Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Derek's second email...

Ok so last week i was with stansfield and we were messing around and when it came time for dinner we got back to our rooms so we could shower, but as i was in the shower my roomates left so i was locked out of my room! Wow so my real companion Mazzaferro has really bad gas, like 24/7 bad horrible! Christmas eve was ok Neil Anderson came to talk to us! And then later on the Mission Presidency talked about christmas, all they talked about was not to be homesick and have a good christmas! Christmas was a downer though the food stunk everyone was off cuz of the holiday so we had sack lunches that were made the day before! L. Tom Perry came to talk though, and i had lunch with him, we talked it was kinda cool i guess! Present packages... um yeah I got Aunt Michelles but no one elses, oh well! The rest came on monday! We had a talent show on christmas too, way fun! Muy favorite were the human bagpipe people! they made a bagpipe band with their throats! Christmas night we had greg olsen come talk, that was an amazing talk he talked about how he puts himself in the mindset to draw christ! 1:00 in the morning of the 26th i woke up with a 102.8 fever... took some tylenol and went back to bed, it was way worst int he morning so i was taken to the hospital, they didnt know what it was, i had nausea, sore throat and bad headache along with my fever! So i have been sick pretty much sense then. I have been seeing the mtc doctor has done some test on me we dont know whats up! I think itas nothing i havent had a fever sense sunday, monday night was the last time i threw up. i just have a soar throat! So i spend most of my time in the room, however that gets way boring so i have been attending as much as possible because i dont want to get behind! we got 4 inches of snow last night! way cool built a snowman today, i know i am sick but really it just feels like my throat is dry nothing else and the room is boring, dont worry about me i will be fine! I wish ihad the snow boots, hopefully mom will send them to me my monday! well love you all! tell next pday! Dont now when pday in canada is but i will let you know!
Love,
Elder Derek Allen

Derek's Older Brother, Here to keep you updated...

Wow so the MTC is great! the first couple of days were really slow we were taught how to use the mtc. They didnt start helping us learn the lessons tell yesterday! yeah, they started a new thing with my group. we now have to get to know our investigators and teach them principles that will help them with their lives, so there isnt really any order in the discussions anymore its wht you feel they need at the time! I love going to the RC! Its the place the people call in when they get a pass along card or see a mormon add! I love talking to people about the gospel! My mission is off to a great start! My companion is Elder Mazzaferro! He is a way cool guy, my district is way close we are everyones favorites, its way cool because we always have great teachers eating with us at meals! I have a calling, am the piano player for my district and for priestood for my zone! yeah i never thought i would have to play! haha I love it! My closest friend here in the mission is Elder Stansfield! He is a way cool guy, the only bad thing is we go on splits all the time so we can be each others companion for the day and we love to have fun! he is a character, he has this deep voice and its hard to take him seriously! people laugh at us all the time! we do random posses randomly! and we have a tape recorder, that i bought here, that we use to record us sing hymns and then we speed up the tape reading and play it so its really soft! then we get weird looks as people here this chipmunck sound of the hymns! Its fun to watch people as they try to figure out where it is coming from! The food is good, best part is it is all you can eat, i have gain a little bit of punds but all is well! Well I love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Love
Elder Derek Andrew Allen