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Hey Everybody!

 

Thanks for all the birthday stuff it was great to recieve it all and hear from all of you. Although I am not through the whole tape yet but someday I will get there. Well my birthday was pretty sweet! Best birthday that i have ever had in the MTC! It was cool my district kept singing Feliz Cumpleanos like the whole day. And then the would call me a bebe because I told them that I was only turning 19, it was a fun day. I hope you guys have fun in Lake Powell, I dont know if that will be possible without me there but please do your best Ha. Um for some reason the Dear Elders got sent to my email so I will talk to them and see what is going on with that too.

 

Elder Montgomery left on Monday and I said bye to him again for two years but we got a lot of pics together. Also me, jdizz, parkson, and Elder Gunter all got a picture together that we will  be sending home and back to the ward. Its crazy a lot of the people that we came in with have left this week. All of the native speakers and the poeple going to other MTC's and its kind of crazy. Also Elder Beutler and Buswell leave next week its cool talking to them in espanol and just being goof balls.

 

The spanish is still coming right a long. It is so cool because 3 weeks ago i couldnt speak at all and now I can teach a lesson pretty easily and kind of carry on a conversation.. A little. And Tyler Dom Rep in espanol is la republica dominicana, which is probably the sickest name ever right? Ha I liked hearing you and Brian talk to me in espanol because I actually understood it now. There is still a lot of learning that I need to do and I am glad Ive got the Lords help to help me with the languange and with all the awesome points of the Gospel.

 

On Sunday we had a really good fireside it was Brother Heaton, he is like the missionary director of something.. I dont know, but he gave an awesome talk. And he asked all of us missionaries to say what we think would define being a successful missionary. And a bunch of missionaries got up and gave some really good answers. Then Brother Heaton said that being a successful missionary is determined on how pleasing your mission is to the lord. He said what we need to do is have faith, work hard, and be obedient and to put our trust in the lord. And perhaps if the people decide to accept our message and be baptized how great will be our joy! And if not that is ok because we have planted a seed, and we have done what is pleasing in the Lords eyes. So it was a really great message. We also watched a talk by Elder Holland and he said the most important part of being a missionary is to help others develop faith in Christ. That is our number one goal, and I think that should be our goal for life too. To always be developing more faith in Christ and helping others to as well.

 

One of the Elders from my district is from Texas. And he has got that Texan pride thing and I love it. He came in and hung a big ole texas flag up in our room the first day. But he said that if is 100 degrees one more day in texas than it will break the World Record for Texas for how hot is ever been. I guess if you beat the Texas Record, then you have basically beaten the World Record, cuz no where else really matter, right Bradley? HA

 

Anyways I love you all, have fun in Powell

 

Elder Wadman