2nd letter from the MTC

Hello everyone!

How are things at home! Whats the weather been like? It snowed here yesterday but melted off into a nice day but today it has rained all morning long. I was able to go to the Provo temple today which is just like Odgen- it reminded me of home except for no fam and olive garden! But the celestial breakfast was amazing. I ate some cheesecake just for kiki's sake. This week has been awesome, its really flown by fast. I had to cut my hair again cause they said it was too long. I figure if Im obidient and keep it cut ill come home with a full head so i can regrow my long flowing locks. So tuesday we had the most amazing fireside. Elder Pearson and his wife spoke, he spoke with so much power and authority, it was so amazing. That man was truly a disciple of Christ. There was no denying his testimony. That talk really changed my mission for me, it just made me want to work harder and harder at being a disciple- but still being me. Then on wednesday we watched a talk by Elder Holland, he is so amazing. When Satan goes to bed at night, he looks under his bed for Elder Holland and in his closet for Elder Pearson. The thing is that missionaries are really lucky because they speak with so much feeling and say and do things that could not be said at conference, no offense but these firesides are better that conference. They both had me hanging on to every single word, and i felt the spirit so strongly.

Katie homesick for me? Wow. Tell her that some missionaries gave us a Jacob tin filled with valentines candy, I took a pic of it for her. I was gonna ship it home to her but the other Elders and I have decided to leave it in our Narnia holes- secret spaces in our closet, like the dead space behind our mirror or the plug covers as our legacy for the other missionaries who will sleep in our abode some day. We will also leave the history of ladder golf and individual stats as well- we as a district have really gotten into ladder golf, its like a way of life for us. Haha yeah we are weird but i need something to cope with cause I dont have a good cactus rope and a dummy. I really miss that and riding a lot, but I know that if i came home to do that Roy would probably break his leg and I would lose my pinky for real. I am supossed to be here no doubt. I really thought that letters and emails from home would make me more homesick but they are like manna from heaven, acutally, prime rib for my soul, they make me feel so good and want to work even harder. Spanish can be rough at times, like there is a million uses for the two words para and por which can mean- for, because, through and all sorts of crap, some of the conjugating is hard but Elder Hale is a genius and he helps me a lot. We are gonna finish preparing for TRC which is where we have to contact three people in espanol then teach a lesson in english. Eventually we will teach in spanish as well.

Im really learning a whole lot here and I love this work. I miss you all so much but I know we will all be bless from this. Haha we all sang the song from Nacho Libre the other day, me leading of course. Im so grateful for this work and for all of you. I wouldn't be here without you. I love you all so so much. We had Hermano Nelson sub our class yesterday, he just got back from Chile and loved his mission, he kept asking us if what he was saying made sense in english- i cant wait till iI have to do that. Sorry if I didnt answer all the questions I plan on writing a lot of letters today so you should see them tomorrow or monday. Im just in a race against the clock and my mind is going crazy trying to tell you everything. Thank you so much I love you all!

Love

Elder Chance Roy