Week 1 Down!

Now I can say I have been here at the MTC for over a week! It makes me feel like a seasoned veteran when I see the fresh missionaries come in with their orange stickers on their badges AKA (Dork Dots). The funny thing is that I have still got 5 more weeks here. It's interesting living here because the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days.  I am pretty sure the weeks will start flying by because everything you do here is very repetitive. You wake up, go to breakfast, go to class, go to lunch, study doctrine and language, go to dinner, go to class, then go to bed.

I am pretty sure the thing that makes me feel pretty happy here is when I receive packages and letters, because it reminds me that everyone is supporting me on my adventure, and I get a lot of Hostess products such as: Hostess cupcakes, Zingers, and Suzy Q's (thanks Grandpa). 

This place is truly "spirit prison" meaning you're always feeling the spirit and that you can never leave this place. When we go to the temple across the street I feel like i've escaped Alcatraz and I'm in the real world. I feel like a real missionary when I walk to the temple and there are church protesters outside trying to make us missionaries talk and all is say is "Oku o ikai  lea FakaPalangi", that means "I dont speak english". I treat the protesters like paparazzi I just want to say "Please no photos!" or something like that.

I think one of my most favorite times of the day is gym time. I go to the gym and play volleyball for an hour, and I've got to say my volleyball skills from QSI never left. There has been a few times where I would make an amazing spike or block and like 50 people cheer. So that's pretty cool. 

One great thing that happened this week was General Conference, and there is nothing quite the same as sitting for 6 hours on a plastic chair, my butt still hurts. But I have to say my favorite talk was Elder Uchtdorf's talk that had references to "The Hobbit". If you have not listened or seen his talk go watch it, it was super good. Here's a link to watch it: http://bit.ly/2nHG5fe

Other than that this week has been pretty good and I'm making "fakalakalaka" (progress). I just want to let you all know how much God loves you and that through Christ's atonement we can live with our Heavenly Father again. 

Ofa atu (I Love you)

-Elder Delgado