6-25-15
HOLY MOLEY!! This
place is amazing, there is soooooo much to talk about and little time! So ill
just dive in!
I got my companions!!
I'm the only companionship in a tri-o! Elder Green and Elder Oxspring (both
from Arizona) they are pretty great! This day was pretty relaxing, we mostly
just got to relax and settle into our rooms! My companions and I got our own
room, so we actually have a ton of space! It’s way nice! And you should see the
view from my window!
6-26-15
Today was the first real day at the MTC! It was a TON of work and studying! We
seemed to do a bit of everything though! The main topic today was the mission
purpose! It was a pretty good topic. ;) We are able to do some role playing which
can be humbling, and is a great way to learn! I'm sure it’s still easier than
how it’ll be in the mission field! It hasn’t stopped raining very many times since
we've gotten here. It’s great!! I kept falling asleep in lessons! I'm terribly
jet lagged!! It's really weird but I feel like I’ve know a lot of the missionaries
here my whole life! They are all really friendly though! It's really hard not
to flirt with some of the sisters!
6-27-15
Today was great!! They gave us root beer at dinner!! The food is really good here;
I’ve been able to try a lot of new foods already! I’ve had some weird deep
fried shrimp things, some English candy bars, crumpets, and their pizza is different!
I’ve liked everything I’ve tried so far. I’ve even heard haggis is good!!
My district is really great; I hope my first district in the field is as
amazing as this one! Sometimes they are so funny I actually wonder if we are
allowed to laugh so hard!
MY DISTRICT
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Sister Tenny (won’t
stop smiling)
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Sister Hofrel (from
Austria)
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Elder Cluster (really good
looking)
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Elder McCappin (from Australia)
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Elder Oxspring (companion)
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Elder Green (companion)
·
Elder Bradshow
(cowboy)
Sister Hofrel and
Elder McCappin are my favorites! Sister Hofrels name is really hard to say, and
elder McCappin is freaking hilarious! Sister Hofrel is struggling with her English
but she’s getting it! All of us are going to make great missionaries! It’s
crazy how much some of these guys know! You realize you don’t know a lot about
the gospel until you hit the MTC! I think I’m learning fast though, the spirit
and really easy to feel here and that helps!
Last but not least I was playing ultimate Frisbee today and messed up my leg
pretty bad! The grass is really slippery because it’s always wet! Oh yeah and I
got sick!
6-28-15
Yay for Sunday!! Sundays are nice; we were able to have sacrament and priesthood
right here at the MTC. Some of the missionaries were even assigned talks! Boy
am I glad I wasn’t one of those!
Tried some new
foods again today! I can never remember the names of the dishes though!
We were able to do some more exploring outside as well, dang this place is Beautiful!
They even let us do some companion and district study outside today!
They keep you so busy
at this place! Now I know why Braden calls it spiritual boot camp! They make
you rush from place to place, and if you stop and think about where you
need to be, you’re already late! I guess that’s a good thing though!
I've never been this tired in my life! Ever since I hopped of that plane I’ve
been dead inside!
6-29-15
Today was even better than yesterday! I was very impressed with the food today,
something I love about this place is that lunch is always as extensive as
dinner! However, I let Elder McCappin convince me of taking a bite of his
toast, it had some Australian spread called vegemite on it and it was so
terrible!! And was some kind of meat flavored salt spread! If I could describe
Elder McCappin in one work it would be ridiculous! He probably wouldn’t be half
as funny without his Australian accent though!
My leg is feeling a little bit better, it was hard not being able to really
give it my best effort during ultimate Frisbee today!
Even though we are so
crazy busy I absolutely love it here! Sometimes I get sad just thinking about
leaving this place. The food and all the people here are amazing. I truly
believe that these are going to be some of the best days of my life! The
environment here alone as helped my knowledge and testimony grow like a wild
fire! Being this busy has made time fly by like crazy, but I feel like I just
got here!
6-30-15
The food like always was great! For lunch we got two foot long hot dogs! And
during dinner I found out the Elder McCappin doesn’t chew his food! And he eats
a ton! He ate three plates in the time it took me to eat about half of mine!
Today was actually pretty warm! I mean probably nothing compared to what you
guys are getting, but it was a nice change! Today was the first time I saw blue
sky since I got here too!
Running out of time
for this email :(
7-1-15
Today, P-Day, So far it’s been wonderful! I like p-days ;) The day started with
a trip to the temple! The temple is like a two minutes walk from the MTC. It
was a great experience and a real testimony builder. It is a really small
temple but is sooo beautiful! After that we went to Asda (a fancy Wal-Mart type
store) I didn’t really buy anything but I did get some English chocolate. They
have really good chocolate....
And
that pretty much brings us to now!!
Well times up! I love
you all so much! Thanks for all the support, I miss you!!!
P.S. this place is
weird. The sun rises a little before 4AM and sets.... well I’m not
really sure when it sets because I’m always in bed by then, so sometime after 10:30
PM!! Crazy right!?!
P.P.S. Don’t expect
all of the emails to be this long!
Love,
Elder Brycen Cluster
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