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!!