Mission Adventures of Elder Clark Lovell

Elder Cluff and I at the famous map in the main building, pointing to the great land of Las Vegas Hola todos! Its been a crazy week here at the MTC (or the CCM, if we are talking in Spanish). The Spirit is strong, as well as the heat, which I wont be a stranger to at all these next two years. The food is delicious, but it is doing something to me. I swear I don't know what day it is half the time, nor how long I have been here. It takes me a few seconds to remember what day it is.  Just to make it easy on me, I'm just going to summarize each day, and see how much I can remember from each day, ha ha.  Sunday was jam packed with meetings. Our sacrament meeting (the first service held usually in the church) was actually the third service in the morning, and it was entirely in Spanish. I followed it pretty well. Then we had branch training, which was awesome! The Spirit was so strong in that meeting that I shed some tears. Our zone leader bore his t...

My view from the MTC, of the Provo Temple Elder Cluff and me Hola todos, Its been a crazy 4 days here at the MTC! I've learned a lot of Spanish in the last few days, and a lot about the gospel! My district (my class), is all elders, which isn't common. Usually there are a few sister missionaries in the district, but since graduation just happened last month, there have been a lot of elders coming into the MTC.      Its been great learning so much, even though we literally have 6-8 hours of Spanish a day, and another hour or two of gospel study. My district consists of twelve elders, or six companionships, and we are already like brothers.       My companion is named Elder Cluff, from Portland, OR. He is also going to Las Vegas! He has quickly become one of my best friends, as well as many others in my district.      Since Wednesday we have had so many awesome things happen, from awesome workshops to amazi...