June 11, 2009

ya the mtc is awesome we committed two of our fake progressing investigators to baptism. they accepted and we have a date. this is so cool. but yes this week has been a humbling one. Oh first off we got to hear from David A. Bednar on the teusday night devotional. That was so spiritually awseome! Did you know he went to the exact same mission that i am going to? Ya! totally awesome. Anyhow as for the humbling week. We have been learning some crazy hard german grammar principles. Like dative case and adjective endings. It seems like it is all floating over my head, While everybody else is getting it. I got frustrated a lot this week. Last week ya know how i was telling you i was starting to feel sick and achy? well ya that all went to crap that night. I began to feel worse and worse as the night hours went by. I then tried to get some sleep that night cuz i was dead tired but i could not for the life of me get any sleep. I tossed and turned fell asleep for like five minutes then woke up drenched in sweat then i would toss adn turn and fall asleep for like ten minutes and then wake up freezing cold. i rolled out of bed friday morning tired as all else and achy and sore. so i checked my temp adn i was at 101.4 degrees. I think that is a little high. But the doctors office didnt open till eight that morning so i layed in bed for the time being. then i went and got a flu test at the doctors office still running a fever of 99.6. No flu but i felt like death. so i got to stay in my room all day and study with my scriptures and my preach my gospel as my companion. they quarantined me and transferrred me to be companions with the four other sick elders in my zone. Who by the way ended up getting the swine flu and having to miss their flight plans to switzerland. so sad. But mom thank you so much for that package. It was much needed. I have been coughing up mucous crap for the past week from whatever i had. that medicine felt good. but now im doing better. As for redemption for the dead you should read alma chapter five. Its a good one for that. the pillow case to my body pillow is in my orange big granite gear pack in my closet. the digital picture frame from my work is with zac. i gave it to him cuz i couldnt get it to work so he is now the owner of it. yes i have gotten the opportunity to go to the temple. we go every thursday morning. It is so awesome the provo temple is pretty cool but i like the Salt lake temple the best. That is cool that i made the deans list i suppose. And yes my little brother spencer i am way good at german now. ha ha jk i need to be humble. But i am getting better. I know how to bear my testimony carry on conversations and preach some simple truths about the first lesson. Devin, i dont get to play basket ball during gym time. however a week or two ago everyone from the deutscher zone plays fussball. We owned all the spandies and Mandies (spanish speakers and mandarin speakers) i was the goalie and i kicked butt. but now they wont let us play any sports so me and my companion lift weights. I have gained thirteen pounds in the mtc. ha ha i thought i wasnt going to gain weight. but its all good mom. dont worry my pants still fit. Its all wieght gained in the chest. my shirts fit tighter across my chest now. ha ha me adn my companion have crazy eight competitions with pushups at night and last night we did 150 pushups in ten minutes. i can bench the entire stack on the bench machine ten times it says it is 250 lbs but i doubt it. well im almost out of time. Mom i love you ever so much. Im grateful to get letters each day. Spenc, keep kicking butt at soccer my homey. Dad you are the bomb! I hope scouts is going well. Love yall bye!!!!!