Week 4 in the MTC

Hello friends! This week has been pretty typical. I PROMISE once I hit italy it will get much more interesting. This week we learned about being bold. We heard from George Durrant, who told us to "be bold, bold is not loud, bold is quiet, bold is sincere." We were reminded to be ourselves and to love those who we are teaching. We are serving missions to give things to those who do not have them and can benefit from them. This work has something to offer anyone and it is our job to find those needs and to help others with their lives. We are to teach people, not lessons! It to me reaffirmed that the needs of those we are teaching are more important than teaching a checklist! Okay so this week has been bonding time with Anziano Young and I. I have a good feeling we will be good friends by the end of the mission! He is SOOOOO Funny! Im sending a few pictures of us having a good time this week. For the Fourth of July the MTC had us watch 17 mericles ( I cant spell) in the gym. However this was during stadium of fire at BYU, in which Kelly Clarkson was performing. AKA the mtc didnt want us to hear it, so they made us watch this movie as a distraction. They thought they were sneaky, but they really werent. After the movie we got to watch fireworks from behind the fence, the view wasnt really that great. Italian continues to go well! I now know present, past, past imperfect, past remote, conditional, and future tenses! I can almost speak like a normal human being! My goal is to speak like an Actual Italian!

Oh sad story time, sister Van Alfen Got kidney stones this week :( womp womp womp. She had to go to the ER and if she doesnt pass them this week, she might not get to go with us to Italy until later! She has been feeling pretty fine as of recently so hopefully things will be looking up! 

Anziano Luening my companion is shipping out this weekend to go back to Canada for 6 weeks for his visa since his foot is all healed! I will be with my roommates Anz Chamberlien and Anz Lindley, which will put me at a total of 5 companions in the MTC, which is probably a record. Things here are going well, I still havent heard from Giusi, tell her to write me!

Till next week!

Anziano Trevino!

I wrote Matea A letter today, look for it, sorry it took so long.

President Dibb hasnt said anything about music rules, A CD player is your best bet for now, itl work best. You can send an Ipod if you want I may or may not be able to use it. tell steve to email me! Ill look for Quinn and Jacob! We will get a picture together!

Valerie - Pop Song! 

Joseph - Read your emails! No need for a ryan gosling pic.

Mom - Did you go to timp with a Scott, Doug, or Greg Van Alfen? one of the girls in my district is his daughter! Yall are the same age and her grandparents live 2 blocks from grandma and grandpa! Theyve lived there forever! How cool would it be if yall were childhood friends! 

James emailed pictures but they will not be uploaded for another week and a half. His next letter will also be delayed and will be uploaded no earlier than Saturday the 20th. Until then, enjoy!

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