MTC 10 July, 2013
Well today's my second P day, and I'm doing fantastic. We
usually start off our Christmas ("P Days") by singing Christmas
carols and doing laundry. I was really glad to hear all about your 4th of July.
We got to watch Stadium of Fire from the CCM (Spanish acronym for MTC), which
was pretty neat.
The past few days I was feeling homesick. We call it feeling
"trunky" here. But I prayed and after a while received confirmation
that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. It was one of the strongest
spiritual experiences I've ever had in my life. I have a quote from Jesus the
Christ that I really love - it's an excellent book by the way. I'd recommend
that you read it. This might not be exact, but it goes something like this:
"And a man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, such is not
fit for the Kingdom of God."
I know that I'm exactly where my Heavenly Father wants me to
be. I'm already developing a love for the people that I'm going to be teaching
in Mexico.
Tell Jess and Libby that I hung up their pictures in my
room! They're awesome.
Sam - The food here is pretty good. There's LOTS of it. All
you can eat. They say the average weight gain for CCM missionaries here is 15
pounds. I'm trying to stay under that goal, but it's hard when they have
Captain Crunch during every meal...The beds are probably a little bit short for you, too.
Right now
we're 5 to a room meant for 4 people, but it's not too bad. It's awesome that
there are so many missionaries who want to serve missions that the CCM is
packed. Learning a language has been fairly easy. If you have the spirit with
you, it becomes easy to learn and understand everything you need to. We've been
told many times that we're not here in the CCM to learn Spanish, but to learn
how to teach and love our investigators. The spanish will come in the field.
I hope you're doing great, Kate. Take good care of my ipod
;)
Mom - Thank you for the scriptures. I'd like it if you could
maybe send me a note card with each family member's favorite scriptures on it.
I'll get it laminated and carry it around with me. My spanish is coming along
really well. We learned the Subjunctive form yesterday, which is pretty tough,
but I can now teach my lessons in spanish without any notes at all. I've started
trying to memorize a few scriptures in spanish too.
Being confined to the space of a city block for 6 weeks is
the hardest part of the CCM. I'm excited to get out to the field. But I'll do
fine. I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks. I attached some pictures of my
new comp. He's great.
His name is Elder Hardy.
Thank you for being such a supportive, loving family. I love
you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Nichols
P.S.
Thanks for all of the letters! I love getting mail from you
guys!
