Well, I can't believe the time is getting close. In exactly a week from now, I will be on an airplane on my way to Houston.
This last week has been fairly average. The same old things
happening over and over and over. There is certainly more excitement as a
whole now that we can actually see that we are leaving this place.
Don't get me wrong, the MTC is great, but its not where we are supposed
to be. The day that we got our travel itineraries from the travel office
was an incredible day. Finally, there was proof in our hands that we
would not be in Provo for the entire two years of our missions. We leave
next Tuesday and have to be ready to go at 4am!! Man, thats early! But
its alright. Those of us going to Houston, got letters from our mission
president yesterday explaining what to expect when we get there. I'll
spare you those details now as you'll find out later.
So my address will be:
Elder Matt Manhardt
Texas Houston South Mission
602 Eldridge Rd
Sugar Land, TX 77478-2804
One cool experience we (as the Vietnamese district) had was to
speak with a Viet that works here. We got a call down from the district
president (who has come to know us quite well since the whole baptism
situation) and he wanted us to speak with her. She isn't a member and
has absolutely no interest in the Church. We tried to talk with her in
Vietnamese, but she spoke so ridiculously fast and just generally crazy
that we couldn't understand her at all. It basically turned into us
talking Vietnamese and her answering in English. Anyways, while it
wasn't the greatest of conversations, it was a good experience. It was a
real eye opener. It kinda gave a taste into what things might be like
out in the field, and that is scary. Its scary to think that I'm gonna
be trying to talk with these sorts of people. The funny thing is that
even though that prospect is probably one of the scariest things I've
faced in my life, I have never been so excited either. I realized that
that is a very strange concept. How often is it that you're excited to
do something that you're afraid of??? I don't know, but its cool and is
just another testament of missionary work.
Well its just about Thanksgiving. It sounds like things will be
good for your guys, wherever you're at. Here at the MTC, we wont have
any classes that day. We will do a lot of service and also get to have
some devotionals. It should be a great day to just relax and get a
spiritual boost before we leave for the field. It should be a great day.
Well I think thats about all I got for now. I'm not really sure
when I'll next be able to email as I dont know when pday is in Houston,
but it'll be soon enough.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Anh Cả Phong Manhardt
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