TG from the MTC

Sorry this is coming a little late. The internet was down yesterday. We heard from Elder Holland today. He is such a powerful speaker. He talked about a lot of things and not wanting to be home cuz this is the best experiene we could ever ask for. It was legit. We leave Tuesday. We fly out of SLC at 9:45 am and get to Atlanta at 3:25. I will probably call you guys in Atlanta so it will be about 12:30 for you guys when I call. The plane leaves Atlanta at 5:30 and we get to Panama City at 9:30. I understand not getting anything on Christmas. Ok I gotta go. I love you guys. Have a great Thanksgiving. We are doing a huge service activity today and our district is part of the surpervising crew. It will be chaotic but fun. I love you guys. Next email will be from PANAMA!!

Week 6 at the MTC - live from the Laundry Room

Hola everyone,

Things here are good. Our streak of apostles at devos has ended. We heard from Elder pearson from the 70. He was really good. The weather here is weird. It's been raining a lot but hasn't snowed yet. I want it to snow so I can break out my boots. I probably will anyways even if it doesnt. Dad, you guys actually painted my room? I didn't think that was actually going to happen. It's going to look so wierd when i get back. Thats nice that you had Sis Gayda and Sis Lott over for dinner. That lasagna sure sounds good right now. That's cool about the special on panama that you guys watched. Yes, the temple looks legit. It's in the middle of the jungle and stands out very much. You and mom should visit. Maybe you can pick me up? I know the other elders from Panama are talking about their parents picking them up too so that would be fun. Some of us in the district are thinking of sneaking out on saturday to watch harry potter jk jk. It sounds like its going to be awesome though. At least I can just watch them back to back when I get back. Wow, I can't believe that we are going to be outta here in two weeks. We should get our travel plans on saturday so we are stoked for that. I got some mail this week so things have been good. We are teaching lesson 2 in spanish on friday so we are preparing for that. I think that we will do well. Well I gotta run, my laundry is almost done. I love you all!

From the MTC laundry room,

Elder Jett Scrimsher

11-09-10 Update - week 6 at the MTC

I am doing fine, my favorite mom. I am feeling way better. I kicked that sickness out the door. We heard from Elder Bednar last night. I really liked this last one. Elder Bednar is very direct and to the point. HE talked about distinguishing between doctrines, principles, and applications. I'm sorry I cant send the pics home by email, but thats just how it is here. I'll only have to wait another three weeks and then you will get pictures galore. I've taken some good ones at the temple and such. Just tell Jenner that its not worth is to wait until the end to get the merit badges and Eagle project done. Dad, you need to crack down on him like you did me, but do it know. Chad left today and i got some pics with him by the big map of us pointing to B-town on the map. He will probably have his on his blog soon so you can probably find them there. Like i said everyting is great here. Temple today. We might do some sealings so that will be cool cuz ive never seen those. The weather here is bi polar. It is snowing but it isnt enough to stick so there is no snow on the ground, but its freezing. Ya me and chad met by the map on Sunday and we got some pics, I'll have to send you them. I saw him again yesterday too. It was good to talk to him one last time. It's going to be 23 months till we meet again in good ole B-town. If you are interested, there is a public blog called something like, "Moms of Central America". It's a bunch of moms of elders going to central america on their missions. My comps mom is part of it and so are two other elders moms. So if you are interested you can check it out. We did well in our first spanish TRC on Friday. The volunteer we taught was from Moses Lake so that was cool. Well I gotta go. I love all you guys and i would really love letters before i leave here cuz they will take forever to get to panama. Bye bye
I love you.

11-3-10 - Week 4 at the MTC

Hola everyone,

The weather here has been beautiful. It has been sunny and not cold at all. I can not believe that jenner is a priest already. We heard from Elder Ballard last night. Thats 3 apostles in three weeks. We must really need to hear from them. Thats awesome that Trevor got his call. That's funny that he is going there and the Lotts have Douglas from brazil. Me and another elder have decided to try and audition to perform a piano and vocal song at one of the firesides. The song is "O my Father" but its to the tune of "Come thou Fount". I need to work on the song a bit, but it will be good. Well I gotta finish this up. Dad, if you could send me the address of the Rickords, and some other people of the ward so i could write them that would be nice. I sent some pics home the old way so you can put them on the ward bulletin thing. I love you guys!

