So on last P-day, we got to go to the temple cause it was finally open and me and my companions missed the endowment session so we did sealings. That was my first time and that was pretty cool to do. The old guys in the temple are so funny. When we were done with the sealings, an old Tongan man in like his 70's sat us down and told us how to be successful in life.... That is all I understood, almost every word was incomprehensible because he was so old and mumbled so bad. It was so funny because he was talking to us for like 20mim but we just smiled and nodded but don't know a thing of what he said.
On Friday my companion, Elder Lindsey, had a doctor's appointment so we got to skip class and go to the outside world for the first time! It was kinda weird going out as a missionary. Everybody is looking at you so you gotta make sure you're always behaving. Anyways his doctor's appointment was to set a surgery date to remove a cyst he has on his arm. We get there and the doctor asked when he leaves. Elder Lindsey told him that we leave the 16th. The doctor started looking for a date to remove it and there wasn't really any openings. The doctored saw there was no openings soooo he was like "Lets cut it out right now!" So we, me and Elder Becker, got to sit and watch as they cut out his cyst. It was nasty and I only got a little sick but overall it was nice to go to the outside world... We also bought a few Mountain Dews and Dr Pepper's so that was amazing!
We've been having lots of classes and we just got new teachers, which was sad because we had the best teachers EVER, but our new teachers are alright. So obviously Sunday, I woke up and had a really bad sore throat, a nasty cough and really bad headache.... to top that off it was Fast Sunday.... I still drank water to help with the sore throat, but not having food turned my headache into a migraine. We went back to the dorm at like 3 and just slept. The next couple days we skipped morning class cause my cough was really bad and they don't want you to spread sickness cause it spreads fast. Tuesday night roles around and we have a devotional every Tuesday and our guest speaker was Elder Bednar! How crazy is that?! Thats 2 apostle's! That's pretty cool! He talked about the process that takes place when a prophet dies. It was a more serious talk and not really any jokes but it was a really good talk and helped me understand the process that takes place when a prophet dies and the new prophet is "sworn in". Anyways that was really awesome to have taught to us.
So Wednesday (yesterday) we got new missionarys and we got a TON of new ones! Seriously there are so many here now! Anyways when I was standing in line for dinner I went to cut off this Newbee cause he was taking too long and is was good friend of mine who had just showed up. His name is McRae and he's the funniest guy I know and were gonna light this place up! (With laughter and stuff, not a lighter)
One of the new elders has a hammock so we set it up in the bathroom. Nobody has slept in it yet but someone will eventually.
Just as before, the MTC has been really good and i've been learning lots everyday and getting better at teaching investigators.
I love and miss you all and hope all things are well!
-Elder Hales
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