Well here I am, Elder Willis. I've been at the MTC now for about 6 days. I am absolutely having the time of my life. Seriously this place is so cool. I have met the most incredible people. My district consists of 4 Elders & 4 Hermanas. We're all going to Costa Rica except my companion. Elder Watson is going to Panama. The sisters in our district are great! Elder Watson is a really cool companion. I'm glad we were assigned as a companionship.
Spanish is coming along so well! The gift of tongues is so real! There is absolutely no English aloud in the classroom, which really freaked me out the first day but it helps so much. I have learned so much more here at the MTC in the first 2 days than I did in the whole 2 years of my high school Spanish classes. We've taught a total of about 4 lessons to 2 different investigators, and we come out of each of them feeling totally successful. It's crazy to think that I'm actually talking to these people in a language other than English, and understanding the majority of what they're saying! And it seems like they're understanding my broken-baby-spanish as well. My teachers say as long as I get the point across and the Spirit is present, all is good.
My teachers are super cool. Hermana Daly, our main teacher, apparently knows Katie! Haha she brought that up one day in class. Hermana Daly served her mission in Spain. I told her that that's where my dad served his mission, she got super excited. Hermano Humbert is another one of our teachers, he's a super cool dude who served his mission in Mexico. Hermano Ashby is our other teacher, who served his mission in Texas. I don't know where in Texas, I should probably find out haha. All the other Hermanas y Elderes in my Zone are just the coolest people ever. Our Zone Leaders are Elder Gurr and Elder Howell (isn't that funny, Gurr & Howell) we call them the Wolf Companions. Elder Howell is from Mesa AZ! We talk a lot about home and all the cool things we did in Mesa. Elder Gurr is British, or so we thought, we found out the next day that he was totally faking. He played it off so well and was super convincing.
Our presidency is the best group of Church leaders ever. President Wilkins is our Branch President, and Brother Goodman and someone who's name escaped me are his counselors. And the most incredible man I've ever met, Brother Monson, is also in the presidency. No, he's not the prophet, he's Thomas S. Monson's nephew. He's crazy funny and tells us stories all the time about when he grew up with his uncle. He has an unbelievable insight into the gospel and is such an inspirational Brother.
Well that's all the time I have folks! I promise I'll send pictures next week, sorry. Please keep the letters coming! (seriously it's like the coolest and happiest thing when I get letters here) Talk to ya'll later!
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As promised, here are the pictures he sent:
This picture is an MTC staple. Every missionary must have one!
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