Well a lot of really cool things happened to me this week at the MTC. I guess i'll just start from the beginning :)
In the MTC there is this place called the RC. This is short for Referral Center. This is where people call in to get free Bibles, BOM, and Church Videos. When they call in you also try and get a convo started about other things of course like the Church and all that jazz... Then a little while later you call them back to follow up and see if they revieced these free item. When you do this you also try and get a convo started.
Well I have been to the RC twice and have never even had anyone pick up the phone when I call them, because I am always a feedback guy. So.. not success.
Well this last week I had someone finally pick up the phone for the first time. I talked to a guy name Henry Potts who lives in Michigan. His son had ordered a free Bible. so after I got talking to him for awhile I found out a lot about him. His son never got the free Bible, so I fixed his info which was wrong so that they could get another one sent out. Also, he told me a brief story about his life and how he had been in jail, but when he got out of jail he took a step back and looked at his life. He has read the Bible and loves it and truly beleives in the Lord. Now he just goes and talks to preachers about twice a week for advice. So of course, me being one with such skill ;) , I told him about the book of mormon and I also asked him about whether he would like to hear a message about Jesus Christ from two Representatives of our church. :) He accepted! It was fantastic! Great experience! I talked to him for a bit more just to get a feel of things but I just felt really cool that I got to have that experience and commit someone to the Book of Mormon and Missionaries. PS I also noticed that Henry Potts lives in Michigan so I thought that was cool cause Vince is there :) so you never know... But yep that was my first real missionary experience..
Another crazy experience was this past Sunday... Brother Wilkey, a member of our Branch Presidency, and Sister Wilkey are two amazing people. Every Sunday we have a district meeting for about a meeting which is like our Sunday School. One of the Companionships teaches and sometimes someone will sit in and listen to our lessons. Well for the past two weeks sister wilkey has sat in on our lessons. This week after the lesson she was asked to give the prayer. when she started praying she started crying... it brought an amazing spirit in the room! Then after the prayer Brother Wilkey walked in to get his wife and could tell that the Spirit was really thick in the room. He loved the feeling! He walked in and asked if he could talk to me and Elder Brown alone so he brought us out of the room... Brother Wilkey has always come out of his way to come accross and talk to me and Elder Brown and tell us how we glow or something cool like that. Well this time he took us aside and told us that he didn't know what it was but he felt like he needed to tell us that we were ment to do something great and that we were working really hard in everything we did. He said that we were there for something big but he didn't know what. It was crazy! But, then after he said all that he said that he could tell that we were working hard but that we needed to put forth the extra effort to do more... this came as a shock because in all complete honestly I have felt like I have been giving my all to my studies and working hard! but, I guess it is not enought and I just need to push myself a little bit more.... It's going to be hard but I know that the Lord will help Elder brown and me figure out a way to push ourself just a little bit farther! TIPS WOULD BE HELPFUL!
Well I have had a lot more really cool experiences but I really don't have time to tell you all of them sorry :) If you want to know more of them then write me and ask me :) I will be glad to tell you a few more cool things.. But those two were the coolest!!
Russian is very hard haha but that's ok I don't really care.. I know if I work my tale off then it will come in the end.. everything that I lack in will be made up by the Lord! I have complete confidence and faith in his power or else why would I be out here! But I still can't wait to get to Russia :) the MTC is fun and all but.. Russia will be better!!
Well I really hope that you are forwarding these e mails out to my friends... you still haven't confirmed that one with me?? :) But I love you all :) I pray for you all :) Keep writing me please! I love hearing from you it makes my day!! I love you all!!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 20,2009
Dad was pacing the floor because it was 5:30 and we hadn't received an email from Kenneth. This thankfully came at about 5:45, or I don't know what dad would have done....
Hey Fam! I love you all! This past week has been another great week! I will try to explain as much as I can about what happened in this e mail but I don't think I'll have enough time so I will be writing you all letters! Have you been forwarding my emails to my friends??
So this past week was amazing yet again. Elder Brown and I taught our first lesson which wasn't amazing but wasn't bad. At the start of each lesson we have to do certain things in Russian with our "investigators". We did alright. This week we will be amazing though because we have improved in Russian so much and also are teaching abilities, esecially with the first lesson because that's all we've taught so far, is getting fantastic. So pray for us cause wednesday night is the lesson again.
We also went to a thing called the RC which is where we talk to investigators on the phone. That is about as real life and legit as it gets in the MTC. We call people who have ordered a Book of Mormon or Church movies and just talk to them about the church. Haha I didn't have anyone answere the phone so no real experiences there.. yet!! I am going to go there a lot more becuase I figure I need to get as much practice as I can!
