Miss Me Yet?

Hey y'all. This is Valerie and I will be in charge of posting my brother James' letters as he spends the next two years serving the Lord and spreading the Gospel of Christ. I did not fix his grammar. This is how he sent his letters. :) I hope you enjoy it!

Hey mom!  

So far i've been super obedient! I only get to receive emails on Wednesday,   but if you send me mail on dear elder, i get it that day.  On day one we were given nametags and sent to our classroom to meet our companions. At first i was with elder espinosa from california and elder delgado from Arizona as a trio, but later I was reassigned. My companion  now is Elder luening from BC, Canada.  After we met our companions, they instantly started teaching us. They speak to us in class  in Italian only. Our teachers served in  italy so they are fluent. The only time we hear english is outside of class time, but even then we try to speak as much as we can. The gift of tounges is real,  As of one week, I understand much italian and am able to convey my ideas. after only ONE WEEK. Thats nuts! My companion elder luening has been here for 7 weeks,  because on his last p-day, he broke his  toe and  had to take care of that. This morning we went to the hospital for his surgery, but when we got there, his toe was looking so good, they decided not to perform the operation, what a blessing! The Lord truly looks after us. While the schedule here is strict, we wake up at 6:30 or earlier and dont return until 10:30,  the spirit here  is amazing. We work very hard, and when it is time to play, we play hard. There are about 50 of us going to  Italy  in 5 weeks, and we  often eat and play soccer together on our free time.    Oh story time, Elder leuning and I were going to get his painkillers for his foot outside of the mtc, and while we were walking there we saw a car parked on the side of the road with its flashers on.  We thought nothing of it and kept walking. When we returned, this car was rolling down the hill, into oncoming traffic!  We quickly ran into the street and stopped the car. We then had to push it to the side of the road and wait for the police to arrive. There was  no license plate on the car or any form of identification in it, very strange. While that may seem like a boring story to you, it was kind of a highlight of our day.   I love this work and italian is coming so fast, I know that this is what im supposed to be doing. I love you all and miss you tons, but this is what i Need to be doing! Im almost out of time, so ill talk to you next week!  put this on facebook or a blog or whatever youre doing.

Until next week!

Anziano Trevino

Ps. There is a major missionary announcement on sunday at a devotional that I get to attend! Ill be in the same building as the presidentcy and the Prophet! Something big is happening and the whole MTC is excited!! Ill fill you in on that next week!