The
letter home about the language:
I
have not written/sent that yet. My desire to write letters went way down haha
so I am going to write you guys a couple of big fat letters today full of more
boring information than you could possibly want to know. If he only knew how much we want to know.
Have
I seen Thomas or anyone else:
I
saw Thomas on his first day but I haven't seen him since, he is in a different
residence hall and on a completely different schedule than I am so the odds are
pretty slim but I am keeping my eyes open. I saw Elder Alvarado the other day
though, he is in the room right by the vending machine on the bottom floor so I
saw him on Hot Pocket Wednesday for a couple weeks. By the way, the vending
machine funds come from the six dollars a week the MTC gives me, His first allowance! We were not allowance giving
parents not my personal money.
My
favorite activity last week:
Um,
I played basketball yesterday for the first time in a long time and that was a
lot of fun. I wore my new shoes (thank you so much! They are perfect, but for
future reference I wear a twelve. They work good because I can lace them tight
enough my feet don't slide but I don't need a 13. I know, I let down the family
by not getting to a 13) Ok when did that happen? He
has shared shoes with Grant and Wyatt forever. Mom of the year award lost again
for not knowing his size. I swear we had bought him 13’s before.
How
is the language going?
Hmm.
Well, it's pretty rough. We are completely off notes in our lessons now so we
can only teach using the words in our heads, pretty frustrating really. It's
crazy hard but I am getting it, I just need to have patience. What else is new
right? I am glad he recognizes areas he needs to
work on.
Am
I liking being a ZL?
I
am actually, I really like walking the new missionaries around from our zone
and showing them the ropes a little bit, and it makes it easier to be a friend
because they know who I am. One of the new Elders going to New York City North
nicknamed Elder Mitchel and I Phineas and Ferb. I'm Ferb. Bad part of not having TV, I have no idea who those are.
Guess I should look them up.
Have
I connected with anyone here:
Elder
Eppich is pretty cool, we seem to have a similar thought process a lot of the
time.
Something
I learned about Madagascar:
Um,
they circumcise their kids at like eight years old.
Anything
else I need:
Cholula!
They have it here for breakfast but it is always empty and the food is so bland
it's not even funny in the mornings. Also send a sunrise/sunset picture. I
don't know of anything else right now. Another
package will be going out. I am going to send an extra for Madagascar.
Tell
you a story.
Alright.
So we are teaching an "investigator" named Miandry. He is a little
slow to understand what we are teaching. We taught him how to pray and had him
say the closing prayer and he said dear heavenly father and then proceeded to
thank Jesus for things and ask Jesus for things and close in the name of Jesus
Christ. So close, and yet so far. These are role
playing investigators if you did not know that already. Based on people the
“actors” have taught.
In
other news, we got Taco Bell yesterday. There is an elder going to Malaysia who
has a bulged disc or something like that and he is going to physical therapy in
Salt Lake. His parents get to take him there and everything, so it's pretty
cool. He should be ok in a couple weeks according to the doctor so that's good.
Anyway last night he comes in with his backpack on and smiles at us and
everything, and then he pulls a 12 pack of Doritos Locos Tacos out of his
backpack and gives them to us. Stellar. I have never before in my life referred
to Taco Bell as "real food" but last night it was perfect. I kept all
the hot sauce too haha That is a little scary that
Taco Bell is real food.
Dad,
you are spot on with the temptation increasing when we leave the home thing.
I'm on a mission, so it's not exactly the same, but I can testify that Satan
doesn't let up because we are having a rough time. Heavenly Father won't give
us any more than we can handle, but he trusts us a lot haha so sometimes, a lot
of the time even, it seems like more than we can do to keep our head above
water. Satan wants us to be miserable, and just like a linebacker takes
advantage of a hole in the offensive line to hurt the QB, Satan will take
advantage of any holes in our defense to hurt us. Look at Joseph Smith. He
literally saw God and Jesus Christ. If Satan ever had a reason to give up that
was it. But he did everything to bring him down. Joseph Smith buried I think
six children, and was married to his wife for only 17 years. Thank heaven for
eternity. This is what a parent loves to hear. The
growth in their knowledge of their Heavenly Fathers love and of his plan for us
is amazing.
Well
I am running out of time but I want to say a couple more things real quick.
First, Vaughn J. Featherstone spoke to us at a fireside last week or the week
before, and it was amazing. He said "a bell's not a bell until you ring
it. A song's not a song until you sing it. A testimony isn't a testimony until
you share it. Knowledge isn't knowledge until you use it." Wow. He also
told us that even though we have never been to our mission before, the Holy
Ghost has. He is preparing the way for us.
Check
out the rendition of Have I Done Any Good? by Alex Boye and Carmen Rasmussen
Herbert. It's sick. Need to look that up.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIeA_5yYgB4
I
love you all so much. Thank you for the packages and ugly ties, they are great.
Pictures will be mailed out this week, promise. I
am trying to be patient and wait but it is so hard!!!!
Love,
Elder Galbreath (the fifth) I am so grateful for
the 4 that preceded him and the examples they have been. You know who you are
(LOL).
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