Monday
We made it to the MTC at 10 sharp this morning and got all checked in and unpacked in our little apartment. We made up our queen sized bed, which will take some getting used to after a king for so many years. It will be a good way to ease into a double, if indeed, that is what we have in Trinidad. It has been cold and windy as we have had to go between the various buildings, however, we did notice the beautiful tulips, which we will try to get pictures of tomorrow if it is warner. The food is good, especially since we don't have to cook it.


We are in a group of about 40 people (often the group is 80). There is a Tobler here from the St George area. Keryn, he didn't know your dad.

Everyone is so friendly, helpful and kind. There is definitely a special spirit here. We start our classes tomorrow. It was all orientation today. Dad will be the district leader for our group of 6. We have homework to do tonight! Tomorrow night we hear from a general authority for our devotional. We will keep you posted.

Love,
Mom and Dad

Tuesday, May 13

We just got back from a devotional with Bruce C. Hafen from the 1st Q of Seventy. He talked about building testimonies in ourselves and the people we teach. His wife also gave an awesome talk. We were in the 4th row right in the middle. The auditorium was totally packed. They save seats for the senior missionaries until 6:45 then release them to whomever.

We receive training in the room where we took Michelle, Brad and Skip and left them when they went on their missions. We will vacate the room tomorrow after the opening session so the the new missionaries and their families can repeat the process. The trainers here are awesome. They make it easy to prepare and teach lessons. It is very cool to know what those of you who went on missions experienced here in the MTC. The feeling here is awesome. We gave the first lesson today to a gentleman from Provo who comes to be a guinea pig every Tuesday for missionaries to practice with. He served his mission on the island of Antigua, which used to be in the West Indies Mission. We barely finished in our alloted time of 45 minutes.

The food is killing us! We are eating way too much. Tomorrow we start using some restraint.

To answer the Martin boys' questions, our room has a queen bed, built in desk, 2 closets and a set of drawers built in the wall. We have a tub and shower in our bathroom. The bedroom part is about the size of Drake's room. We aren't here very much of the time. We walk back and forth from our class to our room at least 4 times a day. We also walk over to the mail room twice a day, so we are getting a little exercise. We walked to and from the devotional tonight. It is beautiful outside with the trees in blossom and all the flowers. We are very close to the beautiful mountains, which always give me a high when I look at them.


Our testimonies are growing daily! We love the Lord.