Sorry guys, no pictures again this week. I'm not going to lie, there's really nothing to take a picture of. I've gotten some good ones of my companion when he's asleep and things, but there isn't really much else to photograph. Seriously. Now I know why Elder Kelley just had quotes be his whole email during his MTC stay, some really cool things happen in the first few weeks and then it's all the same. Every day, same old same old. Not that it's bad here, it's just that it's always the same. So here are a few highlights then some funny quotes. Wednesday was actually pretty cool. We did this thing called TRC for the first time, it's where people come in and you teach them a lesson in Russian. Usually they are RMs, but sometimes they are real investigators. We taught Jeff, who got back from St. Pete in February this year. He was really cool, and he talked to us in english for a long time about how much fun we'll have. That was really fun. Also on Wednesday we (the Russians) started this thing called the "Tower Challenge" where we have to eat a whole tower of cereal in a meal. Usually breakfast. They have cereal in those huge tubes that dispense a bowl at a time. So we did that during breakfast on Wednesday, and by lunch every other missionary was doing it too. So then they started not filling up the cereal because we ate it so fast. So that was the end of that. We're trend-setters. Thursday was fun, we played volleyball at night and it turned into the Fellowship of the Ring vs. the Orks. I was Aragorn, the rightful king of Middle Earth. That was super fun. Friday I saw Elder Logan Wilson, his classroom is right beneath ours! I see him all the time. His companion is from France. Sunday is always good. During our sacrament meetings, we have two random talks that are given by missionaries in Russian. The Branch Presidency tries to rotate and not call on the same missionary twice, but Elder Davis has been called on THREE TIMES hahahah his district was doing the sacrament and the ones up at the table nearly lost it when they announced him as one of the speakers. Good times. Also on Sunday they have BYU Creamery Ice Cream for us, so that's really nice. The Sunday night fireside was by a guy named Ron Tanner. He's a film maker/producer/director I think and he played major roles in 17 Miracles and Ephraim's Rescue, not sure exactly what he did. I'll share more about that in one of my quotes. Oh also there is an Elder from Finland in our zone now, he speaks nearly perfect American English. Geez. Monday was alright. It was a great day until night gym... the spaniards (mostly going to Mexico City) decided they wanted to play with us. So there were like twenty people on each team. We were rotating though. But the bad part was that we had a ton of sisters on our team that like to play with us, and the spaniards were going sooo hard on their spikes and stuff. So we decided to wreck on them. I found their weak link when serving, probably scored 25 points in a row. No joke. then when they would serve it, if I was in the back row I would head it back and it was so sweet. I scored on every one, like 5 times. Then we dominated up front, Elder Jorgenson and I are a duo that is not to be trifled with. Anyways, enough of that. Now for some Quotes...
"It's like talking to nuns. It really is. But it gets better." -Elder Rawlings, one of the zone leaders, about talking to sister missionaries.
"Are there verbs in dictionaries?" -Elder Jaynes
"You are not 'guys', you are elders. 'Guys' are the ones at home dating your girlfriends." -Sister Roach, MTC Presidency wife, on our first day in our first meeting.
"Listen to the promptings, then follow the promptings." -President Uchtdorf in a video we watched last Sunday night.
"Brethren, you may remove your coats." -The presiding authority. Some sweet, sweet words heard here not often enough.
"Hey look everybody, it's the missionaries!" -Elder Jorgenson, while we were having morning gym. It was funny because these guys were wearing suits but we weren't. Get it? Sometimes things are funny when they happen, but not so much after. Here's a great example.
"I'm from Boston, so I'm not from Utah." -Sister Rebentisch. She's a goof.
"You can have a member of the Godhead with you at every lesson." -Brother Christiansen, one of our teachers. It's so true though. How many times have you thought about it like that? Having the spirit with you is sooo important during lessons.
"9 hugs a day keeps the doctor away." -Elder Jorgenson. This guy's a hoot, you'll be hearing more from him.
"You thought I was kidding about my girlfriends? I asked over 10 girls to wait for me. Does that make me a bad person? Yes. Do I care? No." -Elder Jorgenson. I don't even know how this came up. I think he was reading a letter from one of these ten ("She's in the top two") out loud at lunch one day.
"Are we even allowed to watch this?!" "TORTURE!" "President Nally is shaking his head." -Elders and Sisters sitting around me at the Sunday night fireside. So this guy, Brother Tanner, talked for about ten minutes and then showed us a 25 minute trailer/teaser about Ephraim's Rescue and gave a nice plug for it at the end. So these quotes did NOT arise when we started watching this, it was when there was a romantical scene with some young love and kissing. Hahahah it was soooo funny. People were acting like kindergarteners. Haha it was great. I do suggest watching it though. I'll be watching it after all the cliffhangers we got. It looks really good.
Well, I love you all mutchers. I taught my first lesson in all Russian with no notes yesterday. Russian is coming, slowly but surely. I love it here. The spirit is so strong and I'm always surrounded by great people. Love You!
Andrew.... er.... Elder Gwilliam
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