I am going to try to answer as many questions as I can tell of some other really amazing experiences that I had but if I don't get to the questions just keep asking me and I will get around the them sooner or later. First off I better tell you that they best way to talk to me is through letters or Dear Elder because I can only check my e mail once a week and I don't have time in the thirty minute slot that they give us to really read and answer your letters...
A day in the life of Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing... This is an average day at the MTC.. You wake up at six thirty. You get showered and all dressed up and go to breakfast. No matter where you go in the MTC you are always in a full suit outside of your housing. After breakfast you go to class till eleven thirty where you learn Russian and how to teach from Preach My gospel. My class is made up of my district of 8 people and then one teacher. It is small. then at eleven thirty you eat lunch till twelve. At Twelve you have class until four thirty. in class you do the same thing.. Study Russian and learn how to teach from preach my gospel. At four thirty you eat dinner. At five you come back to class and this is when you usually have personal study, companion study, language study, and then a district study all without a teacher until nine. Then at nine you plan for the next day and set goals. how well you start out in the field depends a lot on how you used the last four hours of study without a teacher. You can go get help from a tutor or teach lessons for teachers to ask for advice. Oh an sometime in the day you have gym for thirty minutes. It is a very packed day and they fly by!! I have to be in my bed at ten thirty everynight. This schedule varies when we have devotionals or service projects.
what happened after we dropped off Elder Weihing... I took my suit cases to my room. I gave the front desk all my info and everything they needed. they gave me my two badges and other things I needed to survive in the MTC. After this we met our district, had orientation with all the new elders, and then went throught teaching excercises. We didn't waste anytime at all!
Now here as a really cool experience that I wanted to tell everyone about. Just recently they have started sending native Russian missionaries here to be taught for a few weeks and then are flown back. These such Russians just barely came last week. They are all new converts and do not speak any English. You can not understand them at all but you can feel how gratelful they are to be here and they just glow!! There is no Temple in Russia so none of them have recieved their endowments.. Well today was the day that they got to go to the temple and recieve their endowments. WOW! what an amazaing experiences. Our whole lives we are told how lucky we are to have temples so close.. I got to see in action how people react to temples who have never seen one let alone been inside one in their lives! Amazing. Most of them just started bawling because they felt so grateful for the experience to get to go in and do work for their own family members. It was a very humbling experience and probably my favorite so far being here. The Spirit present was so thick!
Things are sill amazing, Russian is simple ;) not really but it is coming along. The Lord has invested his time in me to learn it so I know I am having help! I feel so lucky to be away from the world! You are all the ones that I feel bad for :) Iget to have amazing experiences like this every single day while you have to drag on! Haha but I do miss you all and I pray for you everyday! I hope you know how much you mean to me and that everytime I get a letter I get so excited to read what you have to say! Keep my updated and keep asking me questions! I will answer as many as I can.. I only have one day to write back so I'm sorry if I can't! Remember who you are and Jesus loves you and so do I!!! :) :)
Hey Fam! I love you all! This past week has been another great week! I will try to explain as much as I can about what happened in this e mail but I don't think I'll have enough time so I will be writing you all letters! Have you been forwarding my emails to my friends??
So this past week was amazing yet again. Elder Brown and I taught our first lesson which wasn't amazing but wasn't bad. At the start of each lesson we have to do certain things in Russian with our "investigators". We did alright. This week we will be amazing though because we have improved in Russian so much and also are teaching abilities, esecially with the first lesson because that's all we've taught so far, is getting fantastic. So pray for us cause wednesday night is the lesson again.
We also went to a thing called the RC which is where we talk to investigators on the phone. That is about as real life and legit as it gets in the MTC. We call people who have ordered a Book of Mormon or Church movies and just talk to them about the church. Haha I didn't have anyone answere the phone so no real experiences there.. yet!! I am going to go there a lot more becuase I figure I need to get as much practice as I can!
I am going to try to answer as many questions as I can tell of some other really amazing experiences that I had but if I don't get to the questions just keep asking me and I will get around the them sooner or later. First off I better tell you that they best way to talk to me is through letters or Dear Elder because I can only check my e mail once a week and I don't have time in the thirty minute slot that they give us to really read and answer your letters...
