Well, I'm out here in T-KNOX now, in my first area, Johnson City, TN.It's alright so far, but it's nothing like what I expected from the MTC. I thought we were going to have appointments and stuff and our days would be so full and I'd be teaching all the time, but nope. The missionaries out here are great, but it was immediately obvious that they're a little downhearted and have just accepted that this mediocrity we're having is normal. So I'm trying to light a fire under my trainer's butt right now and hoping that it will catch fire in his heart so that we can really get to work. We're not lazy, but there's no doubt that there's some slacking going on and not all of the rules are being obeyed with exactness. So that's my issue right now, is getting things organized and back on track. I've kinda had to take the lead a little bit which I think is completely unexpected for a trainer who I'm sure thought he was going to have to baby me for a little bit. Not the case. So, that's what's up. Good missionaries, but I'm going to make sure we do what we have to so we can have the fulness of the Lord's blessings. Then we will be GREAT missionaries! At least my comp isn't the missionary in the mission that smokes weed... (true story, or so I've heard).
Anyway, volleyball is over with now, but it was fun for a while. Mostly, it started to make me angry though because there were elders that simply could not hit the ball up. That's all I asked for, you don't have to be good, but you do have to be able to at least hit theball straight up so someone can come help you; not forward, not backward, and NOT DOWN! Ugh. It was getting bad. One elder served the ball overhand twice and never made it over the net. I was like "Um, maybe you could try to go underhand like this, it's a little easier" (while doing the motion for an underhand serve), and he said "Oh no, I can't aim that way." and I was like "Oh okay no problem. Then can you aim while serving overhand?" I promise though, that was the only time I was really a jerk at the MTC.
Okay, so my best friend from my district was Elder LeSueur from Mesa, AZ. He was sooo funny, and we just had that same sense of humor. But he can do this old grandpa voice that sounds like the grandpa on The Simpsons and it's HILARIOUS. Anyway, shortly after we became friends, I was writing in my journal and told him I had described him in one word, and he should guess what it was. He yells "SWAG!" HAHAHA, it was really 'mancrush'. But after that, I would have him say Grandpa Swag in his old man voice and it's just a character we made up while at the MTC. Grandpa Swag is the gangster street name of an old man player who runs a drug ring in your local neighborhood. HAHAHA! Okay... so it was funny to us. But the most hilarious thing that happened was during gym time. There was this sister who he had noticed was noticing him while he was noticing her. Anyway, one day she asks him his name and he's like "Elder LeSueur, what's yours?"and she says "Sister Nixon." and he cuts in, "Oh, I'll just call you Sister Really Pretty." Yeah, apparently your game goes to negative five billion while in the MTC and talking to girls is super difficult. But that's the story...
Yeah... Chloe is... such a little puppy. She's super cute, but needs constant care and nourishment. That's why she went to see you guys in Phoenix, to have the parents buy her dinner. As for Matthew, yeah, I'm not so sure he's ready[to get his driver's license]. Has he gotten the hang of four-way stops yet? Does he know when he has the right of way? Cause when I was there, he would yield the crap out of that stop sign.... Other than that and the fact that he's so hesitant to make that left turn still when he doesn't have a stop sign and the other cars do, I think he'll be fine.
As a matter of fact, my entire district (eight of us) from the MTC was headed to T-KNOX. And then there were three spanish speaking missionaries that weren't in our district headed there as well. Of those three, only one was a complete weirdo, so there's definitely hope for the work here. And he's no where near my area. So that's about all I've got for you. I'm glad things are going well. Can't wait to see you again!
Love,
Elder Grabinger
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