Loving It

Hey so things are going pretty good here! I’m loving every day of it. But nothing new is going on really, except that I had been expecting a package all week!!!! I thought you had sent it last Wednesday!!! So I was expecting a package until I got that dearelder from you guys. But it’s all good. I’ll get it sooner or later!! The food here is still mega boring. I tried eating some the other day and I got mega sick. It did not feel good at all, but I’m better now. I’m pretty much stuck with just eating cereal and salad. Whoopie. Great meal. Anyhows tell Cameron I said word up and I hope he is finding stuff to keep him busy! If you guys can send up some ugly ties it’s a tradition in our zone to have some, and I have none. Hahah.

Hey, that’s so awesome!!!!! I just shot him off an email so that’s really cool. Thanks for sending that one super quick while I still had time!!!And yes I have seen Davis!!! I see him alot actually!!! But he still leaves before me!!!!! BAH! He is super excited to be here. What day does Mason get here?? I don’t remember. I think it was the fourteenth, but who knows. I’m excited to see him. He will love it here. Thanks again for Logan’s email, I really enjoyed it. I love you guys tons!! I’ll write home later cuz the internet is super sketchy today.

Love you all. Tell Maddie and Brig I love them!!!

No Oatmeal To Cry In

No way!!!!! No watery oatmeal for me!!!!!!! In all sincere honesty, I love it. Haven’t felt homesick and stuff since I got here because this is where I need to be and want to be. But I don’t eat the oatmeal anyways. ‘Tis yucky. But let’s see, the language is coming down pretty good. I’d type some but I can really only speak it. Writing isn't my thing. Sooooo you’ll just have to take my word on that.

I just remembered that Davis gets here TODAY!!!!!!!! I hope I see him, that would be so awesome. And Mason gets here in like two more weeks. So crazy. And for the new guys all that happens is the "host missionary" takes them around and shows them where everything is at. And then to their classroom and leaves them there which is really where the vast majority of my time is spent. Mostly I think it’s elders who are getting ready to leave like the next Monday. I don’t think I’ll get to do it because my p-day is on Wednesdays, which is probably good because I would just scare the new little elders.

The weather has been pretty good here. Mostly cool weather. And it snowed twice the first two weeks!!!!!! But it melted most of the time before we could take pictures and stuff in it because we can only get pictures on p-days and Sundays. I’m super excited for conference!! But no, sadly, we won’t be singing in the tab at all. I’m just finally getting over my cold and stuff, or whatever it was. A huge wave of sickness spread through our whole zone like three days after I got here. The whole cake decorating thing sounds super fun!!@!!! Hope you’re enjoying it mommy! And man oh man I was really missin’ Brig the other day. I love him so much.

The Spanish is going good. I can understand it when people speak a lot more than trying to speak it myself!!!! So in a way I use that to an advantage and learn what they are saying and use it. But, ya our district is pretty tight. There are only four of us now because the hermanas in our district left to Spain. They finally moved all four of us into one room because it used to be three and two when Elder Zenger was here. But he moved up and into a different district, so we finally are all in the same room. So I’ll be glad to get a package from you guy, seeing as the first package I got wasn't even from my family!!!!!!!!! Haha! Elder Zenger’s mom beat you! I want the address I can use to send my bro Logan hand written letters and such please. It would be greatly appreciated.

Love you guys so much!!!!! Hasta ver!!!!!

Life As An Elder Lesson #1

Hey how’s it going??? Maybe I’ll catch you on the computer or something. So it’s been pretty good this week so far. After next week there will only be four people in our district, and there will also be new zone leaders because some people leave on Monday for North Carolina. But anyhows it’s going pretty good here at the MTC. Food is still super boring and I’m starting to get sick. Whoopee. Just what I need. It’s a huge distraction because it makes it hard for me to breathe when I sleep so I’m super tired every day in class. And the meds you gave me don’t help at all at night. It’s really aggravating. But the Spanish is coming on pretty well. Me and Elder Alba have been practicing contacting and getting to know people a lot in Spanish. We go at least twice a week to a place called the trc (trc???) which is where you go teach other teachers and stuff and they help you improve your Spanish and teaching skills. It’s fun. I can understand Spanish very well, it’s just I have a mental block speaking it because the thought process is a little different in Spanish if that makes sense.

