Well, I have completed half of my MTC experience. The time is starting to speed up and the language continues to come, slowly but surely. For the most part I am enjoying the district I am in and my companion. We have a lot of fun, or at least relatively a lot of fun considering; but nonetheless, the MTC isn’t as bad as many people made it out to be.
It’s pretty cool how the girls from AHS are serving in foreign missions. That will be fun and exciting for them. And it seems like I’ll be pretty much the only one in my group of friends who learns Portuguese instead of Spanish. But that’s okay, Portuguese is cooler anyway. You know why? Because I’ll be the one speaking it. Anyway, that is exciting and I wish I could congratulate them in person.
Supposedly they will be honoring Thanksgiving to a degree here in the MTC and we will be having turkey tomorrow. Hopefully they don’t destroy it, because honestly, the food is generally good, but every time they try and do something American they butcher it. They made pizza, which is horrendous, and they even failed when they tried to serve chicken sandwiches with potato chips; even the potato chips were awful. I don’t understand. But hopefully, the spirit of Thanksgiving past will fill their hearts and guide their hands as they ring off the head of the turkey and throw it in a pot next to some rice and beans.
And so far I haven’t been disappointed with the treats at Mr. Cheney’s. Thanks again for those. I look forward to trying them every week.
I haven’t been able to take many photos of my own since I’ve been here because we can only do it on P-day and only in the MTC. They don’t want us carrying cameras outside while we are here for safety reasons and to avoid the appearance of being tourists. I’ll try and send a couple through Mr. Cheney’s before too long. But other than people, rice and beans, there isn’t a whole lot to take photos of.
I was actually thinking about how the Lord always seems to bless us with our cars just the other day. It’s always interesting how things work out. And speaking of James, tell him to send me an email reply. I haven’t heard from him in a couple of weeks.
I don’t have much in the way of cool happenings to tell you about this week. In a couple of weeks they are going to send us out to proselyte around the MTC. That will be fun. The language is the only obstacle I’m facing right now. My health is good, I get to work out and play basketball, I have free time on Sundays to read Jesus the Christ and Our Heritage (I’ve already finished the one by Elder Ballard that you gave me). So overall (to quote one of my favorite songs) I want to “thank you, Lord, for thinking about me, I’m alive and doing fine.” Couldn’t help but get a little rock and roll in there somewhere.
I’m running out of time, but I’ll have Cheney’s email you the letters for the kids today.
I love you lots.
Your Missionary,
Elder Morris
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