Practicing the Thai squat =D
Boston with the Leavitts!
Update:
Hey y'all! It's been a good week out in Utah! I want to go to Thailand SO bad and everyone is on a high all the time because we are so excited! We are constantly talking about what we are most excited for and for me, it is definitely the FOOD. =D I get hungry every time I think about it.
Lots of great stuff happened this week! We got to hear a talk by Elder M. Russell Ballard. It was a very good talk about how Joseph Smith was told by God and Jesus Christ to find the Book of Mormon and translate it into English. Then he founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am thankful for the faith of Joseph Smith and everyone who came after him to keep the church alive. I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ and everything in the Book of Mormon is true.
All the new Thai speaking missionaries came in to the MTC on Wednesday. There are about twice as many speakers in their group as in mine. =0 I got to greet Elder Ryberg, (shout out to Bentonville Arkansas!) It was fun getting to talk to him! I have already gotten to know and became pretty good friends with Elder Taylor and Elder Olsen. Elder Taylor is very good at volleyball and we are having a ton of fun playing sand volleyball together. Elder Olsen said he played basketball in High School, so I can't wait to play some hoops with him, but the gym has been closed for a week and it will be closed for another week sadly. =’(
The food at the MTC has been pretty good. Everyone that I know that has gone to the Missionary Training Center says the food isn't good... but I have enjoyed it. It may be because I just eat anything or maybe the food has gotten better lately.
My teachers are all cool. All of them know Thai through their mission and they just got back and decided to teach Thai at the MTC. I think it would be so fun to teach Thai when I get back from my mission as a side job. I know that all my teachers love us a lot and want us to be the best missionary we can possibly be.
I have fun going to the temple each week because being in Arkansas we are 4 hours away from the nearest temple. (Kansas City and Oklahoma City) It is fun to be so close and able to go a lot. Lately the temple close to the MTC has been closed because it is under renovations, so we haven't been able to go as much as we would like.
One fun thing our district has been doing lately is practicing the "Thai squat." I have some pictures of it in the email. But all while I was growing up, I sat like this and my Mom always told me that I would go on my mission to an Asian country where I would do the Thai squat a lot. She was right! Haha! I am definitely the best one at sitting in the Thai squat because of all the practice I got when I was growing up:) Haha!
This last week Elder Benteti and I had the opportunity to teach a person in Thailand over Skype. It was so fun because we actually talked to someone who had Thai as their first language and they had an accent and they spoke super fast! I can't wait to be in Thailand with all these people! The land of a thousand smiles! =D
This week was very fun! I hope everyone is doing great and everyone is encouraged to email me! I love when I get emails from anyone! Actually YOU, yes YOU!
Elder Boston Barron
PS. TWO more weeks!
