Week Three

There werent any fights this week, but it was still a pretty interesting week! Today was especially cool because my companion and i went to the "main campus" of the mtc and i saw 2 people i knew within 10 minutes of each other! Then i saw another girl who was in my ward at BYU-I but i didnt know her very well so i didnt say anything to her haha.

Elder Sasser, Elder Hansen and me killin the selfie game in the bathroom

I"m not sure if i told you this before, but there are 2 campuses at the provo mtc. the main campus is the big one with tons of different languages and stuff and the west campus is where all the spanish speaking missionaries go. the west campus is a lot smaller so i dont get to see as many people, but its nice to be able to speak spanish with whoever i want.

My companion and i pointing to where we will be in less than a month.

Yesterday our district started practicing our farewell song for our final sunday and its going to be sweet! we are doing "Come unto Christ" the youth song and translating parts of it into spanish so it will be part english and part spanish. Also, the sister that is from Belgium wants me to do a part of the song with her in french because she says i have a good french accent so i might be singing english, spanish, and french!

Elder Sasser and me after a devotional

A few days ago me and my companion taught 5 lessons entirely in spanish and it was the hardest thing ive done since being at the MTC. we had almost no prep time for any of the lessons and my companion hardly speaks any spanish so i had to do most the talking and then translate to my companion what we were discussing haha. its ok though he tries hard and theres nothing more he can do to improve his spanish so i just try to help him as much as i can.

Elder Gilbert and me. he is from the virgin islands and is in houston texas right now. he was the first elder i traded ties with and hes pretty legit.

Yesterday our district had the opportunity to "host" the new missionaries coming in. we pretty much greeted them as they came off the bus, took them to their apartment and dropped them off at their classroom. it was really cool because i remember thinking that the elder who hosted me on my first day knew so much spanish and everything there was to know about being a missionary, and now im the one who looks like they know everything, but i dont know anything!

Me doing a Julian Smith impersonation

Luckily ive only gained like 3 pounds since being here. i dont know how im keeping off the weight, but somehow this "ice cream sandwich and all you can eat" diet is really paying off.

Spiritual Thought: Sunday night we listened to a devotional from the director of missionaries or something like that and he shared a story about how this little boy was trying to get a drink from the drinking fountain and he kept pushing his button to change the water pressure so it would splash the little boy and the boy had no clue he was the one causing him grief. He then told how sometimes we are the little boy and lucifer is right beside us pushing our buttons and causing us grief and we have no clue he is hurting us, or that he is even there at all. 

Thanks for all the love and support! -Elder Wagner

                                              My Zone right before the oldest district left.

Another picture of the zone. i cant tell which one looks better so ill just send both of them. the blonde girl in the front row on the left is from squib washington. apparently thats close to carnation so thats pretty cool haha. oh and her name is Taylor Willis

Email to Mom and Dad, Titled "NEEDY MISSIONARY!": sorry this sounds demanding, but i would really appreciate it if you would send me the following items: Handkerchiefs (for wiping my nose, and sweat for when im in mexico) ear plugs for my snoring companion, a belt from my rubbbermaid bin under the stairs (for some reason i only brought my new one and i dont think it will last 2 years) and the alarm clock we got from the ctr place doesnt work. for some reason it wont go off. it makes sounds when i test it, but it doesnt go off when i set it. i made sure it was the right am/pm and tried everything i can think of. maybe i just need a new one? Oh and Elder Dance says he has an uncle who lives in seattle. i dont remember his first name,but it started with a "D". also you and dad didnt tell me where austin paxman is going on his mission. you only said he was going to the mexico mtc and he was speaking spanish in the us