MTC-Week 2

Hey Mom and Dad,

    I've got to admit I'm pretty surprised you didn't email me back, because you didn't ask me a ton in my dear elder letter. I'm doing great though and I'm still loving the MTC. This week was a bit hard because towards the end of last week my companion Elder McBeth had to go home for family reasons. I'm still sad about that and I miss him, but he told us he's hoping to be back in the MTC by July. My new companion is Elder Walsh. He's pretty cool and we get along well and work well together, so my new companionship is working out great. I've also been kind of sick this week, I was really sick on Sunday, and I asked one of my roomates for a blessing. I had been feeling like I was going to puke, but after the blessing I quickly started improving, and by the end of the day I felt great. I'm starting to get a scratchy throat again though, so hopefully I won't get sick again (there are lots of sick people around here). I'm starting to pick up Danish better now, and I'm starting to love the language. I'm also making tons of friends and I love all the people here. We'll be losing the Dutch and the Icelanders this week, so that will be sad, but I'm sure more will come. Oh and I saw Chelsea Duncan (Sister Duncan haha) for a little bit today. I didn't get to talk for long, but it sounds like she's doing great. Oh and it's pretty funny, my roomate from fall term Devin Barker is on the same floor of the building I'm staying in. Thank you for the package by the way. I have tons of food now, and I'm really glad to have some more shoes and a t-shirt. Haha and when I opened the package I was all excited to see a bunch of letters, but to my dismay I found that it was just mom trying to get me to write more thank you notes. I wrote them though, but I had to do a terrible job of closing the envelopes because dollar tree envelopes don't seal too well and I didn't have tape hehehe. Oh and if you would like to, I want some more of my ties, It's pretty annoying to wear the same ones over and over again, and I need more ties to trade with all the Elders here. So if you're willing it would be awesome if you could at least send me both of my plaid ties and my paisley encore tie, and any others that you think I would like. I would also love a picture of our family if thats possible. This week was also the first week that the missionary field opened for gym time. It's been pretty fun running around in the sun playing frisbee and kickball, and everyones really happy it opened.

     I really love the spirit here in the MTC and I feel like it's always helping me, even if I have a hard day. I feel like I'm being helped with the language, and i've actually felt like I've been led to find certain things for myself and others in the scriptures and preach my gospel. The other day I was preparing a possible lesson on enduring to the end and using my favorite scripture Helaman 5:12, I was able to prepare a good one. I know that what that scripture says is true, and that if you build your testimony on Christ, and have faith in him, we will be able to endure to the end, and no matter what happens, or what the devil sends flying at us, we will never fall, because Christ will always be with us.

I'll email you some more later today, but right now I have to check my laundry. I'll send some pictures too.

Elder Redd