Thank you for all the Email addresses! The
MTC is wonderful and challenging. Since there are so many missionaries,
each zone has a different P-Day. Mine is on Saturday instead of Monday.
Mom I have learned so much. Our Spanish teacher's name is Hermana
Johnson. She served her mission in Argentina and is so enthusiastic that
you learn Spanish really quickly. Elder Hooch (my companion) and I
taught our first lesson in Spanish to an investigator named Geovanni.
From what I have heard this investigator is really one of our future
teachers but none the less the lesson was so challenging to teach in
Spanish but Elder Hooch and I made it through. In Spanish class, we have
been learning how to pray in Spanish and the whole purpose of our
missions which is to: Invite and help others come unto Jesus Christ by
Faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement, repentance, baptism, and
receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. Tonight we
pass our purpose off in Spanish.
The food here
is amazing. Each day it is something new and each meal there is an ice
cream chest that is full of ice cream sandwiches, cream sickles, and
fudge sickles. Wow, it is good. But one of the most amazing things about
the MTC is seeing where everyone is from and where everyone is going. I
have met some elders from New Zealand who are going to California,
there are Elders from Malaysia here, and there are so many other people
going to every country imaginable. The scriptures are being fulfilled as
the Gospel is going to every nation, tongue, and people. Everyone in our
district is going to Guayaquil, Ecuador, and my companion, another
elder, and myself our going to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. They had a similar
circumstance where their Visa was delayed.
We
met our branch president, his wife, and his counselors yesterday. They
are amazing leaders and servants of the Lord. They really taught us what
a sacred honor it is to be an Elder. They taught us that only the
Apostles and missionaries for the Church go by elder. What a sacred
calling. We also learned that as a missionary, you should not talk with
your hands in your pocket, you should always stand up when you shake
someone's hand, and that you are a direct representative our Heavenly
Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
Thank you for
the letters mom and for everyone's support. Aunt Missy and Mary sent me a
letter. I love the MTC, and I know that as I continue to work and pray
for the gift of tongues that I will be able to learn Spanish.
Love Elder Matheson!
P.S. I saw Elder Chad Banks, Sister Kaitie Mackelprang, and Cameron's cousin from Idaho.
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