Another Week at the MTC

What's up everyone?

Thanks for all the letters and packages. It's awesome to get them. It's been a great week here but I really want to get out to Mendoza and do it for real. I don't feel all the way ready, but I will be by week 6. Sorry I didn't send a paper letter this week. I lot went on, and I wanted to save it for this email. I'll send one this week though.

Just a little housekeeping.... There is another Elder Matthew Anderson here at the MTC and he's got a couple of the Dear Elder letters intended for me. So they said just make sure you send them to box #207 so he doesn't get them.

We teach quite a bit to practice for the field. We have 2 lessons with each of our teachers each week. Then, on Tuesdays and Thursdays we teach at TRC which is role-play investigators. Thursdays we normally have 4 lessons, and Fridays we have 0. but lots of teaching is great to get ready for the field. This also helps a lot with Spanish. Me and Elder Sivertsen try to do SYL every day (speak your language) to get ready to be surrounded by it.

My planned day of departure is August 25-26. But... There is a fair chance I will be going state-side for a transfer. The visas have been super slow this year. There is a district ahead of mine and a few elders from it are going to Texas and/or Florida for 6 weeks while their visa processes. I don't know for sure if I will be, but I'll let you know how it all works out. With the FBI report and stuff, you never know what's going on.

Curb duty on Wednesday was pretty awesome. I hosted 4 Elders:

1.) Elder Bean: Reno, Nevada

2.) Elder Asay: Phillippines

3.) Elder Peterson: Reno, Nevada

4.) Elder Schwendiman: Utica, New York

Yeah, I freaking escorted Tyler. It was awesome. I was just finishing my third host and I was getting a drink from this cooler they have, it was really hot. But then I saw a mini-van (not the shaggin wagon) and I recognized Ty's mom. I chased it down as it drove down the road... this one Elder that was supposed to help him walked up to their car but I just told him I HAVE to escort him. Ty got out and got super hyped it was me. Then I took their pictures and stuff and we got one too... but I'll have him send it to me first. I showed him around and helped him get his books. But because of his Diabetes, he gets to have a fridge in his room, and I helped him get that. I see him quite a bit around too.

I see Harrison quite a bit too. He studies Spanish in the same building I do. It's cool. I don't know what residence he is in though. But I see him a lot because our schedules are similar on learning Spanish.

That stinks that brother Jeffs died. It was good to get to know him. I guess it was his time to go.

The flash cards are a hit. they sell them at the store, but they are like $15 and no one wants to spend that. My district uses them quite a bit, and we play little games with them. So yes, they are super helpful.

The last batch of missionaries was like 700. It's so crowded here, mainly during meals. The lines are out the doors, literally. I always get super annoyed at people, but I bet the Lord isn't. He probably likes having a big load of missionaries getting ready.

The spirit is really strong here. Like Satanas (Satan) can't get inside the gates of the MTC. Everyone just wants to do good, and that's an awesome feeling. My faith in Jesucristo and his expiacion (atonement) is the strongest it's ever been. My teacher gave a lesson on how without Jesus you literally wouldn't be able to move, breath, and eat. Just a thought.

We did this activity with my district called BOSS (baptism on second sunday). We each had to teach a 10 minute lesson (6 companionships, so 1 hour) in spanish in front of everyone to get our teacher (role playing a 10 year old boy) ready for baptism. It was a district strengthening activity, because we all had to plan what we were going to teach. It was really funny because our teacher acted like a 10 year old. Like at one point, he asked to touch Elder Agyen's hair (our DL who's black and has a flat top). It was just an awesome activity.

That's all I've got this week. I'll send pictures later today, I have a couple I took.

Recuerden pagar diezmo.

Love, Elder Anderson

​This picture is of all the Elders in my district going to Argentina. the two in the top right are Elder Rickeberg and Sivertsen (my comps brother) and they are going to Bahia Blanca

Elder Rickeberg got a flag so that's where it came from.

​This is my room. We are all going to Mendoza. the 4th and 5th in are in another district, but they are still in our room and going to the same mission.

swednesday. sweater Wednesday.