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Pilot Program MTC Week 1


Hola mis hermanos y hermanas,

The MTC has been great for me so far. It has only been 2.5 days so I do not know if I will have much to talk about about. But I will start off by saying everyone that told me I just get thrown in the deep end for Spanish and will start everything in Spanish right away and learn about Preach My Gospel right away was wrong. The only reason you guys are wrong is because there is a pilot program in the MTC right now where a couple new districts that are learning Spanish will do the first 10 days in English instruction only. We still have an hour of language study a day because we will have that our whole missions. But right now my teachers do not even know Spanish, they are some of the best teachers in the MTC. It is a great experience and I have been loving it so far. I cannot imagine trying to learn everything about the Gospel while having to learn a new language. It is great to just focus on teaching different people and the different Gospel Doctrine Principles so that I can get to know everything in the Preach My Gospel in English then transfer that knowledge to Spanish. The thing I love most about this program is a lot of people have told us how the first days are hardest in the MTC but it starts to get better after your first Sunday. People in my district have not really felt this way, with how we are able to understand everything that is going on right off the bat and having a lot of fun with it.

My district is amazing. There are 8 of us.. 7 elders y una hermana. So we have 2 companionships a trio and what we call a "solo missionary." A solo missionary is someone who has their companion in a different district. So this means she does not always has to be with her companion because her schedule is different than her companion. My companion is Elder Pattee, he is such a wonderful person. He went to Alta High School and is from Draper Utah. He is a very energetic guy and says "good morning Vietnam" every morning just to get our energy going right off the bat. He is going to the Richmond, Virginia Spanish speaking mission. Then there is Elders Hodson and Todd they are both going to the Texas Houston East (T.H.E) mission Spanish speaking as well and Elder Hodson is from southern California and Elder Todd is from Santana Valley Arizona. Then the trio is Elders Baker, Alley, Bendixsen. Elder Baker is from Gilbert, Arizona and he is going to Knoxville, Tennessee speaking Spanish. Elder Alley is from the great state of San Antonio Texas and is going to the Boston Massachusetts mission also speaking Spanish. Elder Bendixsen is from West Jordan Utah and went to Copper Hills. He is going to the Anaheim California mission speaking Spanish. Hermana Nelson is going to the Calgary, Canada mission speaking Spanish. I am excited to get to know everyone better.

Below is a picture of our view of the Utah-BYU game. I was not able to watch it but heard it was not much of a game. So to all the BYU fans out there, I am so ready for this series to be old enough to get the Aaronic Priesthood 2 years because of the new change in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that when you are turning 12 that year you can get the Priesthood.


Hola mis hermanos y hermanas,

The MTC has been great for me so far. It has only been 2.5 days so I do not know if I will have much to talk about about. But I will start off by saying everyone that told me I just get thrown in the deep end for Spanish and will start everything in Spanish right away and learn about Preach My Gospel right away was wrong. The only reason you guys are wrong is because there is a pilot program in the MTC right now where a couple new districts that are learning Spanish will do the first 10 days in English instruction only. We still have an hour of language study a day because we will have that our whole missions. But right now my teachers do not even know Spanish, they are some of the best teachers in the MTC. It is a great experience and I have been loving it so far. I cannot imagine trying to learn everything about the Gospel while having to learn a new language. It is great to just focus on teaching different people and the different Gospel Doctrine Principles so that I can get to know everything in the Preach My Gospel in English then transfer that knowledge to Spanish. The thing I love most about this program is a lot of people have told us how the first days are hardest in the MTC but it starts to get better after your first Sunday. People in my district have not really felt this way, with how we are able to understand everything that is going on right off the bat and having a lot of fun with it.

My district is amazing. There are 8 of us.. 7 elders y una hermana. So we have 2 companionships a trio and what we call a "solo missionary." A solo missionary is someone who has their companion in a different district. So this means she does not always has to be with her companion because her schedule is different than her companion. My companion is Elder Pattee, he is such a wonderful person. He went to Alta High School and is from Draper Utah. He is a very energetic guy and says "good morning Vietnam" every morning just to get our energy going right off the bat. He is going to the Richmond, Virginia Spanish speaking mission. Then there is Elders Hodson and Todd they are both going to the Texas Houston East (T.H.E) mission Spanish speaking as well and Elder Hodson is from southern California and Elder Todd is from Santana Valley Arizona. Then the trio is Elders Baker, Alley, Bendixsen. Elder Baker is from Gilbert, Arizona and he is going to Knoxville, Tennessee speaking Spanish. Elder Alley is from the great state of San Antonio Texas and is going to the Boston Massachusetts mission also speaking Spanish. Elder Bendixsen is from West Jordan Utah and went to Copper Hills. He is going to the Anaheim California mission speaking Spanish. Hermana Nelson is going to the Calgary, Canada mission speaking Spanish. I am excited to get to know everyone better.

Below is a picture of our view of the Utah-BYU game. I was not able to watch it but heard it was not much of a game. So to all the BYU fans out there, I am so ready for this series to be old enough to get the Aaronic Priesthood 2 years because of the new change in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that when you are turning 12 that year you can get the Priesthood.





Location: Provo, UT, USA

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