Hi family!
I love getting letters. It literally is what gets me excited. I got letters from Dallin, Whitney, and you Mom, from dearelder. So thank you! I don't know whether to send letters back because by the time you get them, it'll almost be p-day again. Also I got the package from Nana. Thank you so much! The jacket will definitely come in handy while I'm here.
There is so much that happens in a week. I seriously have not felt well rested once since I've been here because we do so much and sleep so little. So last Saturday we taught Jacob (our investigator) again and it went a little better. I talked most of it because my companion hasn't taken any spanish. Then the next one I talked most of it again. The next one I was so tired and it was in the morning and I was like "Elder McCrory, you need to take the lead on this one." luckily he did and he felt pretty good about it after. We didn't make much progress because we were trying to get him to believe and pray to God, but it was really hard to convince him of that. We are definitely learning what the best way to teach is. We have learned that we can move on to other parts and his knowledge of God or whatever is needed may come through other lessons. It is really frustrating when you know what to say in english, but you can't in spanish. We were doing a role playing thing the other day and I got so frustrated and told my teacher that my personality is just gone cause I have to think so much about what I am going to say. I think he could tell how frustrated I was and he told me this story how there was this missionary who was perfect in spanish and bore his testimony. Apparently it was okay, but then a missionary went up with very broken spanish and shared his testimony. At the end of his testimony every one was crying. He said the spirit can talk to others, no matter our language. I keep having to remind myself of that. It is really difficult, and my brain is so tired.
Sunday are the best. Elder McCrory and I blessed the sacrament in Spanish during our meeting. We then have a priesthood meeting and that's it. We have a few other meetings throughout the day. Later at night we went to choir practice where we sang "Where can I turn for peace" for our tuesday devotional. After that we went to main campus where we have a fireside. Usually they have a speaker, but they decided to play Elder Bednar's talk "Character of Christ" which he gave at the MTC 2 years ago. It was really good. Then right after the video, Elder Bednar walked in and had a Q&A! It was so cool. You can feel the spirit so strong with him. Apparently for the past 6 or 7 weeks they have had an apostle come every tuesday devotional. This past tuesday was the member of the seventy in charge of the missionaries (I can't remember his name right now).
Mondays, Wednesday-Fridays consist of waking up at 6:30, breakfast at 7:00. Class from 7:30-10:30. Gym 10:40-11:30. Lunch 12:00-12:30. Class 12:45-4:30. Dinner 4:30-5. Class 5-9:20 and then back in our apartment at 9:30. So it is like 12 hours of class. It is so exhausting. We have personal study, companionship study, then language study during our first class and then teachers come in.
Tuesday instead of a third class we go to choir practice and then the devotional. I like the days where the schedule varies. This thursday Elder Blevins and I went to Salt Lake to the Mexican Consolate to get our visas, so hopefully I should get it by June 23rd when I leave! The others still have to wait some more. Natalie and her companion were one of the 20 or so others that went down with us, so it's fun to see her (See pictures). I see her every day. Sometimes just for a quick second though, but it is fun having family here. I miss talking to girls, because here you can't really do that, and if you do, it can't be for long. Girls are so much easier to talk to then guys. Luckily I have the excuse to talk to Natalie cause she is family. The other day some Elder was like "Elder Thomas, you flirting with this girl?" I was like "Ella es mi prima" (she's my cousin). He was kinda embarrassed.
My cousin, Natalie Hymas
Anyway, going to Salt Lake was fun because I really like to get off of campus. I like to go walking on the streets outside of campus. Other than that, I think that was mostly our week. Oh! our investigator Jacob is now our new teacher, so that's kinda awkward because we were a little awkward during our lessons.
Today we went to the temple and are going out to eat in a bit.
Yay about the table! It's that much closer to being done. I am glad that the silent auction went well. It sounds like a good time. I'm happy to hear about Dallin. I loved his letter. He shared some of the news going on and I wasn't sure if it was real or not so I asked one of my teachers. Turns out Willy the Plumber is real. It was also really fun hearing from Whitney. I laughed with the Rapunzel hair noodles. My district thinks I look like Flynn Ryder, so I guess that's kinda cool :) . CONGRATS to Aaron! That's way cool about pole vaulting. He's getting good fast! Also I hope his Eagle project turns out okay. Good luck!
Any way that's about my week. Thanks again for the letters. My district thinks I'm popular because of the letters I've gotten (I just don't say they are all from my family) :). Pray for me. Especially with the gift of tongues because I need it.
Love and miss you!
-Elder Thomas
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