A day in the life of Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing... This is an average day at the MTC.. You wake up at six thirty. You get showered and all dressed up and go to breakfast. No matter where you go in the MTC you are always in a full suit outside of your housing. After breakfast you go to class till eleven thirty where you learn Russian and how to teach from Preach My gospel. My class is made up of my district of 8 people and then one teacher. It is small. then at eleven thirty you eat lunch till twelve. At Twelve you have class until four thirty. in class you do the same thing.. Study Russian and learn how to teach from preach my gospel. At four thirty you eat dinner. At five you come back to class and this is when you usually have personal study, companion study, language study, and then a district study all without a teacher until nine. Then at nine you plan for the next day and set goals. how well you start out in the field depends a lot on how you used the last four hours of study without a teacher. You can go get help from a tutor or teach lessons for teachers to ask for advice. Oh an sometime in the day you have gym for thirty minutes. It is a very packed day and they fly by!! I have to be in my bed at ten thirty everynight. This schedule varies when we have devotionals or service projects.
what happened after we dropped off Elder Weihing... I took my suit cases to my room. I gave the front desk all my info and everything they needed. they gave me my two badges and other things I needed to survive in the MTC. After this we met our district, had orientation with all the new elders, and then went throught teaching excercises. We didn't waste anytime at all!
Now here as a really cool experience that I wanted to tell everyone about. Just recently they have started sending native Russian missionaries here to be taught for a few weeks and then are flown back. These such Russians just barely came last week. They are all new converts and do not speak any English. You can not understand them at all but you can feel how gratelful they are to be here and they just glow!! There is no Temple in Russia so none of them have recieved their endowments.. Well today was the day that they got to go to the temple and recieve their endowments. WOW! what an amazaing experiences. Our whole lives we are told how lucky we are to have temples so close.. I got to see in action how people react to temples who have never seen one let alone been inside one in their lives! Amazing. Most of them just started bawling because they felt so grateful for the experience to get to go in and do work for their own family members. It was a very humbling experience and probably my favorite so far being here. The Spirit present was so thick!
Things are sill amazing, Russian is simple ;) not really but it is coming along. The Lord has invested his time in me to learn it so I know I am having help! I feel so lucky to be away from the world! You are all the ones that I feel bad for :) Iget to have amazing experiences like this every single day while you have to drag on! Haha but I do miss you all and I pray for you everyday! I hope you know how much you mean to me and that everytime I get a letter I get so excited to read what you have to say! Keep my updated and keep asking me questions! I will answer as many as I can.. I only have one day to write back so I'm sorry if I can't! Remember who you are and Jesus loves you and so do I!!! :) :)
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Dear Family,
First off, here is a list of things I would be very grateful for if you would send them to me:
-Hangers (I forgot about these)
-My Russia Missionary Tales Book (I can read this)
-More regular T-Shirts I can wear at night, to gym or on P-Days
-Addresses: Bishop, Pres. Roth, KJ, anyone else who you would think I want to write
--I need Jordan to get Brother Lotuleile's address for me. My seminary teacher from last year.
Well, I am having a great time here which is surprising to me. The people here are amazing!
I have a gym period everyday, so I get to ball it up and work out, I get to sit around and discuss the gospel with teachers(that is what class is)and I get to eat pretty dang good food!
I love my companion Elder Brown and he is teaching me a lot about the scriptures. Sometimes it is difficult though because we can NEVER leave each others side.
I went to the temple today and as always it is an amazing experience. I love the Spirit that continually resides in the house of the Lord.
How are things? How is Nathanial? How does Jordan like Calculus? How many girlfriends does he have? Are any of my siblings pregnant yet? Get on that!! I need more nieces and nephews when I get back!!
My all time favorite thing here is firesides, at least so far. All of the missionaries are together and when we all sing there is an amazing Spirit present. The last speaker we had truly said words that were close to my heart.
Surprisingly the only day I have felt homesick was today. This is mostly because I am too busy to think about how much I miss real life. I was a lot more worried and scared before I left than I am now
Does anyone know what happened to my letters that I sent to my fiends? I don't know if they received them because as of yesterday Scott wrote and told me he hasn't gotten his.
Set up a DEAR ELDER account. It is much easier for me because I can read letters any day of the week, but not e-mails. (Only Tuesdays)
I hope life is amazing at home! I know it is at the MTC. The kids can be weird, but most are very helpful. Elder Brown and I are the only partnership who has roommates who are experienced and have been here for six weeks. They are alot of help.
I have run into a few friends from Riverton. So that is pretty cool. WRITE ME BACK SOON PLEASE! Elder Brown and I are the only ones who never get letters. I love you all!
