Week 1 (Weeks Goodbye, MTC, 2-5 were completed by a good friend and I am not able to add pictures to those blogs so the MTC pictures are not in order and I added Week 1 because there was an email that was skipped) .
Hey! Yeah, if you could continue forwarding my emails to everyone mom that would be great! I'm glad everything is going so well back at home! I loved Kira's letter! haha. Like I said my P-Days are on Mondays so this is when I'll usually send them. Tell Kira I miss her! And kind of Alli also. Maybe Natalie a little. (<--don't send that part) Hey guys! This week was amazing! I sang in the choir which was an amazing incredible experience. Brother Newman spoke at the Sunday devotional, it was THAT GUY. THE GUY WHO NARRATES EVERYTHING. The "welcome to the 185th annual general conference guy".
That was cool, but even cooler was being with like 2,000 other missionaries all singing together. The spirit is SUPER strong here, I'm noticing that it can feel differently depending on where you are and what you need. I've been feeling the spirit while we teach our investigator, Stale (there's a ring over the 'a' I can't write on googlemail). Teaching is incredible! My companion and I have been studying HARD and the Swedish is coming great. The gift of tongues really works even when you aren't using the words that you studied. My prayers in Swedish have been improving a lot every single night. Yesterday while we were teaching about eternal families, I felt prompted to share about my grandmas who died this year, and that I know I can be with them again, and the words of how to say that just came to my mind! (mostly). Really amazing stuff here. The time here is just now starting to go by really fast, but I LOVE my district. They are awesome, we all get along super well. We have a Finnish guy in our district named Elder Murtonen, he has a thick Finnish accent and is basically our life coach. His accent is sometimes the funniest thing ever. He served for a couple years in the Finnish military and one day while I was doing push ups he said (Finnish accent) "maybe you could survive the booty camp". We all rolled around and cried. My companion is always super excited about the gospel! But he's struggling with the language a little, kind of a bummer right now. But yeah! My Swedish is coming along really well, I memorized the invitation to be baptized and things are going really well. Being the District leader is fun. Sometimes I say stuff and then claim it is now an official District rule, haha we all really love each other here already. I get to go to the temple today though! Super excited! I'm really having a great time here so far.
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| Aunt Linda took me to lunch before the MTC. I was able to say my last goodbyes to some family and friends. |
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Hey dad! Yeah Äldste Murtonen is the funniest guy I know. We were playing v+ball the other day and he said (think finnish accent) ''If you want to win choose the finn''. Hilarious! Yeah the food here is actually really good. like too good. I bet I've gained 5 pounds. I'll check today.KEEP CAROLINAS ALIVE DAD. go to the government if you have to but they must survive till I get back!!! Swedish is awesome! Basically everything is phrased as if you were a bug burly viking and didn't have time to mess around with unnecessary words. Everything is said with a few words as possible. Would you like to do the laundry? Becomes Like you laundry? *axe throw* Oh and some words are super cool. The word for 'progress' is Framsteg, which means forward (fram) steps (steg). How cool is that? Swedish is full of those. Also, my district heard me say "I'm reading my sweet grammar book" and now that's like the funniest running joke of them all haha whenever someone acts like a nerd or we want to call them a nerd they read the "sweet grammer book". Thanks for all the Dear Elders! They rock! Also make sure you say thank you to Uncle Eric and Aunt Lynnette! Everyone is SUPER jealous of my blanket! Wishing you the best Space dad, love Elder Mason.
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This is Elder Murtonen, I took this picture of him while I was writing this email.
Pretty buff right? |
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This is us and Elder Kilton's mattress.
We took it from him. While he was on it. Very proud moment. |
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This my companion Elder Kilton! Sometimes we call him
Elder Kitton if we're mean. Or Elder killing it if we're nice. Good guy. |
I will be at the temple in a few hours! I'm Super happy and healthy!! And yeah, last night I got a full 45 minutes of sleep ha ha! I made a rocking chair! OH MY GOSH I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE JORDAN IS GOING! Thanks for DearElder'ing me! I totally love my district they are some awesome funny guys. My companion he's a good guy, he reminds me of a LaMoure. Anyways, Swedish is coming along super well. Oh, and yes! Send me my frisbee, my oil vial, and if you could send my patriarchal blessing on top of my bookcase and send it to me that would be prime. Thank you so much! Im glad your lesson worked out well! Ive had to teach a TON of lessons so far, some of them have gone really well, but It's hard to talk fluently! Anyways, I love all of you back home. I am really enjoying my stay here at the mtc, the people here are amazing. Alright bye mom!
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| This is Äldste Lloyd at his finest. |
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This is an AMAZING photo of two Elders who are going to the Roseville
California mission! I can't remember their names right now but look out for them |
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| Elder Hannigan, one of my friends who is from Rocklin, CA |
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| Me and Elder Hatch. We're like best buds. |
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The last one is Elder Rodriguez. He's the nicest and is going to Iceland.
ICELAND. THERE"S LIKE 250,000 PEOPLE THERE.
THAT'S LIKE PROVO |
Hey dad! Yeah Äldste Murtonen is the funniest guy I know. We were playing v+ball the other day and he said (think finnish accent) ''If you want to win choose the finn''. Hilarious! Yeah the food here is actually really good. like too good. I bet I've gained 5 pounds. I'll check today.KEEP CAROLINAS ALIVE DAD. go to the government if you have to but they must survive till I get back!!! Swedish is awesome! Basically everything is phrased as if you were a bug burly viking and didn't have time to mess around with unnecessary words. Everything is said with a few words as possible. Would you like to do the laundry? Becomes Like you laundry? *axe throw* Oh and some words are super cool. The word for 'progress' is Framsteg, which means forward (fram) steps (steg). How cool is that? Swedish is full of those. Also, my district heard me say "I'm reading my sweet grammar book" and now that's like the funniest running joke of them all haha whenever someone acts like a nerd or we want to call them a nerd they read the "sweet grammer book". Thanks for all the Dear Elders! They rock! Also make sure you say thank you to Uncle Eric and Aunt Lynnette! Everyone is SUPER jealous of my blanket! Wishing you the best Space dad, love Elder Mason.
I will be at the temple in a few hours! I'm Super happy and healthy!! And yeah, last night I got a full 45 minutes of sleep ha ha! I made a rocking chair! OH MY GOSH I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE JORDAN IS GOING! Thanks for DearElder'ing me! I totally love my district they are some awesome funny guys. My companion he's a good guy, he reminds me of a LaMoure. Anyways, Swedish is coming along super well. Oh, and yes! Send me my frisbee, my oil vial, and if you could send my patriarchal blessing on top of my bookcase and send it to me that would be prime. Thank you so much! Im glad your lesson worked out well! Ive had to teach a TON of lessons so far, some of them have gone really well, but It's hard to talk fluently! Anyways, I love all of you back home. I am really enjoying my stay here at the mtc, the people here are amazing. Alright bye mom!
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