Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Week One Email - MTC 6/21/2011

(I debated editing his email, you know, putting in actual punctuation, but decided to leave it as is.  Some of it is answering questions I sent him in a previous email.)
alright so here in the mtc the days are slow although the week seems to be going by so quickly my p day is tuesday and i do need speakers and maybe another pair of my b ball shorts that would be nice they sell just about everything in the book store so i have a journal while i have been here i have learned so much of the language its kinda crazy the way the blessing given by becoming a missionary helps me learn so much faster it seems we have taken and entire year of the language in a matter of a few days every class i feel i learn somthing ive never heard before im remembering scripture refrences its so amazing the way the lord works we have our first lesson on thursday and me and my companion elder mits the australian are preparing to teach in enlish luckily but we are doing greetings and testimonies in cebuano or visayin cebuano is the spanish name for the language i was told by my branch president i show great leadership skills after a few minutes and was told there was a chance if the lord wanted that i would be distric leader but luckily im not just senior companion its really a lot to take in we have great conversations with our roomates elder hatch and leichman elder hatch is also from australia its kinda crazy but i think there is a reason i was put with who i was we all have so much in coomon and get along so well i feel that i need pray more but its crazy to my how much we pray throughout the day it makes the spirt so much stronger even though every day i feel i know him beter everyday i reall miss you and hope you all the best and please dont forget to send letters i really want to hear from everyone i love you all and hope to hear from you soon dont forget dear elder gets here the same day as long as its before lunch time or noon here in utah
i hope this is enough if you feel you want to know something more spesific just let me know im not very good at telling everything so
i love you and i cant wait for next weeks email ayo ayo

3 comments:

Urmston Family said...

What a great idea! Love hearing about how he is doing and the pictures are great. Thanks for sharing.

Urmston Family said...

Can't wait to hear more. Ralizing that I don;t know him very wll, and this will be nice. - Nate

Porter Urmston said...

Yeah. Zac's a stud.