Well, it's day 4. It felt like I got here today. The days are meshing together. The mornings and afternoons feel like different days. Time is flying by. I'm loving it here. It's hard work but Iove my district. We all get along quite well. Very laid back, but work hard. We stay obedient despite most of our dorm floor isnt obedient. Most stay up past curfew in the halls. We don't. We wake up at 6 and shower and workout while everyone else is a wake at 6:45 and moping around.
People look to me for leadership quite a bit. I'm one of the guys that call the shots but I listen to Told as he is my DL.
My companion is a great guy. We get along quite well and our close and he's the right companion for me. Elder McGrath is twenty years old and we come from a similar path. We are both very ADD but we know work together to stay on track. He's quite funny. Not that it's important but I'm the Senior Companion until three weeks from now.
Elder Murphy is half argentine but from Cali. He's funny nerdy sense of humor. Knows quite a bit of spanish. Hard worker and a good guy.
Elder Colson is very reserved but says some funny things every now and then we're getting him out of his shell.
Elder Harris is a guy from Logan Utah and is hilarious with his dry humor. There is something about his witty dry humor that is hilarious.
Elder Told and I talk quite a bit and have gotten close. He is our district leader and he is definitely the right elder for the job.
Elder Allred is the tallest of our group 6'6 beanpole ginger kid from Utah. He's very reserved but nice and chill.
Elder Shaw is a short half mexcian kid from Box Elder who was student body president and knows a fair amount of spanish. Very kind, and very spiritual and a natural leader.
Elder Acevado is funny and a little immature but I really like him and is a sports guy.
Elder Hill took two years at BYU nice personable hard working guy.
Elder McGrath and I taught our first discussion with an "investigator" (its staged). Oh but in ESPANOL for Viente minutos. We were allowed to use our Spanish Preach, El Libro De Mormon, and Spanish phrases book. We did well except we didn't plan on what we would say to get into the door and ask if we can come in so we were standing at the door asking her questions until she would let us in. We spoke in spanish and taught about El Oracion (prayer) We struggled as must did. It's the first discussion! So I didn't let it bother me took the good points and looked to improve on the bad points. We listened to the spirit as we taught. We spoke mostly spanish as she wouldnt let us speak english. It's really full immersion in the classroom. Sink or swim mentality. I'm learning more and more each day.
On my first night I didn't get much sleep because Elder Told has a alarm clock that tells the time en espanol. He set it up before we went to bed, it went off at 11 o clock and said *BEEP BOOP* ONCE DE HORA. Told said "Oh must of bumped it". IT WENT OFF EVERY HOUR TELLING US THE TIME IN SPANISH TIME. I WOKE UP EVERYTIME. We're still giving him a hard time about it.
I'm making friends left and right. Everyone seems to try to befriend me. I've gotten three pictures with Elderes due to my tag saying Elder Batman. My whole zone and district say I'm huge and muscular and ask me for tips and stuff which I find hilarious cause I don't think of myself as that muscular. There's a pullup bar in each hall. I'm making sure to get my pullups crunches and pushups.
I'm feeling the spirit constantly and growing spiritually as a missionary. My prayers have gotten so much more meaningful and personal.I work hard and do what I can to grow and study. I'm not the best but I'm learning and the MTC is the place to make mistakes with teaching and spanish.
(Yo soy puede el oran en espanol) Might have totally butchered that spanish but I can pray in spanish ( somewhat ) ....
Love you Email you soon,
Elder Batman
Isaac's companion Elder McGrath
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