September 7th, 2010

Hola Familia!

What an eventful week! Eventful in MTC world anyway.

Thankyou to everyone who has written me:) I know I got a written letter from both Emily and Grandma Spencer, both responses are in the mail today I think.

BYU football started saturday! I know, not because we have any connection whatsoever to the outside world, but b/c we could hear the game LOUD and CLEAR. I didnt'e realize how clospe we are to the stadium!

Everything is going pretty well!! Just some changes. Since the MTC is realllly full (2800 missionaries I think) District 38-D's teachers have been reazssigned to some new missionaries. This news was a bemmer because my district realllly like our teahcer Hermano McFadyen and we were just starting to get to know our new teahcer Hermano Paz Soldan (from Bolivia). BUT ALAS they are gone, and now --we haven't met them yet, but-- we have two new teachers, Hermana something and an Hermano from SPAIN.
A few of the guys are worried about his Spanish Lisp and speaking in vosotros (some differences Spain spanish has from Mexican spanish) but I am really excited! I'm crossing my fingers that learning spanish from a spaniard will help us learn proper spanish.

Speaking of teachers, there is a teahcer down the hall in our building named Hermano Bahr. I've always thought he looked familiar and that I'd heard that last name before -- and then I remembered! I asked him if eh had a sister-in-law named Millie (Segura) and he said YES! Ends up he was one of the Bahr brothers singing that funny song at Millie's wedding! He called Millie and told her he knew me and she --through him-- said Hi and Goodluck to me! It was pretty cool. The Mormon Utah World is so small.

ALRIGHT, Mexico news.
as usual, mostly just rumors going around. My roommate heard from his mom, that his uncle, Richard Hinckley and executive whatever of the missionary dept. said that there was some "snafu" and visas have completely halted. BUT THEN I was in the health office and the Doctor said that some people are still getting visas that had Passports already before they got their call. (Do I qualify for that?)
and THEN my companion and I just decided to go ask the travel office and they told us that since we aren't leaving til october we will have a good chance of getting visas.
So basically I have no idea whats going on.

It is seriously a blessing to be able to be sitting here, writing an email to you all right now, because I was almost put in quarentine(sp?) for the flu haha.
There are 11 Elders in my district and 4 of us are in the "quarentine" for illness! EVERYONE is sick. Shaking hands is banned in our entire zone. I went to the health office and was tested for the flu and for strep throat (since I have a bit of a soar throat) and tested neg. for both thankgoodness.
Anyways things have just been going kind of crazy, me trying to organize companion exchanges that work etc. because everyone and theior mother's companion is locked away in some secret dungeon here at teh MTC ha ha (in all seriousness they really do keep it secret. no one knows where they are ha ha -- we just watched them drag our comrades away wearing surgical masks over their faces)

Alright I'm running ouit of time but I love you all SO much.
I have less than a minute!
So I know that this church is true. I've never felt God's love and support so much in my entire life. I'm happy, and I'm almost healthy:) haha

-Elder Spencer