week 2

It is P-day, yay! This week was pretty cool, Sunday was awesome. My whole district joined the choir because you get early dinner. I think the entire MTC has joined the choir. The director is the younger guy who does Mormon tab. I shook his hand, got some luck I hope. We had Elder Hugo Montoya come to speak to us, which was pretty cool. He talked about being nice and friendly to everybody that we meet. He also shared a Yaqui captain's oath, which was pretty cool. We were the Yaqui captains. It talks about there being nothing in front of or more important than your duty. I have gotten a little bit tired of my companion, but we still get along pretty good. I am struggling a little with never being alone, but ill get over it. Never eat anything here that might resemble chocolate. It is not that. The chocolate pudding and milk especially. On wednesday we had super good ice cream, which I appreciated. While here I have felt the spirit stronger and more consistently than in my entire life. It has really strengthened my personal testimony of the Holy Ghost. We study in the same room for 12 to 13 hours a day. I used to think that I could be patient and sit still for a long amount of time, but I have been proved wrong. I start to bounce of the walls after a couple of hours. I have learned a ton here, not the least of which is that a laundry bag is kinda important, for laundry. i am teaching a kid in my district how to wrestle, which is a great way to relieve stress and relax. Almost forgot, on sunday we watched an older bednar devotional to the mss, called character of christ. It was super awesome. He talked about mss being the cookie monster, and did an imitation, super funny, "I want cookie/baptism NOW!" He also talked about how we need to be less selfish and try to always focus on others, like christ did. We need to be genuine, and if we need to imitate somebody, then imitate christ. The temple was pretty cool, but they only have one room in it. 

Love you, talk to you all next week

Elder Winkel

P.S. If you write to me using dearelder.com that would be pretty cool, they send it in a letter to me, and I will have more time to respond to everybody. but just st the MTC