-Elder Kenneth R. Weihing
PS- something funny is that all the Russian Elders at the MTC sit in one specific area of the lunch room. And everyone calls it the IRON CURTAIN
First off, here is a list of things I would be very grateful for if you would send them to me:
-Hangers (I forgot about these)
-My Russia Missionary Tales Book (I can read this)
-More regular T-Shirts I can wear at night, to gym or on P-Days
-Addresses: Bishop, Pres. Roth, KJ, anyone else who you would think I want to write
--I need Jordan to get Brother Lotuleile's address for me. My seminary teacher from last year.
Well, I am having a great time here which is surprising to me. The people here are amazing!
I have a gym period everyday, so I get to ball it up and work out, I get to sit around and discuss the gospel with teachers(that is what class is)and I get to eat pretty dang good food!
I love my companion Elder Brown and he is teaching me a lot about the scriptures. Sometimes it is difficult though because we can NEVER leave each others side.
I went to the temple today and as always it is an amazing experience. I love the Spirit that continually resides in the house of the Lord.
How are things? How is Nathanial? How does Jordan like Calculus? How many girlfriends does he have? Are any of my siblings pregnant yet? Get on that!! I need more nieces and nephews when I get back!!
My all time favorite thing here is firesides, at least so far. All of the missionaries are together and when we all sing there is an amazing Spirit present. The last speaker we had truly said words that were close to my heart.
Surprisingly the only day I have felt homesick was today. This is mostly because I am too busy to think about how much I miss real life. I was a lot more worried and scared before I left than I am now
Does anyone know what happened to my letters that I sent to my fiends? I don't know if they received them because as of yesterday Scott wrote and told me he hasn't gotten his.
Set up a DEAR ELDER account. It is much easier for me because I can read letters any day of the week, but not e-mails. (Only Tuesdays)
I hope life is amazing at home! I know it is at the MTC. The kids can be weird, but most are very helpful. Elder Brown and I are the only partnership who has roommates who are experienced and have been here for six weeks. They are alot of help.
I have run into a few friends from Riverton. So that is pretty cool. WRITE ME BACK SOON PLEASE! Elder Brown and I are the only ones who never get letters. I love you all!
-Elder Kenneth R. Weihing
PS- something funny is that all the Russian Elders at the MTC sit in one specific area of the lunch room. And everyone calls it the IRON CURTAIN
Word for Word...
Cassie was asking me if I leave some things out in Kenneth's letters, or plan to. Answer: NO! Any letter he writes to the family will be posted in its entirety. (Grammer and spelling errors included!!) Ü
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, October 13th
Hey Fam! Well my first week is pretty much over and it has flown by! I don't know why people complained about it here, other than I can tell it gets very repetitve, but I love it! My companion, Elder Brown, is amazing! We are getting along great and pushing each other to do better in every aspect aka he is pushing me...
Well, I guess I need to tell Dad that two of the leaders in my Branch Presidency know him... surprise surprise... so now I know i have a close eye kept on my at all times! One of them is Brother Wilkey and the other is Brother Harrison, he said he was in your elders quorum when we lived in price. They say hi.
But anyways, now I guess I need to tell you about a few things before my short time expires... I can only check my e mail once a week so it would be better to either write me at the address I gave you or the best thing to do would be to set up a Dear Elder account to write me at. I can get these letters anyday and not just on P Day. I got a letter from Scott from Dear Elder and he told me that he has not gotten the letter I sent him before I left.. do you guys have any idea what is going on with those??
Well sorry Mom I know you want me to tell you crazy in depth details about every single thing but now that I am here and in the groove of things I don't know what you want me to tell you.. so ask me questions and I will answer! I will tell you that i am up at six thirty everyday, we go to breakfast which is way too early to eat.. then we have class learning about preach my gospel and Russian until eleven thirty, Then we go to lunch.. which ps the food here is quite good and I eat a ton because it's buffet all you can eat :) but after lunch we go back to class and do the same thing until four thirty which is when we have dinner.. WAY TO EARLY FOR DINNER! Then after that we go back to class until nine thirty where we do companion study, personal study, and language study. Then we go back to the room, we pray and go to bed. That is just a basic day. There is some variety in that sometime we have fake "progressing investigators" where we go teach to practice our skizills.. which is rap for skills!
There are two words we are not aloud to use here.. Guys and Awesome.. We have to say elders and something else in place of awesome like delightful or something cooler than that.
Sundays are the best days ever! We go to priesthood and sacrament and sunday school and you eat and study whatever you want and then you have a fireside by some amazing speaker and then you get to watch a church movie, we watched the testaments last sunday. :) I love Sundays!
