It has been two days since I have
left, so not much to say. It is great here in the MTC, great food, fun elders,
and our zone is the best zone ever - according to everyone. #zone14
Our first day, we got introduced
to everything and had a bunch of tours. Right when I got here, we jumped into
language class right off the bat. Later in the day, when we went back to the
residence, the whole zone was waiting for us. They circled around the new
elders. Then the biggest Tongan I have ever seen (our zone includes all the
oceanic missions so there are a lot of poly elders) starts yelling
"Baafa!" just like M'baku in the movie Black Panther. Then all the
other elders yelled "Hoo Hah!" and repeated that a few times. It was
the awesomest and most scary experience in my life.
Our daily schedule is basically
wake up, study, eat, class, study, eat, study, eat, class, bed. My comp is
Elder Seward. He is a cool guy and our district is awesome. Everyone is super
funny and quick witted. Almost nonstop laughs this whole time.
Especially Elder Carr. He is probably the funniest man I have ever met in
my life.
Today is my first P day and we got
up and got ready and ate and studied and I looked at my watch and it was 9
am. I was like - I have 9 more hours to fill until class. I am really excited
to learn the language and delve into the culture. One thing I have learned
about the lang/culture is the word for hello is also love. That says a lot
about the Marshallese people. I was feeling really good about small
conversation until Elder Katol (who is from the Majel Islands) walked up to all
of us that are going there and it basically sounded like "lksn
jakldjs". All of us had a blank face to what he was saying. All he said
was "how old are you?"
I have worked harder since then
and I am going to work everyone else into the ground. I know basic conversation
and memorized 0-100, and can tell time. It’s all good in the MTC, my P day is
every Friday so I will email then!
kom Ij lokwe! (I Love all of you)
--
Elder Underwood
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