One month in the MTC!

The last two weeks have been great, busy but amazing. As we waved good bye to

the Hermanas (sisters) in our district as they left for the Guatemala MTC we knew with

now only 8 elders in the class that we needed to make some changes to the cluttered class

room. So me and my companion searched the entire building in search for nice chairs and

for desks we could swap out cause our desks were HORRIBLE. We found the perfect amount

in a class upstairs and decided that night, without telling anyone, we would begin our secret

transfer operation. We didn't tell anyone, but we did tell them to pray for new desks and we would get

them. That night when everyone went back to the dorms we stayed back, saying we forgot something

they bought it. We moved ALL the desks in the room in about 10 minutes, it was crazy. The next day

everyone wondered who it was, couldnt of been me and my companion cause it was so fast, we convinced them our prayers had been answered. Also this week we started our Native game. No english for an entire week!!! we drew names out of a hat each one was blank except one that had an N on it for "native" who ever gets the most votes, due to how well they speak the language, gets a new tie!!!! Our Spanish is progressing so much!!! its insane, but still some mix ups, for instance my companion in our closing prayer tried to say "please bless the lords servants" Instead said "please bless the Lords napkins" we were in tears of laughter after, as we headed to lunch we were using the napkins in such ways to make fun of it hahahaha. So much fun. My last BIG thing of the week, in gym i struggle to enjoy myself for no one will give me the ball, no one trusts that im good at the sport, everyone and i mean everyone thinks only of themselves, no team work involved. Yesterday i was getting really frustrated with my team cause i did not touch the ball, No one had seen what i can REALLY do with a ball in my hands. Finally as gym was about to end and about 25 people stood at the door watching our game come to an end, i finally got

the ball and drove with everything i had and dunked over a 6 foot 5 BYU football player OVER him, not the side. over. Everyones mouths dropped, people screamed.... im pretty sure i might get the ball more often now. I love it here, i love my companion and i love my amazing district. My teachers Hermano Gillon and Hermano Reading are great teachers and help us in every way they can. I can talk in spanish and teach in spanish pretty well. I wouldnt trade what i am doing now for ANYTHING! Cant wait to get to dallas in 4 weeks. Everyone please write! i would love to hear from anyone, my address is on facebook. I have a lot more to tell but only a small amount of time to type so i only put the best :) Thanks for following and thanks for your support

 

-Elder Aaron Jackson, TX-DAL mission.