My district is amazing. There are only eight of us, two siters and six elders. They all seem like really awesome kids. We have the best district by far!!
Well Russian is coming along very slowly!! We have learned to pray, bear testimony, meet and ask questions to people, and I know how to read Russian now! Compared to other elders and sisters in my district I am not bad at all.. some are better at specific things while others are better at other things. It really seems like whatever I lack my companion or someone else in my district is good at so it really helps to push everyone along! I really love it here actually! Days are so busy that time flies! But... I will admit that I miss going to the movies.. Just thinking about it kills me!!!
Pray for me and Elder Brown as we strive to learn Russian and teach our first lesson this week. The Spirit is so strong here I can't even explain it.. I got to go the the Provo Temple today and I just love comparing the MTC to the temple. The spirit is not quite as strong as in the temple but.. it is close enough. I love my teachers, they are helping me recognize how the Spirit works with me. I have felt God's love for me daily as he answers my prayers and pours positive and peaceful feelings in my head and soul.
I love all of you so much! I can't wait to hear back from you! Send me letters and send things through Dear Elder! You all are such amazing examples to me and I pray for you always in my heart! My friends and family have always been there for me.. I was blessed with many friends who have loved me and I feel like I need to be the best example for them out here! I love you all! I will never stop praying for you just know that!!! :)
-Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing
PS I am going to write the family a letter as well because my time is almost up and I want to ask you to send me a few things :) but please write me I want to hear about outside life and what is going on and I want to hear about how big Nathaniel is getting :) I love you!!
Well, I guess I need to tell Dad that two of the leaders in my Branch Presidency know him... surprise surprise... so now I know i have a close eye kept on my at all times! One of them is Brother Wilkey and the other is Brother Harrison, he said he was in your elders quorum when we lived in price. They say hi.
But anyways, now I guess I need to tell you about a few things before my short time expires... I can only check my e mail once a week so it would be better to either write me at the address I gave you or the best thing to do would be to set up a Dear Elder account to write me at. I can get these letters anyday and not just on P Day. I got a letter from Scott from Dear Elder and he told me that he has not gotten the letter I sent him before I left.. do you guys have any idea what is going on with those??
Well sorry Mom I know you want me to tell you crazy in depth details about every single thing but now that I am here and in the groove of things I don't know what you want me to tell you.. so ask me questions and I will answer! I will tell you that i am up at six thirty everyday, we go to breakfast which is way too early to eat.. then we have class learning about preach my gospel and Russian until eleven thirty, Then we go to lunch.. which ps the food here is quite good and I eat a ton because it's buffet all you can eat :) but after lunch we go back to class and do the same thing until four thirty which is when we have dinner.. WAY TO EARLY FOR DINNER! Then after that we go back to class until nine thirty where we do companion study, personal study, and language study. Then we go back to the room, we pray and go to bed. That is just a basic day. There is some variety in that sometime we have fake "progressing investigators" where we go teach to practice our skizills.. which is rap for skills!
There are two words we are not aloud to use here.. Guys and Awesome.. We have to say elders and something else in place of awesome like delightful or something cooler than that.
Sundays are the best days ever! We go to priesthood and sacrament and sunday school and you eat and study whatever you want and then you have a fireside by some amazing speaker and then you get to watch a church movie, we watched the testaments last sunday. :) I love Sundays!
My district is amazing. There are only eight of us, two siters and six elders. They all seem like really awesome kids. We have the best district by far!!
Well Russian is coming along very slowly!! We have learned to pray, bear testimony, meet and ask questions to people, and I know how to read Russian now! Compared to other elders and sisters in my district I am not bad at all.. some are better at specific things while others are better at other things. It really seems like whatever I lack my companion or someone else in my district is good at so it really helps to push everyone along! I really love it here actually! Days are so busy that time flies! But... I will admit that I miss going to the movies.. Just thinking about it kills me!!!
Pray for me and Elder Brown as we strive to learn Russian and teach our first lesson this week. The Spirit is so strong here I can't even explain it.. I got to go the the Provo Temple today and I just love comparing the MTC to the temple. The spirit is not quite as strong as in the temple but.. it is close enough. I love my teachers, they are helping me recognize how the Spirit works with me. I have felt God's love for me daily as he answers my prayers and pours positive and peaceful feelings in my head and soul.
