Arrival in England!
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| Bus to MTC |
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| MTC Entry. They don't know how to spell here. |
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| My Companion, Elder Human, From South Africa |
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| Room Roster at MTC |
They give me an hour every P
day to email and it goes by super fast. Remember to tell Devin to change my facebook name to Elder Rick Hanson and tell him to make sure to keep it updated.
I talked to a Scotsman that
works in the food court and I couldn’t understand a thing he said. We met some
elders from the states that talked with a perfect English accent and you
couldn’t tell they were from America.
They do have peanut butter in
stores here. They do call fries ‘French fries’ here still but chips are
more like Jojos from home. They call the bathrooms ‘the toilet’.
The cars are all really small and plastic-y, haha, but I think they are
awesome.
I’ve run the grounds a
couple times this week. A lot of people do it, but I’m usually wa-a-a-y
too tired. I usually go to the gym but I’ve played basketball and I really
like football (soccer) I never really did, but now I think it’s fun.
We have 4 elders in my room,
Elder Allen from the airport, Elder Lee, and my companion Elder Human, from
South Africa All the other Elders are all super
nice guys and it’s like I have known them my entire life. I love them and will never forget
them. My companion is a white Elder from South Africa with a British-like accent and just found out for the
first time in his life that he has a lisp. My district is the
smallest, so everyone is a lot closer
We do a lot of role playing! The people may not be real but they all are playing as people that they used to
teach and they become that person.
I only went on the
streets for a little run but I was amazed at how beautiful everything is.
I just went to the temple today right before writing this and I loved it, it was small but amazing
Most of the missionaries are from Utah and
Arizona, 3 Washington, and 1 Australia, and 1 Thailand, and Elder Human
from South Africa. Everyone at the MTC is new and will all be leaving at
the same time. There are around 50 Elders. Most of the sisters are
going to the England mission
I am dead tired! I have never
been this tired in my life and I didn’t sleep at all on the plane so I was
awake until 10:30 PM here.
Sorry if I couldn’t get all the
pictures, they are a little big and it takes too long to send but I will send
them next week. There is a picture from the door outside of our room and
a picture of me and my companion and the last picture is from the view from the
food court.
Sorry for all the random
responses.
I LOVE YOU!!! Elder
Hanson
