Everything is going good here at the MTC! This week has been kind of crazy adjusting to everything, but I think I'm doing okay. We're only given an hour to read all of our emails and respond to them so if I didn't end up replying to your email I'm really sorry! I wish we had more time. One hour is not nearly enough time. I'll try to type even faster next week though.
Alright... I don't even know where to begin. I have like 10 minutes left so I'll do my best. I guess the coolest thing that happened this week was the devotional on Sunday. Why? DAVID A. BEDNAR spoke!! That was the first time I had heard from an apostle in person and it did not disappoint. The spirit was so strong and it's easy to tell why he's an apostle. At devotionals, you usually have a guest speaker for an hour, and then you have an hour after that to watch a movie (but when i say movie, it's just watching someone else speak on a screen). Anyways, we started off with a movie with all the missionaries in the MTC (which there are 2400 in the provo MTC right now!). They showed a talk by David A. Bednar which they recommend all missionaries watch there first sunday in the MTC. Everyone was confused as to why we were doing this, but it was clear once Elder Bednar walked out after the movie was over. He didn't give a talk, rather he invited anyone to ask him questions and he would answer them. It was so cool to see him respond to each question, and not only answer the question, but answer 5 other questions that no one had even asked in the same response.
Other than that, nothing too crazy exciting has happened. My spanish is coming along but still not where I want it to be (which is fluent, but that's not realistic). It's cool to see how everyone else's spanish in my district is coming along too cuz a lot of them don't have much experience but they can already understand and say quite a bit which is amazing. The gift of tongues is real!! I feel it each time I teach our investigator Sophia (which we're pretty positive is just an MTC teacher pretending to be an investigator, but we still act like she's an investigator none the less).
The MTC can be really hard sometimes but I know it's super important that i stay focused and learn as much as I can while I am here because I'll be that much more prepared for when I get to Costa Rica (which is in 5 weeks!) You're so busy that you don't even have hardly any time to think about anything but what you're doing. Luckily what we're doing is so great and worthwhile!
I love and miss you all and again I'm sorry I don't have time to respond to all of your emails. I'll make sure to type faster next week. Thank you so much to everyone that sent me letters and packages! It really helps me get through the day!
-Elder Smith
Pictures: Me and my companion, Elder Millward, Me pointing to my mission, and My district in front of the Provo temple.
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