Hi Mom, and Hi family. August 4, 2012
The last few days here at the MTC have flew by so fast! i have been staying very busy here, and i have been feeling the spirit alot. I got a great group of guys as roommates! they all have such a powerful testimony of the gospel, and theres only 1 other guy from utah. my district is really awesome too, theres 10 people in my district, 4 sisters and then the 6 of us. Their names are Sister Huff, Sister Neilson, Sister Barnes, and Sister Haufepeaufi, and Brother Moodie from Connecticut, Elder Neiman from North Virginia, Elder Alvey from Arizona, Elder Kellog from Alpine Utah, and my Companion Elder Copeland from Missouri. On wednesday i got all my info filled out and my name card, then i got my stuff brought to my room, and then we had an orientation fireside, and then we went back to our rooms and unpacked. That night us 6 guys in our room had a testimony meeting, and we all shared our testimonies, a scripture we like, and why we went on our mission. The rest of the week here has just been filled with Classes, Studying, and Practicing Teaching. I am doing a lot better at role playing teaching than i thought, i thought i would be horrible but when i have the spirit i do pretty good. I still need lots of practice though. I was called as the District Leader, so im in charge of those 10 people i talked about. I feel like this is an awesome opportunity, and im so greatful for the calling, and i hope i can magnify my calling. Im in charge of getting the mail, checking up on all the Elders and Sisters, and making sure everythings going okay, and maybe a few more things im not sure yet. I am loving the food here, for the most part. i think in a few more days ill have it figured out what food i like and dont like. Me and My companion have had chocolate milk for every single meal here at the mtc so far. We plan on drinking chocolate milk every meal until we leave. I love the chocolate milk here, it comes from the byu creamery so it is very tasty. My Companion Elder Copeland is from Missouri, he has been a member of the church for 2 years. he grew up looking and searching for the true church, and he has been to many other churches, but then a friend introduced him the the LDS church, he knew it was true and he was baptised soon after. He has a very strong testimony of the gospel, and he loves to share the gospel and share his testimony. He seriously shares his testimony like 10 times a day. We get along great, we have alot in common, and we have fun talking to eachother. My time is short. i have 7 minutes before the computer kicks me off. I just wanna answer some questions from mom. No i didnt get lunch on wednesday, i had to wait til dinner but thats okay it was fine. I love my companion. the first day went great, i talked about it above. and no im not having texting withdrawals. and i am loving the MTC. Hopefully ill be loving it the whole time im here and not get sick of it in a couple weeks. I love studying the gospel, time goes by so fast. yesterday we had 12 hours of class, and study time. it went by so fast, i learned so much, and yes mom, my back was fine, i didnt feel any pain or discomfort from sitting too long. I am having a problem with getting sleepy in the morning, probley because im used to waking up so late in the afternoon. I have a stong testimony of Jesus Christ. I know he lived and died for us. I know he suffered the atonement so that we could have our sins washed away, to be healed, and to partake of eternal life. I know that the spirit does tell you what to say when your teaching, or else theres no way i could have had some of the lessons i have taught. I love you all so much, thanks everyone for reading this gigantic boring letter that has horrible grammar, im trying to write fast and not with good grammar. thanks for everything, and ill try to write you soon mom, im just so busy and writing hand written letters takes up so much time.
Love You all - Elder Durocher
Some things i need from the store, because they are expensive here. I want a like 5 spiral ringed notebooks. a Key Ring, My notes on the last General conference which should be in the tv room by the computer. some of those ball point pens that i really love, the ones that have the black and white striped grip, that are BiC. and some colored pencils, and some highlighters. I want a few colors of highlighters, like yellow, blue, pink, green and maybe a couple other colors.
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