Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Letter 9-25-2013

Hey!!! Well I'm back!!! Another week gone by! So this whole week has been super super crazy because quite a bit has happened, good, but crazy! But here's a short rundown of what I did last week. So Last Thursday, day after Pday, nothing special except for a got a letter that told me I was going to Vegas the next Tuesday to get my Visa. Saturday also wasn't special. It was another good ole day at the MTC. Sunday was good! Well Sunday's are always good. We had a speaker, don't really remember his background, but his name is Brother Bateman. His talk was really good! So that Sunday was pretty crazy. We found out a LOT of news, and I'll talk about that in the next paragraph. Monday was pretty good, normal, but exciting. And then there was yesterday......Tuesday. We went to Las Vegas to get our Visas, but I'll tell the whole story in a paragraph or two, just trying to get the rundown of the week. And then there's today. At the temple we did initiatories which was really cool!!!
News: So there is a lot of big news regarding our branch/district. So lately we have noticed that no new districts have been coming into our Branch, and so finally on Sunday our brother Russon, from our Branch Presidency told us the news. So I guess eventually they are going to want to get all of the Spanish branches in the Provo MTC into the Mexico MTC, so lately there have been a lot of changes, and so our branch is one that is being transferred to the Mexico MTC. The last day is for our Branch, before it is shut down, is October 14....our departure date, so that means that we are the last district. Weird huh..but what's weirder is that right now we have only two districts in our Branch, and the other district is leaving this coming Monday, and that means that the last two weeks at the MTC our district, only the 6 of us, will be the only district in our Branch, Branch 56. Weird part is that we are a district and a Branch, so every single one of us will have some calling whether it be Zone leaders, or district leaders, or sacrament coordinators, or whatever. Sacraments will also be weird because since there are only 6 of us, and 4 have to take care of the sacrament, there will be only 2 in the seats. Haha, cool and not cool at the same time.
More news: So I guess the MTC president asked our Branch President, President Mortensen, to pick two people to say the closing and opening prayers on Sunday for the fireside with a general authority speaking. Yep......me and Elder Beifuss are the two he picked. So I guess no biggee, just this coming sunday we'll be saying the prayers in front of almost 3,000 missionaries.....yeah I know, a tad bit scared, but I'm actually super excited!!!
Las Vegas: So yep!!! Unexpected but pretty cool, in the mail last Thursday we got an itinerary about traveling to Vegas the next Tuesday, yesterday, to get our Visas. It was a CRAZY day, long and crazy. It started with us waking up at 2:50 am so that we could shower and be at a building on campus at 3:35. From there we took a bus to the frontrunner, which was super fun, the frontrunner is really fun :) But then after the frontrunner we hit the Uta trax, which took us to the airport. When we get to the airport a guy found us and helped us print out our flight tickets, only to find out that the flight was delayed two hours....2 HOURS!!! So we ended up being at the airport for 4 hours, with nothing to do. Yeah I know......so then thankfully our plane did end up leaving at the right time, at 10:30 am, and we got to Vegas at about the same time (since technically we got there at 11:30, but the time difference made the time in Vegas still 10:30). It was the coolest experience! SO MANY people just came up to us and just wanted to know everything!!! Out in the real world, missionaries are famous :) So the plane ride was fast, barely less then an hour, and during that time, even though I wanted to sleep I just learned 30 more words from the flashcards i bought. So then it got time where we got Vegas.....seriously the first thing you see when you get off the plane are slot machines....HOLY COW!!! But it was still cool. The things in Vegas though disgusted me....It was horrible....I didn't know only being in the MTC for 3 weeks would have changed me so much, but it has! So in Vegas, we met a Elder/older guy, who was serving as the man who picked up missionaries weekly for visas. He talked to us for a while, brought us the Del Taco, and brought us the Mexican consulate. That was pretty cool because Everything in the consulate is in Spanish!!! So then we were seriously not in Vegas for very long, because our flight back was at 5:45, and we got the airport at like 4. Me and my companion for the day, Elder Hill (from another district), didn't have seats assigned, so then when we did get seats assigned they were in the front, row 8, and the other missionaries were back at like 24,25ish. We got back the MTC around 9:30 and wanted to get to bed, but just got caught up with writing in journals and what not. But all is well because I'm back here :) So Good news: I got my visa, it's only good for 6 months, but I guess our Mission president will renew that for us.
So that's all the major news, just little other things: We learned a new phrase in spanish that is pretty cool, so whenever you want just spell the word Socks: In Spanish, Eso si que es, which said properly is literaly, in English, S O C K S, and in Spanish it means, It is what is is!!! I love it :) haha, on and also another one, slang to Mexico, Que Padre, which means like cool, or legit!!! I love it here....kinda sad that we'll be the only district, but still loving it.
By the way, the charger was the right one, and thanks for everything else, but especially thanks for the love and support :) On hard days, at the end of the day, getting mail, is sometimes the helping hand that day! Still drinking chocolate milk everyday ;) (that was to Jon) My Spanish is still coming along!!! Days do get hard, but then you stick it through and then you see the hand of God and it changes your mindset all over again!

So I have one challenge, and it will definitely make an impact, you all could do this during Family Home Evening, or really whenever. Go on lds.org and look up the newest mormon messages. There's three parts, like 3 minutes each, and their called the Bread of Life part 1,2, and 3. It is from Cristofferson, and is just amazing! Has changed me :)

La Obra de Dios es mas importante que todas de las obras en el Mundo!

-Elder Loveless


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