Week 2: MTC

It's great to hear from all of you! How did Ward FHE go? Thank you for shoveling the Townsend's walk. Please thank them and tell them they are remembered. Let me know if you get to teach them again! Thank you for the bank statement and, as far as mom's note, could we please start each month with exactly $500 and I'll budget for that? I'm glad Sister Lee's grand kids get to go to scouts; it will be good for them. The ward mission plan sounds good, and I hope everything goes well!

Elder Taylor got your letter and was quite surprised. He is 18 and originally from Utah but moved to Kansas early on. He lived in Norway for 5 months before coming to the MTC and loved it there. He played soccer in high school and professionally in Norway. He's the district leader if you want to talk about that.

As far as phone calls on Christmas, we don't get any. We can call when we go to the airport, but we still need to pay. Also, the last group of missionaries going to Korea left at 2 in the morning, so I don't know how things will work out then. I don't know exactly where the bag is, but if it is not behind the rocking chair in my room, it may be in the bag of bags I have stored on the East side of my room.

I hope all of you have a great time on Christmas and I hope you know you are missed. Pleas tell the ward I miss them even more than I thought I would. The Sego Lily Ward truly is the best ward in the world. And please say hello to Brother Hecker for me.

The list I was referring to is the list of email addresses of people who wanted emails. I think you invited all of them to the blog, but I would love to be able to send some personal emails as well. I'd also love it if Hannah could give me updates from Summit about how things are going. Also, I would really love that shipment of Dr. Shulze medicine. If you happen to have the medicine delivered home first, please add an old pair of sneakers; some of the coaches don't want us to use toe shoes :S Also, apparently Koreans like pictures of family and hobbies, so, if it's not too much trouble, please send that too...

Life here is fairly monotonous, though not bad. Every morning is spent studying and preparing for lessons in the afternoon with occasional breaks for exercise and meals. The afternoon and evening are filled with classes where we learn Korean and then teach investigators. Sundays are essentially study marathons with meetings interspersed throughout the day. On Tuesday nights we have devotionals and Fridays are P-Days. Other than that, everyday is basically identical. That's why I haven't had much to say. Korean is going fairly well, but I feel I have not been working on it as much as I should. I am going to begin a more structured and strict study program.

Thank you for all your love and I look forward to hearing from you soon. I may be able to squeeze in another email later today.

Much love.

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ

Best wishes,

Elder Jones