First P-Day

Mom recieved a letter, but can't figure how to scan it in and send it to me. When she does I will post it. Here is his first e-mail that he sent.

So things in the mtc are going well. I am having some stomach troubles still with alot of stomach and back pain. I just hope that they can find out whats going on because this is not making my experience fun. i have gone a couple meals without eating today and it has sort of helped but not as much as i had hoped it would. Other than that everything has gone well. I have enjoyed the letters i have recieved from you guys and from grandma and collette. i had a letter waiting for me from ariel when i got here.

I have oddly enough not been homesick or even sad about not being at home since i got here. Sure i miss having food at my beck and call and doing my own laundry is still a pain but its just sacrifices i will have to make i guess.

I am learning alot in my classes and am really enjoying them all. I am trying really hard not to miss any information or waste any study time because there is so much information to be grasped here and at times it feels like i am trying to drink out of a fire hose.

Being a DL isnt helping at all with focusing completely on studying either. I am taken from study time for meetings 3 days a weeek and i can now relate to dad because i have an extra 3 hours of sunday meetings just to discuss the district and to do training on being a DL. My companion Elder Miller is a way nice guy from Farmington UT. He is a computer science major at the U. He is really smart and truly loves the gospel. He is a great example and support in my leadership position. He has certainly made the transition from home to here that much easier.

There is a kid in our district named elder abayta. he reminds me so much of barry that sometimes i forget that its not. he loves the yankees and knows anything sports. We can just talk like we have been best friends for years and it doesnt even seem like we just met.

 I have lost 12 lbs in the mtc because of constant fluid run off and am now having to resort to buying my gatorade from the mtc bookstore ;). Hopefully i can get myself better soon because i dont think i can handle this sickness for the next 2 years. My skin feels like it is falling off due to the dry air here, I am now wishing i had brought the lotion that mom tried to send me with.

My teachers here are pretty awesome. One of them served in the everett mission and at 1 point was actually in 2nd ward. he got married about 4 months after he got back which even he agreed was way way way too fast. But anyway my time is running short so i gotta jet. i will email you guys in a week! have a good week and tell the dog i said hi!


- Elder Chin