This week we got to leave the MTC campus for the first time in 6 weeks (if you don't count the temple walks). We saw a devotional at BYU.
The talk was by Elder David F Evans. He talked about being tenacious, or stubbornly determined. Everyone from the MTC walked to the Marriott center as a huge herd. Going back to BYU campus felt weird, but it was a good devotional.
People on my district were spotting their siblings and friends in the crowd. After the devotional, I saw Sister Lonas from my home ward.
Everyone seems to be sick. I have a cough right now. About half of our district is sick. Combined with the lack of sleep, it sucks. Luckily most of us are still are able to go to class.
Oh yeah, and Halloween happened, but we didn't do anything special besides wear fake mustaches.
I was talking to another elder, and I asked him how long he had been in the MTC, and he said "for awhile . . . 7 days". That made me crack up on the inside.
The snow last week was short lived. There was snow on the mountains, but now it is all melted. But it is getting cold and windy. My family sent me a sweet jacket. Thanks!
The language is coming along quite well. We are supposed to speak our language everywhere we go, but that seldom ever happens. But I can now understand almost all of what the teachers say. The language still has a long way to go though.
Elder Bates and I apparently have a good mutual friend at BYU, Josh Quinton. We saw him on our temple walk and talked for awhile.
We saw another devotional called "Missions are Forever by Elder Holland. It was really motivational and made me want to work harder.
It's sad how short my letters are getting. Hopefully I will have more to write about when I get to the field.
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Elder Jordan Andersen
DEC01 AST-MEL
2007 N 900 E Unit 19
Provo UT 84602
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