3rd Letter from the MTC - Nov 15, 2010

Hey Y'all! This week was pretty good! I have been wearing the bracelet Britt gave me so thank you! It is awesome! That is so cool how it is from Hong Kong! This tuesday Elder David A. Bednar came and gave a sweet talk. I usually sit by Elder Sharp and Elder Leavitt during firesides and stuff like that where there are lots of people. They leave today which is crazy! There are like eight missionaries from my zone leaving to the Philippines today too! They seem pretty stoked about it! I know I can't wait to get out there! What is going on down in sunny St George? The weather sucks here haha to be quite frank. It is always cold. It is also always either raining or snowing so we cant enjoy outside. Last Saturday we went and sat on the far west fence and listensed to the BYU football game. The crowd and M.C. were so loud we could hear the score and when they would score and stuff. I am pretty upset about The Utah vs. Tcu game. Added to the fact that BYU won. It is good because my Branch president knows I love sports so he will give me score reports whenever I ask him! The language is so hard at times but it is coming together piece by piece. I can understand like 90% of what is being said but I just have a hard time trying to respond. I am definitely above average for our zone though so that helps my confidence a little. Really there isn't much to say haha. I feel like I am beating a dead horse because everything is the same everyday except the fireside speakers on Tuesday and Sunday. The food is still really good although some kids are starting to get sick of it (they are lame.) I haven't heard from Britt in a while so she needs to step it up! We started teaching the second lesson which is the plan of salvation this week. Everything up until now has been the restoration and stuff relating to the Book of Mormon. There are definitely kids that have a better doctrine knowledge than I do but I am learning so much it is ok! Anyway I love you guys so much and can't wait to hear from you! Love Elder Garrett Vaughn Christensen