MTC

July 10, 2013

So family here we are!

Today is our first P day and everything is going great. im going to do my best to recount the whole week and if i repeat anything from letters well lucky you:)

Bryce's desk at the MTC

in the very first picture. it is hanging in the hallway up here who is this white guy!!!!!!!!
i swear Lance knows him!!!!!!!!!!!!  (Elder Ryan Hales from the 12th Ward)

So as most of you know my best friend of all time escorted me into the MTC and that honestly made all the difference in the world. because i knew i wasnt in here alone and that someone that i knew was in here going through the exact same things. so i got checked in and everything. the guys in my room are all super cool. we literally just hung out in our room two nights ago and just laughed for like twenty minutes. there are so many funny jokes and stuff to tell its crazy. like this one kid. Elder Morrin. he will be telling a story and finish it in the funniest way. like he was telling us about his AP psychology teacher and how it was really hard and how his buddy would just say dumb things and mess with her head. like she would say. ok now on this test do not use a pen. pencils only. and this kid would raise his hand and be like hey so can i use my pen? like thats ok right?? and she would get all confused and say no i just said that!!! it was just dumb stuff like that that elder morrin kept saying. but at the end he did a big sigh and was like yeah.... then she got pneumonia and died... hahahahahaha i honestly laugh everytime i hear that. even just barely when i wrote that i just laughed and everyone in my district did when i told them why. its our big joke now. even though its sad that lady died and stuff... but still funny.

   So everyone has been askin how my companion is. And so far i am getting along with him pretty well. he is from missouri and just lost his dad and grandpa in a plane crash this november. so he has gone through a lot. he is a really cool guy and we can talk and laugh so thats been nice. he is really good at spanish and teaching so its nice when we do our lessons cause if my topic gets shot down he can talk about stuff for a while. but he also cuts me off and cuts our teacher off. which bugs me sometimes. but overall i like him.  i like it when we are in the residence halls cause i can just get away and go talk with my other friends in the building. it is so weird having someone be with you ALL THE TIME. like there is a drinking fountain just down the hall from our prison cell(classroom) we seriously spend ten hours a day in there. anyway. the drinking fountain is right there and every time you wanna go get a drink you have to take someone with you!! and like its not a big deal but i seriously miss just sitting in our basement by myself. but all the guys in my district are really cool. haha ok nevermind. so i loved everyone right until we got these three new kids. they came in the same day i did but they just moved into my class room cause we are the intermediate class. and this one kid. i seriously have absolutely nothing in common with him. he loves band and grammar and stuff like that. hahah so as Scott knows we say "like" a lot. and this kid had been in our class for honestly five minutes and was like "seriously if you say "like" one more time im going to go crazy" hahaha oh my gosh and then he corrected dude!!! so yeah me and that kid are gonna have some problems. but i will manage to find somethin to talk about. i always do.

   ok so did you guys know that when you put salt in Sprite. it fizzes back up again like no other!!!! i found that out on accident when i was playing with my food after lunch one day. and it blew my mind hole. so if anyone knows why that happened let me know. cause one of the elders  (my companion) has a theory and i dont buy it. he also has a theory on gravity. that everything is expanding constantly. but yeah. that bugged me all last night. hahaha but he reminds me a lot of uncle terry. he knows something about everything!

   so our first sunday here was fast sunday and that was about the hardest thing i have ever done. we fastest basically a full 24 hours. and the dinner line that night was ginormous. so while in line i ate a salad a bowl of cereal and an ice cream bar. then! we abandoned that line to go get the same meal at another one. and right when i was about there. they closed it down!!! so i went to the one next to it and right when i was about there. there were no rolls!! so yeah ive had some pretty rough trials. the worst was the roll. hands down;) but i havent had that big break down that every one talks about. im doing just dandy. everytime i get a little home sick or think there is no way i can do this i just say shut up dude. you got this. and i get back to work.

   i miss all of you and mom. that sticky note with the dogs hair. that was hilarious. oh and that yogurt got here pretty cold. and holy cow with the packages:) im good for a while :) but keep the letters coming. getting a letter is the highlight of every day. its like christmas when you get one and when you dont its kinda poopy. haha but yeah thanks for sending everything. i will tell you everything i need in the email i will write when i come back this afternoon.

Much Loves

Elder Whitaker