Alright, the run down of my past week. The first day was a little crazy just trying to figure everything out! I got my room and took the orientation and then I was the first of our district to arrive so I was just in the classroom by myself and my teacher was trying to talk to me in Mandarin but my two years in High School did absolutely nothing for me so I just sat there awkwardly trying to understand her. My companion's name is Elder Nelson. We are roommates with the zone leaders though and they are awesome. Since day one, they've taught us how to do the MTC right. The first night was a lot of fun at the residency because our zone is a party. Everyone just leaves their doors open and come and go anywhere they want, telling stories and playing games. But none of us are disobedient either so it's been the best zone for me ever. That night was pretty rough as I felt the homesickness kind of started to kick in but I actually slept pretty well.
The second day was a lot of work. Brice Olsen was our teacher for the short hours that we actually had one. (We've been through three teachers already and yet, we don't have two like we're supposed to have and the rest of the districts have.) I was already sick of cafeteria food. The Chinese wasn't coming too well and we got assigned our first lesson for the next day. That night was pretty hard too. (The first few nights were pretty hard but I've never had a problem during the day. Friday and Saturday we kind of got in the swing of things even though we still didn't have all the teacher things figured out. (We still haven't.) Sunday was actually way busy so I got a migraine that night. Monday and Tuesday went really quickly so that was awesome. We're in the normal schedule now and I'm starting to just love it here actually. (Or as much as you can love the MTC.) Tuesday night we had Elder Anderson give us a devotional and we ended up sitting in the third row. His grandson is our zone leader/roommate so he came even though it was his birthday. I loved the talk and it was something I really needed to hear.
Thank you for the updates of the outside world! It's nice to hear about what's happening out there cause in here we don't get out much! Hahaha!
Our district (District H) is incredible. We are already like all best friends and do almost everything together. We have Elder Kaufusi, Elder Driggs, Elder Alexander, Elder Cline, Elder Nelson, Sister Richards and Sister Bernhardt. I love all of them and am so thankful for Heavenly Father blessing me with them. Our zone is about the same too. Everyone is so friendly and crazy but also obedient and teaching. We have so much fun every night. My Mandarin is coming along pretty well actually and I am loving learning it so much! Even though our first few lessons were kind of rough our last one was really good!
Elder Brian Favorite Child Holderness
P.S. In the picture from left to right, Top Row: Elder Driggs, Kaufusi, Nelson, Cline, Alexander, Me Bottom Row: Sister Bernhardt, Richards
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