The MTC has some good and has some bad things to it but all
in all it's a good experience. My companion is totally different from me which
is hard to relate to a lot of the times when we have normal conversations. We
work well at times when we teach, but he has a little stuttering problem and he
tries to talk too much so its hard for our investigator to understand him when
he goes on a talking spree. Class can be really hard for me at times being in
the classroom for HOURS.... but I started praying before class to be able to
stay focused and it helped me out a lot the other day. My companions name is
Elder Anderton, he is from San Antonio Texas and is also going to Salt Lake
South. My district has three elders going to Salt Lake and three going to
Fresno, CA, for the Sisters, three are going to Oregon, but I forgot what one, not
the same one as Ethan though, and one is going to Yakima, Washington.
I was called
to be District leader.
Saturday was very hard for me, from going to spending
all day watching college football and then not being able to watch any was hard
but luckily the Utes pulled it off.
I've learned some fun new games during our
exercise time, they are Kube and spike ball. Kube is a weird game where you
have 5 blocks on each team, and have 6 sticks to throw underhand. There is a big
block in the middle of the boundaries you set, and if you knock over the big
block you lose automatically. So the point of the game is to knock the other
teams blocks down and if you knock their block down they have to roll
their block out past the middle block and then stand it up. Then if you rolled
your block past the middle you need to hit that one over in order to save it,
if you and your team don't hit it with your six sticks its out. However if you
hit the block down you can use your remaining sticks to knock theirs down, if
you knock over the one you rolled across you get it back. The point of the game
is to get all the other teams blocks eliminated. My companion is surprisingly
good at it despite how un-athletic he is. There is another game I played today
called Spike ball which is like volleyball but with a little tramp and a little
ball. It is a 2v2 game. Same rules as volleyball apply to spike ball, you have
three hits to hit the ball on the tramp and can't touch it twice. It was a
really fun game but with someone who isn't coordinated is hard because it takes
some athleticism and communication skills. Look both these games up they are
really fun and would be a fun thing to play for Young Men/ Young Women or any
other time.
Sadly we lost all our crazy Spanish Elders this week, they had
fight nights in the halls with El Luchador, Missionary man (Who had an M shaved
out of his chest hair, it was quite impressive) and Batman, there is a
Elder Batman name tag that has been passed down for who knows how long. There
are also Nephites vs. Laminates they just wrestle a little bit and it probably
wasn't the best idea but it gave us all something to laugh about at the end of
a long day. Thank you for all the care packages! I was in dying need of
garments, it got to the point where I was deciding which smelt the least worst.
The last two times we have had devotionals there were apostles there! M Russell
Ballard on Sunday and Quentin L Cook on Tuesday! They both did not have talks,
but both gave good messages to us missionaries. That is the 3 Apostle in a row
is what I heard so I am very fortunate. All is going well here at the MTC love
you guys.
Love,
Elder A-A-RON
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