September 20th, 2014 - Travel Plans

Hola mi familia y amigos!!

We got our TRAVEL PLANS!!!!!!!! I'm so excited!! We fly out at 10 a.m. on Monday morning! We have to leave the MTC at 4:35. It’s super early but I'm so excited to get out of this place! This week has been crazy and I'm not sure why! Even though it was super crazy it was good!
On Tuesday we went to our Tuesday night devotional, and guess who decided to show up?? Richard G Scott! He had an amazing talk about prayer and how it’s important to us because we get to talk to our Heavenly Father and it shouldn't be something that we just go through! We should pray with all of our heart! I totally agree! Being on my mission has helped me so much come closer to my Heavenly Father! Pray is essential to come closer to him! I guess we are gonna get another general authority on Tuesday night again so that will be super awesome! I will tell you all about it on my next P-day!

On Wednesday we were able to be hosts for all the new missionaries that came in! 161 to the west campus! It was awesome to see and reflect on how much I've grown in the month that I've been here! I was able to host this kid from Rexburg that i played ball with so that was good, and hopefully comforting to him! The rest of the week flew by! We taught our TRC investigator and it was amazing! He wanted my companion to teach the whole thing!! I helped my comp prepare and he killled it! By the end of it you could see that he had a ton more confidence! Ever since that experience he’s been helping out in the lessons!! It was a huge testimony builder for himself and me also! For him, knowing that he can do it!! For me, that hard work really does pay off and without the Lord I wouldn't have been able to do it!

So since today was P-day, we went to the temple, and came back early because the buses were shutting down since BYU has a football game today!! We came back and went to Brigham landing! There was this burger place and other shops so we ate at the burger place and also went to Jamba juice! It was super good! ha I miss that kind of food. Well it doesn’t help that this food isn't great! We only have a week left and i hear the last week in the MTC is the best because they start to just be spiritual and not worry about the Spanish as much!! so that will be awesome!

So tomorrow is Sunday and I've been asked to say the opening prayer... in Spanish.. so that will be good! I'm kinda excited for it! Elder Trost and I are also saying the sacrament prayers! Just like old times!!:) ha so if I have to give a talk also! That would just be crazy! I would steal the show! I'm so grateful for the wonderful opportunity that i have to serve the lord and teach people about the wonderful gospel!

Love Elder Facer

September 13th, 2014 Slow Days - Fast Weeks

Hola,
One of the main sayings here at the MTC is.. the days are slow.. but the weeks are super fast!! Its so true! This week was actually a little more exciting then the last ones!! On Wednesday we went to the Mexican consulate in Salt Lake City! We traveled by train so it was kind of exciting since i have never been on a train before! We had to walk a little bit in the city and the people in SLC are either super nice or kinda mean and hate us! We went into the gas station and there was about 20 of us and a guy offered to buy us all drinks!! He was so nice! Such a great guy! Also my comp has a little bit of a staring problem.. he was staring right at a guy that was opening his can of chew.. and the guy asked him.." You want a dip"! My comp said no.. and walked away!! I died laughing and told him that he needed to work on his little problem! My comp is getting better! I finally see that he is wanting to improve and get better at the language.
Here in the MTC you teach investigators(members that act fake) but ours is a super great guy and is so easy to love!! Its amazing how fast you love your investigators! On our second lesson.. We got him to commit to baptism! it was so awesome! we were the first ones out of our district to ever get someone to be baptized. Everyone thought we could never do it.. but we did!:) ha teaching makes me want to get in the field that much more! Whenever I'm teaching to the needs of the investigator(which i try to do every time) i feel the spirit so strongly! I love this gospel and can't wait to get to Tampico and teach the people there! We have 2 weeks from Monday!! Mom i will be home before you know it!!
My comp and I have also been made the coordinators of the sacrament!! Super easy but kinda fun also! So we get to pick people to bless and pass the sacrament! We are gonna bless it next week! i have to get my comp ready for it so we don't have to say it a million times! i love serving the lord and am so blessed with the best family ever! love you guys!
Te Amo,
Elder Facer
P.S That package you sent me mom was the best!! I love everything about it! it might last me 2 weeks!! i have some random things that i might need for you to send me in the future.. but that wont be for a little bit!

MTC Life

Hola!!!

 

This week has been pretty great! Time is starting to fly by here at the MTC! Even though time is going by fast, my Spanish isn't seeming to get any better! Its so hard! ha but i know if i keep working hard and be obedient then it will eventually come to me! ha not to much happened this week at the MTC. Its the same stuff every week!

 

One of the funny things that happened this week was today! we do our laundry in the morning.... i woke up 4:50!! ha anyways we went and put our laundry in and were gonna come take a nap before we had to go to service and when we got back we were locked out! So we had to find a way in! we walked around to the back and i lifted my companion up to this window and he managed to get his way in after a couple minutes.. it was a little bit of a workout! i think i had my hands over my head for a couple minutes holding up as he was working on getting in! ha

 

My comp is getting better slowly. We had to talk for a couple nights in a row because he wouldn't even talk to me or anything, so i told him if he wouldn't start talking then i was gonna go meet with the branch president! I told him if you cant talk on your mission your gonna have a rough time and your wasting the Lords time! ha I was patient with him for 2 weeks and nothing changed, so i turned things up a little and its worked a little bit! hopefully he keeps getting better also!

