Email: Week #6 in MTC

Hi!

Everything is still going well here. I also will send some pictures because President Willis overturned the rule about using cameras and taking pictures (These ones are just some I took while walking around the temple and then of my teacher and district again). So, I only have 5 days left in the MTC here until I go to fly up to Paraguay! It is so crazy. I am really kinda of nervous actually, but excited. I have been talking to some latins that are from Paraguay here in the MTC, and all they are really saying is that it is really hot haha, which I already knew. It is usually like 100 degrees while thunderstorming, which happens almost everyday! I am not sure how long the flight is, but it is about 3-4 hours from what I have heard. I also get to leave for my flight at 4 in the morning! So that will be like super fun...

Oh, so I can tell you about my last proselying experience last Saturday. So we woke up in the morning, and it was pouring rain outside. So we got to go proselyting in the rain, so coooooooool. Well, because of that no one was out haha. So we walked for a while and talked to the few people on the streets, but no one was interested. Also, there are stray dogs everywhere walking around in Buenos Aires. While eating lunch, a couple walked up to us, and we were like uhhh we should probably go now haha. But luckily after a few hours, we were able to find someone that accepted a Book of Mormon and gave us his contact information. Working all in just Spanish is just fun because you dont understand everything they say, just parts of it. But we got one! It was cool to find out that me and my companions were the only ones who got a reference that day.

 

 We have been playing basketball a lot, my district really likes to play it. Actually, one of the Hermanas in my group got bumped and ran into a pole and swoll up her knee while playing with us!

 

So I can roll out a regular Sunday Schedule for you. We start off with breakfast at 7, then we have Sacrament at 7:50 in the morning. About 5 minutes before sacrament starts, the president asks someone to speak, so that way everyone will prepare a talk. Then afterwards, we have a district meeting, which is like sunday school, where someone from the district gets to teach the lesson. After, we go down to Priesthood\Relief Society. Then we have lunch and some free time until we have 2 more sunday classes. Then every second week we go to the temple to take pictures before the group leaves to their missions. But afterwards, we have dinner, a fireside, and then a video (like a devotional or church movie). But it is awesome. For personal study, I am reading in depth about the 4 first books of the new testament to help me become familiar with them better.

 

And it is great to hear that everyone is doing well! Love and miss you all!

 

Elder Crandall