So life at the MTC
is really, really repetitive. I think we're supposed to learn a lot
about obedience here. We have to follow this exact schedule and do
everything a certain way, it's crazy. That's why P-days are the best,
because we get like 9 hours of whatever. It's beautiful. My companion
and I like to go hang out on the temple grounds and write letters. Best
way to spend a few hours of the day.
Anyways, not much new has happened since last week. The
three sisters in our district are flying out to the MTC in Guatemala
this Tuesday. We'll miss them, but they're going to free up so much room
in our classroom, it will be awesome. We're really cramped at the
moment, so that will be a nice change. We are now teaching two
investigators. One is named Ezequiel and the other is Matilda. Ezequiel
is way nice and really interested in the Gospel. Matilda is only willing
to meet with us because her husband is a member. She's pretty apathetic
about everything. All we can really do is bear testimony and hope she
feels the spirit, so that's our plan at the moment.
Our first lesson with Matilda was a really humbling
experience for me. Usually when we teach, I do most of the talking
because I can keep up with the Spanish and respond quickly. As a result,
my companion doesn't say much until his teaching part and then he talks
slow and relies on me to help him out with the investigator's
responses. Which has been good to help him learn some of the insane
amounts of Spanish that get thrown around in our lessons. But when we
went in to teach Matilda, suddenly I forgot all my Spanish. It's like I
lost the gift of tongues when we walked in. I couldn't say anything to
save my life. I was worried we were going to crash and burn, then Elder
Bush came in to the rescue. I've never heard him speak Spanish so well
before, it was incredible. He did most of the pre-talking and then even
finished up one of my teaching parts because I got lost while I was
teaching. We didn't get very far because we only had 20 minutes to
teach, but it was awesome to see Elder Bush suddenly rock at Spanish. I
think it was the Lord teaching me to be humble about my Spanish
abilities and to give Elder Bush an opportunity to take charge of the
lesson for once. Hopefully I'll get back in the game though, we're
finishing teaching her about the Restoration tonight.
Aside from the new investigators, nothing new has
really happened. We don't really do all that much here. Just lots of
studying. Tomorrow we start the Teaching Resource Center, where people
from Provo come in and we're supposed to teach them in Spanish. That's
definitely going to be an adventure. I'm not sure what to expect.
Hopefully I can remember some stuff in Spanish though. It should be fun.
So that's my life here, hopefully I'll have a new fun
story to tell you next week. Otherwise I guess I could just write about
all the studying that I do. Have I mentioned that I study a lot? I
really am enjoying it though. The MTC is a great place, regardless of
how repetitive it is. I learn new things every day. We must be doing the
Lord's work here or there's no way that I'd be able to learn and retain
so much information over the last two weeks.
Hope all is well!
Elder Erickson
Elder Erickson & Companion, Elder Bush
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