I love all of you so much! I can't wait to hear back from you! Send me letters and send things through Dear Elder! You all are such amazing examples to me and I pray for you always in my heart! My friends and family have always been there for me.. I was blessed with many friends who have loved me and I feel like I need to be the best example for them out here! I love you all! I will never stop praying for you just know that!!! :)
-Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing
PS I am going to write the family a letter as well because my time is almost up and I want to ask you to send me a few things :) but please write me I want to hear about outside life and what is going on and I want to hear about how big Nathaniel is getting :) I love you!!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Elder Weihing's Address
Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing
MTC Mailbox #289
RUS-MOSW 1221
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604-1793
Elder Weihing will be at the MTC until December 28th. Please write him!
MTC Mailbox #289
RUS-MOSW 1221
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604-1793
Elder Weihing will be at the MTC until December 28th. Please write him!
First Letter
Yesterday, we received Kenneth's first letter:
Dear Family,
I usually am not aloud to write until Tuesdays, but because it's my first day they let us. Well... in complete honesty the only things that have not been completely great so far are that I lost my name tag and my orientation card. AKA FOOD CARD. Other than that the first day has been awesome!
Dad would love to know that my MTC companion is Elder Brown...the one kid that dad somehow knows. He seems like an awesome kid! He has a strong testimony and I can feel his spirit when he talks about his reasons for being on a mission. He loves sports and is very normal so I think we will get along great!
The first day here is all about getting used to MTC life. We have not learned any Russian, but tomorrow we start right up with that.
I had to pause in the middle of this letter because it was lights out, so it is now Thursday.
Things were a bit more rough today. We started with Russian and got all the way to baring our testimonies. I can already read Russian, but it is very difficult.
Today I was made Senior Companion over my companionship with Elder Brown.
Life is moving so fast I can barely keep up.
Today I received my very first blessing and answer to my prayers. It was really rough in class and I felt like everyone in my district was ahead of me. I felt overwhelmed.
I met with someone in my Branch President, and surprise surprise he know Dad and Tab... Dave Wilkey says Hi to both of you. When I found out he knew my dad I felt so calm and peaceful. My headache slowly disappeared. When I told him of my overwhelmed feelings he left me with a blessing and promise that my feelings would leave with my promise to 100% commitment.
I am nervous of course, but I am doing better. Pray for me and Elder Brown!
I can't write for long. Sorry, I don't have time. I have a strict schedule. But ask questions and my first e-mail will come Tuesday. Send me letters!! I love you all! You mean the world to me! I can't wait to hear from you!
Love,
Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing
PS-Sorry mom, I told you I would explain details. But just ask me when you write
PPS-My estimate departure from the MTC is December 28th
Dear Family,
I usually am not aloud to write until Tuesdays, but because it's my first day they let us. Well... in complete honesty the only things that have not been completely great so far are that I lost my name tag and my orientation card. AKA FOOD CARD. Other than that the first day has been awesome!
Dad would love to know that my MTC companion is Elder Brown...the one kid that dad somehow knows. He seems like an awesome kid! He has a strong testimony and I can feel his spirit when he talks about his reasons for being on a mission. He loves sports and is very normal so I think we will get along great!
The first day here is all about getting used to MTC life. We have not learned any Russian, but tomorrow we start right up with that.
I had to pause in the middle of this letter because it was lights out, so it is now Thursday.
Things were a bit more rough today. We started with Russian and got all the way to baring our testimonies. I can already read Russian, but it is very difficult.
Today I was made Senior Companion over my companionship with Elder Brown.
Life is moving so fast I can barely keep up.
Today I received my very first blessing and answer to my prayers. It was really rough in class and I felt like everyone in my district was ahead of me. I felt overwhelmed.
I met with someone in my Branch President, and surprise surprise he know Dad and Tab... Dave Wilkey says Hi to both of you. When I found out he knew my dad I felt so calm and peaceful. My headache slowly disappeared. When I told him of my overwhelmed feelings he left me with a blessing and promise that my feelings would leave with my promise to 100% commitment.
I am nervous of course, but I am doing better. Pray for me and Elder Brown!
I can't write for long. Sorry, I don't have time. I have a strict schedule. But ask questions and my first e-mail will come Tuesday. Send me letters!! I love you all! You mean the world to me! I can't wait to hear from you!
Love,
Elder Kenneth Rone Weihing
PS-Sorry mom, I told you I would explain details. But just ask me when you write
PPS-My estimate departure from the MTC is December 28th
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The time has come...
Tomorrow at 1:30 he will enter the
We are so proud of his decision to serve the Lord. He will be a wonderful missionary.
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