Isaac is in the MTC now 5/20/09

I have half an hour to write this so please forward it to Sandra. I forgot to bring her E-mail address with me to the computer room. Swedish is going fine. My companion is Elder Perry and is from California. I am the senior companion and he is the district leader. My roomates are Elder Hepburn from Canada and Elder Clarke from Southern Utah. My teachers are Bro. Neilson and Sis. Ronndahl. Sis. Ronndahl is a native from Sweden and it is fun to here how she speaks the language different than Bro. Neilson. Swedish is awsome. I can bear my testimony and pray in swedish now. We just started the noun conjugation for past, presant,futer and supine. I also now know the word for cookie smakaka (it has an o over the first a and is pronounced smoahkahka) cool right? Anyway the whole duck and spirit "anden" thing is a Norway thing. (Our Zone leaders are going to Norway). I love the MTC the food is pretty good and I think I eat too much. they have doughnuts every morning for breakfast and it is hard not to eat them every day. When they have ice cream I eat it because it is awsome Ice cream. Sunday we had a devotional about our purpose inviting others to come unto Christ. Yesterday we had a devotional about letting the Lords light shine though us and working hard to get the most out of our mission. (Elder Neuenschwander from the seventy and his wife) The Question that Elder Neuenschwander asked was "Will I do the work the Lord sent me to do or not?" So, if we answer yes we will follow the rules and if not we won't. The point is that we have to make that decision to do the work. He said, what we persist in is what we become. I hope I can become a tool in the Lords hand and I hope you all will be too.
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> Back to Mtc life. Laundry is today and we get to go to the temple. we get 5 days a week for Gym and Elder Murrey (also going to sweden the next room over) has us do a abb work out every other day. There are 2 swedish districts one is mine with me and my roommates and the sisters (all 3 of them). The other District has 6 Elders. They have one class and we have another. Sis. Ronndahl alternates between them because they have three and not four Swedish teachers. I have learned a lot and have learned which showers are the warm ones. My first Shower was ice cold. Since then I try to get the other showers. Time is almost up. How is life going? Aaron what is going on? Anita how is band going? Dad I hope the priests are being good? Mom keep them awake in Seminary. I have to get up every day. Thank you for being great examples to me and helping me out. Vi ses (see you later)
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> Love Aldste Grindstaff
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> ps. I will probably repeat all this in my letter today but will try to expound on it