The MTC is great so far, It's way more intense than I imagined but Elder Landers and I are making it through. Spanish started on the first day as soon as we got to class. Our teacher is Hma. Peacock and she probably has said 10 sentences in English in the three days we've been here. Its crazy to think of how much Spanish you need to learn but my district and I have really simple conversations all the time. One thing they are really big on here is SYL, or speak your language. We are supposed to try and say everything in Spanish first, then if we can't, say it in Spanglish or English. The MTC schedule is soooo packed and we don't really have time for anything but what is scheduled. I finally got caught up today on my journal because I was behind a day. Thanks so much for the letters! Its great that I can get updates from everyone every day even if I cant respond.
Here is a recap of the last few days:
Once I said goodbye to the family I was escorted down the to the gym where I received my tag and my packet with my key, a map, a schedule, and a card that has my end date... June 8, 2018. So put it on your calendars to pick me up;) We then went to get my books. Ill have to take a picture of them but it really is about 10-15 pounds of books. They really are great but It wouldn't help anyone that was trying to learn Spanish except missionaries though. After I got my books I went to class and met my district. Districts are made up of the people in one class so there are 12 missionaries in my district. Five of us are going to Resistencia including Elder Landers, one other companionship, and one sister.
I have to change the laundry but ill finish my email in a few minutes. If you get this soon you can email back and we can have somewhat of a conversation haha.
The second day was a total blur but it took forever to get through the day. We didn't have any gym time so we just had a lot of class time. It literally was wake up, class, eat, class, eat, class, eat, shower, and go to bed. I maybe had ten minutes to write in my journal and was writing the first days experiences. I did learn to pray in Spanish but I still use the book to do it haha.
The third day was a lot better than the other two because it was more like what our days are going to be like for the rest of the time here. It still was lots of class but we also taught our investigator, Alberto, for the first time. We taught him about prayer and how he can feel the spirit if he prays. It was weird teaching someone how to pray in Spanish when I cant really say one myself. Overall it went well though and we committed him to pray every day until we meet him again on Monday. It was super funny at night, the last hour of so of class we were so exhausted and Spanished out that none of us were understanding anything Hermana. Peacock was saying and there was no way we were learning any other Spanish that day.
Today we will hopefully be able to recoup a little bit and get everything in order. I've seen Elder Cutler and Elder Laswell! Thanks so much for the letters! Getting letters throughout the week is great because we can only read emails on P-day but letters come every day. Ill try to answer any questions when I email back. I forgot them today so ill try to answer as many as I can remember:
Spanish is hard, but its going well for three days
Elder Landers is from Vegas, he is in cross country and likes to run so there isn't any problems getting to work out
My first Spanish lesson was the first day!
My I taught my first investigator yesterday and teach him again on Monday.
Thank you for your prayers and letters, they help every day!
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