Elder Derick Garner

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night everyone,     It's been a weird week, but mostly good. Time at the MTC is really weird. It feels like I've been gone forever but each day goes by really fast. I love my district and I'm going to miss them a lot when I leave, but being stuck on this Campus is making me a bit stir crazy, so I'm excited to go back into the world. Teaching has a bit of a weird feeling to it here since I know that most of our "Investigators" are members, but it's becoming more natural and they're good actors, so the situations feel pretty real. I'm definitely way more comfortable talking to strangers than I was just a bit over a week ago, which I really like.        T he district is great. Our teachers- Brother Huber and Sister Villarreal- are great at pushing us to improve but also making us be in a fun environment. It's really weird, though, that I'm closer in age to Sister Villarreal than any of the miss...

Hey everyone, So far the MTC (Missionary Training Center, for my other friends) is very interesting in a good way. Other than the first day, each day has gone by very quickly but at the end of the day it feels like we have already been here for weeks. I don't know if I even retained very much in the first day because I was still trying to figure out my emotions that day. It's exhausting and busy and it has its down moments, but overall I've felt really good. I definitely start to miss music more and more each day and I wish there were people I could see, but I've had a much easier time on focusing on studies and classes than I thought I would. Very little from my life just a week ago ever comes to mind. This is where I am now, and I'm not thinking of it in terms of two years, but just each day, and so far it's working out.         My companion is Elder Petersen. He graduated from high school with his associates just eight days ago. He's a really nice a...