We got to host new people coming into the MTC, which means bringing brand new missionaries into the MTC. Each missionary gets a few minutes to say goodbye and then we have to tell them that it's time to go, and we carry their luggage, and tell them how good the MTC is. We walk them to all the places they need to go. It was an interesting experience. Some families cried a lot, and some just took a picture and that was it. There was this one elder that got dropped off by his dad, and they both acted like he was getting dropped off at soccer practice. At least that makes it easy for the host. I almost got emotional watching a couple of families, because it reminded me of when I got dropped off.
If you are in the MTC for over 3 weeks, you are bound to get sick, and I finally got sick. Luckily I got over it in 2 days.
A huge group of missionaries from our zone left. Many of them got called to Taiwan, but they got reassigned to states because their visas are not in yet. They think the visas will arrive in about a month. Missionaries going to places other than Taiwan got sent straight to their mission. It was a bittersweet experience to see them go, since they were our role models when we first came in. But I think they are happy to be in the field.
When people move out, we also get hand-me-downs. I got a seat pad, food, stationary, posters, and a bunch of other stuff. We decorated our room with the posters, so it looks a lot less dull. And when people hand down things, they sometimes sign it, and the seat pad I got was signed by Elder Karlinsey, who I knew from Startalk.
My family sent me a package. It had pictures from my sister, Almond Roca, muffins, Hi-chews, and my old watch. Thanks! The picture is hanging in my room, and those are all my favorite candies.
We finally got our full Chinese name-tags, but they put the wrong character on mine. They said they will get it straightened out. I will send a picture anyway.
We had TRC this week for the second time. TRC is when volunteer members come to the MTC and we share a message with them as if we are visiting a member's house. All in Chinese of course. And we just go from room to room doing this. We only got to teach 2 people this time though. It's a lot of fun and we get to meet some interesting people, and work on our conversational Chinese.
My good friend Elder Jones moved to this MTC a few days ago, and he left this morning at 3:00AM to Guadalajara. I got to see him one last time yesterday. Good luck Elder Jones!
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