News from Alec!
Hello everyone,
Things have definitely started getting colder here.
Supposedly after October 3rd, we're required to wear our suits every single
day. I think it'll warm up in the next few days, but it's been pretty chilly
the past couple.
Very little is new at the MTC, but I've gotten into a
routine and it's not bad. We've pretty much had every single item on the menu and
they've started to repeat stuff, but overall it's not bad. Every Monday, they
bring in food from some outside place--we've had Subway and some Hawaiian place
from BYU and this past Monday was Chick-Fil-a day, so that was a nice surprise!
General Conference was this past weekend, so it was pretty
great listening to the instruction from the general authorities. It was also
great having a break from the normal schedule. Saturdays are usually just like
any other day – pretty much 16 hours of study time (including meals), but this
past Saturday all we really did was watch General Conference. We did have to watch
it in the big assembly hall with very uncomfortable seats, but it was still
much better than sitting in a classroom. I think overall, including General Conference,
Devotional, Movie Night (we watched a new Meet the Mormons this past week) and
showing up 30 minutes early to each session – we spent something like 18 hours
in those seats this past weekend.
The Devotional on Sunday was also a lot of fun. It's usually
a general authority that comes to talk, but on Sunday we had BYU's a capella
group, Vocal Point, come. They did a little concert (with hymns) and each told
a story from their mission. That was cool.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was also a very different day. Our
district was supposed to be hosting (taking new missionaries that just got
dropped off to their rooms and showing them around) but my companion was sick,
so instead we spent all day running around to the health clinic. We went there
first thing in the morning, but they were closed. We went back an hour later
and made an appointment. Then we went to class, and then went to our
appointment at 10:20. After waiting another hour and a half, he was basically
told that nothing was wrong with him, but to get a chest x-ray anyway. So we
got to walk to the BYU Student Health Center by Heritage Halls (I didn't realize how close to BYU we were or where in Provo we were until then) to get
the x-ray. It was actually super nice to leave the campus, even though it was
only like a third of a mile away. We got the x-ray, went back to the MTC health
clinic and waited another hour and a half. The doctor said he was fine, but to
get some Sudafed. Soooo, we got to walk all the way back to the BYU Student
Health Center to get it from the pharmacy there. Turns out all he had was a
pretty bad cold. It was nice to do something different, and, to be honest, I didn't really
want to host new missionaries in the first place. It sounded like it wouldn't
be fun watching all the new missionaries crying as they said bye to their
parents for two years. But, the rest of the district who did it said it was actually pretty
fun. And my companion is doing fine now, so all is well.
Here's a picture we took on our field trip off MTC campus to
the BYU Health Center. I think this is the only picture I took this week.
Not all that much exciting stuff happens to take pictures of
I promise!
I got a package from Aunt Holly yesterday with my baptismal
pants, a bunch of candy and an Angel Moroni tie. That was super nice of her.
I appreciate the stuff y'all sent too. That shaver has been sooo convenient to
have. The nerf guns are a lot of fun, too.
(Editor’s Note: I don’t know what he’s talking about. Nerf
guns? Ha ha. Who would send that to the MTC? I’m sure that’s not allowed.)
Love you guys! Hope everything is going well back home!
Alec
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