Email #3

My throat is feeling better now. My nose is very stuffy, but I get the feeling that it's more seasonal than anything else. And I still have a cough. But I am feeling very much better.:) 

The english sister was living in England, but this Provo MTC is the language learning MTC, so they shipped her all the way out here just to have to ship her back to Germany later. Odd, but understandable. Another favorite scripture of mine lately has been D&C 122:7. Love it. And I really like the one in Alma 32 about 'if ye can only exercize a particle of faith, plant it as a seed and let it grow in you'. Something like that. I want to say that the verse is in the mid 30's somewhere. Both amazing scriptures. I am still lacking sleep. But I am getting better at avoiding distractions. Getting to bed closer and closer to on time. Still very tired. Have a hard time staying awake during firesides and such. :P

I loved conference. We were seated in the big gym room with the pull out bleachers and a bunch of set up chairs. The set up chairs are so much more comfortable. We always try to get those. And we were very specifically told that were were NOT allowed to bring food, blankets, or pillows. Kinda funny. We were there for all 5 sessions. 2 on Sat, 2 on Sun, and then Priesthood. I wanted to be in the choir really bad, but they were only taking people with multiple years of choir experience, so I didn't get picked. Still loved conference though. My favorite talks were by President Eyring, and I loved how the whole thing was centered around family.

I loved hearing Come Thou Fount. Such a wonderful song. It's actually in the German hymn book too! Very very cool.

There are actually only 2 other Elders in my whole zone that are older than 19. And they are both 21. Funny happenstance. :) However, nobody pays attention to age anyway. Doesn't make a difference to anyone. At least not in our zone.

Oh. So apparently David Archuletta (probably spelled that wrong) is here. Guy in my District saw him. I don't even know what he looks like or sounds like. And I can't say I'm really of any oppinion on the matter one way or the other... Kinda funny in any case. I wonder if he'll do any musical numbers... We shall see.

Anyway! That's everything I got for you right now! Hope conference was wonderful for you all! Have a great week! Never wander far from Christ, He will never, ever walk away from you. Talk to you next week!