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Hey everyone! I've decided to write one leter to update everyone. I
only get an hour to email. And since nobody has emailed me, nobody
needs individual responses. It's okay that nobody has emailed me. I
mean, you still love me an all, right? Right?
Right
That said, if you want an original, individual response, hit me up.
Okay. So let me tell you what the MTC is like. ;jkhiluguygihu. <~~~ Just like that. This place is CRAZY! And I'm loving it.
We study. A lot. (8 hours total yesterday) We sleep. a little (8
hours total last night) We also pray a lot. Like 526,872 times a day.
Which is good. I have to repent about that many times a day too.
Getting here was a pain in the neck. I was a threat to national
security with my bum knees. Apparently joking that I was smuggling a big
bag of tampons in my checked luggage wasn't amusing. I got pulled to
the back room. Greeaaaat. If you see me on CNN in Guantanamo... Please
bail me out. Or bake me a cake with a nail file inside. It worked out
eventually. They finally believed me that my knee screws were not
secretly made up of heroin.
I temple hopped in UT on Tuesday, That was brilliant!
We hit Jordan River, Mt Timp and Draper. They are all GIGANTIC!!! That's
nuts. We had dinner with Eno and Jonathan that night. That was epic.
Jonathan - you didn't kill us! I feel fine!
Becca and I went to the Reintjes' from breakfast. I
love them! They are the cutest. And Will kissed me! yeah... I got kissed
as a set apart missionary. It's okay. He's 14 months old. I didn't hold
him. So I didn't break too many misison rules.
So Wednesday. I got dropped off at 12:30
with miss Shannon Green and right away we were whisked to go get name
tagged and drop our stuff off. My key didn't work in the door so we had
to carry everything back to get a new key. That one worked. If you are
ever having a bad day, wear a name tag around the MTC with a red sticker
on it. EVERYONE stops to say hello and welcome you to the MTC. If you
don't like people talking to you, don't come to UT. Seriously. People
here are friendly.
Hmmm. What else. I may have broken my finger today.
Yeah, yeah. shush. It's fine. It's "buddy splinted" to the other finger
and only hurts if I think about it. Or move it. I was trying to make my
bed and it just started hurting, and swelling. I really wanted to have a
well made bed, I guess. Maybe I need more calcium in my diet. I don't
know. Also, Dr. Nielson gave me an inhaler for free. That was great of
him.
My district (my group of missionaries) is fun. I'm the
oldest and one of the quietest. Weird. Remember when I said 18 yo boys
stress me out? That hasn't changed. But they're good kids. Funny. I
attached a picture. It should be the one of the girls in my district. My
companion is Sister Anderson. We're rocking the Riverside mission.
She's got the short hair cut. She's the 6th of 10 kids!
Sister Larson has dark hair, she was in Jerusalem last semester at the BYU there. I'm jealous.
Sister
Bradshaw (I just asked. I'm a jerk...) managed to fit a steamer in her
luggage. She's got game. I did not manage that. At all.
The other sister (Hodges....? That's not rights...) reminds me of
Merida from Brave. She's got a CPAP. We bonded. It was grand.
The
fellas are 18. yeeeah. They're good kids though. Excited. They made
comments yesterday like: "We could be home right now, playing video
games or whatever. Instead we're here. Learning the Scriptures. And you
know what? This is pretty awesome." Amen Elder. Let me see if I cna
remember any of them.
Elder Weinert. He is our new District leader. He's from Philly.
(Jonathan, he knows your brother. But is from a different area in
Philly. He says hi!)
Elder Roberts. He is Southern. Very Southern. And loves math. I think it was Math. Anyway, nice enough guy.
Elder Childs is from.... UT? I think... He's got a lot of energy
and excitement. He's going to Riverside too. We high five a lot. But
someone told us that it wasn't allowed because he's an elder and I'm a
sister. We do it anyway. It's okay. I repent everytime.
Elder... Miller. is 18. Funny, most of the time. He says things
sometimes that impress everyone. But mostly he goofs. He's going to make
a brilliant missionary when he settles down.
Elder... uhm...
the one that sits behind me is often nervous, but he's a good kid. Lots
of heart and a strong testimony. He's going places.
The one that sits in front of me is nice too. We bounce ideas off each other a lot.
I'm
learning a lot. Mostly how to trust God and let Him make the decisions.
That's not easy. My companion is really patient with me in that. Mostly
we just wing it and hope something sticks. We get to teach our pretend
investigator on Saturday. We decided that she needs to hear about the
Plan of Salvation, so we're studying that together. And today we get to
nap!!! I miss naps.
My teachers are cool. Mostly because Brother Heath
reminds me of Brad, the medic from Longmont. I'm not sure why yet, but
it makes me laugh. He's a great teacher and gives great feedback. Sister
Smith is really encouraging and likes to make things fun and exciting.
Which isn't easy when you're on hour 906 in the classroom for the day.
That's tiring. But she does it.
I don't know. What do you guys want to know? I'm doing
well. I'm loving this. I'm jumping in both feet. Participating and being
a part of the group.
I think that's it. I love
you guys! My P-days whilst at the MTC is Friday. So, you'll have to wait
until then to hear from me. Can someone pass this along to Uncle
Johnny. I forgot to give him my contact info before I left. I'm a jerk.
If you want to email me. Dearelder.com. Mom got one letter there. Just follow the directions.
My snail mail... mom has. I don't have that on me. If you want to write
me snail mail while I'm here, she can get that for you. Email her at Trainlady@aol.com
I think my snail mail here is
Sister DiAnne Louise Hall
JUL 30 CA RIV
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT zip code... (no idea what the zip is)
I think you guys are great. I haven't had time to get home sick. Which I hope will remain the case until I come home.
Love you!
Best.
The Dibester. The Short One.
Sister Hall
I'll try to be better and take more pictures!
