Good-Bye MTC

Ok, so, I can call both times from the airport. I’ll call before I leave Salt Lake if the opportunity arises, and then from Georgia. I was looking at the pictures on my ipod and watched the video of Brig. Man, it made my eyes water. I love him so much!!!! I miss him a lot and my district knows that. It is kinda funny because Elder Naulu asked me if I write him and I said in a way (ha-ha) and it took a little bit to explain to him the whole effects of what he has and yada, yada. I don’t think he still understands completely but it’s okay. But tell that stink I said to stop giving mommy a hard time and not to move his bed anymore!!! And that I love him a lot.

Well, the language is coming alright, I’m not the best at it, but I have it down enough that I can say enough to teach the lessons effectively, well at least the first three, but that’s ok by me. Some of the teachers have said that they are impressed by how well we have been doing in our Spanish and I have no one to thank but the Lord for that one. I do work to know it, but it seems to me that I learn and remember more than I should so I’m super grateful for the gifts of the Spirit we can receive in our lives, especially as missionaries. Spanish has already started to jumble up my English, when I write and when I talk in English, it’s kind of annoying. But I’ll get over it when I’m only speaking Spanish!!!!

Well love ya much! Gotta go because today is super busy. I got shang highed into doing a presentation for the new missionaries tonight and you know me!! I just couldn't say no!! So I hope that goes alright. Much, love thanks for everything!!!!!

Elder Cameron Brooks

Last Words from the MTC

Ok so I can call both times from the airport, so I’ll call before I leave Salt Lake if the opportunity arises, and then from Georgia. But I was looking at the pictures on my ipod and watched the video of Brig. Man, it made my eyes water. I love him so much!!!! I miss him a lot and my district knows that. It is kinda funny because Elder Naulu asked me if I write him and I said in a way, hahaha, and it took a little bit to explain to him the whole effects of what he has and yada yada. I don’t think he still understands completely, but it’s ok hahahaha but tell that stink I said to stop giving mommy a hard time and not to move his bed anymore!!! And that I love him a lot. I should get the package today, whether in the morning or at night I’m not sure yet.


Well the language is coming alright, I’m not the best at it, but I have it down enough that I can say enough to teach the lessons effectively, well at least the first three haha, but that’s ok by me. Some of the teachers have said that they are impressed by how well we have been doing in our Spanish, and I have no one to thank but the Lord for that one. Because I do work to know it, but it seems to me that I learn and remember more than I should so I’m super grateful for the gifts of the Spirit we can receive in our lives, especially as missionaries. But Spanish has already started to jumble up my English when I write and when I talk in English, it’s kind of annoying; but I’ll get over it when I’m only speaking Spanish!!!!

Well, love ya much! Gotta go because today is super busy. I got shang-highed into doing a presentation for the new missionaries tonight and you know me!! I just couldn't say no!! So hope that goes alright. Much love, thanks for everything!!!!!

Elder Cameron Brooks

Flight Plans

Cameron got his flight plans to Honduras! He will be leaving the MTC on Sunday, May 2nd around 8:30 pm to go to the Salt Lake Airport. He will be flying during the night with a layover in Atlanta, GA, arriving in Honduras about noon. He's so excited!  And we are so excited to get to talk to him!

Tick Tock

Yes, yes, yes. It only seems like yesterday was p-day!!!!!! Sheesh time is just flyin’ now. But what I meant about getting sick is that there are some elders who go to third world countries and get diseases that send them home. And I heard that Honduras is actually one of those high-risk areas. Elder Crane had someone he knows come home because he got malaria and he couldn’t finish his mission because of it. But that’s whatever. I’m not worried about it anymore, so it’s ok. But ya, I only got a cold like three times. I went into the med clinic the third time because like the gland thingies in the back of my throat were all swollen. But he said it was just a cold and the drainage from when I sleep was irritating my throat, but its better now. He said it’s hard to escape that stuff here because a lot of elders are pretty dang unsanitary, and I have seen it. Yucko. But anyways I know I wash mine!!!

And as for the pictures, I did set the quality for high, but it’s just the place that we print the pictures from, I’m pretty sure. Because when I compare them to the pictures on my camera screen there is a big difference. It could just also be the pictures sitting in envelopes in the heat of a mail truck too that distorts them a little bit.

Tomorrow we should get our flight plans, and I will write you right away. I know we can listen to music out in the field, just not here in the MTC, because there have been problems lately of elders who don’t clean up their ipod and would be listening to really wordly music. So it’s whatever I guess.

Yes I have seen Mason!!! He found me first though, hahaha! I was looking for him and he was straight in front of me. But ya, he is lovin’ it here - he thinks the food is great. I beg to differ. . . . . but he is also having a hard time because he had to send three other elders home pretty much and he tried to do everything he could to get them to stay. It’s pretty sad. Elders go home for some of the smallest reasons. It bringeth me much grief.

