Kini ang akong mga babaye-Tank Evans - MTC Week 5

I only have one more week of the MTC, so let me give you a run down on my goals and where I'm at with them. In my reading of the Book of Mormon, I'm in 3rd Nephi, which means I have 7 days to finish 125 pages. In my goal to listen to/read every one of President Nelson's talks, I have finished 35. There are 114, so I have a ways to go. I'll probably make a separate email to my weekly email once I finish, with a list of the ones I'm saving, and short comments that I have about them, if anyone wants that. I was named after Spencer W. Kimball, so after I finish Nelson's talks, I plan on starting Kimball's. He only has 67, so it will be a lot easier. I thought to do that because his name has come up multiple times a day, every single day this week.

GYM

I know I said that I was trying to be humble like Alma the younger, butttt I had probably 5 different Filipinos separately grab my arms and ask how they can get big like me. One of them asked me if I eat Captain America cereal… don't know what that's all about. Two of them asked me to teach them how to work out, and every time they see me they start flexing. One of my favorite things is introducing people to the gym and showing them how to work out, so I am absolutely loving it. Plus its a huge confidence booster.

TONGUE

If you know me, thanks to my cousin Zack, I have an addiction to sticking my tongue out and wiggling it at people in a funny way. The other day at one of our meals, I saw a group of Filipinos that I'm close with, and naturally I wiggled my tongue at them. They thought it was funny, so they filmed me, (which shouldn't be surprising since Filipinos film everything) but now every time I see them they stick their tongues out at me and laugh.

DEATH

Sadly, I heard about and saw what happened back in the states last week. This has made me spend a lot of time thinking about death. One of the things that has been on my mind a lot is that I get the chance to experience days that some people don't get to because they died early. It's made me think, what makes it so that I get to and they don't. God called them back home, which makes me think that their purpose on earth was fulfilled. So I wonder, what is my purpose? And I know my big purpose, but I feel like there is more to it. I also think about how potentially, some people's purpose is to die young in order to make an impact. Their death, although sad, and seemingly awful, may have a positive impact on their community, country, or even the world. So again, I wonder what my purpose is. Will I get the opportunity to complete the goals I have in life, or will I fulfill my purpose before then. I haven't quite got a complete thought with this topic. I’m still thinking about it, but this is what I have so far. This seems really dark now that I am typing it out, but I'm using my emails sort of like my journal, so I'm just recording my thoughts.

SHORT COMMENTS

- had the bright idea to break into our batch mates room and toilet paper it while they were gone (video in my album)

- during an assignment where we had to be blindfolded, an elder in my district ran right into a wall and had to get stitches. I might do it too, because he got to get McDonalds, and I have been missing Taco Bell since day one

- gave bunny ears to President Augustine in a picture on his birthday

Alright, that's all I got for this week. I love you all. This time next week will be my last day in this tiny MTC and then you guys will start to get some more interesting emails.

Missing surfs up,

Elder Lewis