Some fun at the MTC

Ty with his companion Elder Barker

Some of the Elders in Ty's district.They are from left to right, Elders Bosse, Ty, Lennon, Frost, Porter, Hardin and Barker with Elder May in front.

Elder Porter, Elder Jolley and Elder Barker ready for take off:)

Elder Ty watching what looks like To This End Was I Born. That's just a gues

Update from Elder Jolley

Yesterday was the perfect day. Especially here. We taught our investigator who is really our teacher but she changes personalities. And we taught her of the Plan of Salvation. We teach for 15 minutes but we got back to our class to tell the other missionaries to go in and it had been a half an hour! It seemed like 5 minutes and it went so good. The spirit was so strong and she almost cried. She was tearing up and so I think after another lesson we could commit her to Baptizm. We even got her to pray for us at the end of our lesson. She said no at first and she just said it was because she didn't want anyone to make fun of her. We convinced her that nobody would because a prayer is from the heart not a script. She said she only did it in private but not public. It went really good. We were so happy when we left! . . . .

The flag is actually hanging up from our window so we didn't put any holes in the flag or anything. It is weird how similar the Chile flag and the Texas flag are. They are pretty much identical. Everything is going good here! And we are getting ready to finish up laundry and get ready for the temple. We are way excited!! I think we are just going to do a regular session. So its going to be good. Well anyways I love you guys. You don't need to worry about me. I'm not too homesick yet. ok I'm not homesick. The days are long and seem like forever but this week went so fast! It seems like yesterday was Monday

We received a letter and an e-mail from Elder Jolley today.  What a fun treat for us.  I thought I would share a couple of things from him.

Written on Wednesday night:

"Everything went good today. We were told that in our free time we had to write home to tell you we have a bed to sleep, a roof over our heads, and that we are breathing and not on a resperator.  It is 10 p.m. and has been a crazy day.  Right when I stepped into class after getting all of my books the teachers were in my face just speaking non-stop Spanish.  I didn't understand anything. . . .  I love you guys. Oh that's something else I have to get used to is not saying, man, guys, dude, etc. We have to say Elder."

Written today, Saturday:

Hey mom,

Everything is going great just Preperation day right now. So we get a half an hour to email while our laundry is going. Spanish is coming easier I guess. I mean I'm still having trouble with it but oh well I guess it will come sooner or later right?. . . .The food here isn't bad so I eat it and it is bad because its all you can eat. I normally just get one trey but then we go sit in class for like 3 hours so its not good. We only have 1 hour of gym but it is good to exercise a little. You should send me a Chilean flag we can hang from our ceiling.. . . Well anyways tell everyone I love them and hopefully I can write soon.

. . . .Well I love you guys. Have fun and I'll talk to you soon!

Love,

Elder Jolley

We had a few tears before pulling up to the MTC but once we were there, we started to unload Ty's bags from the trunk.  He put his backpack on and started to walk up to where the other Elder was standing.  That cute Elder leaned over and said to Ty, "Why don't you give your mom another big hug."  He did and then he hugged his dad. Once he said his final goodbyes, he was off, with no looking back.  Way to go Elder Jolley!  We love you!