That’s good about grandma thought!!!! Tell her I said get well and I send love!!! I really appreciated Maddie's letter too!! I’ll write more!!!

Much love,
Cameron

Amado or Amando?

Family~

By the way, Dad, Amando is “loving” :)  But actually thank you for the letter. It really helped me. I realized that the Lord really does bless me for my service. In a way, when I read it, it felt like the Lord was saying thank you. It felt really good. Then to top that off, the devotional last night was amazing. It wasn’t recorded either because Glenn L. Pace of the Seventy shared some extremely sacred experiences with us. The Spirit was so strong. It was so awesome, the stuff he talked about. He said that everything was prompted of him by the Spirit to share. And that was really cool. But he talked about the pre-existence and how we made covenants with the people that we would teach in our missions. And to be honest, I had been worried that something would happen and I would get really sick and wouldn’t be able to finish my mission. But I felt so comforted after that. It was awesome. The Spirit was so strong and it just felt like someone had their hands on my shoulders. It was cool.

I do leave on the 4th, but I don’t know when yet. I get my final plans sometime this next week, so I will tell you asap. We actually do not have a Honduras class, but there are teachers here who have served there. I’ll find out the answers to your questions asap.

I think that’s awesome about Cameron though. Dang – I wish I could hang with him sometimes. He is a great kid. Too bad he can’t be over for the phone call cuz he’s pretty much family!! Tell the Munden’s I said that God does have a plan for them and when times are hard, the best thing to do is turn to the Savior. And that times of trouble will strengthen them more than they can see now. They are always in my prayers.

Now to my favorite part . . . I have enclosed within this letter another, which is to Kyle Eutenier. This week I met another elder who my companion was talking to at the temple. And come to find out, he is from Honduras!! It was cool because he said he is the only one of his friends to go on a mission. He is learning English and is pretty good at it. I felt prompted to ask him if he knew Kyle. It was cool cuz he just went off on it. He was like “Oh my gosh, Elder Eutenier?! He was like my best friend.”

He was excited, haha, and his English started to get all jumbled. But it was cool, so we took pictures together and I am sending them to Kyle through you. And get me his address ASAP because Elder Flores wants his address really bad. So I would appreciate that.

Love you guys so much!! Miss you too!
Su hijo, les Amo, (Your son, I love you,)
Elder Cameron Brooks

¡¡Quieran que ustedes tengan felices!! (I hope you are happy!!!)
¡¡y escríbanme mas por favor!! (Write me more please!!!)

Just A Quick E-Mail

Thanks for the letter dad. I really did appreciate it. I’ll explain more in my letter home. Sorry I spent a lot of time emailing Logan. But I’ll answer thy questions as soon as I can. I love you dad!!!!! And mom, Maddie and Brigham!!!!!!! And for Molly, I don’t much miss the smell. . . . .

Finished the Book of Mormon

Hey, so things are going pretty good here!! I absolutely loved Conference – it was a good experience. Thanks for the packages, by the way!! I thoroughly enjoyed them!! The time is flying by here and it is getting out of hand! I lose track of days. Our district is getting really tight and I love it. We all have fun and stuff. It’s really cool. Everyone here was surprised to hear about the earthquake in Yuma. That’s pretty crazy.

I finished the Book of Mormon today. It was super cool. Just like how it was mostly because of secret combinations and wickedness that the Nephites and Jaredites were destroyed. So don’t get into secret combinations or the vengeance will be the Lord’s.

Love Lots,
Su hijo Amando,
Elder Cameron Brooks

Sick Again . . .

Ok, so for the package it’s ok – it’s no big deal :) My companion is from Oak Hills, California, which is southern and Elder Naulu is also from Cali, and Elder Crane is from Twin Falls, Idaho. So I see Davis a lot and he loves it. I’m jealous cuz he leaves next week!!!!!! BAH! I’m not liking it here sometimes. I just got sick again and its pretty bad, but I think I’m starting to come out of it. It’s because a lot of the elders here are really unsanitary. It’s gross. They don’t wash their hands and stuff after they use the bathrooom and stuff. Yuck. Puke.

The place where we go to practice is pretty cool. You sign up on the computer and put down what you want to teach. Then you go work on whatever you wanted to and the teachers give you pointers and stuff like that. It’s pretty helpful. I loved conference, it was really good!! And I only fell asleep during two talks, the ones about sisters. . . . . hahaha But I loved it though, I took a bunch of notes!!! But I’ll write Cameron up a letter today and send it off to him. I’ve been needing to do that all week. I’ll write more today too for you guys.  I love you guys a bunch!!!!