Week 4 - More Byes

Well 4 weeks down, and 5 more to go here in the MTC. I can't believe I've been here for a month now, but it's even harder to believe that I still have 5 more weeks. The Cantonese is coming real slowly, but some how my companions and I can teach a real basic lesson on the restoration the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the plan of salvation. It's amazing to see all the progress everyone in my district had made in just a short amount of time.

The highlight of the week was last night during our weekly devotional. Elder Renland spoke on the atonement, and even though he isn't direct like some apostles or as well recognized, the spirit was felt so strongly within that room especially when he first walked in. The room was just silent, and everyone rose to their feet. He spoke of the healing power of the atonement, and how it ck 4 -n change everyone no matter what happened in their past, and also what we as missionaries have to do in order to help all our investigators find faith in Christ and his atonement.

My mom brought to my attention that I have never really introduced my companions, so here it is. Elder Earls is 20 and is from San Diego, he finished his associates degree at a community college in California. He's probably one of the biggest goofballs in the zone, but he has such a powerful testimony and  one of the most humble people I know. My other companion is Elder Cobabe and is from Syracuse Utah wherever that is. He is 19 and did 2 semesters at BYU before coming to the MTC. He's more of the extreme sports type of people. He's told me about several injuries he has had, and I always ask him how he's still alive and he always responds that's a good question.

Elder Lee, my host when I arrived MTC.  He just left for his Sweden mission

Next Tuesday another district in my zone is heading out to the mission field. They're all heading to Taiwan except for one who's going to Australia. This one will probably gonna be harder to say bye to because we have grown so close together over the last 4 weeks, and I would have to put them all up there in the "best friend" status. That also means that my district would be the oldest one for the last 4 weeks. I really don't know what to think about that, so I guess we'll all see how mature we all really are. Another thing that happened this week was Sports Illustrated was here on Monday because they wanted to know why so many BYU football players put off sports for 2 years to go on a mission. I was super bummed that they interviewed another district in my zone instead of mine, but still look for an article on the MTC and missions in one of the next Sports Illustrated magazines and think that I was in the next room over from that interview, so I guess that will be my claim to fame for the next little while.

Oh and I almost forgot that my district had the opportunity to host the senior missionaries on Monday, which was a lot of fun, so that's pretty much all that happened this week. I did go to the temple this morning so that was fun.

I was able to see President Newell's Wikipedia page and it was accurate so I encourage everyone to read it so I can say I know that guy and brag about it!! His name is Gregory Newell.

 Love you all!!!

Elder Eveson

My zone family