Hey mom!! so yeah its p day right now and im just waiting for my laundry to get done. my first day here it seemed soooooooo long!! holy cow! ha but now the days are just rolling by. i love it here so much!! my companion is way awesome. he played soccer for sparta and is 11 days older than me! we get along so well! i love it. so the first few days of being here they put in some classes and the teachers of those classes made us pretend that they were investigators and so we started the second day and it went ok and same with the second day was the same but yesterday we went in the T.R.C. which is the teaching resource center and we have "staff investigators" and they have real stories but they just make up a story and we have to go with it and teach them the gospel and this man that we taught was just perfect! he had his leg amputated and so he had a hard time but this lady named tammy had her leg amputated as well and she was led to him and told him about the gospel and he started reading the book of mormon and he had a testimony and has prayed to know if jesus loves him and he knew that jesus loved him and had led that lady tammy to him. my companion and i started cry because the spirit was so strong!! it strengthened my testimony so much more! i love this gospel and i know that its true. i know that the lord loves me and watches over us. so my district has 6 companionships. 3 are going to calgary canada and the other 3 are going to iowa. well i have to go its about to time me out. i love you so much and miss you. please give my email to all the cousins and uncles and aunts. :)
love,
Elder Smith.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Day 2 Jensen's 1st letter
Boy, I tell you what...that's the best present ever!
He said that he's doing good and learning lots and changing already. He met 7 other elders that are going to his same mission. He has a companion named Elder Herrin that also played soccer for sparta and went to salt lake community college. Tuesdays are his p-days and that he's allowed to write then but since they just got there they were allowed to write right away...And then he gave me a list of things he needs...
patriarchal blessing
money
nail clippers (I packed him some, he just needs to find them hehe)
journal
deodorant
And in closing "I testify that God loves me and every single person on this earth. He watches over us and guides us. I love and miss you mom, dad, Christian, and Ty, and Adi." (I read that last part to Adi)
In case you want to write him too here is his MTC address:
Elder Jensen Andrew Smith
MTC Mailbox #243
IA-DMOIN 0810
2005 North 900 East
Provo, Utah 84604-1793
P.S. Also I just learned (thanks Phyllis!) that UPS (here in Provo) sends letters for free and packages for a discounted rate of 3$ (up to 5lbs) to the MTC. We just sent him a package yesterday and it's delivered the same day. So fresh goodies could be made and he could have them in a matter of hours. I went to the one on Bulldog Ave. next to McDonalds. The MTC does not allow hand/personal deliveries.
He said that he's doing good and learning lots and changing already. He met 7 other elders that are going to his same mission. He has a companion named Elder Herrin that also played soccer for sparta and went to salt lake community college. Tuesdays are his p-days and that he's allowed to write then but since they just got there they were allowed to write right away...And then he gave me a list of things he needs...
patriarchal blessing
money
nail clippers (I packed him some, he just needs to find them hehe)
journal
deodorant
And in closing "I testify that God loves me and every single person on this earth. He watches over us and guides us. I love and miss you mom, dad, Christian, and Ty, and Adi." (I read that last part to Adi)
In case you want to write him too here is his MTC address:
Elder Jensen Andrew Smith
MTC Mailbox #243
IA-DMOIN 0810
2005 North 900 East
Provo, Utah 84604-1793
P.S. Also I just learned (thanks Phyllis!) that UPS (here in Provo) sends letters for free and packages for a discounted rate of 3$ (up to 5lbs) to the MTC. We just sent him a package yesterday and it's delivered the same day. So fresh goodies could be made and he could have them in a matter of hours. I went to the one on Bulldog Ave. next to McDonalds. The MTC does not allow hand/personal deliveries.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The day he entered the MTC
Do you have your tissues? Why does everyone always look at me when they ask that question? Phsssssh!! No, just kidding. I'm kinda in mourning and don't want to talk to anyone and this is an easy way out. This is the last few minutes that we had together. We went and had a JDawg before dropping off Jensen at the MTC. Haven't been to Jdawgs? try them.
Walking down the street towards the entrance of the MTC. Just practicing, then we were told that we have to drive our car in and drop him off with a 2 1/2 minute goodbye. It was not rushed at all, I felt like we had already said our goodbyes before. People will keep taking goodbyes if they are allowed. Jensen is sooo sweet always seeming like he doesn't mind holding my hand. He's an angel (in every sense of the word).
This is the only sign I could find that said MTC on it. From the outside of the bars there are no signs that say MTC (from where we were). Now maybe if I drive by I'll be able to see them very clearly.
This is what you first see when you go past the gates. You are directed to go to either side and follow the stream of cars for quite a long ways until directed to stop and park and say your goodbyes.
At every stop they have helper missionaries...one for every single new missionary. I really liked that. It's almost like they are holding their hands for a little bit. It made dropping him off a tad tiny tiny tiny bit easier. This missionary Elder (Host) that's the only name we could remember that was posted on his jacket (hehe)
Elder "Host" taking him away.
Walking down the street towards the entrance of the MTC. Just practicing, then we were told that we have to drive our car in and drop him off with a 2 1/2 minute goodbye. It was not rushed at all, I felt like we had already said our goodbyes before. People will keep taking goodbyes if they are allowed. Jensen is sooo sweet always seeming like he doesn't mind holding my hand. He's an angel (in every sense of the word).
This is the only sign I could find that said MTC on it. From the outside of the bars there are no signs that say MTC (from where we were). Now maybe if I drive by I'll be able to see them very clearly.
This is what you first see when you go past the gates. You are directed to go to either side and follow the stream of cars for quite a long ways until directed to stop and park and say your goodbyes.
At every stop they have helper missionaries...one for every single new missionary. I really liked that. It's almost like they are holding their hands for a little bit. It made dropping him off a tad tiny tiny tiny bit easier. This missionary Elder (Host) that's the only name we could remember that was posted on his jacket (hehe)
Elder "Host" taking him away.
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