Hey Everyone,
Hola! So I wasn't nervous at all on the plane ride to Utah ,
but when I started pulling up to the MTC, I became really anxious. But after 3
days, it's been pretty cool. All the people are really nice. I'm very glad
I'm in Provo and not Mexico
City . Nothing very grand has happened yet. The
food is not good though. Whoever told me that it was good beforehand was lying. But
yeah, I'm liking it so far. Everyone says the first week is really slow,
and then all the sudden you're out of the MTC, but we'll see. I got my
companion the first day, Elder Kempler, and we're both going to Chiclayo, Peru
and speaking Spanish, so that's pretty comforting to know.
Speaking of Spanish I've learned more here in 3 days than 2
years of school, so if that tells you anything about the education system...
But I'm not really able to construct sentences although I can understand most
of what they say. I'm in a room with 4 guys and we call the dorm "The
Hood", mostly because I'm from Detroit
and my companion is from LA. We came up with hand signals which are basically
from the primary song Book of Mormon Stories, so as you can tell, we're real
thugs! The other two guys in the dorm have beanie hats so we are calling
ourselves "the beanie gang". I didn't have a beanie hat and was
about to buy one from the store, but then I got a package that day and inside
it was a beanie hat! What??? It was a perfect gift! Thanks Grandma!
We also have three hermanas in our district. Anyways, I'm having a good time
but the past three days really have felt like a month!
I did hear a story about this cat that walks around
the campus all the time. And a few months ago some guys gave the cat the
priesthood by putting their hands on it's head, but then they were kicked out
and sent home for that. A stupid reason to go home. A little bit funny, but not
cool!
I'm hoping I don't have a problem keeping my focus and not
letting things distract me, so I hope it's not too much to ask for you guys to
pray for me about that.
I'll write again next Saturday.
Alex
Elder Dyal with his MTC roommates
L to R - Elders Dyal, Palmer, Christensen, Kempler
With Elder Kempler in their dorm room
At the Provo MTC on P-day
It snowed in Provo!
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