Week One: First Week at the MTC

Hey everyone! Tuesday is my P-Day just so everyone knows! I don't know

exactly what all to tell you cuz I don't have all the time in the

world. I guess for starters I can say this adventure started last

Wednesday the 21st of June. So I wasn't exactly on time to the MTC on

Wednesday so i guess I was about 5 years and 55 minutes late to the

MTC hahaha just kidding, I think the timing has been perfect. Right

from when I was kicked to the curb (just kidding mom and dad you

didn't kick me to the curb) I was greeted by a missionary that was

going to help me take my bags to my residence and help me get my tags

and such and while we were talking I found out that he was from

college station and was the son of the institute director there so

it's a small world. I feel like the district I have been put into is

definitely a group of people I needed to meet, especially the other

elders. We've all gone through some trials in the first week I think

but over all I know we've all been able to support each other and help

each other out. We've grown really close and we have a good time

learning and laughing at ourselves together. That was one of the

pieces of advice that was given to us by our branch president this

first week, learn to laugh at ourselves. It has been really helpful

haha.

So this first week has been a lot learning and classes and just

getting used to the whole schedule. There have been a lot of moments

of confusion but things always get figured out and they all work out.

This week, one of the biggest affirmations of something I already

believed is that life goes on haha and what I mean by that is that we

might find ourselves in uncomfortable situations in life or times

where we feel like we don't know what to do, and that feeling always

kind of sucks. But the reality is that those feelings and those times

don't stay that way forever, and if we can just remember why we are

doing those things and that life goes on, we can get through it.

I've tried to write down all these things I've wanted to say to

everyone in this email but I have a lot of extra things today that I

won't normally have on p-days. There are so many things that ive

written down that I want to say in these emails or put on the blog but

I just dont have the time to write it all here today. So I'm just

going to say that I love everyone who has supported me and been

praying for me. I can feel that people are praying and thinking about

me and so I appreciate all of that so much. I'm going to send some

pictures a little later so be ready for some selfies haha I'm using an

iPad that's from the MTC right now and can't take it out of its case

so selfies are the best I can do.

But  having an iPad also means that I'm allowed to read emails

throughout the week I just can't respond until Tuesday's so send me

emails anytime!

Love,

Elder Anderson

This is me in class becoming an angel from all the good stuff we're learning :) you can see the halo forming already 

Oh and I forgot to mention I met Elder Ballard this week haha this is me shaking his hand! Sorry it's blurry but whatevs 

This is my district after we went to the temple this morning. The guy squatting down in the front in the dark grey suit is from Houston and we know some mutual people so that is cool too. My companion is the elder standing next to me and he is so awesome! He's from a small town in Idaho and he's hilarious haha I'm really grateful I've got him as my companion.