today, i'm just gonna talk a little bit about what it's like here at the MTC. there hasn't been much going on in the way of events going on. that kinda happens after spending 9 weeks here.
on wednesday, i gave my first blessing to someone. it was elder tomasi. he was sick and had a lot of trouble breathing. i told him to go to the health clinic but he didn't want to so i let him stay in his room while the rest of the district did service. i got called back and he wanted me to give him a blessing, along with his companion elder leishman. i got changed and annoited the oil and assisted in the blessing. it was my first time, so i wasn't really prepared but it turned out well and he eventually went to the health clinic. he's from tonga, so it may be the cold mountain air or the elevation or also the different sicknesses here. whatever the case, he seems to be doing better now. it was a good learning experience and i'm glad that he asked me to give it to him.
at 6:30 i wake up and get ready. i need to be in missionary attire by 7:00 which is breakfast time. although i never eat breakfast because i've always hated how greasy the food is for most breakfast meals. 7:30 is pretty tricky here at the MTC because our schedule is on a weekly basis. tuesdays we'll have gym, wednesdays we'll have service, thursdays we'll have personal study and other days, we'll have class. it goes on like this pretty much the entire week. but i've pretty much gotten used to the schedule where i know what i'm supposed to be doing at what time for each day.
so since everything fluctualtes, i'll just say what i normally do in a day. i'll have study for 3-4 hours and gym for 1. i'll have class for about 6-7 hours where i'm learning the language, and also teaching the lessons in tagalog.the rest of the time is used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. we have about an hour at night to prepare and an hour in the morning to prepare as well.
at 10:15, it's is quiet time in the residence halls. and at 10:30, it's lights out. normally, i don't get to bed till 11:00 because people are still up. and i also wake up around 6:00 because i'm a light sleeper. so not as much sleep as i'd hoped, especially with waking up in the middle of the night. but i've gotten used to it.
president mckiff is the 1st counselor to the MTC president. every devotional and fireside he'll be sitting there and most of the time, he'll be conducting the meeting. the reason why i'm talking about him is that he has the worst whistle while pronouncing his "S." i didn't really notice it until my companion Elder Gagnon pointed it out to me that he does that. him and elder tuitama have imitating his whistle every now and then and it's pretty hilarious. it's also funny to mention that the other night, elder gagnon was saying the companionship prayer and he kept whistling, which was completely accidental. i told him that he was gonna end up like his hero and he replied "sssweet" completely on accident.
there is an ice cream here that i'm sure britni would absolutely love. it's called graham canyon, everybody here loves it and i tried it and i liked it too. even though i don't like sweets, it was pretty good. it basically tastes just like biting into a graham cracker but with ice cream on it. i remember Britni also getting into the finlayson's pantry and grabbing graham crackers, so this might be something to try to find for her.
if anyone who is reading this knows of a way to send "in and out" and/or krispy kreme donuts, please talk to my mom. i know it can be done because plenty of people have gotten krispy kreme in the mail. but i don't know how... the in and out may be tricky because i think someone from the outside world needs to drop it off... i've also heard of called2serve.com... i think that may be how they get the krispy kreme donuts here.
also, if anyone wants to send a care package... ties, address stickers (so i can just slap a sticker on the mail and send it off) dried bananas, beef jerky, or donuts would be nice things to send. and pictures!
oh yeah, mom. i forgot to mention that my watch broke. i played too much volleyball with it. it still looks cool and the time on it works but the hands don't work very good anymore. could you try checking jc penny and see if they still have the same watch? it's a JF watch. if not, it's alright. i'll probably be buying a few watches in the Philippines. oh and can you try to find a way to get return address stickers for me? (for when i'm in the phillipines)
a few quotes that i read and like about my stay here;
kites that fly the highest, fly against the wind.
anyone can be successful on smooth seas, but it is the victor of the storm who gains the true honor.
some more things that i want to do when i get home:
use my skills with the tagalog language (MTC teacher, FBI translator, etc)
well i'm pretty much spent now, i don't really have very much more to write. anyways, keep the letters coming, it's nice to hear from home.
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