December 15, 2011

December 15, 2011

hey everyone,

i actually did get that package last night! it was a pleasant surprise for sure! course i could have used the jeans that morning, but it's all good :)

but yeah things are fine, it's definitely a struggle i won't lie, it's really hard to not feel like i'm behind or i should be doing better or something, but i'll endure, it's not too bad. but i've got some good elders in my district so it helps. we did just have 2 elders leave on tuesday, so now we only have 6 in our district. it was surprisingly hard to see them go. we're already pretty close as a district, and so we're all pretty good friends. it's kinda dumb though, cause they did the 3 week thing and then went to the guatemala mtc, i guess their mission is in guatemala, but still, i wanted to go there! haha but it's all good, i'll learn spanish soon enough anyway. i think i'll try to send some pictures today, i just need to figure out how many stamps i need, but be looking out for them.

we had a nice little devotional on sunday. the byu mens choir came and we just had like a musical devotional. i don't know if it's because i can't listen to normal music anymore, but i'm starting to like hymns a lot more. i went and sang with the choir on tuesday and it was a lot of fun. i'm sure i suck, but i'm starting to like it more. it's weird. but one choir guy shared some scriptures, and it made me decide i'm a D&C 46:14 kinda guy. i probably shouldn't be, but i guess it just means i still have room to grow, a lot actually. i don't really know how to explain it, other than it's just hard. but it's fine. also i heard a nice quote, i think it's in proverbs? but it says something like "you can count the seeds in an apple, but you can't count the apples in a seed." food for thought, take it how you will :)

i should probably mention some things about me and my comp. we had a bit of a disagreement the other day, mostly just about teaching and stuff. we both just have different teaching methods, and so a lot of the times one of us will think the lesson went good while the other would think it went bad. and for now neither of us really know what to do, so we're both trying to adjust. it has been going a little better though. we're always trying to teach according to the investigator's needs and adjust to their questions and stuff, but it's really hard when we can't speak any spanish. it'll come with time i'm sure, just gotta be patient!

on some good notes though, we have 6 elders in our room right? but wednesday morning one of them left for ohio, and on monday one leaves for vegas, so we'll only have 4 now! i slept on the bottom bunk last night, and you might not think that's very exciting, but the top bunk is like ten feet off the ground, and the lights are like 2 feet over your head, so the mornings are just terrible haha, so i was super pumped to get a bottom bunk.
i'm also super grateful for good teachers. we really think we have the best teachers in the mtc. they're both super funny, and we have a good time, but when we need to get serious they're good at bringing us back and teaching us what we need to know, so it's super helpful.
also, i'm tearing it up on the b-ball court haha. no not really, but it's a lot of fun to play here. everyone that plays is pretty good so it's a good competion level. i do for sure miss playing in the mornings though, we only get 50 minutes of gym, which goes by way fast and it's not long enough at all, but it's good to get some built up energy out.
and tomorrow is officially my one month period, but yesterday was 4 weeks, so i'm pretty happy about that. although i think we officially end up being here for 10 weeks, which is lame cause i already can't wait to get out of here haha, i mean it's fun and all, and i can't speak any spanish, but i'd just rather be out there. someday though.
oh and i guess i snore really loud, and so my roommates get really mad at me haha. they said they were like yelling at me and throwing stuff at me but i just slept right through it haha, it's bad. i don't know how to stop it though! i don't know why i told you that, but i feel like i never have any stories so that's about as exciting as it gets!

i'd really be happy just to get anything for christmas. elder petersen in my room did get some christmas lights, and i found a little christmas tree in the garbage...so we're pretty good there :) but anything else you want would be good. but don't make trevor too mad, i'll survive without getting anything. actually i was gonna get a stain stick thing, but they were like 4.50, we do get a 40% missionary discount on stuff here though, so things are actually super cheap, how much are they at home though? but i'm pretty sure i have tons of room in my suitcases, i think i'll be way underweight with those, so i can take a lot of stuff. sorry i don't have any suggestions, as of now i don't really need anything, so just whatever you think!
i think that's all i've got. i love hearing stuff from home! let me know how the jazz are gonna be doing! i hear they're playing the kings on like the 28th, so i'd like to know a play by play for that game! actually a little secret, we found a way to stop the clock on the computers, so now i don't have to use time reading the letters, we have to hold the mouse down in a certain spot, so i just stop the clock and read, and so you can write as much as you want :) but anyway i hope everythings going well at home! i hope lyce and chip survive, and i hope trev enjoys his wedding, and i hope karissa can share the bathroom for awhile! :)

much love,
elder paskett