Dear Family,
I have been having not so bad a time. I can't find the other Elder Mattei. I only saw him my first day. I get up at 6 am to shower. I try to go to bed at 10:30. I like my teachers a lot. They're really good at teaching. My roommates are getting a little out of hand. They don't study a whole lot anymore and I try to keep them on task. I was like that my first couple of days, but I have gotten better at studying. My companion,though has been a lot better than my other two roommates and some of the other people in my district. They're good people, but they are just slacking off. I forgot to tell you that I went to a temple dedication they had in the gym on Sunday. I eat around 7, 11:30 and 4:30. The food here really upsets my stomach. The best part of the day to me is gym. I play volleyball, basketball and soccer a lot. How are things at home? I feel tired a lot here. Let me know how things are.
Love,
Elder Mattei
28 August 2009
26 August 2009
Elder Scott
Dear Family,
Last night I heard Richard G. Scott talk. It was so awesome to hear a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles! He talked on listening to the Holy Ghost. He took his glasses off and told us he was going to talk to us about something he doesn't normally talk about.
Elder Scott recounted a story that occurred while driving on a road that had steep drops on both sides and no shoulder. He was driving with an elderly stake president and switched drivers so that Elder Scott could get some sleep. The stake president apparently fell asleep behind the wheel, when suddenly the car swerved and came to a stop. The stake president then replied that he had not applied the brakes. Thus the Holy Ghost can work in many miraculous ways!
Elder Scott also gave a blessing to all of us that we would return home safely as long as we kept the commandments. I will include in this letter, notes that I took while I heard him speak. If you have time, type them out and send them to me and keep the notes I sent you because I don't want to lose them. His testimony was great because he said, "I know Jesus Christ." The way he sounded when he said that was touching because he sounded like he actually had met Christ. I believe he has. I need to go try and study some.
Love,
Elder Mattei
Last night I heard Richard G. Scott talk. It was so awesome to hear a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles! He talked on listening to the Holy Ghost. He took his glasses off and told us he was going to talk to us about something he doesn't normally talk about.
Elder Scott recounted a story that occurred while driving on a road that had steep drops on both sides and no shoulder. He was driving with an elderly stake president and switched drivers so that Elder Scott could get some sleep. The stake president apparently fell asleep behind the wheel, when suddenly the car swerved and came to a stop. The stake president then replied that he had not applied the brakes. Thus the Holy Ghost can work in many miraculous ways!
Elder Scott also gave a blessing to all of us that we would return home safely as long as we kept the commandments. I will include in this letter, notes that I took while I heard him speak. If you have time, type them out and send them to me and keep the notes I sent you because I don't want to lose them. His testimony was great because he said, "I know Jesus Christ." The way he sounded when he said that was touching because he sounded like he actually had met Christ. I believe he has. I need to go try and study some.
Love,
Elder Mattei
25 August 2009
Almost a Week Later
Dear Family and friends
I don't have much time to respond to these emails so I'm just going to use dad's email for now. Things have been great. I sent a letter home the first night and I'm sure yall got that. When yall dropped me off I went and got shots and I met my new roommates. Elder Shueler is my companion and he is a pretty cool guy. I have actually discussed politics with him lol and we kinda differ cause he is more moderate. My other two roommates are Elder Wright and Elder Crook. I can write more about them in a letter home. The spirit is really strong here and my faith in Jesus Christ has really grown. I wake up at six every morning and it's not too hard for me to do actually. I have classes that are really good but can get kind of boring. I get frustrated sometimes because I am so busy with planning lessons and practicing teaching. We have taught 3 or 4 first lessons so far and we have done pretty well. We all have trouble sleeping at night and keep our neighbors up lol. They had to knock on our door to tell us to quiet down. It is hard gettting used to the whole getting organized thing. I'm actually not homesick as much as I thought I would be. I think I was ready to move out of the house. It is hard getting used to not having some things like music. Please update me on how the Saints and Cardinals are doing right now and maybe some of Drew Brees stats. I went to the temple this morning and that was a great experience. The inside isn't much better looking than the outside of this temple. It seemed really plain. I miss all of yall and let everyone know I said hi. The MTC really isn't as bad as what I thought it would be. It can be really hard at times but overall its a good experience. I can't wait to get out of here though and be out on my own. I did meet the other person with the last name Mattei. He is from New York and I don't remember where he is serving. All of my roommates are going to Boise. I get along with most of them fine. One of the Canadian guys that is in my district gets really annoying with his Opera singing. I think he purposely tries to show it off cause he does it all the time and talks about singing lessons. Other than that everyone is fine for the most part. I'm trying to work on not being negative. I tend to be negative at some points and I have trouble staying focused during study time sometimes. My medicine has been working pretty well. I need to go now. I will either write a letter home or wait till next week to write.
Love
Elder Mattei
I don't have much time to respond to these emails so I'm just going to use dad's email for now. Things have been great. I sent a letter home the first night and I'm sure yall got that. When yall dropped me off I went and got shots and I met my new roommates. Elder Shueler is my companion and he is a pretty cool guy. I have actually discussed politics with him lol and we kinda differ cause he is more moderate. My other two roommates are Elder Wright and Elder Crook. I can write more about them in a letter home. The spirit is really strong here and my faith in Jesus Christ has really grown. I wake up at six every morning and it's not too hard for me to do actually. I have classes that are really good but can get kind of boring. I get frustrated sometimes because I am so busy with planning lessons and practicing teaching. We have taught 3 or 4 first lessons so far and we have done pretty well. We all have trouble sleeping at night and keep our neighbors up lol. They had to knock on our door to tell us to quiet down. It is hard gettting used to the whole getting organized thing. I'm actually not homesick as much as I thought I would be. I think I was ready to move out of the house. It is hard getting used to not having some things like music. Please update me on how the Saints and Cardinals are doing right now and maybe some of Drew Brees stats. I went to the temple this morning and that was a great experience. The inside isn't much better looking than the outside of this temple. It seemed really plain. I miss all of yall and let everyone know I said hi. The MTC really isn't as bad as what I thought it would be. It can be really hard at times but overall its a good experience. I can't wait to get out of here though and be out on my own. I did meet the other person with the last name Mattei. He is from New York and I don't remember where he is serving. All of my roommates are going to Boise. I get along with most of them fine. One of the Canadian guys that is in my district gets really annoying with his Opera singing. I think he purposely tries to show it off cause he does it all the time and talks about singing lessons. Other than that everyone is fine for the most part. I'm trying to work on not being negative. I tend to be negative at some points and I have trouble staying focused during study time sometimes. My medicine has been working pretty well. I need to go now. I will either write a letter home or wait till next week to write.
Love
Elder Mattei
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