Bonjour!
My first week here at the MTC was amazing to say the least. I am in the 21st Branch and it includes everyone speaking French but about half of them are also learning Haitian, Tahitian, and even Malagasy!! Someone make sure David hears that haha. Our branch president is President and sister Adams. They were just called about 2 weeks ago. They served a mission in Madagascar together about 6 years ago and tell us a lot of stories. My French is coming along pretty well. I’ve learned more this week than I did in the last 2 Year’s of French class. My district consist of 10 elders and one sister. Souer Black is fluent in 3 languages already and is now learning French.
Almost all of us are from Utah or are going to BYU for school. We are all going to Montreal except for one elder. Elder Washburn is going to Arizona to preach to the African refugee camps. I only have 4 people in my room. My companion is Elder Poll(Paul) and every time someone some one ask what his name is he says, if doll is doll, Poll is Poll. He is awesome and reminds me a lot of Logan Scoresby. The other companionship in my room is Elder Vargas from Texas and Elder Berns
from Spanish fork. They are some of my favorite elders here. I’m loving the MTC. The spirit is so strong here and I’ve learned so much. I’ve taught a couple lessons already fully in French. They were really hard because I knew what I wanted to say in English but then I had to try to translate it into French. I’ve only taught my teachers so far and they are both really nice but we start TRC this next week. My teachers are Frére Jones and Seour Richards and they have both served in Montreal.
The exercise time here is a lot of fun but Elder Vargas had a high ankle sprain on Monday and it’s healing well but is bruised pretty bad. I have been mostly playing volleyball but we found the actual gym the other day so I’ve been biking a little as well. I haven’t gained any weight yet so I think I’m doing pretty well. My favorite Elder is one that is going to Tahiti. His name is Elder Leslie. He was born in New Zealand but grew up in Brisbane. His mum is a kiwi but his dad is a Samoan. He is amazing and super funny. My favorite day here is Wednesday’s because of all the new missionaries that come in. The Elders and sisters here are all amazing because we are all here for the same reason. We all have a burning desire to serve our Father in heaven. The MTC is the best place in the world to prepare to do that. This is a special place given to us to help further the work in this dispensation. I learned yesterday that this is one of the only places outside of the temples that you need a temple recommend to enter. I hope you have all had a great week. I’m going to try to send some pictures here soon.
Love ya!
In that group picture, that is my full district. Starting on the left back is Washburn, Berg, Poll, Wai, Newman, Sorensen, Vargas, Berns, and Frére Jones. The front row is me, Seour Black, Arce, and Mantaño. Elder Arce just got transferred out of our district because he is fluent in Spanish and French so he is now in a different place learning English.
My first week here at the MTC was amazing to say the least. I am in the 21st Branch and it includes everyone speaking French but about half of them are also learning Haitian, Tahitian, and even Malagasy!! Someone make sure David hears that haha. Our branch president is President and sister Adams. They were just called about 2 weeks ago. They served a mission in Madagascar together about 6 years ago and tell us a lot of stories. My French is coming along pretty well. I’ve learned more this week than I did in the last 2 Year’s of French class. My district consist of 10 elders and one sister. Souer Black is fluent in 3 languages already and is now learning French.
Almost all of us are from Utah or are going to BYU for school. We are all going to Montreal except for one elder. Elder Washburn is going to Arizona to preach to the African refugee camps. I only have 4 people in my room. My companion is Elder Poll(Paul) and every time someone some one ask what his name is he says, if doll is doll, Poll is Poll. He is awesome and reminds me a lot of Logan Scoresby. The other companionship in my room is Elder Vargas from Texas and Elder Berns
from Spanish fork. They are some of my favorite elders here. I’m loving the MTC. The spirit is so strong here and I’ve learned so much. I’ve taught a couple lessons already fully in French. They were really hard because I knew what I wanted to say in English but then I had to try to translate it into French. I’ve only taught my teachers so far and they are both really nice but we start TRC this next week. My teachers are Frére Jones and Seour Richards and they have both served in Montreal.
The exercise time here is a lot of fun but Elder Vargas had a high ankle sprain on Monday and it’s healing well but is bruised pretty bad. I have been mostly playing volleyball but we found the actual gym the other day so I’ve been biking a little as well. I haven’t gained any weight yet so I think I’m doing pretty well. My favorite Elder is one that is going to Tahiti. His name is Elder Leslie. He was born in New Zealand but grew up in Brisbane. His mum is a kiwi but his dad is a Samoan. He is amazing and super funny. My favorite day here is Wednesday’s because of all the new missionaries that come in. The Elders and sisters here are all amazing because we are all here for the same reason. We all have a burning desire to serve our Father in heaven. The MTC is the best place in the world to prepare to do that. This is a special place given to us to help further the work in this dispensation. I learned yesterday that this is one of the only places outside of the temples that you need a temple recommend to enter. I hope you have all had a great week. I’m going to try to send some pictures here soon.
Love ya!
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