GOOODBYE Ootaaaaah

Goodbye, Utah... Tomorrow morning at 3 am, I leave for the field!!!! I'm so excited. My P-day will be changing from Wednesday to Monday, which will be cool for all of you to know. Expect my novels on Mondays. My emails will be beefy the first few months, jk, they are always beefy, lol.

MTC experience overview: MTC was super bien! As Hermana Gonzalez would say (bless her little soul), she has so much love for us and was literally the best MTC teacher you could have. She made my day so much better every morning. Her English isn't perfect, but it's still super good. She isn't a native speaker, so I love that she was always willing to try and make mistakes, but try. I am taking her ejemplo to the field to go with that mindset that they don't care, they just appreciate that I am trying. But I really appreciate her always explaining things to us in English because it is super bien. It made it so much easier to understand. She's the greatest teacher ever. I loved her the most; she was my favorite. She always had a smile and was happy and ready for the day. It's so awesome. She made my days súper bien, and I'm taking her saying to the mission!

I loved MTC and hated it at the same time, but mostly loved it. There are only two things I disliked, and I will share those first:

Being on a computer all day for 6 weeks. It kind of speaks for itself.

Not being able to meet, hang out, and study with everyone in person. It was kinda lame.

What I loved:

Hermana Gar... jkjkjk Elder Wells ;)

I loved being able to focus on the Savior constantly. It's so crazy how happy and loving and humble and charitable and meek, etc. you become when your focus is on the Savior 24/7. Truthfully, I cannot describe what it's like. I'm not perfect at all at any of these, but I have improved drastically while in the MTC. It's super bien. My dad has always told me, "You feel what you focus on," and it's really true. And that goes with anything in life. You truthfully do feel what you focus on, and when your focus is constantly on the Savior, you feel His love, His peace, His happiness—everything He and His gospel have to offer. And I don't ever want to lose this feeling. I become a better person every day, week, and month that I've been a missionary. You truly do feel happy.

I loved the amount of time I had to be with family and also study the scriptures! I read the Book of Mormon in 27 days. Then I started the New Testament along with the Book of Mormon on July 1, and I'm already to Acts 15, which is a lot of reading, but it has been a tremendous blessing.

The amount my testimony has grown. I have loved how much more I understand things and feel things better. I just have a better grasp, and it's amazing!

My district—these kids are amazing. I said it every week, but I truthfully mean it. I love them and everything they do and have done for me. It's very humbling seeing how much love other people can have towards each other.

My goals in the MTC! Did I achieve them? Yes, I achieved all my goals, which is amazing. It's way cool to go back today and put a checkmark on all the things I accomplished. And being able to mark every single one was so satisfying. I loved it.

This will be a short email. I am just updating on things because I leave at 6 am tomorrow and won't be able to write you all for another week from today, so I would've missed a week!

This week, this last week, what are the good moments?

On Sunday, I got to give my first priesthood blessing, and it was super meaningful to me. And I know the person I gave it to really appreciated it. So, I love you. You know who you are.

Saturday, I went looking for suitcases but couldn't find any. That's what happens when you wait last minute (I got a new one today... I promise I'm not a procrastinator; I just needed another big suitcase, lol).

Friday, I was flying my drone over the Provo Temple and got yelled at by security (he wasn't the happiest). But he was nice, and I got talked to for like 30 minutes, and he kept repeating the same thing. I'm like, "Ok, bro, I get it. You've said it 1000 times," lol.

Thursday, boring.

Wednesday, went golfing and had night class. P-days are awesome, super bien.

I'll see y'all on the flip side of Puerto Rico. Please write me. I'm begging. None of you ever do, and it makes me feel stupido. So, stop being a jerk and freaking write me.

Pictures:

Me and my last moments with my MTC comp.

Me and Hermana Gonzalez. She's super bien.

Picture of my hair if you miss it like me, lol.

I made a super good video of temples on my Facebook. You should go watch it @Coleman Tew on FB. Thanks.