Dear Family,
Holy cow that’s crazy
about the river rafting thing! Dang that’s scary! I wish I could
have been there to see and help but yeah I know you guys had help. Thanks for
the long message - it’s really fun to read. :)
Well the schedule is the same every day. I get up at 6 to work out (I’m up to 65 push-ups and abs workouts) then I take a shower because I’m usually the first person up by that time. Then we go to breakfast and class after that from 7:45 to 12:15. We eat lunch then and then go do this technology language thing for an hour and then back to the class room from 2:15 to 4:45 when we go to gym for an hour. We then get dinner and after that if there isn’t a devotional we go back to the classroom from like 7:00 to 9:30. In the morning and evening we have a teacher teaching us and we switch off mornings and evenings to teach them as a lesson because they’re pretend investigators for us. But for the rest of the time we just study - although my district cannot focus... It’s really hard to get studying done because they all are usually doing something loud which is fine every once in a while – but not all the time. I’m just so tired all the time that a lot the time I know it’s only the spirit keeping me awake and driving me forward to pay attention.
I can feel myself going crazy very slowly. I laugh at
the most random things way too hard and the other day I drew a face on my hand
so I could talk with someone sane. The other day we watched a part of a video
on this woman called Ingrid who didn’t have legs and we were supposed to teach
them. I was paired up with Elder Brown (He’s the tall one with glasses
going to Long Beach) and I was Ingrid but I said I should be Ingrod because its
more manly. So he started laughing and said you got an ingrod toenail?
After that we just lost it. Our teacher was standing right next to
us as we laughed for like 5 minutes straight. Brown kept trying to talk
but just started laughing again. I was seriously crying. :) I
find it easier to laugh here which is pretty fun. :)
Devotional days are
the greatest ever. I’m convinced that the General Authorities save their
best talks for devotionals. They are even better than General Conference
talks! This last week on Sunday they showed a recorded talk from Elder Holland
and it was so good. It convinced me that I need to take my studying on a
different path and study the life of Jesus Christ. I know he has a spiritual
gift to say what the Lord wishes him to say. He spoke about the life of
Jesus Christ and I know that I can’t teach people without loving Jesus as much
or more as this gospel. I am well on my way too. It’s incredible
how he put things with what he said and yeah... I love his messages so much.
Then on Tuesday we had a devotional live from Elder Anderson who talked
about unseen things. The start I didn’t think was as great but when it
got going I got the implications of what he was talking about. The powers
of unseen things sure are great - like testimonies, feelings, and especially
the power of the Spirit. It ended up being a really good talk.
They serve cheap fake Mexican
food. I’m way disappointed. Nothing spicy at all! The ice cream here is
to die for. I would seriously come here just for the ice cream. It
is way better than anything at all in America and I’m pretty sure they only
give us the cheap stuff. The one thing they do so well here better than
anywhere else is the desserts and lunch. I look forward to those every
day. We have had cake, pie, ice cream, Oreo stuff (possibly my favorite),
and anything else you can think of. They had this chocolate and caramel
cake the other day where the caramel was like a custard and oh man it was so
good. They do try to keep us healthy though! And I can get sugar
cereal for breakfast or dinner which is fun. :) Feels just like home!
I’m in a dorm room so it’s
me and my companion in one room, then Elders Cahoon and Gardner in another room
and then two Latino elders in another room. It’s fun with them there. :) The schedule is so intense that it’s hard to keep awake all day and I’m
always exhausted. But it’s all right.
I’m kind of in a rut with Spanish
but I know it’ll come easier. I know I can get over it!
I’m studying my scriptures
in English most of the time and right now I’m studying the life of Jesus
Christ. This week I decided to read and study Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
and Acts by the end of Saturday. I’m in the middle of Luke right now and it’s
by far my most favorite book. I love having the opportunity to learn more
of the life of Christ.
The weather is about 60
degrees as a high. It’s really nice actually. We kind of celebrated the 4th of July. During lunch they had red white and blue
tablecloths and we had pie and barbeque sandwiches. They tried which was
nice. We sang the national anthem too which was fun!
I love you guys! The days
are flying by! It feels like yesterday since I emailed
last. This other district in
our zone is leaving on Tuesday and when they leave we will be the oldest
district in our zone! It’s crazy to think that I’m more than halfway done
with this place. It’s really not that bad and it’s beautiful! I can’t
wait to get to California though. :)
Ok well see ya next
week!
Love,
Elder Passey
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