I'm doing well, the schedule is such that days are long, but the weeks are short. As for the language, that's just a given that it will take forever. The teachers tell us that it won't be until about the 1 year, maybe 6 months left period when you actually finally start to feel comfortable in the language, and we shouldn't even start worrying about reading characters until about week 52.
The hole in my suit was in the right elbow. No real signs of wear, so we were pretty sure that it was a tear from the Dry cleaners, they told me they would fix it for free, and I should be able to pick it up this week in the next day or two.
My weight is about steady in the 165ish range for the moment, but I'm going to start skipping the meal before gym, so I can run without getting a cramp.
The events of this last week: Fast and testimony meeting was really cool. There's one Elder here I haven't told you about, Elder Tjong-Ayong. He's from Suriname (above Brazil) he speaks Dutch, going to the Netherlands Chinese speaking. He had to try and learn English before coming to the MTC so he could learn Chinese. He also has a heart problem which means that there actually is a chance of him dying on his mission, and the last words his Dad said to him were that he shouldn't come back (I'm assuming he meant to Suriname, due to the fact he could get better care for his condition in Netherlands or America, but it might have been meant as that he didn't want to see him again, I'm not sure). He gave what was easily the most powerful testimony of the meeting.
We got a new district leader, Elder Gerrard, but other than that, things have been fairly stable in my district, no one is sick, except for the teacher (who I might add, looks a lot like Kirsten Stewart when she doesn't do her hair, which happens about once a week since she's sick.)
One last story, one of our investigators is a 48 year old man with a 20 year old and an 18 year old (both daughters). This last appointment, he realized we were 19/18, so he tried to set us up on dates with his daughters (at least we think that's what he was doing, he might have been talking about marriage for all we could tell). It was an interesting conversation trying to explain why we couldn't date his daughters.
Hope you all stay healthy and safe, and don't eat soap,
Elder Christensen the younger
The hole in my suit was in the right elbow. No real signs of wear, so we were pretty sure that it was a tear from the Dry cleaners, they told me they would fix it for free, and I should be able to pick it up this week in the next day or two.
My weight is about steady in the 165ish range for the moment, but I'm going to start skipping the meal before gym, so I can run without getting a cramp.
The events of this last week: Fast and testimony meeting was really cool. There's one Elder here I haven't told you about, Elder Tjong-Ayong. He's from Suriname (above Brazil) he speaks Dutch, going to the Netherlands Chinese speaking. He had to try and learn English before coming to the MTC so he could learn Chinese. He also has a heart problem which means that there actually is a chance of him dying on his mission, and the last words his Dad said to him were that he shouldn't come back (I'm assuming he meant to Suriname, due to the fact he could get better care for his condition in Netherlands or America, but it might have been meant as that he didn't want to see him again, I'm not sure). He gave what was easily the most powerful testimony of the meeting.
We got a new district leader, Elder Gerrard, but other than that, things have been fairly stable in my district, no one is sick, except for the teacher (who I might add, looks a lot like Kirsten Stewart when she doesn't do her hair, which happens about once a week since she's sick.)
One last story, one of our investigators is a 48 year old man with a 20 year old and an 18 year old (both daughters). This last appointment, he realized we were 19/18, so he tried to set us up on dates with his daughters (at least we think that's what he was doing, he might have been talking about marriage for all we could tell). It was an interesting conversation trying to explain why we couldn't date his daughters.
Hope you all stay healthy and safe, and don't eat soap,
Elder Christensen the younger
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