September 5

Hello Mother and other family members.

The MTC is incredible. The Spirit is amazing here. I'm in the laundry room right now, and the Spirit is still really strong. You can't escape it (not that you'd want to). Elder Luddington is my companion. He's from Cheyenne, Wyoming SOUTH (not south), and he's a super hard worker. We are both working really hard, and we are getting along great. He's really cool. Thanks so much for the food package, and the camera. I realized that I forgot my camera honestly 30 seconds after I left. My host missionaries distracted me, but it was great to hear from you so soon. All the other elders in my district are jealous because I had received two packages in 2.5 days. The food package is great though. I'm convinced I'll never be able to eat it all though because I just have no time to do anything but work, which is great by the way. We had a salsa party last night, and we ate a whole jar of salsa, and bag of chips in like 15 minutes, and all the other elders love me now.

There are only two things that I don't like about the MTC: first, I'm thoroughly convinced that hot water has ceased to exist on this planet. The showers are so cold, and it's very tempting to just not take one. I took the coldest shower of my life on sunday morning. It was cold enough that I could have cried without much effort. Send 50 gallons of hot water in your next package please. Second, there's just no time for personal prayer. That's one thing I'll miss about home. I could pray and tell Heavenly Father everything I wanted to without any worry of I'm taking to much time to pray. Oh, the MTC food is great, usually. There are usually five or six things to choose from so there's always something that'll strike your fancy, savvy? I'm sending letters to you guys, so watch the mail. If there's ever anything you want me to know/read, then please write me a letter because I can guarantee that I'll read every word of it because I can read mail every night. Emails I have to speed read. Speaking of speed reading, there's an elder in my district named elder Myers who can speed read like crazy. We timed him and he read a whole page of the book of mormon in 27 seconds. He's a computer programmer so there's no surprise there right? I love you all so much, except Buddy you can just drop dead. We all agree on that.

Love,

Elder Steed