March 20, 2010

First Email From Russell-- 20 March 2010

hola everyone,
the first fours days of the mtc have been great. great food, great spirit, great food, and more great food. i eat way too much every single meal, yet haven't gained any weight. my companions name is elder trumbo, he's from st. george, utah and is a freakin awesome guy...oh i mean elder ;). i'm still getting use to calling everyone elder and not having my hands in my pockets. the language is coming along great. i can already pray and bear my testimony is spanish along with greet and meet some one.
just in these four short days here i have gone through such a change. i have never felt the spirit so strong or felt so close to christ. each day during class i get the burning feeling in my chest that i know this church is true. i have set a personal goal to read the entire book of mormon while in the mtc. reading it is like candy for me now. i can't get enough of it. we havent had much study time cause the first week is crazy busy so i'm only on chapter 20 of 1 nephi. i look forward to reading it all day.
sorry i didn't have time to put up pictures this week, but i promise next week i will have some for you guys.
love you all,
elder russell johnson
(p.s. the keyboard was broken so i could use shift, thats why there are no capitals.)

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