First Letters.

buenas dias mom,

 

im doing great, i absoutely love the MTC and am learning so much. I see elder Covington and Elder Cruz all the time along with Elder Smith too. My district is amazing and i am loving every moment i get. I am so excited to hear about jack. and i am bummed that i didnt get to meet him but im sure he is as amazing as everyone says. Oh and i have p day on wednesdays here in provo so thats when i'll be emailing you guys. I love you guys so much and i miss you all too. I am loving it here. Yes I cant wait to acutally get into the field. So a little about my week. First off on the first day we just had alot of speakers and they were so good. Then sunday was a really good day. the Mission president told us to make it to sunday and we will be fine. Boy was he right, all the talks in church were amazing and inspiring. we heard from some guy named Brother Steven Allen i think. he was pretty good, then ended the night by watching The Testaments. However last night was the most amazing night. I'll share with you what i wrote in my journal, ... We were singing We'll bring forth the world its truth. The spirit was so strong as 2200 missionaries were singing this meledy. then about half way through the song the doors open and the spirit blast just hit all of us as Elder Jeffery R. Holland walks in the room. It was an amazing feeling about how a man who holds the keys of the priesthood can create such a strong feeling for all of us...." I love the work we are doing here. I am learning so much spiritually more than i am about the language, however i have wrote a talk and can testify and pray in spanish. It is a blast here and i am so thank ful for you mom and dad for sending me here. I miss you guys so much and hope all is going well. I hope to hear from you guys soon and i will talk to you guys letter. Send me more letters because i can get those faster but i can only write on wednesdays. Plus emails are timed so we dont have alot of time to email. I will have so much to be telling you guys when i get home. I love you guys and i'll talk to you later.

 

Love Elder shipley

Thanks dad for that inspiring email, it was good to hear from you. our pday is on wednesday so thati s hte only day we have to write, and its timed. so i dont have alot of time to write, but i love the mtc. the food is so good and the speakers and classes are amazing. i love it so much here. thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity for me to come here. i miss you guys so much, it was hard going through tthat security check but on the other side were all the missionaries so we got on the way fast. i think about you guys all the time and miss you all. i hope all is going well. sendm e some pics of jack and just whats going on. its better to write me instead of email though because i'll get those easier. i love you so much and miss you termoundusly, we went to the temple today and it was so good, also last night elder Holland came and spoke to us, it was such an amazing expierence, check moms email because that has the details in it.

 

I love you dad and i cant wait to hear more from you.

Love Elder shipley

P.S., i see elder covington and elder cruz and elder smith all the time. they are doing great.