Things Were Clicking for Me

Just a couple more days and Tyler will have completed the first month of his mission. We are getting on a "communication" schedule it seems and know when to expect to hear from him. We get short e-mails on Wednesdays and then long letters via snail mail on Mondays. Today was P-Day and we got 2 e-mails. One short one just to let us know everything is good and to expect a letter next week in the mail. He sent a second later in the afternoon to let us know that he already ran into Garrick who entered the MTC today. I'm sure they were both happy to see each other.

Here are some excerpts from last week's letter which we received this past Monday and were written September 23rd.


Last week during the BYU football game we could here the crowd here and the national the national anthem. I heard they lost though. Oh well, the elders as a whole are more focused now and not always talking BYU football. I heard there were a bunch of upsets: USC and U of U but I heard BSU won so maybe they will get a BCS bowl again. I guess it really doesn't matter that much.


Yesterday I was in the RC (Referral Center). After 2 failed chats I got a guy who asked "What makes your church different?" I explained about prophets and we discussed eternal families. We wanted to talk about the creation so we did. He then asked me what we are asked about most and I said, "Who is the prophet, Joseph Smith?" I talked to him some more but I had to leave so I transferred him.

Also yesterday and the day before I was able to get referrals from the RC. The RC is my favorite place here because it is real missionary work.

Today we went to the temple for breakfast and the food is much better than the food at the MTC. Lunch and Dinner are great here but breakfast here just isn't that great.

The Hermana that is going to Arizona has been in quarantine for the last 3 days. They think she might have the swine flu. They are trying to prevent an epidemic. The bad think is we think my comp and another hermana might be getting it too.

The other day we were teaching a district in Spanish and our teacher said to do it in Spanish if we wanted a challenge. Me and my comp decided to take the challenge and we resolved our investigators concerns. We were teaching the Zone Leaders who have been here 3 weeks longer tan us. They were super impressed and they thought we were fantastic. I had to have had the gift of tongues because things were clicking for me in a way I have never had it for me before.

Tyler also included a copy of his weekly schedule with details written about different activities on the back. I will include some of these details in the next post.



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