First Email from the MTC July 8, 2013

So the drop off was hard i miss my family i cried i will admitt it i cried bad i cried the night before when i said goodbye to my best friends kade and kade that was hard! but from the second that  i have walked into these doors at the mtc i have been fine i prayed for the strength to be able to get over this and be just fine and that is exactly what the lord gave me!  the spirit is so strong with us here it is so awesome!

I became companions with Elder Logan Anderson from rexburg he was madisons qb he is awesome we get a long so great we have so much fun together! I have learned to love  all the elders in our district we are all here for the same goal and that is what is so cool! the first night we were interviewed by our branch presidency which is mostly like a bishop rick for missionaries! after the interview they called me and elder anderson to be zone leaders haha which was crazy so basicly we are in charge of 30 missionaries and we get 15 more this wednesday! so basically we make sure they are alright and make sure they are in bed at night we check there rooms and stuff! It has been such hard work this work is so hard i would take johnson farms work anyday haha no but i love being the instrument in the hands of the lord and i love how the spirit is constantly with us! Food is alright we just have a lot of the same stuff everyday unlimited pop i love it haha on the fourt we got to stand outside and watch the stadium of fire firework show it was awesome we watch the movie 17 miracles before that and had a devotional from someone who talked about the trials this country has had the spirit was so strong there once again! When i am studying here i learn so much more to when  i am studying back at home!  It is so hard to be in a classroom all day! but as you look around you cant complain because all the elders are right her with you doing the exact same thing! i love my district and i love being zone leader what a great opportunity it has been! i should fly out monday not sure though! one of the thing we have been practicing is we teach the investigators just like we will in the mission field they are good i think that they are honestly actors and the church hires them to come in they ask the hardest questions anyway me and elder anderson have beeen teaching marco he is a 20 year old college soccer player who has no family it is so hard we honestly love marco so much and we pray for him every single day and treat him like he were a real investigator! We want to get him to commit to baptism before we leave so hopefully we can do that befor next monday love you guys have a great week i know we will here at the MTC just know the church is true and i am not out here for fun i am out her because that is what the lord wants me to do!