Hola! from Elder Terry

Dana! And family!

How is life going for everyone? Life is going well for me! So pretty much I only have twenty min to type this bad boy, so enjoy! So just to fill you all in on what I have been going through

My companion and I are total opposites. Its very funny. He never smiles, and our senses of humor are very different. For the past three weeks I have been babysitting, because he thinks that there are some rules that arn't important, and leaving meetings and all that is ok. For the first two weeks he slept through every class and meeting, it was impressive. Turns out he has mono tho...haha! Other than that life is going well, I figure that the Lord knows I know how to teach and the doctrine pretty well, so I got a practical lesson.

The food is sooooo good. We have chicken cordon bleu, amazing salads, french toast, waffles, every cereol imagionable. Its like a buffet. The only bad part, is that they jam pack the food full of vitamins, mostly fiber...so i'll let you figure that out. Ha ha its delicious. I think I have actually lost a pound, and I eat three plates a meal.

Our teachers are the best people I think I have ever met. They got off their mission about a year ago, and they are so cool. Hermono Bahr is super smiley and gives us hugs everytime we see him. Hermana Bott is the same way. Its amazing how fast we are all picking up Spanish. By the second day we could all pray in spanish and all that. Its amazing how the Lord helps us all out.

So here is my typical schedual:
Wake up at 6:25-shower and shave and all that
Go to class at 7:00-read the Book of Mormon and think about what I need to learn
8:00 is breakfast-yum (today I had waffles and pineapple with yogurt!)
9:00 till 1:00 we have class
1:00 is lunch
1:45 is Gym (it changes every day) Four square is so intense!
3:00 we go back to class till about six.
6:00 we go to dinner
6:45-9:00 we kind of have free time to study what we think we need to study for that day, practice a lesson, and all that jazz.

It sounds really rough, but its not so bad. For the most part everyone is there for the right reasons and it makes it a lot easier to get through the day, because we want to be there! So when I first got here, I don't know if this is the Chosen Mission or what. As arrogant as it sounds, everyone was better at something than me, I felt so inadequate. They knew scriptures, better leaders, and all this other jazz. We are going to tear it up in Merida thats for sure!

So there is something called the RC (for the referal center) where people call in after seeing church comercials or wanting free bibles or Books of Mormon. So my first time on it...I get this guy who calls who asks for a prayer. The poor guy was just bawling. I was like uhhh...this is my first time....help me! the beauty of it tho is they let you help yourself. Turns out this guy just lost his job, his wife just left him for some guy who was a self proclaimed witch (wiken church?). I asked where his wife was so perhaps we could send some missionaries by, because her son is on a mission right now and she has a daughter at BYU, and he said that they ran away together. It was a crazy story. He had just joined the church too. The spirit came over me tho and I told him that if he would fast, and not eat untill dinner time the next day, and read from the Book of Mormon, than I promised him he would find an answer to his prayer. Crazy story! It feels like I have been here forever, but it doesn't seem that long. Its a very wierd feeling. hahahhahahahah,

Dude I loved that fish!! It made all of us laugh forever, it was great. Thank you! Sometimes we are studying for a long time or something, and then we just break down and laugh for about 10 min for no real reason. Its Crazy!

Love you guys a ton! Sorry I could not write back soon. We are only supposed to do it on Friday, and I decided I better keep all the rules :)

That room sounds sweet! Send pictures!

Letters are like candy here in the MTC!

All in all its really great. I am having a lot of fun and have met some really cool people. I have grown a lot too! Hope everything is good with you!

Trev and Ty, write me a letter dangit! :) ha ha ha, Tal you use your best judgement and think of something to do.

Dana will you send this to everyone in the family? Thanks!