Week 2 Letter

 Drew has been in the MTC for almost 10 days now. Here is his letter that we received today.

 

 

 

 

Hey I'ts been great to hear from everyone and all the packages I have gotten, it means a lot. This week has been a great week besides that I got the cold that was going around here on Sunday but am almost over it which is good. The food here is not for me, I have decided to start a new diet that consists of eating only cereal and fruit, so I did the math I have 11 days left here I eat 3 meals a day and 3 bowls of cereal each meal, that leaves me with 99 bowls of cereal to eat till I get to the field! haha so class is going really well, I am learning so much every single day, the spirit is so strong and I'm realizing how key it is to learn to to teach by the spirit. Teaching is definetely my favorite thing to do in the day, we get a chance to teach actors that are members and nonmembers that are playing our investigators which is really fun. One thing that I am learning is to be able to manage time when we only have 30 or 40 minutes to teach because the last 2 lessons we have gone over 10 minutes each. I'm starting to learn how to teach with a companion better and to build upon what they say instead of going in a different direction. So today is our P day and we got the opportunity to go to the temple this morning, we chose to do iniatory today and then an endowment session next week. So it was the first time I've done it since I did it for myself. I love the temple so much it has definetely been the highlight of the MTC so far along with the devotionals. This Tuesday we had Whitney Clayton of the 70 speak along with his wife. They were both really good talks, she spoke on being happy and always being optimistic and how doing that will make us happier and have a better outlook on life. He spoke on how important your companion is and how they and you are there to help eachother. When we sang '' We are as the army of Helman that song not sure what its called but in the song it was really cool how they changed it to we are now the lords missionaries to bring the world his truth. That was really awesome and it hit me that I'm here now and that I am serving the lord which was a really cool expierence for me. The bad news is the computers won't recognize my camera without a sd card reader and the bookstore is out of them right now so I won't be able to send pictures till next week. Mom and dad I realized I am going to need one of those carry on suitcases to take with me or I won't be able to fit everything, I don't know if you can just drop it off here or send it or what but I know I am going to need it along with my Temple slippers and white socks. Oh and some chocolate covered cinnamon Gummi bears. I love you so much I know that I can't wait to get out in the field but the time here in the MTC is so valuable and I need to use it to my advantage before I leave. I'll write you more in a little bit.

 

 Love Elder Flathers