Another week down!
We hit our halfway point in the MTC this past week, which is
weird how fast it went by but also weird that we have to do all of it again.
but it's going well! There were new missionaries that came in, not into our
zone, but just into the MTC and I was able to see a lot of my friends from High
School like Elder Messerly, Elder Feigleson, and Elder Hedquist.
My korean is slowly improving, I can definitely speak more
comfortably now, but understanding them is still really hard. But we did have a
lesson this week where I introduced us and said that "we were prophets
from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints"... so my companion
looked confused, and our person we were teaching seemed very shocked and a
little honored, haha. but I haven't made that mistake since.
Story Time: well there weren't really any exciting stories
that happened this week, I was asked yet again what my ancestry was though,
haha. I'm pretty sure I get asked at least once a week by someone. But I'll
entertain you all with a fun fact. In the newer part of the MTC campus, right
in front of the new teaching buildings, there is a small grassy hill... So I'll
try to get a picture with the hill in it, but here's the interesting thing,
hold on to your seats ;) So obviously the hill is man made, however, it's made
of styrofoam! because the parking garage is right underneath the hill, using
dirt was going to make it too heavy, so they decided to use styrofoam! You can
tell that there wasn't really anything exciting or funny that week, cause the
biggest part of my email was about a styrofoam hill, haha. but yeah that's
about it. :)
The stryofoam hll
Special Request!!
So I have a special request from anyone who is willing to
help. My companion and the sister in my district are from the Philippines, and
his birthday is this Friday, and her birthday is the next Friday
so the 7th
and the 15th. I don't really know if their family is able to send them stuff,
because i guess it literally takes at least 3 months to send a package to and
from the Philippines. So, we're trying to do something for them. Now that you
have the context, just my simple, but will be very meaningful, request. If any
of you could just send like a tie you don't wear for the Elder, but i don't
know what you could send for the sister, sorry, but if none of those, even just
sending a bunch of random food and snacks would make them feel so good!
Anything helps! I just want to try and make sure they have a good first
birthday in the mission!
Thanks again!
You see how my companion gets treated like royalty!
Much Love,
Elder Hanks