Have I told anyone that my goal is to eat a mango a day, or at least teach and eat a mango at the same time?

Jacob, Happy Birthday! I’m working on a hand-written letter for ya! (Meaning, I’m hoping to start it today!) I hope your 17th b-day is great. I know it’s gonna be a great year! Mom tells me you started a lawn mowing business. That’s great! Just make sure you work hard and have good quality work so that you can have customers that want more! I’ll work on getting that letter to ya!

Angel, I’m working on a response for ya, too! I’m glad graduation was great! And if you got any more than 36 minutes of sleep on graduation night, then you are doing it all wrong! Hahaha. Ohh good times!

 

Jake, your mission sounds crazy! I’m jealous that you get to meet mofia members! Daggum! I guess I’ll get over it when I’m eating a mango and teaching. Have I told anyone that my goal is to eat a mango a day hahah, or teach and eat a mango at the same time?Don’t worry, Ill send pictures of it, hahah!

So guess what? I leaned how to fold socks for the fist time today when I was in the temple helping out. Man, I feel so cool now that I finally know how to fold socks! Blessings of service at the temple haha!

Michelle, thanks for the Health package. I’m working on a response for you to. I have like, 3 epistles to write today. Daggum! There isn’t enough time fore anything anymore. I thought daylight savings time was supposed to make it so there was more daylight and time in the day, but I swear, all I do on p-days is wakeup, shower, play basketball, eat, and say nightly prayers. It feels like I was just emailing and doing laundry yesterday. Where does the time go?!

I can’t believe I’m closing in on the end of my MTC time!

So, I’m not a district leader anymore because it switches at the halfway point. I liked being district leader, but daggum, it feels good to only have to work on studying. There is so much studying to do here.

So, me and Elder Ricks have officially started teaching in 100% Spanish. Let me tell ya'll, the gift of tougngeus is as real as the voice you are using to read this email out loud to yourself! But I agree with Jake: speaking and understanding another language is crazy. But it’s not as crazy as understanding and reading the Book of Mormon in another language. I love it. I decided that my homecoming talk is going to be in Spanish because I have worked way to hard on Spanish to just speak English when I get home! I love Spanish; it’s such a cool language! And don’t worry, I’ll help anyone with Spanish when I get home.

So I’m really looking forward to the day when I’m this blonde-haired, blue- eyed guy in mesa that has a Mexican accent! Man, that’s going to be a funny day. And I give anyone permission to make fun of me for that, hahah. Especially if I accidently start talking in Spanish, because once I get to Mexico, the only time I think, speak or use English will be in my email home! But I’m so Excited for the challenge of the language. My mission pres said we get Mexican comps, so we have to learn the language, and I’m stoked for that!

Umm, things here are great. It has been great work. I’ve been studying a lot, and my allergies have slightly been buggin’ me—but there is nothing I can do now that I’m taking my the allergy pills (thanks for those, by the way, mom) Despite the allergies, I just keep workin’.

Last night at the devotional we had some guy from the 70 talk to us, and he talked about space and about how man really is nothing and how God really does care for each of us, and how we all have purpose and just all sorts off good stuff. I decided that it’s the best talk I have ever heard! But ya, great week and I cant believe its already p-day, daggum! If I think of anything else to say ill let y’all know when I get back on around 1 for laundry time. I love you all so much and I’m so grateful for your love and support. I want you to know it is all felt and it makes a world of difference!

I’m a daggum workhorse, and I want to go to work in Mexico!

Hey! My companion has a hurt knee, so we aren’t going to the temple today. It’s kind of a bummer, but oh well! What can ya do about it?

It was nice because we got to go off campus yesterday to visit the doctor. It was some place at University Hospital, which was right across the street from Macey’s—you know that store we were at before you dropped me off. Ha, it was kind of weird to think that Katie is a 2-second walk away, but it felt soooo good to see something new. Don’t get me wrong, I love the MTC. But I’m not built for a classroom and studying all day. I’m a daggum workhorse, and I want to go to work in Mexico!

So one of the lunch register people is from Veracruz, Mexico! Me and my comp talk to her all the time. She is pretty cool, but I just love hearing about Veracruz: it makes me sooo excited. I really hope we get our visas on time. We have guys in our zone who are going on their 13th or 14th week in the MTC. I would be bummed if I end up spending an 8th of my mission in the MTC.

So I’m getting ready to start teaching the first lesson completely in Spanish. I have about 100 words I need to learn by next week, so I'll let you know how that goes! I can’t believe I have been here for a month. It feels like I have been here only a week, yet an eternity at the same time! We get so much done here: the days seem like weeks, hahah.

It’s definitely important to stay busy here. But it’s all fun and games. I’ve got the routine down, which helps a lot. My favorite days are Sundays, and then Wednesdays. I like Sundays because they are chill. I’m always in and out of meetings all day because I’m a district leader. The schedule is nice, and it gives my eyes a break from reading and studying all the time! But yea, I’m loving it here.

I decided that the new theme song to my life is “There is Sunshine in My Soul.” I just love that song. I make it a goal to sing it every morning when I wake up. I also like “Have I done Any Good in the World Today.” When I’m singing, I just imagine my self in Veracruz walking down the street teaching it up, haha.

Ohh my goodness I’m sooooo exited for Mexico. I love the MTC, but I wanna be in MEXICO! I wanna work! Something cool about this week:me and Elder ricks decided to study on the 5th floor of our building (18m). We were fascinated to see the great view it had. Pretty much all we see here are white walls, tan brick walls, and mountains—so it’s nice to get a glimpse of something new.

It’s crazy how it snowed! What the heck is up with that?! I thought it was almost June, not daggum January! This Utah weather is crazy.

So something else I have realized is just how proud of Arizona I really am haha. I get so exited to tell anyone about Arizona. Whenever there are missionaries going to Mesa or Arizona, I go and talk to them for so long about it, haha. I guess I just never realized how much I love Arizona!

So me and my comp decided that we are going to make a book and call it "How to survive the MTC Spanish Speaking” haha. And we are gonna hide it somewhere in our room when we leave so that when someone finds it in 20 years they will know all the good stuff and advise that would take them a month to figure out.

I’m sure there is so much more to say but I just can’t remember what has happened in the last week or when—just because time is all smooshed together in my mind, haha. But I’m feeling healthy this week and studying hard to learn Spanish. I’m always doing some activity on Spanish.

Thanks for everything! I love you all, and it’s always nice to hear how things are going back in the good ‘ole Mesa, AZ!