Finally, Some Details!

*By way of explanation, I wrote Eric a letter chastising him for writing such wimpy letters home. Included was a list of questions. Eric answered each question. I'll include the question I asked and any explanation needed.

At the request of Jeanine, i have a list of questions to answer, so here it goes:

What are you doing!?
I have finished teaching in spanish, last saturday was the last scheduled teach in the native language day, and my companion and i both decided in there, without talking to anyone about it (including each other) that we could and would just teach this lesson in spanish too, so we did. So the rest of my MTC stay will be almost primarily in spanish.

Are you eating ice cream on your cereal in the morning?
I have not been eating icecream on my cereal, we only get icecream on wednesdays and sundays, so i don't want to waste the goodness of the Creamery icecream on cereal.

Are you going to shave one of your legs when you hit the half-way point in the MTC? (I've never been through the MTC, but apparently this is a tradition among elders.)
I'm not going to shave my legs.

Have you laid down on the ironing board in your room with your suit coat on so it looks like you're doing the Matrix move? (Also an MTC tradition)
I have thought about doing the matrix thing by laying on the ironing board with my suit coat covering the support, but i worry that the board will break, and then i'll just look stupid laying on the ground, hurting a little bit (physically and emotionally haha)

Have you seen chalk writing on the sidewalks to the temple? (This is prohibited because girlfriends and families of elders have been known to, not only leave chalk writings, but goodies for their missionaries, and that kind of contact is not allowed.)
There have been no chalk writings on the sidewalks, but i've only been able to check on tuesdays (P-day) and sundays, but i haven't seen a single shout out to anyone since being there, it doesn't help that the chalk drawings aren't really allowed anyways.

In the TRC, or the training center, i haven't gotten any really weird questions from the fake investigators, but i did get to talk to a lady on Saturday while in the RC (Reference Center) who let me send her the missionaries with a book of mormon, and i'll be calling her back soon to see how it all goes.

What are you learning?
I'm still learning the Gospel and Spanish, nothing else really.

Do any of your roommates snore?
And i don't know if anyone snores, but my roommates tell me that i do, which is news to me, but i have woken up a couple of times to hear the Elder underneath me making some weird noises.

Do they all shower regularly?
Everyone showers daily, no worries there.

Who are your roommates? Do they have girlfriends?
There are 3 other Elders in my District: Elder Ball(Has a girlfriend, going to Managua Nicaragua), Elder Johnson (His Companion, no GF, goingto Guatamala city south), Elder Resendiz(Has a girlfriend, my companion, going to McCallen Texas).

What is your favorite thing to eat?
My favorite thing in the MTC Cafeteria is the Oriental Chicken Salad,

Are your blankets itchy?
the Blankets are the same that we got while in Helaman Halls, so they're not fantastic, but they're more than adequate.

Does anyone have the Swine flu?
My district is fareing pretty well in the health departemnt, sister Newbert got Bell's Palsy, so half of her face is paralyzed for the next week or 2, its been funny, and she has a fantastic attitude about everything, and Sister Rockwood, got a seriously sore throat earlier this week, so she's been singing the base line in the all of the hymns that we have been singing lately.

Ok so there are all of the answers to JEanine's questions, I hope that you enjoyed reading them. (Actually, those were not all of my questions. Don't worry, I'll remind him about the other 6 questions he totally ignored.)

Small Plates:

In Jesus the christ, there is a chapter all about the authority of Christ, He commanded the waves to be still, the blind to see, the lame to walk, the dead to live, he commanded Demons to be gone, and he Commanded Satan himself to leave His presence.

He had the power and the authority, he didn't need to quote scripture when he talked, he is the one that gave it to the people in the first place, so he, by the authority of the Father spoke to us by his own words.

He also gave us the priesthood, we have the Authority on earth to act in His name, and people perform miracles through the priesthood in this day too. it is a gift that man has been able to use, and it is only limited by our faith, and our righteousness.

I know that the teachings of christ are the truth, the fullness of the gospel is upon this earth today, through the atonement of christ, we can be made perfect following our short stay on this earth, and through His mercy, grace, and love, we can be forgiven of our mistakes and sins and find comfort in His loving arms.

Know for yourself that God is your loving Heavenly Father, the scriptures teach us that if we lack wisdom, to ask of God, but we have to have done our part, look within yourself, decide if you want to believe it or not, in D&C 4 we are taught that if "ye have desires to serve God, ye are called to the work" This talkes about missionary work, but you need to have the desire first or else nothing will happen, nothing will come to frutition, if you don't really want to know.

