MTC:  Week 6

Hello again! 

Last night for New Year's Eve sounds like it was fun for you, I'm so glad.  I wish I could've been there to celebrate with you all!  But it was cool here too, we left our weekly Tuesday devotional and there were fireworks from outside the MTC, so we stayed out and watched those for a while.

I can't believe it's 2020 already.  Now I can technically say I'll come back from my mission next year.

Mom, thanks so much for the package, it was perfect and arrived just in time. And that's so awesome you found some other moms of my district members on Facebook! 

Yesterday was supposed to be our first skype TRC with a real Armenian member, living in Armenia.  We planned out a lesson about the restoration and preparing for this upcoming general conference, and we were excited to give a 20-30 minute lesson to a real native Armenian speaker.  I was nervous, not gonna lie, because their accent and speed makes it a lot harder to understand them than all the returned missionaries we've been teaching so far.  But unfortunately, nobody showed up to the TRC, so we never got to teach. 

But it wasn't all bad.  In class our teacher got a phone call from an Armenian he knew from his mission, and he was about to ignore it since he was teaching class.  But we all urged him to answer it, so he did and we all got to talk for a few minutes with an Armenian for the first time. 

It's been snowing more lately, especially today.  I can't get over how fun it is.  And it's not even that cold, it's fantastic. 

Here's a crazy story: Apparently an Elder, on Christmas day, snuck away from his companion and jumped over the outer fence of the MTC and drove away.  Then a couple days later he emailed his district and told them he left because of some custody issue with his siblings, and he wanted to be there for them.  It seems like a fair reason to have to leave, but everyone's really confused as to why he jumped the fence secretly instead of just telling the MTC he had to go home.  I don't know the Elder at all, but he's kind of a legend now since everyone's heard about him.  The MTC caught it on camera too, so I know it's a true story.  Crazy.

Those were the highlights of this week.  Besides that it's been a lot of the same stuff, lots of classes and gradual improvement in the language.  Still lots of fun!  I can't wait to report again next week, and also to see Trevor Woodward when he comes in.

Love, 

Elder Clayton