Hey Mom
and Dad!
It sounds like things
are really picking up with school and driving back home! Its crazy to think
that Becca will be driving the Beige around in only a week, but I'm sure it
will be a big help to have another driver again. I'm sure she would love to
pick up Garrett when he is really sweaty right after soccer some weeks. Things
here at the MTC have cooled down after last weeks three apostles in a row, but
its starting to get crazy again with us leaving in less than 2 weeks.
Before I get into all of
that though, I have a Sienfield story from last week (and a bit before). The
MTC serves food like any standard cafeteria, and like you might guess, on
occasion, maybe once or twice a week, we get hamburgers. This week, as we were
eating, I looked over at one of the other elders in my district, and he wasn't
picking the burger up, but instead was sitting there, cutting it into nice bite
sized pieces, separating the meat from the bun, and eating the entire thing in
that manner. It made me think of the Sienfield where they start eating the
Snickers with a fork, and the memory made me crack up. I think that it was a
great gift for Dad, and I'll have to catch up on them when I get home.
In other news of the MTC
ramping things up, the picked a choir to go to conference last week.To select
who would go, because you can't take the 1000+ person MTC choir, they passed
out forms to 'collect data' on the choir for history. What really happened is
that they took people that circled 5 (out of 5) for singing ability and sight reading
ability. I both didn't realize and felt like I wasn't the best, so I'm not
going to conference, but, I know people and I will actually be able to pick
people out during the Saturday Afternoon session, besides Larry and Sally and
whoever else dad knows.
Even though I didn't
make the Conference Choir, I will be auditioning to perform at devotionals
tomorrow. A lot of our Kohai sing, and they were getting together a group of
people to an 8 person Acappella arrangement of Abide with Me. Because our classroom
is right next to theirs, they asked us first, and now I am part of the group. I
think I might be in a bit over my head, but thus far it sounds fine, and so I
will tell you next week how the audition goes.
Last thing for this week
is that our Branch Presidency got rearranged, and our second counselor, Brother
Turpin, has been transferred to a different Japanese Branch. But, what is both
really cool and sad about this is that he actually will be out of town until we
leave, giving the Aaronic Priesthood to his oldest grandson. When he was
telling us this it made me realize how thankful I was to have Grandpa come out
and do that for me, and how great it is that I can still remember it.
I think that's all the
news I have for this week. We have two devotionals left, and then a weekend of
General Conference until we get to Japan! Sending a phone sounds like a great
idea, but I don't think there is anything else I need. Maybe a new yellow or
green tie to go with my blue suit, as one of mine got spilled on, but I can
easily dry clean my tie with money from my MTC card or just get some cheap ones
when I get to Japan. For sure don't send any food, because for once in my away
from home life we have way too much of it.
Thanks for the
email!
Love,
Elder Mitchell Woodhouse
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