well i was just informed that i am going to the consolate today to get my visa!!!! only me and elder smith, and elder nelson are going, and two others are waiting to go, and the last two havent even got to sign for their permiso to go. so from today, until probably the end of my mission, i am striving to speak 100% spanish all day. so far, it has gone really well actually, and to alyssa: i dont have a gringo accent! my teachers and investigators say im doing very well for how long i have been here. we are teaching the first, second and parts of the third lesson in spanish already and are learing a lot of scriptures that go with them, and working on memorizing them. my teacher hno. stocking went back to his mission for the past two weeks, he served in equador guayaquil norte, and he brought us all bolsas:) i will probably send it home so it wont get ruined or anything, and then i will get another one from mexico.
we are learning a lot of other useful terms and words. direcciones, deportes, comida, cosas comprar, y tiendas, and how to haggle:) but that is probably the hardest and scarriest part for me haha. im also sorry for those of you who have written me, and i havent written back yet. i am trying, but i can only write on wednesdays, and that can get pretty crazy, but i am trying. and as soon as i get my mission addresss, i will send it out. mom: was it in the mission packet, or was that only my mtc addresss?
i know i say this every week, but can you believe its week 8 already?! i will be gone in less than two weeks in CUERNAVACA! its really scary, but also super exciting! i am already starting to get things packed up and getting a box to send back home to you, of stuff i cant take, or possible some other things.
this week has been a little rough, we are now the zone leaders, and have a lot more responsibilities. we had to get up at 4:30 to see the older district out, and that was hard to function the rest of the day, and it made it really easy for little things to creep in and frustrate me.. this week i have learned so much about patience and charity. i have really come to love preach my gospel. that book was definitely inspired and meant for everyone. if ever you are having a struggle in life, turn to preach my gospel and the scriptures. you can find an answer to any question you ahve from those two books and praying.
speaking of scrpitures and pmg, i ahve got a super effective way to mark and look up scrpitures from pmg. In chapter 3 teaching, each lesson has approximately 7 or 8 principles and there are 5 lessons, with scrpitures after them, on a piece of paper i wrote the principles and marked the scriptures with colored pencils, and the page with a sticker to match the principle. ill send pics so you can see and copy if you like, i would definately reccommend it to any one! i have got 4 elders in my district and others in the zone to do it, because it is so effective! and if you came to the mtc prepared with it, instead of using you time here, you would be so much more prepared!!!
next week is our teaching week, which is in all español, and we only have an hour of class a day and the rest is all teaching! im excited, but i think the schedule will get a little boring... i guess i just need to always feel the spirit during the week to keep me enterjetic. (cant spell any more:]) haha. but really, praying for the spirit and trying to have a positive attitude in everything. i promise it helps so much. for the new district that came in this last week, that was the main thing i stressed, because it really is so super important!
i love you all and hope everything is going well! continue writing for this next week, then dont anymore, because i dont know if i will still be in the mtc or not...:)
elder facer
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