September 3, 2013

MTC MAGIC!

Thats crazy, my buddies who live their say the san diego temple is by far the coolest.  What a "hard job"!     I can feel the Spirit more when we teach and during devotionals, all the Sunday devotionals have been bomb, we had Neil L Anderson from the chorum of the Twelve come to our tuesday devotional and it was cool, we had good seats. I love him! but I have to say I was hoping for a Jefferey R. Holland pre-game pump up speech.  They kept us in for a bit after the devotional cause it was lightninging..?  and when they let us out it was pouring rain so my comp and I ran, he did xc so it was hard to keep up, ha, i was dying!

ABOUT TIME they got some technology!!!!   That's aweomse. I love their house im glad it's staying in the fam.   I love the new rooms!!!!!    Bellas room is awesome! so cute! my buddies loved that picture.  Caleb destroyed my room.... haha.  jk it looks great!  very spacious!

I got an overview of the BYU game from a member of our Branch Presidency after our sunday meeting, he said BYU was on their own 13 and it was 4th and 9 and they went for it?!? and then he threw a pic?! why didnt they punt it and trust their defense?!  Texas will be tough! We got some new neighbors in the room next to us, a bunch of Hispanics who are speaking Spanish stateside, they are pretty cool dudes...they are always working out...theyre tiny..ha. but they call me Elder Swoll...it's tight.  But one is from Texas and is always wearing a longhorns shirt so I give him crap about the game this week! BYU 35 Texas 31 thats my guess.

Ha! I love seeing big schools get beat by the underdogs.  I wonder if Wimberly played in the Oregon State Game! That's so cool!  Dang, I liked clowney, I hope he picks it up. Thanks for the update! keep them coming!

Thanks for the package and all the extra stuff!

I'm trying to work hard, but it's...hard!   We got moved to a new building today and we lost our favorite teacher!  It sucked, everyone was sad, he is a cool guy. but I traded ties with him and the one I got is THS Football colors, its kinda wrinkled but I HAD to get it.

We will get a new teacher starting tomorrow.

The language is sometimes better but then sometimes i feel so behind. We started TRC this week, and it wasnt like what they made it out to be.  It's alright tho.  

Me and another Elder who also loves Jefferey Holland went and watched a movie of one of his devotionals on Sunday and it was soo good! It was called Missions are Forever.  He talks about how much a mission can and should change you.  He said the biggest dissapointment is to see a missionary come home who "Just didnt get it."  I'm really trying to dive into the missionary mindset, I can't wait till im outta here and actually doing missionary work.  He also said that the reason they ask us to be so obedient is not because they wanna be mean old men, hes hilarious. But he said it was because this is Gods Work, and it can only be done with the Spirit, and to have that Spirit and the authority and power that comes with it, we need to be Obedient!!!  It's so hard, I hear everyone say it, but you really have to manage your time adn focus really well here.  

My companion, Elder Carter is freakin awesome. He is so Chill, unless we play Sports, we all get competitive, especially the younger right outta high school kids and it can be harsh.  I'm glad Ive gotten better at staying calm and realizing how silly it is, especially when thiers sisters playing(no offense Mom, but they suck),  to get to competetive...I hope I dont get too soft out here tho.   Ive lost a couple pounds...what happened to the MTC 15?! Im probably the only one whose lost wait here...I havent worked out very much... Im trying to find a balance between staying fit and not losing too much and just forgetting about it and focusing on the mish, We are given more workout time in the field so I hope that will make it easier! 

The new companion in our tripanion ship is now the District Leader...(we change DL every three weeks...at least thats what they said...) but he has poor word choice sometimes...haha, but hes gettin better at it! I dont always get along with him but we talk and try to not piss eachother off too much... He is a hard working Elder tho!

Well Im so glad to here about Bryson!  Makes me jelous...haha. I feel like its been two years for me..can I come home too?  JK i cant wait to get out and start teaching! only 2.5 more weeks!  havent heard anything bout my visa.

But my expected departure date from the MTC is Sept 23...the day before Bryson gets home.  Crazy!

I miss y'all a ton!!!  I love the photo book! I look at it all the time!  Everyone wants to marry my sister. I told them she is dating a massive football star at BYU. ha.  Can I get a pic of Bryson and I to put in there?!

Amo Voces!

-Elder Grondel III