Mis personas favoritos, como estas?
Well,
I've survived the first three days of the KFC as basically every Elder
called it as I was walking through with my host and bags to my dorm.
It's seriously like a tidal wave of Spirit the second you walk through
that gate, even after you just saw your family for the last time in two
years. The coolest thing is seeing an army of white shirts walking
around with a purpose and everyone saying something to you. The first
Elder to say something to me, besides my host, said, "Welcome to Spirit
Prison, Elder." I thought it was the funniest thing in the world. I'm so
glad that people still have a sense of humor here because I would
honestly die without it. 24/7 of straight focus and doctrine would be
(pardon my French) hell.
On Wednesday, we went
straight to class after we dropped off our bags. I met my companion for a
brief second on the way into our dorm. His name is Elder McCord, and
he's a super cool dude. (Blessed) He's 6'5" and I look like a freaking
midget next to him, but he makes me look good on the court. All I do
pass to him and he lays it in. As I walked up the stairs to my room,
Elder Boud was standing right there! I was honestly so pumped to see a
fellow Bingham man :) It seriously is like a 3 month Bingham reunion at
the MTC, I see everyone. I never had my camera when I would see them
though, so I apologize for the lack of pictures. More next week I
promise! Anyway, we then went to class before our introduction with the
MTC President, and our teacher, Hermano Harris spoke Spanish the entire
time. I can already feel the three years of Spanish I took in school
starting to make its way back into my head, so that's a major blessing.
I'm still thee biggest Gringo though (next to Elder McCord.) After
class, we had the big orientation with all the missionaries. They split
us in half because we are one of the largest groups to ever enter the
MTC on one day. They said something close to 900 missionaries! We sang
hymns, listened to the President, and just kind of dorked around. I feel
so bad for the ones who are missing home so much that they aren't even
having any fun. I've honestly been enjoying every second so far and I'm
so pumped to keep going! I ate dinner with Elder (Moose) Shoemaker and
his Comp, so that was super cool! He's still as ugly as ever though ;)
Later, we had some discussions with fake investigators with 40+
missionaries at a time. It's interesting to hear what some of these
Elders try to teach. Some kid babbled on about the Twelve Tribes and how
Joseph Smith is a direct descendant or something like that, and I am
sure he lost the whole class haha. Keep it short and sweet Elders :)
Thursday,
we had straight class most of the day. Lots and lots of Spanish. They
focus on practicing and repetition which has helped a ton. I love
learning here because I actually have a desire and care for what we are
learning unlike in school! In the afternoon, we had a 2 hour class with
an RM. I didn't care much for the class to be honest, but I met an Elder
who was sitting behind me named Elder Smith. He just bore is testimony
to me about Christ and it was honestly so awesome. Grateful for that!
Later we had more class, then we met our Branch Presidency and ZLs.
Elder Fankhauser is our DL and he went to Brighton. He knows Jake and
Sydney Seamons, so shout out to you guys! After, we played some slamball
in our dorm because Elder Lewis from Mesa brought one haha. Every time I
see Elder Lorenzen in the halls or in a class, I tell him and his
companions that he smells haha.
Friday was
super sweet! We had class in the morning then we had an hour for gym. On
Fridays, the Spanish Zone plays the German Zone in a huge soccer game.
No joke, 50 on 50 soccer. Just huge scrums of bodies and kicking.
Whenever we have a corner kick, the German kids all yell "Set up the
Berlin Wall!" or when they have the ball running down the field, they
yell "Blitzkrieg!!". It's honestly so funny. We won 2-1 of course. Our
ZL, Elder Horsely, scored both our goals. Ladies, this dude is a hunk
haha! Every Sister Missionary is in love with him. He's honestly so sick
though! Tender mercy of the day was finding Elder Shetlin and giving
him a big missionary hug. Still the same ol' Jash! Later, Elder McCord
and I taught our first lesson with our "investigator" Alberto. We did
decent for our first full lesson in Spanish. That night, our whole
district was in our classroom just doing personal and companion study.
Elder McCord starting to feel really sick and cold, so he asked the ZL
if he could head back early. Before we left, Elder Cruz said we should
give him a blessing. McCord asked me to give it and it was super sweet!
Our whole district felt the Spirit so strong :)
Today
we just have the temple and another lesson with Alberto. Good luck to
us! I tried the cookies and cream chocolate milk and it is honestly
garbage. It tastes like 20 packets of straight Swiss Miss with watered
down milk. Shout out to you Tanner for that suggestion. :(
Tomorrow
we are getting a Bingham Pic with all the missionaries after the
Character of Christ movie. I'll get some more pics next week, I promise
:) Til then personas, be good.
Elder Campbell
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