Q&A

[Has anyone else in your district received their visas?]
No one else in my district has. A lot of other people in other districts have but none in mine so far.

[What is your favorite thing so far about the MTC?]
I just love the Spirit that is ever-present here in the MTC, you can always feel it so strongly.

[How are you doing sharing the room with four other Elders?]
It's rough but I'm doing a lot better. It's a big change from not really having to share a room to sharing it with a bunch of people who also haven't ever had to share a room.

[Now that you're down to just a couple of weeks left in the MTC, how are you feeling about your readiness? What about the language?]
I feel a lot more ready than when I got here. I know I'm never going to be fully ready but I know that I can be made ready through the power of the Lord. The language is going a lot better than I thought it would. We have SYL (Speak Your Language) times for two hours every day which means we speak nothing but Portuguese unless we aren't understood. It's amazing how much we can actually say.

[Is there anything you'd like us to pray for on your behalf?]
I'm fine. Maybe just pray that I can grasp all the grammar concepts and be able to remember all my vocabulary.

[Are you healthy?]
I am healthy. There's been a cold going through the MTC but I've been able to avoid it by taking some vitamin C tablets. So you know those Flintstones vitamins you sent me with? I opened them and they smelled horrid. It was so bad that I couldn't even eat them so I threw them away and got some other ones at the bookstore.

Thank you for all your mail and all your love.

-Elder Michael Carlson