First Week At the MTC

This week has been so long. Everyday feels like a marathon, but then after a couple days it only feels like it's been a day. It's kind of trippy and makes keeping track of the days kind of difficult. So they've just thrown us into teaching and it's been challenging. My companion is a talker so she kind of gets going sometimes and since I don't interrupt other people I end up talking less than I'd like to. Things have been going surprisingly well. though I think our first lesson went better than our second and third ones. Just a personal thought but I really do think it's true. 
 
I'm getting a little overwhelmed but personal study time is really helping with that. It's definitely my favorite time of the day. It's the only time that I really feel like I have some alone time which I'm really missing at this point. 
 
The elders in our district are pretty cool. There are seven of them and they're lots of fun. Which can be a problem sometimes since we're supposed to stay in the classroom during personal study time and they and my companion and one of the other sisters can get kind of loud sometimes which is frustrating because I really need that study time to prepare and to destress. But It's been nice getting to know them all the same. 
 
I feel like I've learned so much, though I'm still struggling with saying my morning prayers. One of these days I'll get it down. 
 

There are only four of us in the room and six beds so I'm sleeping on the top bunk of one and using the bottom bunk as a reading area then I'm not reading in bed. That's just for day, by way. We go for so long everyday but it feels like we still need about 3 more hours to really get everything done. I'm hoping that as the days go on it will get a little better. It's crazy to think I've only been here for 6 days at this point. It feels like it's been forever.

 

Here's a funny story for you real quick to end the e-mail. There was another district in our hallway, all elders, who left yesterday. But before we left we had some zone teaching time with them and there were two of them. Elder Daniel and Elder Blackstein (pronounced like the Bernstein Bears) who Sister Neeley and Sister Heward really hit it off with. They were kind of like groupies. So after class last night, they had to get pictures with them.  While we were waiting for them to do that I was talking to Elder Whiting (no he doesn't know if he's related to the ones in Kuna) Elder Roueche and Elder Nielson who thought it was weird that the sisters were flirting with the missionaries. And after a while Sister Schofield and I decided that we needed to get back to our room so we went to gather up our companions (an almost hourly occurance) and while we were working on getting their attention Elder Whiting yelled over "Sister Coon lay down the law".  It kind of made my night. Yes, I've been frustrated with feeling like I'm herding a squirrel around trying to get Sister Heward from place to place sometimes. But it's all good and even though I'm somtimes frustrated with her I believe that as we learn to communicate better we'll be able to teach well together because we'll complement each other. But right now I'm really grateful for Sister Schofield. She's a little bit older and we're both punctual and down to earth and dealing with very chatty companions who aren't always aware of the time. So it's nice to just be able to have someone who understands me a little bit better.