Hello everyone!

I have managed to make it through my first week at the CCM (MTC)!!! It has been so eventful i scarcley know where to begin! However i guess i will just start at the begining. So after what you heard, the first few days went by incredibly slow. There is inumerable numbers of meetings and classes and things to do! The first few days definitely where the hardest to get through as well, its a massive adjustment living here in mission life, just being away from my family and everyone i love has been so hard, but through my sorrows i have felt the massive help of the lord in my life! This place is so full of the spirit everywhere you go! so many valiant missionaries! its incredible!

My companions name is Elder Bartlett, he is a quiet guy, but very strong in the gospel, and pretty hilarious when he actually decides to speak haha. Odly enough he is from highland utah! we figure our houses where probobly within 10 miles of eachothers haha. In fact my whole district is from utah within and hour or 2 max from lehi, and all 6 of us elders are going to birmingham alabama! we have made it a habit of getting up at 6 every morning and working out for around 25-30 minutes before our day starts. Its amazing how something small like that can make you day so much better! your more alert and you learn more! I encourage everyone to try getting into a habit like that, its very good both physically and mentally. The rest of our day typically goes something like this....

Breakfast at 7

Personal study untill 830

Language and doctoring classes tell 1130

additional study till 12

lunch till 1230

language study untill 2

gym time (ill explain this later) untill 330

tall (spanish computer learning) till 430

Companion study till 515

dinner till 6

campanion study till we meet and teach an investigator (IN SPANISH!!!!)

Then lesson reveiw, and personal time untill bed.

As you can see we hardly have time to think! it actually has been very nice aswell because it helps get your mind off of sad things and on to learning and progressing! The gift of tongues is so real aswell, its incredible how easy it is to pick up the language! it just comes to you, not to say you dont have to work for it, but the work seams enjoyable and you can see the improvement daily! 

I am also very glad for the opertunity to come here to mexico! the food is... well, different. But what ive realized is how truly privilaged we are to have been born and lived in the united states! Mexico city has over 20 million people and driving through it you can just see the poverty. It is very humbling to see these people who have so little, and yet have so much faith and work so hard! they appreciate everything they have! It has been a humbling expirience being here but a very good one aswell.

So, as i said, we are teaching investigators in spanish already! we started like our second or 3rd day! there is definitelly a language barrier, however by showing love and trying to help your investigator, not shove doctoring down their throats, we can see the spirit touch their hearts and lessons have been getting better every time! Our investigators name is Myra Sandoval, she only speaks spanish and is an incredibly nice lady! shes probably mid 20´s and is very kind to deal with our spanish problems haha. We actually are pretty sure that she is a fake investigator and will become just our second teacher after we have taught her so many lessons. (We figure they wouldnt turn us loose on real investigators just yet) But it still gives us great opertunitys to teach and feel the spirit!

I wish i had more time to write! please tell my mom to ask any specific questions you have for next week and i can try and answer them, but its very beautiful here in the mtc and i love it so far! 

I guess the last thing that i want to talk about is gym time! we have 50 minutes a day to spend doing gym time. Its for working out or basketball, basically just being active.  because the basketball court is so crowded you hardly get a turn, my district has taken to playing street soccer! they have a hybrid basketball/soccer court and its surrounded by fence so the ball mostly stays in bounds. Its actually been extremely fun and good excersise. Ive never been much of a soccer person but i might be becoming a bit more of a fan during my time here.

 So i just want everyone to know that i love them and that although im far away i will always be praying and watching out for you guys, i love you all!