March 09, 2011

HELLO FAMILY!!!! 

The MTC is an amazing place! I love every minute of it.

Elder Watts is from the Anehiem area. so yeah.  with my mission scripture i looked up mission in the TG and found the Isaiah reference and loved it. I went through 4 or 5 other ones before but none of them felt right. after i read the Isaiah scripture, i got a feeling that it was the one. 

Thank you soooooo much for the packages. The other elders in my district have all enjoyed the treats and the games. But, they are pretty jealous because i've gotten 4 packages now and some of them haven't gotten one. They don't really take in account that i live 20 minutes away and they all live a couple days away. Sister and Brother Chamberlain sent me a package today, and man. They sent some great tasting cookies. They also included a card that says how proud they are of my decision and that Jake is excited for me. Be sure to thank them the next time you see them. (i'll write them and thank them as well)

To j'nell, conner, and maddie

How's school going? Straight A's right? haha.  J'nell, all the elders in my district say hi. I'll have to send a picture of us all.  Thank you all for the letters! and j'nell, i dont miss you either =P I'm kidding. I miss you all tons.

I can't believe i've been here two weeks.... it feels like two days. But i leave next tuesday at 4 IN THE MORNING. not looking forward to that. I've learned so much while i've been here. Brother Tyler (the second counselor in my branch presidency) is a master scriptorian. He has a scripture for everything. I've learned so much from him.

wow... Elder arnett, elder phelps, and elder carraway pulled a prank on us this morning. They had hidden elder Arnetts alarm clock on our room and set it to go off at 4:30 in the morning. I was sooooo mad. So were my roommates. We're gonna get them back. soon.

So sunday night, Elder Watts got really sick. So sick in fact that we took him to the hospital. Turns out he got some kind of stomach virus from the food. We didn't get back to the MTC till 1 am. poor guy. he's still feeling pretty sick but at least he's cracking jokes. I finally got over feeling sick. yay.

So i've been studying in psalms lately and i came across the psalm where david says "yea though i walk through the valley of death, i will fear no evil, for though art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." when i read that i couldn't help but breaking out into song from that Liken movie. The elders thought i was crazy. but they enjoyed the song.

Crap. one minute left.... I love you all and miss you... kinda.   May the Lord bless you with his spirit. and God be with you till we meet again!

Love, Elder McBride