I am doing well! Here at the MTC there is just a lot of classes and devotionals, with teeny tiny details added for variety.
My
companions love to listen to music. A lot. Whenever we are in our room
for an extended period of time (lunch break/at night before bed), they
are listening to music. It mostly consists of EFY and mutual albums and
Piano Guys, and I have listened to You Raise Me Up as performed by Josh
Groben more times than I can count. Sundays own because my companions
take naps during free time while I stay awake and do whatever
(write/ponder/etc.). It's the only time of the week where I can be awake
and in silence simultaneously. Although, they like to play music while they take naps. It's quiet enough that I can't hear it if I put in my ear plugs.
We
had a service project on Wednesday. We went to the park which is right
next to the MTC and filled about 30 trash bags full of leaves in about
45 minutes. While doing so, we saw a ton of cool bugs - Centipedes,
millipedes, spiders, and a ton of ants. I also got a piece of a pretty
nasty weed embedded into my thumb. It hurt whenever a significant amount
of pressure was applied to my thumb for about a day.
I
have been learning the general stuff here in the MTC. But one thing
that I have been learning personally is how to apologize. I've found
that it takes a lot of heart to do.
The boys love to talk about poop while we eat meals
(some things never change).
It's kind of annoying. And when my companions and I left our key in the
door, one of the elders (who is serving in my mission, but speaking
spanish) took a dump in our toilet and left it there with a sticky note
that said: "With love, Elder Jones." It was more funny than it was an
inconvenience, but it stunk up our room for a bit.
Missionaries
love Nutella. I saw a whole container of Nutella go in just one day. I
found out that it does make a good pancake topper.
I leveled up and now I can do the ultimate handshake by myself. I would include a video, but recording is not allowed.
There
is another Elder Harris here at the MTC, but he is serving in the
Dominican Republic. His birthday is the day before mine. So when
clarification is needed, I am the younger Elder Harris. I prefer "Neo Elder Harris" but it's whatever.
A
lot of missionaries got sick on Sunday-Monday so I had to move down one
floor for just one night. All the sick missionaries were quarantined
upstairs so the healthy ones wouldn't get infected. Moving was kind of a
drag.
A miracle: I lost one of my pens for about a day and then I got it back.
I had the opportunity to teach a real investigator. He came here to the MTC and yeah. It went pretty well I guess.
Today I went to the park (pictures included). It was a really pretty area. There is a section of the park with "exercise equipment" (or
at least what the manufacturers of the equipment think is exercise
(pictures also included)). We also saw a pretty cute lizard at the park.
I bought some frozen yogurt at the store today. It was interesting
making a transaction in a foreign country where they speak a different
language. (picture of frozen yogurt is also included...)
Included are links to photos taken today.. I got a ton of requests to access my photos, but these should be set so that anyone with the link can view. If you still can't see them...check my blog: deliciouseggbreakfast.
I will be happy to contain these in a more convenient manner as soon as I get access to google drive yeah I know it's ridiculous.
I would also love to provide commentary on all of the photos, but I can't even go as far as to rename them...and I apologize for any duplicates.
One
last thing: I will be able to email you again on Saturday. One week
from now, I will be in Curacao, and will not likely be able to email
again until the Monday after next week.
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