The "classic" photo pointing to your mission on the MTC world map.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thanks for the
letters. It is awesome to hear from you guys. I'm going to send a
letter this week with the memory card from my camera so you can see some of my pictures
and videos.
So, just to let you know, everything
is going well. The language is getting frustrating and I feel like a lot of my
district is getting it down faster than me, but it's ok. I know with time it will
come.
I realized I haven't told you that I'm in the MTC
choir! I've been in it since I got here but somehow it slipped my mind to tell
you. I can't sing a note to save my life. However, it's way nice to go to
choir and get away from the language for a bit. It's also nice to hear some
music since they don't let you listen to your own music here at the MTC. So anyway, I'm in the choir and rock'n it!
Friday, February 17, 2012
The week has been awesome! My Spanish has been getting progressively better and
I can see the Lord's hand in that daily. It's weird to think that I'm
learning to speak and understand another language. It's been an awesome
experience! Elder Hicks, my companion, is a pro with the language. He helps me
out a ton and whenever I don't know how to say something he always has my
back. We have an awesome companionship.
During this week I was able to watch a fireside by Elder Bednar that he gave during Christmas time to the elders here in the MTC. It was an amazing talk. He talked on the character of Christ. He went through Matthew Chapter 4 and broke it down. It's amazing how much Christ loves us and how charitable He is. He also told a story about how a mother lost her daughter in a car accident but was
During this week I was able to watch a fireside by Elder Bednar that he gave during Christmas time to the elders here in the MTC. It was an amazing talk. He talked on the character of Christ. He went through Matthew Chapter 4 and broke it down. It's amazing how much Christ loves us and how charitable He is. He also told a story about how a mother lost her daughter in a car accident but was
Friday, February 10, 2012
It has been a long week but I made it! The days are
going by a lot faster now. I get a lot of the days mixed up together. They
keep us very busy. Every minute there is something planned. We go from breakfast, to class, to lunch, to class, then to dinner, and
then end with gym. It's pretty much that everyday. We wake up at 6:30
every morning.
Fast Sunday was really cool. We had a mission conference
for 2 hours and then went to sacrament meeting right after. My district is
combined with an Italian district so it's really interesting. I can understand a
little bit of what they say. The Italian district is awesome! They totally took
our Spanish district under their wing. They have been here for 7 weeks so
they only have 2 weeks left with us before they go to Italy. There are 10 of them
and there are 10 from my district, so a total of 20 plus
Saturday, February 4, 2012
It's been crazy here at the MTC! It's been a lot of hard work
but that's good - it keeps my mind off things. I have an awesome companion and his
name is Elder Hicks. We work great with each other and feed off each other's
hard work. We're both really stressed about learning Spanish, but in time we'll
get it. They already have us teaching lessons in Spanish to fake
investigators - it's pretty intense. He and I have no idea what we are saying
but somehow the investigator is getting it because she seems to nod at things
we say so let's hope she does understand. The food here is just like the Cannon Center
at BYU so the food is pretty good! My zone leaders are two elders going to
Italy and they are awesome! Elder Money is from Spanish Fork and is hilarious!
And Elder Treadway is from Nevada and loves baseball, so we have a
connection also. He too is funny. So all in all my zone leaders are really
tight. The MTC put our district (me, Elder Hicks, Elder Barlow, Elder Tippets,
Elder Benning, Elder Thomas, Elder
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Mission farewell talk at Springville Hobble Creek 12th Ward:
Good afternoon. It is so great to look out at the congregation and see family, friends, and ward members. I really appreciate your love and support. My name is Zach Gardanier and as many of you know, I received a mission call to serve and teach the people of Uruguay. I leave for the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday. I’m really excited, but also a little nervous. I know it will be a wonderful experience and I’m grateful for all of your love and support. I know missions are hard work and that I will go through challenges that I have never experienced before. But I know that if I have faith and follow the Lord’s teachings that I will be okay and everything will turn out great.
This leads me to my topic for today. I was asked to speak on “Faith in Jesus Christ.”
Good afternoon. It is so great to look out at the congregation and see family, friends, and ward members. I really appreciate your love and support. My name is Zach Gardanier and as many of you know, I received a mission call to serve and teach the people of Uruguay. I leave for the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday. I’m really excited, but also a little nervous. I know it will be a wonderful experience and I’m grateful for all of your love and support. I know missions are hard work and that I will go through challenges that I have never experienced before. But I know that if I have faith and follow the Lord’s teachings that I will be okay and everything will turn out great.
This leads me to my topic for today. I was asked to speak on “Faith in Jesus Christ.”