I have now been a missionary for over a month. It's weird because it feels like one of the fastest and slowest months at the same time. Sadly I still have a month more to go in the MTC so pray I don't go crazy🙏. This weeks been great tho. Keegan finally came to the MTC!!! Still as cute as I remember. Now I've got 3 friends here for just a lil bit before they all leave me to suffer by myself.
Started out the week strong on Sunday. As ZLs we have to plan the assignments for sacrament meeting. We didn't realize everything that entailed tho so we had some last minute assignments, but it worked out. It wasn't fast sunday either so the food wasn't quite as bad. Fast sundays are rough here. Later we had a devotional and district meeting that was really good. It was one of the most spiritual days of the MTC for me. And right after I finished the devotional and district meeting I got to listen to Braden and Keegan's talks so I was at a spiritual high.
The rest of the week has been pretty normal. Tuesday we had a devotional with a general authority. Elder Buckner and his wife came and spoke to us. I really liked the talk he gave. He talked about the Limhi and how they couldn't find Zarahemla even tho they prayed. But they did find a land of bones and plates. It wasn't the answer to their prayer, but if they hadn't found it we wouldn't have the book of Ether. Sometimes we might feel like we've just found a land of bones and old plates. We might not see the reason for it, but in the long run we'll be able to understand why it happened.
Also, HAPPY HALLOWEEN. It was pretty lame in the MTC, but I didn't expect much. Some people were creative with their costumes and had some funny ideas. 2 Elders in my district switched clothes and tags, and then a few of us just put a paper over our nametag with our teachers name. We just spammed the stuff he says in class like FOGAD or MAIPUD. I definitely missed being at home tho. Dressing up for real and going to stuff is sooo fun. It's gonna be really weird when I get to thailand tho cuz I'm gonna have my first sunny christmas.
The Thai is really hard but I'm finally getting a little bit of it. It feels like were just constantly blasted with words and I can't really tell how much I'm getting from it. Looking back tho I've learned so much. I'm semi competent at reading now if I go slow and I can make a few sentences I just don't have the vocabulary to say everything I want. Basically tho I'm screwed. We listened to a video from the Thailand facebook about a dude with a really cool story. He was lines we knew, but I could not tell. I guess he talked kind of fast, but I genuinely did not understand what he was saying. I think I understand a lil bit more about how its gonna be when I get there. I'm so excited to go tho and I'll I was thinking about during the video is how sick its gonna be when I finally go to Thailand.
Funny stuff
-I finally gotta play some ball with beckem and krew. I have a different schedule then them so I never get to go to the gym with them. It was soo fun, and I'm honestly surprised I'm not horrible at basketball after not playing for a while. The funny part tho is one of the elders tripped over himself while guarding me. He honestly kinda had me locked, but he was trying to get the ball to much or something and just ate it. I didn't even keep playing after that, but the loser was sooo piissed at me. He was kinda a crybaby. It worked out tho cuz he got up and called me a dush, but I passed it over to my 6'5" Elder Giles and he scored immediately sooo karma. I also found out he's krews ZL after which is even funnier.
-You can prolly guess what this one's about. Elder Huntsman does the funniest things, even when he has a freakin aneurysm. So basically he was having some bad headaches so he went to the doctor. They sent him out of the MTC to get an MRI cuz they were worried he had a bloodclot. They missed most of our afternoon class cuz they were there. Then during evening class him and his comp get called to the front desk. They got the results back and he had an aneurysm. All he texted tho was I had an aneursym no biggie, and I'm going to the ER. So we thought he was gonna have to get some brain surgery or something crazy, but I guess the blood clot they saw on the MRI was small and not in the brain so he's good. His headaches were from overexhaustion.
Extra pictures this week cuz I forgot to send some last week. Sorry Mom😊
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