Ok. So. I'm a missionary! haha!! I'm wearing my tag right now. hehe.. i friggin love it. we all have to do our email while we wait for our laundry to finish. and having this countdown timer is really nerve racking... i feel like i have lots to say but the timer is psyching me out!!! haha!!
I already sent a bazillion letters... i tons of time to write letters on Christmas so look for those. Be excited. They apparently have a rule at the MTC where you're only allowed to email family and they have to forward it on to friends and whatnot. but i think its different when i actually get to arkansas. Thats why i needed you to forward the email on.
So. I love it here. We learn SOOOOOOOO much and seriously... my testimony is growing so much everyday. 10 hours of studying a day tends to do that to you. haha.. i actually love having so much time to study. my scriptures are getting marked up really quick. My companion and i taught our first full lesson yesterday. We have this building that has a bunch of rooms set up like living rooms and they have fake investigators that come in so the missionaries can practice teaching them. and there's a camera in the room too so it gets recorded and we get to look back and see how we did.. its kinda cool. I love how i'm so NOT nervous. I'm so excited about teaching and it comes really naturally. i know all the doctrine, so i teach it and i testify. i love testifying. and each day we are learning more and more about how to be a better teacher. frigg... soooo awesome.
I'm sorry that i cant email everyone individually... i really wish i could.. but totally keep emailing me because i definitely read them and i'll reply in letters. woo snail mail!! we have tons of time to write on p-days so i'll get to you.
Also tell Clarke he was right. The food is actually really awesome. I totally haven't had a glass of chocolate milk yet too.
OH!!!!! Yeah so i wrote this in all the letters i wrote on christmas, but i wanna tell you now...
I SHOOK AN APOSTLE'S HAND!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elder L. Tom Perry came to talk to us on Christmas and he was in the cafeteria at lunch so we were able to go up to him and shake his hand. There wasn't really time to talk to him though.. so many people were waiting to see him. So. there was a line of missionaries waiting to meet him and so Elder Perry would shake their hand and say their name and smile then he'd go on to the next person. So he said my name too. haha... yeah that was cool.
Christmas at the MTC was good. We totally sang WAAAAAAAY too many Christmas carols WAAAAAY too many times, but whatever.. another year of Christmas music free awesomeness to go.
Dude... I've been here for a week. it feels like longer... but not athe same time. haha..
I'm supposed to leave the MTC on Jan 15th. Thats exciting. I've met a whole bunch of Elders going to my mission, but i haven't met any sisters. which is weird.. i guess i'll be safe on the plane though! Lots of priesthood to protect me!! haha!! My companion is going to the Iowa Des Moines mission. She's pretty cool. I like her and we get along well. Her name is sister adams and shes from LA. (woot angel)... haha...
Okay... I've run out of time. I'll write letters and stuff.
Dont forget to write me!!! and send me cool stuff!!!! and family!!!! I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING FROM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lucky i still love you... hahaha..
Love you all a lot. I miss you, but i'm keeping busy so I dont have time to dwell on it. so thats good for me. I'm really happy here. Love you lots. Dont forget about me!!! and ELEPHANT SHOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and 143!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and just plain... I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sister Alison Dyer :)
