Just that good ole MTC life!!!!! Gettin after it!!!

Holy cow things move fast here. The first days are like a hundred miles an hour and its crazy how much they teach and how much you actually learn even at that pace! Things are great! My companions name is Elder Rowland, he is from Pleasant Grove and he is very quiet. It is like pulling teeth to get him to have a conversation with me. when we were all getting to know eachother, he honestly told all of us that he doesnt do anything and just sits at home. Im a little worried about him because of this. We taught our first investigator yesterday IN SPANISH!!! but the second we got in the room with the investigator he froze up and wouldnt talk. I tell him hes like a turtle and he just hasnt come out of his shell yet. but im going to get him out of that shell, I know it. Thats why he was put with me. I get along with everyone really well and yesterday I got chosen to be my district leader, a little scary, but good! One thing that I have learned and I know mom will laugh at and say thank goodness for, is the necessity to be organized. I only have six weeks here to get proficient in the gospel and my language, so literally every minute is important. Stupid little things like looking for your name badge or a pen, eat up valuable time that could be used for preparing. I have already gotten lots better at it. So Saturday is my P-Day and that is the only time that I can write emails but I can get letters every day. I met the president yesterday and he is very cool and very loving. The campus we are on is called the west campus because it is is west of the main MTC, Its about a 5 minute bus ride away from where you dropped me off. This campus is Spanish speaking missionaries only. Its in an appartment complex for BYU. I think they had to do this due to the huge influx of missionaries, spanish being the largest mass next to English, so they moved us to this campus. Since were here, we only go to the main campus once or twice a week. On P-Days we go to the temple in the morning as a zone and on the way back we stopped for lunch at that main campus. While in the lunch room I kept looking and looking for, and who I finally found.....THE LONG LOST CAILEB!!!! We both litterally almost dropped our trays because we were soooo excited to see each other. We slammed them down onto a table and embraced eachother in a huge hug. It was fantastic to see him doing so well and so happy, he was glowing. We talked all lunch as fast as we could to try and get as much out as we could. I was so relived to see that big smile on his face, love in his eyes, and still  have that goofy Caileb twist!

 

hmmmm what else..... oh yeah! my teacher is fantasic, speaks super well and is 21 as well so its so much easier to learn from him than some old guy with a monotone voice. All of us elders are able to connect really well and keep a positive mood in the classroom that makes learning so much easier.

Missionaries pray for EVERYTHING. haha. Even for safety on the basketball court. A little hard to get used to just because its hard to remember sometimes, but im getting used to it and I love it. The spirit here is so strong and its the perfect environment for all of us missionaries learning. 

Oh yeah! One more funny thing. When I got here, literally everybody knew me because apparently Brents blog is like the first hit on google when you search Tuxtla Gutierrex Mexico missionaries or something. They were like "ohhhh your the one with that sweeet blog" and whatnot, it was pretty funny.  http://eldercmb.blogspot.com/

Well thats really all thats happened this week. The MTC is good, but I cant wait to get to Mexico and get to use my talents to help other people. I already feel love for the Mexican people and I cant wait to get to know them.

Well now you have my email, so no excuses for not writing back! Even if its a one liner, it will be just as exciting for me as seeing Caileb! So you better!

Elder Barker