 

The food is getting worse and worse.. its so fake!! its kinda nasty!! I'm kinda nervous to eat some of the meat that they cook us because it doesn't look good at all! My District has all been getting sick, but some how I've managed to not! So that's been a blessing! It makes me that much more grateful for my mom and dads cooking! You cant beat their cooking! ha

 

We are about halfway through with the MTC and I cant wait to get to the field and teach real people! I know it's gonna be super hard and all of my lessons are gonna be terrible, but that's ok.. My Spanish will get better quicker when I'm out there!! ha

 

Thanks for all of the letters from dearelder and that package you sent me Mom/Dad/boys!! It's great! I love you guys and am praying for you with every personal prayer I have!! Love you tons!!

 

Te Amo,

Elder Facer

 Elder Facer and one of his best friends Elder Trost

 Ky Webb and Kylund Facer

 Kylund, his good friend Chance Reese and Ky Webb

First Time Doing Laundry - August 30th, 2014

Hola mi familia y amigos!!

This week has been filled with many great things! It has also made me so grateful for my mom!! I know this is pretty sad, but today was the first time I've ever did laundry.. in my whole life!! haha it was great and way easier than i expected but my mom is the best and has done it my whole life so today was the first for that!! This week has been so great and in my district, we have all been getting so close(12 of us)!!  We have had some pretty funny times!! Time has been flying by here and the Spanish is super hard! One day i will think i know it, and the next it's hard to hear what they are saying and I can't even make up a sentence to say back to them! The Spanish is one thing, but the spirit is always so strong here! We have classes pretty much all day (9) hours!! We have three on our own, and the rest with 2 teachers that split up the time! They always talk like we will be ready by 6 weeks to be able to go down to Mexico and know it perfect... Not sure how much I believe that one!:) ha

I forgot to tell you last week, but Ky Webb.. the one i always lost to in wrestling... Yah hes in my district!! He always gives me a hard time about losing to him! He was always happy to see me when was gonna wrestle.. so lame!  It's all good! I just say he cheated to win! ha he's a good friend though! My comp is getting better. I'm learning to be way patient, and praying a lot for him! My teacher told me that it might seem that we are just put together randomly, but the lord knows what he is doing, and i was suppose to be with him for some reason! ha I'm just hoping that next lesson we teach to the investigator he will actually talk! It will be good though! i know he can do it!! The teachers all see that he is struggling and so they are trying to help me, to help him cause im his comp! I'm getting super close with some of the other elders though! some that i wouldn't normally talk to back home, but they really do have a special spirit around them and its great! ha tomorrow is the day that I might have to talk in sacrament meeting!! so if i have to I will let you know!!

I wish i could tell you something crazy that happened here, but it is the MTC or (CCM we call it here) and we do the same thing every single day! ha we wake up, eat, class, gym time, eat, class, eat, and class again then bed.. same thing over and over again with a couple other things in there day to day! ha its pretty awesome that Jake, chance, and I are all right here!! i get to see them both every day and talk to them!! I love the dearelder thing!! its great! We better use it while we can, because when i get to Tampico i bet i wont be able to that often as i can now! i hear we get over an hour to email in our real missions, so that will be super nice to talk to you all more! The MTC seems like it would last forever when you get here, but elder trost and I were talking and we were in awe how fast time is going!! Missing a ton.. but wouldn't want to be any other place then here! Love you all so much!! Its great hearing from you all!

Love Elder Facer

Sweet Kylund

Kylund was so sweet and had flowers sent to our home with a cute note. He also left post-it notes around our home to different family members! He is so thoughtful...we love and miss him!!

First Email - August 23rd, 2014

 

Hey everyone!!

 

So the first couple days have been good but kinda weird to adjust! The first day was super hard, but its been adjusting quickly and now I'm loving it here! The Spanish is coming along quickly but we are just going over the basics so the two years i had in high school have been paying off! The spirit is super strong is so its great! ha and also the gift of tongues is so real! i would not be doing this well without it. I bet money though once i get to Mexico i will struggle big time! I know i will... but I'm already to leave this place. My comp is different, but i'm working with him and hes adjusting well to the "athletic" group! ha hes a great guy! His name is Elder Durrant!

 

We eat at 4:30 for dinner.. so by the end of the night im starving!! It would be so awesome if you sent me some candy and also some more nike socks because we have free time/gym time everyday! Also.. the Dearelder is the best thing ever!! we get them everyday so if you sent letters on those, i would get them also everyday so we could talk a couple times a week if you would like! ha it just takes like 2 days for mine to get to yours! I messed up on my last one and forgot to put a stamp.. so i will have to resend it once i get it back! haha

 

So our P-day is Saturday which i love! we go to the temple around 8:30 or 9(tell Mackenzie)!!! and we email around this time every Saturday! Jake is in my zone! It is awesome! Tell people to email me or write me letters! i love this gospel and am so glad i get to serve the lord for the next two years! We watched a video and it talked about how hard it is but we are blessed for doing so and we need not to worry about our family because the lord will watch over them! It was just what i need and knowing that you are in the lords hands makes me happy! i love you guys so much and hope that your trip was great!! tell me all about it! Hopefully not to much fun without me!! So these last 3 days have been great! i love you guys!!

 

Love Elder Facer