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Ej et am mour? The first couple of days here in the MTC have been pretty crazy. Just a lot of classes and work shops. Luckily we had our last workshop for a couple weeks this morning. They are so boring, but pretty helpful so that's good. Wednesday was my first day and honestly it was probably the longest day of my life. It felt like 4 days in 1. 

When we first got here we got all situated and found our companions. I'm actually in a trio because one of the Elders in our district didn't show up. My companions are Elder Halliday and Elder Jepsen. Elder Halliday is from Spanish Fork Utah. He is a cowboy. He did high school rodeo so that's pretty cool. Hopefully he can teach me the cowboy way haha. Elder Jepsen is from Salt lake City. He went to High land High school. He played golf and tennis in high school. He is a super cool and spiritual kid which is good. 

After we found out who are companions were we went to class. Majority of the class was in Marshallese so I had no idea what was going on. After our class we had a welcoming devotional from the Mtc presidency and their wives. It was pretty good but long. After the devotional we had 2 workshops and they were so freaking long. We then met our branch. We are in branch 14 with missionaries who are going to Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Malaysia, Kiritbati, and Singapore. Its sick. Our Ap's are Elder Williams from Australia, and Elder Neria from Olympus. They are both super loving and spiritual. All of the missionaries here are so welcoming so it's super easy to fit in. 

On Tuesday we woke up went to breakfast and then we went to the MTC store to pick up our materials. We had class about the doctrine of Christ it was super spiritual and I loved it. It was a 3 hour class though so that was a little rough. I'll get used to it... hopefully. We had lunch then had personal study time. I love personal study time. It's great because you kinda just get to disconnect from the MTC and jsut have some personal time with God. We had another workshop after that and then companionship study. We worked on the language during our study so that we can speak it better. We are trying to use mostly Marshallese when we talk to each other, but it's pretty hard because I barely know anything. 

We had dinner and after that we met our branch Presidency. I love them. They are super loving and understanding. Today is our first p day. We woke up and ate breakfast had a workshop on the gift of tongues and now we have free time until 6:15 then we have class. The temple is closed so we won't be able to go this week which stinks but it is supposed to be open next week. Anyway that's about it. I love you all and I'm thankful for all of your support. I know this church is true and there is nothing I would rather be doing with my life right now. I know the gift of tongues is real. Read D&C 90:11. It talks about how every man will hear the gospel in their own tongue through missionaries. Anyway that's about it! 'Till next week

With Love, 

Elder Hanson

Me and Elder Jepsen

The trio

Me and the Aps