The MTC has been so legit so far! I don't have a ton of time to write, so I'll try my best to fit everything in that I need too.
My
companion's name is Elder Haydn Felts, he's from North Logan Utah. I'm
living in an apartment with 4 Elders though, Elder Barfuus (Brett's
nephew from Calgary) and Elder Spiedel (He played sports for Harry
Ainley), and then elder Felts and I. The 3 Canadians are all going to
the same mission in Salt Lake City, but my companion is serving in
Texas.
I am the district leader for our district, they called
me to do that the first night. I'm so excited for my opportunity to lead
our district to immense success, or at least try too. Our Branch
President's name is President Bowen, him and all his counselors served
Spanish missions, all in South America though. We have 7 people in our
district, us 4 Elders, and 3 Hermanas (Sisters). Our district is by far
the best to say the least.
The Spanish is coming along good so
far. I'm grateful that I did language training before I came. Our
teacher is Sister Boyce, she's from Indiana and served in Bolivia on her
mission, she's going to BYU right now. She's super nice and a really
good teacher. She speaks in Spanish about 90% of the time, so I guess
you can say she's nice enough to give us the benefit of the doubt most
of the time.
The food is decent, but nothing beats our families Southern
Alberta cooking. The 3 Canadians in our district are some of the best
athletes here from what I've seen, which is a good sign for our country
:) . We are the 3 best volleyball and basketball players at the moment,
which is legit. I've seen Kieran Bennett at the cafeteria and the gym a
few times, it was kind of funny because the first person I ran into on
my first trip to the cafeteria was him. It was so sweet to see him, we
had a good chat. I also saw Ben Thomson this morning, he was going to do
his laundry. He got his mission call to South Carolina which is super
cool! I'm so excited for him!
I'm sorry but I forgot my
camera in the apartment so I can't send pictures today again! I'm so
sorry I feel really dumb but I don't have the time right now to go and
get it, I really am sorry. This means next letter I have to send like 20
pictures, because it will be from the last 3 weeks :/ . The flight was
good, I sat by Elder Allan F. Packer (Seventy) and his wife while we
were waiting to board, they were touring the Calgary mission on my last
day in Calgary! It was cool to get to know him and his wife, he
personally told me I'm going to be a great missionary and that he
expects me to be a leader, and if I do those things, the Lord will bless
me.
Last thing, but I just want to say I love all of you,
friends, family, EVERYONE!!! I can feel your support, and I'm grateful
the Spirit is guiding me through these training sessions. I can feel
your prayers and I will continue to pray for all of you.
God bless and remember, the Church is true!
Adios mi familias y mi amigos!
Love,
Elder Strate
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