Week 5 at the MTC!

     I hope this is week 5, my planner says that it is, but it’s too early for me to trust my eyes or my brain! Plus it’s an icebox outside! It snowed last night and so there is a good amount of snow out there. Nothing that exciting really happened this week. It went by so fast though! I hope that the M.T.C. experience goes by fast, but being out in the field goes by slow. I love this time at the M.T.C. but when we are constantly watching movies like the District (which I highly recommend and can be found on lds.org I believe) and when we only hear stories about being out in the field, it makes it so hard to be here sometimes! I just want to get out to Tahiti!

   

     I start learning Tahitian in a little less than two weeks now and I can’t wait! It’s really bizarre to think that I will be learning my 2nd language here at the MTC; it will be just like starting over again! I'm so happy to say that I will be able to speak 3 languages when I get home!  No idea how that will help me...but it’s still cool.... Ua hinaaro vau ia amu I te fafaru! That means I really want to eat Fafaru, which is a dish containing rotting fish aged in rotted fish juice. I guess that it is a delicacy in Tahiti and if the missionaries eat it, the Tahitians will really like them! Plus they think it is Phunny to watch our reactions when we taste it, because not even the Tahitians like it! They have a very childish sense of humor. So I think I will be just fine there :)   

     

     The temple is closed today and up until the New Year, so I get time to nap on my P-day for once!! I can’t wait for Christmas here! I really hope that Monson comes to speak with us, and the really cool thing about that is, it’s something that could actually happen! Elder Millett and I are the stage crew, so he and I are the only ones who know how to set up the stage. Setting that thing up requires you to have both perfectionist and OCD qualities. It’s crazy how precise we have to get things lined up. But it’s cool that a huge podium thing like the one you see during conference can be set up and taken down in a bunch of pieces. It’s also cool because before we leave, elder Millett and I get to sit in the chair that the Speaker will be sitting in that night. So I’ve sat in the same chair as many of the 70, and even one of the 12, Elder Holland!

     Ya, c'est le top! Thank you all for the packages and Gifts and cards and letters! I can see why this is going to be one of the best Christmases I will ever have! My shelves are full with pictures of my family so I never feel too far away from home. So thank you! Some of the talks that I have heard lately are really good, I’m not sure if the outside world has access to any of these talks, but if they did I would highly recommend seeing all of them. Bednar talked to us and he was a completely different guy! He reminded me of Holland in a way! And if you think Holland is a powerful speaker at Conference, wait until you see him at the MTC...holy cow. Spiritually slapped in a good way. He is the definition of tough love!

     The MTC continues to be a huge blessing in my life. It’s still really weird to me how I can talk and teach a lesson in French. Even though I probably sound like a 2 year old, messing up all the time and forgetting words....I’ve only been here for 5 weeks, and I definitely count this as a miracle for myself! It’s weird because I’m forgetting a few English words, and I can only think of the French ones!

     Almost done with 3rd Nephi, just 2 more chapters! I love reading the Book of Mormon and highlighting every other scripture because it has meaning to me and answers questions I wasn’t even reading to find! Well I have to go change my laundry now, Please drive really carefully in the snow, I’m constantly stressing out thinking that you guys have to drive in this! So stay safe for the next two years so I don’t drive myself crazy! Love you all! A Faouitoito! (Stay Active!)

Love, Elder Fyffe!