November 19, 2013
HEY EVERYBODY!
Sorry I haven't been able to write ‘till
now. This week’s been crazy. We
get up every day at 6:30 AM and work straight until 9:30 PM! This
schedule is tough but I know the work that we’re doing is worthwhile.
This past week we've been teaching a fake investigator that turned out to be
one of our teachers. It was really
cool. Oh, by the way, when we practice teaching it all has to be in Swedish.
The language is coming along slowly but surely and I would definitely say I'm
learning Swedish much faster than when I took high school Spanish. I
still am very limited in what I can say, but hopefully next week I'll be able
to write you my testimony in Swedish.
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| MTC Classroom Panorama |
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| Scandinavian MTC Branch |
The MTC district I'm in is so
great! Everyone is incredibly smart, driven, and motivated to succeed.
It is nothing short of humbling to work every day with 11 other individuals
that in many ways are far more talented than I am. It is clear to me from
those that I am blessed to serve with that the Lord has great plans for
Sweden. Our group of 12 is exemplary and fully capable of changing the
hearts and minds of those that we are called to serve.
The meals have been really hit and miss… Some days they taste really good and other days the food is downright terrible. Regardless, it always seems to make you feel a little sick.
The devotionals, on the other hand, are
so good. We saw L. Tom Perry last week! It was my first time to see
an apostle in person. That guy is so tall! He's easily 6'-4” and he
basically skipped up to the pulpit. His talk was great and he told us how
he opened a new mission in Ohio and built an entire ward. He was with the
same companion almost the entire mission because it was hard to get new Elders
during the war. He and his companion enlisted in the war after their
missions and got to spend their entire military service in Japan. The
talk on Sunday was the best though. This little old lady gets up and I
thought I was about to be put to sleep, then she went into a 20 minute stand-up
comedy routine and just got the whole room laughing...great talk!
I finally got to see Taylor Anderson
and it's a really cool story how I found him actually. I was brushing my
teeth and met an Elder going to Jacksonville, FL. I asked him if he knew
Elder Anderson and he said he had an Elder Anderson from California in his
room. I followed him to the room and said hey Elder Anderson... but it
was a different Elder Anderson. He told me there was another Elder Anderson
two doors down and he also ended up being a different Elder Anderson, but he
said there were some more Jacksonville missionaries on the first floor.
So, I went down to the first floor and asked everyone if they knew where I
could find an Elder Anderson from Jacksonville. After 15 minutes I found
one person that said they vaguely remembered an Elder Anderson on the second
floor. On my first knock after 20 minutes of searching the other two
floors I finally found Taylor. It was quite the man hunt, but it made for
a fun evening and I got to meet most the floor in the process. We ended
up talking for half an hour and now we usually run into each other at least once
a day. I still haven't seen London yet, she may be on the west campus.
I am so excited that I got into BYU-Provo.
It was quite a process but I'm so glad all the hard work paid off. I know
that’s where I'm supposed to go to school and I am so happy to finally be a
student there. All the Elders going to BYU were really proud of me.
I'm so happy everything is going well at home. Sorry I
couldn't be there to run to store with you Mom, I know you like that.
Thanks for letting Josh go the gym more often, I'm sure that makes him
happy. Tell Dad I'm really proud of him for the new job.
Love you guys!
Aldste Stoeltzing
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