Week 2

Wellll it is P-day again and I have to say that what I think that I miss most is my music, my pillow and my converse.....Just kidding I miss all of you guys more. Those things just take a close second. Well since I added some new people and I have lots of time I will tell you how this email works. You guys can email me any day and I can read them any day but I can only reply on Tuesdays. Which is my P-day (preparation day). These two weeks have seemed to go by both really quick and really slowly. I can't believe that I am already 1/3 of the way through the MTC already. So some highlights that I missed last week was that I saw someone that I knew here at the MTC. It was a Emma Christenson from my Stake who I thought was at college but I guess she got her call at the same time I did and she is going to Arkansas. Ohhhhh yesterday when my class got bored we drew up a risk board game on the chalk board and started playing risk. I also found out that I am 6th cousins with the other Elder Black in my district and with Elder Ulrich. Oh also I get to be senior companion for the 1st 3 weeks which doesn't actually mean anything in the MTC but still it is something interesting at this time. Today there was almost half a foot of snow on the ground and I got to go up the the temple and do work for one of the sisters in our district's ancestors. I have already taught 4 lessons in Spanish which was scary until someone at a devotional told us that "there is no need for fear because if you have fear then you aren't exercising enough faith in God" They say "The Lord qualifies those he calls." This week I got some freedom though. I got to leave the MTC for a whole hour and sit at the police station while my companion got his fingerprinting done. Thanksgiving was alright.....it didn't measure up to one at home but as far as being at the MTC it was much better than any other day I have had yet. They gave us a thanksgiving lunch so the cooks could go home to their family for dinner and we boxed 350,000 meals for hungry kids in Utah. Also we had 3 devotionals and Neil L. Anderson was at one of them which was really cool. To end the day we watched a movie called Ephrium's Rescue which was a super powerful movie that made our entire district cry. I also found out that if I trace my line back through family search I am related to both "Chaos the immortal titain" and "Gaia the literal earth God." Well sorry for jumping around so much but I am a bit flighty.

While the MTC is really hard I have also laughed more here than I have in a long time.

Here is a finally quote for those who miss me

Missionary:

A person who leaves his family for a short time so that others may be with their families forever.

Love and miss you guys so much

Elder Black