Want to know, then ask, then you will come to the knowledge for yourselves.

God loves all of you.

He sent His beloved Son, Jesus Christ to die for each of us, and i know that through His atonement, we can all reaturn to Him

Have a great week,

and I'll mail you again soon

Elder Eric Evan Eyre

P.S. please send Dear Elders, they are a great way for me to learn whats going on with all of you!!

Bilingual Brother

Hey everyone,

I have been doing well, and the letters are much appreciated.

My companion and i are doing well and are getting ready to start speaking more spanish, and we´re going to be starting to teach lessons in spanish too.

We get along well, and everything has been going very well for me.

Small Plates (colin)

I did some studying on what it means to be a warrior for the cause of truth, in the Bible dictionary, it reads that there was a was a war before this world was, but this war is still being fought today while on this earth. The same war, the same battle, and the same salvation is at stake. in Ephesians we find the armor of god (6 v. 11 hasta 19). It tells us about the armor that we all have to put on to be useful servants to the Lord while His work. But the last verse tells us that therefore we must pray always. This last verse made me think, becasue everyone stresses teh armor of god, but that armor will do us no good if we don´t pray and try to talk to Him and learn His will. but on the other side of it, if we just pray, and as God to do everything for us He won´t because we aren´t trying to succeed ourselves. He provides us with the means to protect ourselves, but in order to be completely protected, we need to use those protective items, BUT NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF prayer, revelation and the guidance of our Lord.

Entonces, quiero continuar este carta en español, y si necesitan ayuda, pueden preguntar a mi padre, o alguien más quien pueden hablar.

Estoy tratando a aprender todo las cosas que necesito saber para que esté un buen misionero, pero hay muchas cosas que necesito hacer, aprender, y enseñar. Estoy estudiando las cosas de Predicad mi Evangelio, y las cosas de La Biblia, y de El Libro de Mormón. Yo empazé a hacer llamados en el Centro del Referals en Español, y estoy tratando a aprender y enseñar todas las lecciónes del PME. Es muy difícil, pero quiero hacer todo, por más que me cuesta, porque yo sé que si yo trate a guardar los mandamientos y si yo sigue las mandates del Espíritu Sánto, mediante de la Expiación, y del sufrimiento de Jesucristo en el Jardín y sobre la cruz, puedo regrasar, o puedo volver a la precencia del mi Salvador.

Buenas Suerte con todos que hacen, y por favor, recuerden Dios, porque únicamente mediante de su misericordia podemos encontrar gozo.

Élder Eyre

MTC Week Two

Things have been going well here, just doing my thing, and i talked with the zonies and they said that i could play in our sacrament meeting this week, but i would have to play the song for them just to make sure that it was good (I played come thou fount for them, and so they told me to forget sacrament and go and audition for the tuesday devotionals haha) .

I have been studying hard, and praying often, and i know that i'll be blessed for working hard,(but that doesn't make the current working hard any bit easier.)

I've gone to the RC(The refferal center) twice now, but the time that i'm scheduled to go is right in the middle of the day, so most people aren't home, or are just busy, i think that i might go back one of these nights to see if i can get a chance to talk to more people over the phones about the gospel.

I hope that all of you are doing well (please send Dear Elder's to let me know how you're doing, my box number is 95, and i leave the MTC on the 22nd of march.)

I have been doing some studying and i came upon a few really choice verses that i've been thinking about lately. first was D&C 4 verse 2.

I have to serve God with all of my heart might mind and strength, that is a powerful thing, so i've been thinking and pondering what those 4 things actually mean,

I read a couple verses in mosiah too, where Ammon and the other sons of mosiah were going on their mission, they said that they were discouraged, and that they thought of turning back, but the thought that a single son or daughter of God wouldn't recieve the gospel was more than they could bear.

I then posed the question: can you bear it? Puedes soportarlo?
The time will soon come where you will want to just relax, take a day off, but if you do it will be the lord's time that you're wasting, and that precious time could mean the spiritual life or death of one of God's children. In D&C 15 it says that our joy will be great in the kingdom of our father if we bring but one soul unto christ, but conversely, how great will be our pain, or even our damnation if we fail to bring those souls unto him because we were lothful and unwise servants in his name?

Elder Eric Eyre