Missionary Training Or Jedi Training?

(The pictures in this blog post show Elder Loveless and his companion, Elder Schultz, taking a few moments to relieve stress from the rigors of MTC life.)

Querido Familia!

Another week down, and Nueve days left to go! Im so excited to leave, ive meet alot of people who are going to Tucson, or are from Tucson, and it makes me so much more excited. Our teacher always tells us storys of his mission and it just makes us want to get Going.

Mom and Dad, when you were in the in the MTC 30 years ago, you two did the Speak Your Language program, or SYL. We try to speak Spanish alot. We call this, Hablan su Idioma. I get your letters on tuesday, which is one of my busiest days. We dont open our letters until we are done with the day so as not to disrupt our class, and it really helps. Other zones dont do this, and its annoying. Loveless in Spanish is pronounced “Lobeless.”


We got our travel papers yesterday, i am leaving a Monday, November 8th at 6:00 in the morning and will be in Tucson around 12:00 their time.

The days are actually going by pretty fast, teaching isnt much of a burden anymore, and its enjoyable, we dont focus on teaching lessons, we focus on teaching people, and that really helps us remember why we are doing this...TO help People in their lives and bring them the joy we have in ours.



I look back on when i came, and i couldnt understand any Spanish, our teacher would talk to us, and we all would just stair blankly at him. But not i can understand most of what he says. And i can even teach the lessons ok. My conjugations are way better, and i have a pretty fun time with Subjunctivo. El Libro de Mormón es getting easier to read, and i can read almost a chapter in 20 minutes :) We have our last TRC this monday and im very excited to be done with those.




IM pretty excited to see where my first Area is, if its in New Mexico or in Arizona. It would be fun to be in one of the border Citys. But i guess ill find out soon enough. It feels like i was going to spend my whole life here at the MTC, it seems like forever, but it went by very quickly and now we are finally leaving.


This week we had Elder Scott come for the Devotional. he talked about Listening to the spirit. it was a very good Devotional, and i felt the spirit very strong. I cant wait to Go! these next 2 years are going to be hard, but worth it. And i feel the MTC has strengthened me in so many ways. I am nothing with out Christ but through Him and and his attonment we can do great things. My Spanish isnt great but i know that it will get better, and what i do now to build my testimony, and also my desire to help people in my mission, that will be a strong foundation for when i get out in the feild.

Well one more of these letters from the MTC, and then the rest will be from Arizona. SO FAR AWAY :)

Keep having a great time, Dice adios al Gamelas para mi. :) (Say good bye to the twin girls for me.)

con amor ELDER LOVELESS