Distant Cousins and a Little Bit of Silly

One of the days we've been in here in the morning it was 28 degrees. Yikes! It usually warms up to about 70 degrees but there was snow on Mount Timpanogas for a while.

Our other teaching visits went much better this week. We're learning so much as a companionship and I feel like I'm learning a lot as well. Having the spirit so much with me has been awesome. 

Some of the food has been a little better but I definitely miss eating fresh food and things that aren't so heavy. One of the few desserts I had was a peanut butter cheesecake with chunks of Reese's cups in it. It was actually quite good, though not as good as Dad's.

 Our district gets along really well and we try to sit as a group on Tuesday and  Sunday devotionals. We have our half of our floor to our selves and one other district or two because a bunch of people left but we didn't get any new missionaries. Travel information arrived on Friday(He's scheduled to fly out of LAX at 10:30 pm on Monday Oct 21). However, no word on Visa's but we are worried about my companion's as some information is indicating that he may have to wait (looks like his companion will serve in the Arizona Tempe mission for a time until his Visa is ready). I'm learning so much on how to teach by the spirit, and how to teach simply. I've got some pictures incoming as well. I don't know what else to write about. Let me know if you have any questions. 

***We got to video chat with Taylor this morning.  He told us about another Elder Jenkins he met in the MTC.  They have figured out that they are 5th cousins on Taylor's Maternal Grandmother's side through the Godfrey line---not the Jenkins side like we were thinking! This Elder is from Cache Valley which makes sense too.  The church makes the world so small! This other Elder Jenkins is called to serve in the California Ventura Mission and we wish him all the best!

Elder Jenkins squared

Taylor's MTC District

Back Row: Elder Latu, Elder Thomas, Elder Cope (Taylor's Companion), Elder Jenkins (see above)

Front Row: Sister White, Sister Castaneda, Elder Carsner, Elder Taylor Jenkins, Sister Hatch, Sister Mabey

Taylor's comment about this picture:

We were seeing how many people we could fit in 1 elevator.  So far it's 21, or 22 if you count the Polynesian Elder as 2--he's basically a linebacker.

It appears that this cat lives on MTC campus or maybe just spends a lot of time here.