"You will be an official representative of the Church . . . Your purpose will be to invite others to come unto Christ . . . Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully serve the Lord in this labor of love among His children." . . . Thomas S. Monson

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Letter with Daily Schedule

Dear Family,
AHHHH!!!! Thank you so much for sending that blanket!! I have slept soooo much better! Thanks a ton! Things here are going great! Except I am starting to get Colby, Poppe and Brandon deprived.... I NEED NORMAL CONVERSATION! Haha everyone here it seems like when they get to the MTC their social skills go out the window....and no one has personalities like those 3! What I am trying to say is that no one gets my humor here...
That sucks that the Bears suck... Whenever I wear my Bears shirt I get crap. I ask them who the Packers running back is, they don't know, then they walk away. Haha they are Aaron Rodgers Fans..Not Packer fans! Band wagoners.
I am trying to get good at writing fast! I figure it will be able to do that in the future. My schedule is pretty mundane. Everyday I have a total of 3 hours of personal study, sometimes more. Then always 6 hours of class, all in French, then language study on top of that for an hour. We clean bathrooms every Thursday morning at 6:00 until 7:30. That is always fun....
 We also have an hour of what they call TALL. Technical Assisted  Language Learning, so add another hour on to language. We have what we call French Fridays where all we speak is French...I am quiet throughout this day haha. We have devotionals every Tuesday night and they are always good!
Make sure to tell the Primary thank you for the letters! And tell the Reeves thank you as well...They have sent some things! Send my best wishes to everyone and that I love them dearly! It is crazy to think that I am on my 3rd week out already.
I can make CD's here and send you my pictures that way but when I get to Africa that won't be an option. We will have to figure that out. My black suit pants ripped again and my grey one has been in dry cleaning for 7 years so I have been walking around with just a white shirt and slacks.
Oh please send me a picture of Lucy (our dog). I didn't get one before. I miss her! I had a dream last night that she came running in our room and I FREAKED out! Haha. Could you send me TY's address? I would like to write him! And Taylor Perkins and some more of those ear plugs...They get gross after a while. Thank you guys so much!
God be with you till we meet again! You're in my prayers!
-Elder Layton

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