First P Day at MTC

My first couple of days at the MTC have been great. My companion's name is Elder Roberts who is also going to Raleigh and the two other Elders with us are Elder Postma and Elder Allen who are going to Oklahoma City. Elder Roberts' is from Buckley, Washington; Elder Allen is from Frenchtown, Montana; and Elder Postma is from Cash/Cache Valley Utah. There are ten of us in our district so there are three other sister companionships with us. We've all gotten to know each other better in classes and have been eating meals together. The food is all good, there are plenty of options for meals and there is also endless candy and dessert if you want eat that instead. We share a floor with many Russian and German-speaking Elders who have been here for over five weeks and one room was discovered to have a Christmas tree stuffed in the ceiling and nerf guns in the vents. They also told us about Elder Mittens, a cat roaming around campus and I found him and took a picture. As a room we wake up extra early to beat everyone to the showers and we go to bed a little late because our last class is later in the day so we are getting as much sleep as everyone else. The teachers of our district class are really cool, they are RMs from the same mission and students at BYU. One of my workshop teachers said he was from Texas and got to play football against Kylaer Murray and Patrick Mahomes in high school. Yesterday morning we watched a devotional that was broadcast from the Peru MTC where Elder Holland spoke. Today we are doing laundry then playing basketball and then we are going to the temple together as a district because it is our P-Day. I have attached pictures of our room, our district, our branch in the elevator, and Elder Mittens. The missionaries in our district picture in front of the scripture from left to right are Elder Allen, Elder Postma, Sister Faleta, Sister McKinkley, Sister Thompson, Sister Summerfeldt, Sister Clark, Sister Willis, Elder Roberts, and me. In our room picture from left to right is Elder Roberts, Elder Allen, Elder Postma, and me.

-Elder Thompson