Hello to the outside world!
You can probably guess from the title that I am a pioneer.
We were told so many times on Tuesday with the move that we are pioneers
leading the way for so many more to follow. Couple items of business:
My Address has now changed for the MTC. Please send all correspondence to:
Elder Scott Weber
Jun 24 MAD-ANT
2023 N. 900 E. Unit 812
Provo, UT 84602
They have asked to make sure you use the word Unit and also
to the the date with JUN instead of 06.
It is so funny here in the computer lab. We all walk in and
we are normally a very talkative group, but once we sign into our emails we are
all business because we need to finish all of our emails before the 1 hour mark
hits. I currently have 39 left to finish this email and to send pictures.
So you all want to know about the new MTC...
I really enjoy it here. It is very different, but it is
good. MTC West consists of the north half of Wyview and all of Raintree. All of
Wyview is going to be housing, and that is where I am currently living. I am in
a 4 person apartment and it is really nice living quarters. It is actually a
lot nicer than the regular MTC. Raintree has a lot of stuff. They are using
half of the buildings for classrooms and the other half for residence. They are
doing a lot of work on the residence buildings it looks like to make them more
habitable. All of us right now are staying in Wyview. The classrooms are
interesting. Imagine a 3 bedroom apartment with 2 bath. The living room is one
classroom and two of the bedrooms are classrooms. All of those have individual
desks and a computer and stuff. The third bedroom is a practice investigator
room with a couple of couches to practice teaching. So the Malagasy's are two
districts and we are using two of the classrooms, the other district is the
Living room, and we are bedroom B. The other district we share with are the
Greeks and they move out on Monday. So I did the math and there are about 25 of
us in the Apartment during class hours. It is a little cramped, but I like what
the church has done with it. The church has been putting a ton of money and
effort in over here. They have put nice paintings in each of the rooms to bring
a nice atmosphere, and they have really tried their best to make it function
just as well as the other MTC. I think they are going to keep the districts
over here at about 6 people, otherwise the rooms are going to get really
cramped. We are currently eating our meals in the Clubhouse right next to the
pool that they drained.... The food is ok, it is always just one option for
each meal, but that will change eventually, like in after I leave the MTC. They
are putting up a semi-permanent structure for a cafeteria, but it won't be done
until like July. So breakfast and lunch everyday is something cold and dinner
is our only hot meal. Breakfast is always, pastries, bagels, and cereal. Lunch
is always either a boxed salad, or a premade deli sandwich, and that switches
on the day. First day was cobb salad, yesterday was sandwiches. Dinner is
a catered hot meal which is nice. I really like being here. We are being
treated very fairly and everyone is interested in how we are doing. It is
really nice right now because we have only 150 people here (110 pioneers and 40
newbies that came in on Wednesday, they don't count as pioneers) and so the
campus is really relaxed and spacious. It is a huge campus anyways, and we get
a really cool opportunity here. WE CAN GO SHOPPING AND EAT AT SOME REAL
RESTAURANTS! The strip mall named Brighams landing right on the diagonal we are
allowed to visit and shop and eat on P-day in full missionary attire. I
think we might be headed down to Burger Supreme later today for some real food
which will be nice. Or maybe I'll get a Jamba, but anyways it will be very
nice.
A little more about being a pioneer. On Tuesday when we got
here, the 110 of us, we had a orientation meeting with the entire MTC
presidency, which is a pretty big feat to get them all together for something.
We had a great orientation talking about how historic this was to be opening the
West campus of the MTC. A lot of what we do, and our suggestions are going to
make a huge influence on this campus for as long as they use it (upwards of 3
years). We had people taking pictures of us as we arrived, so Google about the
new section of the MTC and see if you can find an article with pictures. We
also got a huge group photo taken by professionals for the opening of MTC West.
I attached the picture. For devotional Tuesday night we sat in the Wyview chapel
and watched the Devo (Devotional) broadcasted live. They also included us in the Devo a lot,
and they had a camera on us that they put up on the screens sometimes as they
talked about us. It is really kinda cool to be setting the way for the
thousands of missionaries that will be using MTC West over the summer and next
few years.
So on June 23 there is going to be a huge worldwide
broadcast on missionary work from the Marriott Center. And you should be able
to watch it online or on BYUtv and hopefully be able to spot me! It is going to
be exciting.
I did get to see Elder
Vaterlaus once though which was really exciting! :) I have seen so many other
good people I know here too which won't happen so much in Madagascar.
This is His time, and I am on His mission. I am so blessed
to have the opportunity to serve the Lord and to be His tool. As we sing here
in the MTC, "We are as the armies of Helaman. We have been taught in our
youth. And we ARE the Lord's missionaries to bring the world His truth."
If you have any specific questions you want me to address
about MTC West or anything else, just email me and I will get back to you! PS I
have 15 minutes left to send pictures and send a few more emails. This hour is
rather stressful on P-day. hahaha :)
Oh also I forgot I have a calling. I am the online trainer
with my companion Elder Roush, meaning when new missionaries come in we teach
them how to use all the online stuff. It is going to be soooo hard...... NOT.
Have a wonderful week and remember what the Lord does for
us,
Elder Weber
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