the one where they reunited, like kings

This week flew by!!

On Tuesday I didn't get cookies 😭 but I got a package instead. Abby and her family are in Florida so i didn't think I was going to get anything but when I opened my package it was full of banana bread from her!! That was such a good surprise and it got me through the week!

Wednesday ETHAN GOT HERE!! It was so fun to see him and we've been able to talk every night! It so nice to have one of my really close friends here and be in my same branch! It truly was the reuniting of kings.

Thursday Elder Miller and I went to the hospital to look at his neck. It was super nice to get out of the MTC and talk to real people XD. 

Crazy that this is my last week in the mtc!! I'm so ready to get to Nebraska! As always feel free to email me if you have questions!

Context for pics:

-Me and my Man Elder White

- Pic of some of the guys in the district 

the one where he got reassigned

For the first time in wayyy to long I actually had an eventful week!!

Starting with Tuesday I got more cookies and we had a super awesome devotional! Before the devotional our district was talking about who we thought was going to be speaking and me and Elder Gibson totally called who it was gonna be! When waiting for the devotional to start the MTC president told us that Elder Bednar would be the one giving the devotional! Me and Elder Gibson were ecstatic! After the devotional I got the opportunity to give Sister Guth a blessing which was my first time doing so and it was such a good experience.

On Thursday I found out that one of my best friends of all time, Ethan White, is coming to the MTC next Wednesday and he is going to be in MY BRANCH! I'm so fetching excited and I can't wait to see him! Wednesday can't come soon enough!

Friday was a big day. It started with pretty much no sleep as I stayed up until 3 to say goodbye to an Elder that's in an older Japanese district. After saying goodbye to him we stayed up till 4 to send off the next elder. Finally we took a nap from like 4:15 - 5:15 and then dropped off the last Elder at 5:30. On top of that we were fasting for our reassignments so I was really dead XD. We got our reassignments at like 11:15 and I'm going to OMAHA NEBRASKA! It was super exciting and 3 other elders in my district (Gibson, Gutierrez, and Wynn) also are going there with me! On top of that one of the Vietnamese Elders (Elder Vincent) is going there with us! I'm sooo excited and I can't wait to get to Nebraska now!! 

Overall it was a really good week and I'm so grateful for my reassignment (I'm so ready to get out of the MTC)

Context for pics:

- Me and my cousin's cousin Kai 

- A beautiful rendition of Popcorn popping on the apricot tree with sucker whistles

- Me and my Man Will Bennion who I didn't know was here until I saw him. It was so good to see someone from back home

- Our district before we got our reassignments and our guesses for everyone

- The elders in my district that are going to Omaha Nebraska 

- Our entire districts reassignments 

- Two of the Elders that I said goodbye to at the butt Crack of dawn.

- One of the elders got his key card stuck in the fountain.  

the one where he found a shoplifter

Another slow week but it was better than last week!!

The beginning of the week followed the usual schedule and not too much happened. That was until Tuesday. 

Tuesday I got more cookies from Abby and they were soooo good. Again they didn't last very long XD. Had another great devotional and tuesdays are really starting to fly by. 

Thursday my mom sent the whole district donuts!! We were extatic and everyone loved them!! 

Friday was a a really funny day XD. Starting off one of the elders in my district, Elder Shurtliff, has a tendency to steal dry erase markers from any classroom he walks by...this lead to him culminating 30 markers. Finally on friday our teacher made him turn them all in and now we call him Elder Shoplift. At the end of the day, we went outside for part of class and we took some firey pictures. My favorite is the one of me and Elder Gibson XD. 

Well that's really all that happened! If you have any questions feel free to ask!!

Context for pictures:

- Donut day

- I ran into Elder Melville who's from my ward back home

- Part of Elder Shoplift's stash of markers 

- The Japanese district above me all got their reassignments and the sticky notes is where each person got reassigned to 

- The rest are all the photo shoot on Friday and one of me in class!

the one where he saw storms

Had myself another slow week...everyday is pretty much the exact same XD. 

Tuesday I got more cookies and another devotional which is now by far the best part of each week. My entire district is always looking forward to getting cookies each week. It was also my brother's birthday so I got to talk with him which was good because my entire family is going on a camping trip on Saturday so I'm not able to talk with them. 

Thursday me and some of the guys in our district saw a cool lightning storm in the distance. Naturally we went up to one of the top floors in a nearby building and just sat and watched it for like 20 minutes. Might not sound very exciting but man was it awesome! 

We've been playing volleyball pretty much everyday now and it's been a blast! Hopefully next week I break my arm or something so I have something good to talk about XD. 

As always if you have any questions feel free to email me and ask! 

Context for Pics (sorry there aren't a lot this week)

-Finally got a Pic of me and my cousin Jared

- Me and one of the english elders I came to be good friends with (his district called me Elder Chill because I would always give them snacks) sadly he left this week

-The district

-Me and Elder Sonomura during a devo review 

-A bat we saw walking into the cafe 

- Elder Gutierrez lost a bet so he had to sleep in the hall XD