I did get the dear elder package last week and I have not yet gotten the sweater that was sent to me, so I have no idea. But you can order shirts at the bookstore here for your mission. I got one for me for Honduras and I also got one for dad for Paraguay!!! If you guys want me to get you some shirts FOR MISSIONS AND STUFF JUST LET ME KNOW. THEY ARE SUPER CHEAP. Whoops sort of accidentally hit caps lock. Did you forward my letter to Logan?? I need his address also. I need Weston’s and Brandt’s and Jay’s addresses as well. I need to write them.

It seems like I have been here forever, and it also seems like time is flying by for me as well. I can’t wait to get out of here and down to Honduras to teach people. There are some kids here that I just want to smack around. On Monday we were in a large group meeting and there were four kids sitting in front of us. They are in the other zone on our floor and they are Swedish speaking missions. But these kids were acting like freshmen. Honestly, I just wanted to get grab them all and just tell them to grow up or go home in all sincerity. Because if they keep acting like that they are gonna get a huge wakeup call when they leave the MTC, and probably for the worse. And ALOT of the elders here blatantly break the rules. It makes me soooooo mad and the rules are so simple!!!!!!! Like a lot of elders read their mail whenever they get it and stuff and it states that you are only supposed to read it in your rooms during personal time. Me and my dl (district leader), Elder Crane, yesterday saw about ten elders reading their letters when they were supposed to be studying. Argh, people frustrate me!!!!! And another thing is the elders have emphasized the fact that we be polite to all of the sisters here, and the people that work in the cafeteria. Some of the elders I just want to whip them into shape because they don’t respect the sisters or the people in the cafe. There was one guy yesterday that had I been able to get to him I would have chewed him out so bad. He was literally like yelling at a lady that worked in the cafeteria. I was so mad!!!! And Elder Alba! But someone else got to him before I did and chewed him out pretty good. Serves his self righteous self right!!!! We are to under no circumstances are we ever to have like a more than friends type relationship or even slightly flirt with the sisters. So many elder break that rule and it honestly disappoints me. I’m just like come on guys. You’re here to give your two years to the lord, not trying to impress the sister missionaries here at the MTC. They just need to grow up and get over themselves so they can know why they are here. But anyways my time is almost up.

Love you guys!!!!!!!! I miss ya!!!!!

Padres

Hey, I hope you got my email. So things here are going super great! And I’m sending another letter home which will need to be forwarded to Logan and I will need David’s address as well.

So anyways, I love it here. My district is great! Except Elder Zenger, the one with red hair is no longer with us . . . He got switched to an intermediate Spanish class, so they moved him to another district. But my companion is Elder Alba. He is awesome. He is almost like me in exactness! And the other elders, Elder Naulu and Crane are awesome as well. We both have rooms to ourselves which is very nice.

Spelling MTC.

Back row: Elders Crane, Nualu, Zenger  Front row:  Alba, Brooks

 Elders Brooks and Alba

So as for the food, it’s ok. I’m actually not a big fan. It gets a little boring to be honest so I don’t eat much. And we have gym everyday so me and my comp get workouts in. I have already lost upwards of six pounds.

So in our district now we have four elders and two sisters. And in like three weeks, the sisters leave to the Spain MTC; so it will only be us four elders which will help us learn a lot faster.

So, Dad, I haven’t cried myself to sleep once. I sleep like a baby. So it looks like your “I Told You So” picture won’t be needed. I’ll send a “Guess You Were Wrong” picture!

I got my package from Pomeroy’s with the shoes.

Sincerely,
Elder Cameron L. Brooks

Battle Zone

Hey!!!!! It’s good to be able to get in contact with you!!!!! But I really don’t have time to email much so I wrote a letter while doing laundry. That was like a battle zone. I had to almost tackle people to get a washer and dryer and to even keep them. Some of the elders here are pretty stuck up and inconsiderate and super moody. It was really getting on my nerves that they were getting all agitated and mad about a simple thing like washing machines. I think the laundry room is the one place here that the spirit doesn't always reside to be quite honest. I could feel a huge difference in there when I walked in. Anyhow, the letter tells about my comp and district. And ask dad about the elder he told me about who came from California and how he knew about him.

k well i gotta get outta here. love you guys!!!!!!! miss you alot~!!!!!!!!

Elder Cameron L. Brooks