Nates 1st P-Day Letter

Hello family and friends,

First I would like to say, yes Mommy I would like my retainer case, and I don't think I brought my old pair of glasses either, so I am being careful with my new ones.

I would also like to say to my family, and my good buddies that I love all of you, but I miss none of you :) well maybe just a little bit but not too much. So far I have learned a ton while here at the MTC and it is awesome, the food is good, my kasama is awesome and I really like my zone leaders Elder Lowry and Elder Green (who is from New Zealand) they are really great guys. My whole district is quite awesome, and I am learning a lot from these guys. \

29 missionaries entered the MTC in my zone on Wednesday and that is a lot, they enter every 3 weeks, and the last time they only had 9 missionaries. I was told my zone was the least blessed because we did not have any sisters in our zone but I would like to say that is definitely not true, we just have extra awesome guys to make up for the lack of sisters in my district. I will send pictures back next week, I am going to get some printed off and send them home to my loving family and they will probably post them on the blog, if not you can complain to them. :)

I would also like to say thank you to everyone who has sent me letters, Krissy Hall, Pono Santos, Kim/Kade Porter, my mommy, Brendin Crandall, and Grace Chumley, I will do my best to get back to you all if not on here in a handwritten letter.

So I began my MTC experience on a kind of high lowish note, I was so excited to be entering the MTC. However right before I entered I saw the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and I just couldn't help but think "This is going to be a very long 2 years." When I entered I was quickly rushed through a countless number of stations to get the things I needed in order to be ready to start my classes, I dropped my stuff off in my room and headed to my classroom. I was greeted by my teacher (guru) in Tagalog, and I could answer in Tagalog which made me feel very good. I only told her that I was doing well, mabuti is fine, no pun intended. I did some orientation video, which froze so I did it again from the start than I went to class. The teachers speak almost all in Tagalog which can be very frustrating but it is helping me learn, I can bear my testimony and pray in Tagalog now at least I can fairly simply.

We had an activity where we went outside and bore each other’s testimonies to each other. And I said some things I did not know how to say, which was kind of awesome :) and my teacher said I did it right even though we had not gone over some of the vocab or all of the sentence structure yet. The same has happened during my prayers too, it is just so incredible here, and the spirit is so strong and is such a great teacher.

Another experience I have had was my teacher out of the blue asked us to pray to find a scripture that will help our companion, I think it helped me just as much, but I prayed and I saw the scripture in my head but just verse 10, I did not know what chapter, but I guessed it was Doctrine Covenants, so I opened up immediately to Doctrine and Covenants 121 I read verses 7-10, and they really hit me strongly, I have been trying to use that scripture to keep me chugging along because I am not going to lie.. It is extremely tough here, I have never worked this hard and long before, it is very difficult, but I know it is for my gain, any prayers offered in my behalf would mean a lot to me, I need all the help I can get.

I also would like more letters! DearElder.com is so easy to use, just do it :) it means the world to me, and it really encourages me. Also I want to know how all of you are doing, don’t worry about being a distraction, just tell me how your life is going. This is kind of like prison, as Brother Holt mentioned, except with no visitors, so I need letters, they are kind of like having visitors but not completely the same.

I really appreciate all of you as my friends and you have been a huge example to me.

And mommy you can put the whole thing up on the blog that would probably be the easiest, except for a small part that is for your eyes only :)

Alam ko po na totoo ang ebanghelyo at si JesuCristo

Alam ko po na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon

Alam ko po na buhay si JesuCristo at ang Diyos

Alam ko po na mahalaga ang pamilya

sa pangalan ni JesuCristo

Amen

I love all of you and will see you again soon :)

Elder Munk