Elder Dylan Eveson's Mission: Week 1 - at MTC, Spiritual, Drain and Uplifting

I can't believe I've already been in the MTC for a week. I have made some great friends with the people in my district, and also my zone. The zone has the perfect amount of spiritually uplifting and also the complete crazy. The first couple of days were really difficult to me, but the spirit in the MTC is felt strongly here. It's crazy to think that my district of 3 elders and 4 sisters are the only people in the MTC that is learning Cantonese. The language is super hard to learn. The very first thing I did when I got here was go straight to my language class. the teachers weren't allowed speak a single word of English, and it was very difficult to learn. I think I finally am starting to understand what they are saying during each lesson. we have 6 hrs of language study everyday along with of 3 hrs of study time. it is mentally draining everyday, but when I think about it, everything that is happening to me now, will help prepare me for when I get to Hong Kong.

My original companion was Elder Hintze. He was actually supposed to head over to Hong Kong before I even got here, but had to be delayed due to knee problems. He is the tall skinny white guy that never smiles in the pictures. He was a great help to me and my district because he was practically fluent when I got here (I thought), but he actually had to go home yesterday and will go straight to Hong Kong when he recovers, which was kind of sad, but I'm already looking forward to seeing him when I get to Hong Kong. So now I'm in a trio with Elder Earls and Cobabe.

During yesterday's devotional we had the opportunity to hear from Sister Bonnie OScarson, the YW President and she gave a great talk on how we can grow as missionaries. the spirit was felt so strongly.

On my third day here I actually had to teach an entire lesson in Cantonese, and I had to write down everything I was going to say. I was expecting to not understand a single word the investigator was saying, but I was actually surprised I understood most of the things she was saying. I have learned so much in my short time here, and I am looking forward to the rest of my stay here, and being able to learn the Cantonese language so I can help the people of Hong Kong.

My Zone leader are calling me to hurry up, so we can go to the temple so bye bye

If anyone has any questions just email me, and I'll respond every Wednesday, which is my P day.

I Love you all and hope you have a great week.

Elder Eveson