Letters from Elder Spaulding: Week 3 - The days go by like weeks, and the weeks go by like days.

The MTC is pretty crazy. At this point it's pretty much routine though, and the days are starting to blur together. It can be pretty boring at times, but always having something to do helps. Staying sane mostly involves whistling a lot (I mean a lot).

Deutsch is pretty hard, the pronunciation and some words are pretty easy, but the grammar rules are out the window. There are so many ways to say things in English, but for the most part there is only one correct way to say things in German. Thankfully, German is pretty literal, so lots of idioms carry over or are easy to figure out. The programs here work though, and the Gift of tongues is real. I've learned more German in 25 days than I did in my year and a half of class.

There are some pretty fun words in German that I've learned. One of my favorite ones is Doch. It basically means "yuh huh!" It's super fun to use and makes my companion frustrated. He likes to say Quatsch (pronounced kvatch) back. It pretty much means Rubbish like a British guy would say. (Be careful saying it around Germans though, because depending on how you say it it can be extremely rude.)

Also, one of our teachers finally cracked and taught us the difference between 'toten' and 'storben'. I don't know how many times I've said "Jesus killed for you because he loved you." while Elder Rosborough smiled and nodded like a lunatic next to me. This is truly a message of peace and love😂

I've ran into a few people I know this week as well. I've ran into Branden Jackson quite a few times.

I also ran into Talon Heaton, sadly I haven't had the opportunity to take any pictures with him yet. I haven't seen Jesse yet, but I have another two weeks to find him.

For the most part this week has been pretty routine though, so as we part enjoy this picture of Elder Seamons doing tricks on the pullup bar, and Ethereal Elder Rosborough.