Elder Jett Scrimsher

10-26-10 - Still at the MTC

Hello everyone,

 

Things are good here.  It snowed yesterday about a half an inch.  Its melting right now but its supposed to keep snowing this week.  We have to wear our suits everyday now but that's good cuz its really cold outside.  It was weird seeing it snow this early in the season but i guess that's just how it is down here.  Ya grandma told me about little Levi growing.  He is going to be so big when i get back.  Wow i cant even imagine Jenner being a priest.  He does not seem like he should be 16 yet.  I wish i could be there to hear him give the sacrament prayer for the first time cuz i know he will mess up haha jk jk.  I'm sure he will do fine.  We had a devo last night and Elder Richard G. Scott spoke.  I don't think anyone expected two apostles in two weeks.  Elder Scott spoke about recognizing and letting the spirit guide us in our lives.  It was a very good talk.  Oh other news is that i am now the district leader for 38F.  I was caught by surprise about this cuz i was pretty sure it would be Elder Ames, another elder in the district.  But i guess i am.  I'm not excited about the more meetings i have to go to but its cool being able to get the mail, unless i didn't get any.  ME and my comp are doing well.  We are working on Lesson 1 in espanol because we are teaching it on Monday for a teaching evaluation.  Hopefully we will get some good feedback so we can fix what is wrong by next Friday for our first Spanish TRC.  Me and Elder Whiting, another elder in my district going to Panama, are both starting to get sick.  It just started out as itchy throats and i was starting to feel better but now it is runny and stuffy noses and random fits of coughing.  I think ill visit the store and get some medicine because I'm starting to get sick of being sick haha.  Dad, i can just buy one of those bubble envelopes and send the SD card in that. All the other elders said that's how they did it.  Oh and you never mailed my ballot to me so i cant vote for the good guys.  Its funny because an elder in my district loves Obama and no one else does so sometimes we get in little debates but its all good.  Well that's about it.  Make sure this gets on my blog dad please.  O and i met some kid from kennewick the other day.  He left the MTC two months ago and went to new Mexico cuz his visa to Mexico hadn't come yet.  Their visas finally arrived so him and his district came back to the MTC so the could get them.  His name was Elder MAtheson. The name wasn't familiar to me but maybe it is to you or mom.  K i gotta go.  Till next week....

 

Elder Scrimsher

Week 3 at the MTC - from the Laundry Room

Hi everyone,

 

The MTC is going pretty good.  I've been here for three weeks, but it doesn't seem that long.  We just lost a ton of people from our zone but we just got a district last week.  My and my companion are doing pretty good.  We did good on out second TRC task so hopefully we do well this week.  We have to teach the second lesson, so it will be interesting to see how that turns out.  I can only write people whose address I have, so I can't write them if they don't write me first.  (Hint, Hint) That stinks about the fball team.  I really thought that we would do well this year.  I glad to hear that Andrew is back and doing well.  I bet Zach is very happy to see him. I wish I could have seen him before I left but that's life.  We had a devotional last night and Elder Russell M. Nelson spoke.  He didn't speak for that long but what he said was really inspiring.  I still haven't gained any weight so I guess MTC food doesn't affect me.  Well I gotta go, my time is running out.  I love all of you guys!!  

 

Yours truly from the laundry room at the MTC,

 

Elder Scrimsher

From the MTC 10-13-10

Hola dad!! and everyone else that will be reading this email on my blog!

 

Things here are doing good.  Things are starting to settle down for the most part.  Last night at devotional we had Bishop Richard Edgely of the Presiding Bishopric speak.  He did very well and gave us some tips on how to be successful missionaries.  Me and my comp, Elder Polera are doing well.  We taught the first lesson last night to Elder Lake and mills from our district and I thought we did well and so did they.  We are starting to get comfortable with each other so we teach very well.  The food here is nothing to be excited about but at least they are feeding us.  I had Cream of Wheat this morning and it reminded me of home.  I haven't gotten a ton of letters from anyone... please let everyone know that i love letters.  Could you guys please send some pics of home and the fam, my p-blessing, my pedigree chart?  I'm going to try to email some pics later today, but this computer is being gay so i gotta go.  I love you guys!!

 

Elder Jett Scrimsher