So just so you guys know, most missionaries are aloud to check email once a week, and it would be nice to get the low down from eveyone! The mtc is great! I realy love it here. My companions name is Elder Moser, and he is a cool dude. Hes a smaller guy, but he played middle linebacker, basketball, and baseball. He works as hard as i do, so i got pretty lucky in that sense. we have a lot in common, but wednesday he came out of our room wearing a yankees shirt... i threw up a little. as if thats not bad enough the next day the whole district was talking and we found out the probably the only Ohio state fan in the whole branch (me) got stuck with probably the only Michigan fan in the whole branch (elder moser)....but i pray for patience. Let me know how sports are going.
how is everyone? this past week has been a little strange. Dearelders come monday through friday at around 4 so if you send it before like 12 it will get to me that same day. but today is monday, my p-day, and it is alos labor so no dear elders today. Ive gotten letters from Mom, who must know not to start a story without finishing the WHOLE story, kiera and connie, and Nick. I want to thank Nick especially for his letters, they are a big help. Im writing mom her letter later today and there will be more questions and a few more details in that.
Basically the spirit here is awesome. everywhere we go we are followed by the spirit. I love it. Spanish is coming along, its only been 4 days but Ive already learned to pray and testify in espanol. Everyone thats been here for a while always tells us that no matter how badly you think you suck at it, it will come. So i try not to get frustrated but its tough sometimes. other than that we have learned a lot about our purpose as a missonary and a little bit about how to teach. Elder moser and i are awesome teachers. we have taught a few lessona in english to get the hang of it and i swear its as if we have ben out in the field doing it for 4 months together. we are studs. i love teaching and all the teachers say that i can hang with the best of them. its easy for me.
Congrats to casey! thanks for telling me like you said you would you punce, but im excited for you. The short sighted side of me is jealous of you, because learning a new language is hard, and i can only wonder how awesome it would be to just go out and teach in your native tounge right away. your going to love the mtc! you know everyones first name right away (elder) and the brotherhood only after a few hours is unparalled. Word of advice, study pmg. its the life blood of a missionary, and because i studied it before i came im heads above the rest of my district in terms of teaching.
So my district is 11 guys, and they are feaking sweet. there is one elder, elder snow, who is hilarious. he and a few other elders think i look a lot older than everyone else, like 24, but because they know im not they joke around about it a lot and call me padre kitterman or abuelo kitterman (grandfather). old man jokes all day, and being helped out of my chair, when i dont hear something and say "what" its always "turn your hearing aide up!" its hilarious. there is another elder, elder badger, who got full ride offers from the following schools to play football (safety): BYU, utah, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Florida st, LSU, Oregon, and Notre Dame. he chose Notre Dame...ugh. but regardless we become fast friends. they are holding his scholarship so he brought a whole bag full of work out equipment. like a portale sled, parachute, ladder, and some other stuff. we fill up bags of sand and load them onto the sled and while everyone else is playing sissy soccer at gym we are running with a 75 pound sled attached to us up a small hill. hows that for dedication?
make sure everyone knows to use dear elder, i need some mail! i hate to compare the mtc to prison, but mail is all we have besides ice cream on sundays and wednesdays....i live for sundays and wednesdays. i cant write anyone until they write me first so i have their adress. oh i opened up a tie the second night cause i was way tired and frustrated from spanish. it happened tobe nicks tie, which was exactly what i needed to see cause at that moment the tie represented that i am not the first, nor the last to be frustrated at something in the mtc and everything will be ok so thank you nick. My time is almost up, we only get 30 minutes to write. i love all you guys and i hope your doing well. tell sierra i want her to take the tv already! you big baby...
What a special guy. Thanks for creating this!
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