So, I only have 11 more days in the MTC and then I am off to Deutschland, I am so excited! I really hope i can understand like a third of what they're saying, but I probably won't, so i'll just speak what I think is German with a smile on a face and hope they understand me!
Basically nothing has changed in the MTC, i basically wake up, study for an hour, eat, study for 4 hours, eat, go to gym for an hour, have a teacher, eat, have a teacher and then go to bed. That's my schedule every day. I can't wait to go to Germany so I can speak to real people, not that the people here are fake.... but it's like role play stuff, and actually have legit investigators. I get to wait for 11 more days though, and study as much as I can so I can be as prepared as possible when I get there.
My companion has still been totally random; sometimes he's super happy, other times he's mad at the world. I end up having around 3 pc's with him a week so I can find out what's bugging him so we can accomplish our goals, and it always surprises me what bugs him. The other night he was super mad at me because we had a scripture planned to share to an "investigator" but I felt prompted to share a different one, so I did, and he thought that I chose that scripture over the other one because I thought his was insignificant, or something silly like that, so he lectured me on how when I correct him I need to show him more love after because he hates to be corrected and it hurts his feelings... I didn't really know what to say; I didn't correct him, I followed the spirit and read a different scripture which lead to me asking the "investigator" to be baptized and he said yes and it really was an amazing lesson. I can definately tell Satan is working on my companion, and it all started since I became District Leader. So, it seems like a daily thing for me to try to resolve my companions' concerns which is always directed towards me, and then once it's resolved everything is awesome, I just wish my companion could start choosing to be positive and choose to not be offended, because he really has no reason to be offended every time. Other than my companion, everything is going awesome. I can definately tell I am groing closer to my Father in Heaven, I teach with the spirit more, I understand a ton more german than before and I am happy. =)
I had the opportunity to be a traffic control person on Wednesday, so I stood in the middle of the road for 3 hours while all of the new missionaries came and told the cars to keep moving, it was pretty boring haha, but, I saw Dalton Allen, I would have loved to go and talk to him, but, I had to stay in the road and tell the cars to keep moving, so I couldn't. Hopefully I'll see him again before I leave, give him some advice and tell him to stay away from the OJ and Eggrolls.
Jessica and Chris, thanks for all of the ties! Some of them are awesome! Some of them are... even more awesome! I'll send you a normal letter today to express my full gratitude, so it will get there like... Monday, or Tuesday... eventually =)
I just ordered a TON of pictures, so as soon as i get them I will send them off to you, some of them are weird.... but, we get bored in the MTC sometimes and have to do some strange stuff for fun. Maybe I just won't send the weird ones so I can keep my honor haha.
Thanks for all of the letters, they are so fun to read, i'm glad to hear everyone is happy and safe. I'm happy and safe here also, so don't worry about a thing!
Tschüs!
Elder Collings
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