! Four sisters left
Monday to Puerto Rico, they'd been with us since we got here. All the
sisters were bawling and the Elders, we were like, yep, cool beans, good
luck, you'll do great! The rest of them left Tuesday so for the rest of
the day and most of yesterday, our district of seven, where the only
missionaries in the MTC! It was awesome. I have eaten cookies or
something akin to them every single night which reminds me, mother, I
did indeed get not one but two cakes on my Birthday. Hermana Romney made
them and I got to go up next to the president and his wife and stand as
everybody sang happy birthday in spanish and English. It was great, bit
awkward but mom you'd have loved it. I got two slices. Thank you for
the Birthday gifts, the pen's are lovely and Abby, thank you so much for
the writing pad, I'm chewing through paper like nobody's business! And
I'm 19! That was a strange realization, I feel closer to 5 but I suppose
we have to grow up sometime.
My Spanish is
improving, this week I've been setting specific language goals,
otherwise I don't push myself. I've memorized Joseph Smith's first vision
in Spanish and other stuff. Yesterday we received about thirty new
missionaries! No more empty halls in this MTC. About ten of them are a
lovely Haitian bunch who speak creole and French. I exhausted my
knowledge of the french language in less then ten seconds but, they're very
happy and are understanding. At least I think so, they could be
insulting me and I'd just keep grinning! 15 or so are from around Latin America and three are from the U.S! Utah, Texas, and one from the
American Colonies in Mexico! He's a white cowboy fluent in Spanish and
yes I am just a pinch envious, I need to repent. I'm going to try
sending some pictures, yesterday morning (Wednesday, the 9th) , since it was just our
district (in the whole MTC! This is a small MTC with around 30 missionaries-give and take a few), Hermana Romney may or may not have let us go up to the roof to
take pictures! It was bububeautiful! The Ocean here is a dark blue and
looked amazing that morning, basically along with everything else!
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| Ford's MTC District on the MTC's roof; temple in background |
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| Elder.... Ford & Elder Lee; MTC Companions |
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| Ford, Herman Camille Walker and Companion (Camille is a cousin on the Walker side. She just left to a different mission in the Dominican Republic) |
Something
else exciting that occurred, last Friday I got my blood drawn, nasty
business but it had to be done. Apparently our visas were only good for
three months, so first we went to the immigration building and got our
fingerprints taken, then we went to the hospital. We went down into this
sketchy basement. Each of us got an X-ray, and then got our blood taken
and some other stuff. I was okay but it was pretty hard for Elder Lee,
he was white as a sheet and got kinda quiet, but by the end of the day
he was good to go, may have fallen once or twice, but he was good!
Last
Sunday was fast Sunday and we had a great meeting, at the end I got
called to give the closing prayer! I think I did okay, it may have been a
bit short but it was a good one. The topic for the day was the Book of
Mormon and it's importance, we were challenged to read the Book of
Mormon again and again. So this week I've been work on the book of
Mormon. It never ceases to amaze me how you can read the same words a
again and again and still learn something new each time.
Teaching
has been a huge learning experience this week, I'm trying not to get
down on myself and just press forward. When I start feeling blue I
remind myself that more often than not it actually takes time to learn
and progress, and I've made progress, I'm trying to recognize the little
fruits of my labors, that's what Elder Ballard told us in the Devotional
on Tuesday. I pray for patience, trusting in my Savior!
I love you all, thanks for the prayers!
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