Hey guys!!
Thank so much for that package I was so stoked to get it!!
Lovin that beef jerky, granola bars and the pills haha! You know that you’re a
missionary when you read your district a greenie quote
that says ‘Adam fell….but he got right back up’! Honesty we had a good laugh at
that one. Thanks Lily and Graci for the sweet pictures of rainbows! I have them
hangin up in my room.
Today we played a competitive soccer match against the
other zone. They were talkin a lot but we freakin whooped then 10 to 0! haha!
they were way heated but you don’t mess with zone 1 the Ammon district! That’s
my district! It was also fun to play soccer with some local Spanish boys on
Saturday at some getto court. They were all about 13 to 14 years old and when we
got there they were all smokin. We beat them and they were all hurt by getting
beat by some crappy Americans haha! Honestly I freakin love soccer now! I'm not
good at all but I've gotten better over the last 6 weeks! It’s a fun sport! Keep
on playin hard Calli! The other day we where playin and elder Curtis jumped up
for a header and some other kid jumped too and they collided in air. I'm pretty
sure Curtis broke his nose but one of the teachers popped in back into place. It
was bleeding like a faucet!
Pretty crazy! I'm lovin soccer though!
OK here's my spiritual
part I had this week. We watched a talk given to the Provo MTC back on January
15th 2013. It was by Elder Holland and it was one of the best talks ever!! He
was talkin about how we have to convert ourselves before we can convert others
and that we need to be obedient! When he said ‘this isn’t our first rodeo’ it
got me super pumped!! (I'm gonna be in a rodeo with E. Curtis when I get back!
Hee ha!) He was like loud at the pulpit! You guys should look it up and watch it
cause I really liked it! We also got to watch the Joseph Smith movie on Sunday!
I don’t think I've ever felt the spirit so strong during a movie. I've seen it a
ton before but it was so different watching it in the MTC! It's cool to watch a
video related to things we are teachin about. I don’t wanna sound weird but I
loved when the bagpipes where being played at the end of the movie. I felt the
spirit so strong and I felt/knew that Steve was there helping me along the way.
It was a pretty neat experience to watch that movie in the MTC.
OK just for
some random stuff. The cooks have gotten worse at cookin and the food has been
up and down for the last few days. We bought food at the store one day and they
got super mad at us but it's all good. We have new Italians here in the MTC that
are going to Rome and Milan. They're pretty funny! There is one huge guy that is
6’7’’ and probably weighs 330 lbs. He is massive. He makes Elder Curtis look
like a little boy!
Oh yea I almost forgot so say that I when I was
proselytizing in the streets this week with E. Ellsworth. He is a pretty cool
guy and a way hard worker! We placed 5 Book
of Mormons and got 3 referrals! It was way fun and I felt like I was able to
speak a lot of my little Spanish and I was able to understand a lot of stuff!
It's pretty weird thinkin that I'm gonna be doin that for the next 2 years! But
I love it and its super fun!!
That’s about all for today! I'll be able to
email you guys on Monday though! We leave on Tuesday! Haha! Love you guys and
thanks again for all the emails and all the letters and the package! You guys
are the best! Talk to you in 4 days!!
Love Elder McDermott
Oh and
I listened to the whole temple session in Spanish today! it was pretty crazy but
I actually understood a ton of it! I love it! I love ya!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
This week's pictures!
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| Blue Sky Day |
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| Chillin' on top of Madrid with my super sick skinny tie! |
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| Elder Russell and his onesie PJs! |
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| Just postin' up with E. Curtis |
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| Looks like I might be able to ski next P-day! |
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| Me and my teacher Hermano Tyndale |
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| My District |
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| One more of me! |
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| With E. Bassett |
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| The MTC President and his wife |
What's up Everyone!?
What up everyone!?
How's it goin back in Utah! To respond to the last
letter, tell Wayne and Katie and all the Cedarholms that I'm sorry and sendin
prayers their way. Sounds like the weather in Utah is typical. Snowin one min
and the super nice the next. It sounds nice enough if Graci is going around
picking "dandy flyings". haha! that's sick that Brock is takin a robotics class
and percussions! The pizza was so good last p day! I think I legit ate 2 whole
medium pizzas! So nice gettin a little taste of home! The food isn't bad here
but it's not the best. Pretty much everything is fried or cooked in oil. I've
had some pretty crazy stuff though! This week I had steak which was amazing, had
some fried squid tentacles which was freakin gross but I also had some
swordfish. Not gonna lie it was probably the best fish I've ever had. Ate the
whole thing. It's weird I'm startin to like fish and ranch dressing more. I've
been givin my district some of my chocolate and candy though so I don't feel
sick and get fat. haha. I'm wakin up early most mornings though to work out so it's all good. The MTC president reminds me of grandpa McDermott.
Easy going and a spiritual guy. I sat by him in the temple once and he even
patted my leg as grandpa would! I went proselytizing in the park this week with
Elder Smith. I went with him the first week in a 3- some so I knew him pretty
well. He's a pretty chill dude and he's goin to Barcelona too! We placed two
BOM's which was cool. We talked to this old guy for a legit 20 minutes. He
was so funny but me and Smith only understood like 90 percent of the
conversation. He had us sit by him and he would say stuff and look at us. We
would sit there and look stupid cause we didn't know what he was sayin. Then he
would laugh and bum me on the shoulder. It made me realize how bad I am at
Spanish but it's all good. I do alright teaching the fake investigators here in
the MTC. The lessons are completely in Spanish and I can pretty much understand
everything they say. But they speak clear, slow, and simple. Teachin is hard but
it's so fun to teach the gospel and be lead by the spirit in what to say. This
Sundays Sacrament meeting was pretty sketchy. I was called in Sacrament meeting
to give a 5 minute talk on faith. I had prepared before cause they don't tell
you who is gonna speak but I didn't think it was gonna be me. Well guess what,
it was. My talk was pretty choppy and my pronunciation sucked but it was 5
minutes. I did copy like half of it out of preach my gospel. haha. It wasn't the
best Spanish talk that day but it was the longest! ha! I need to work on my
pronunciation for sure though. All 'n all it wasn't that bad though. Calli that
is sweet that your soccer is startin up! Every day for P.E. I play soccer. Well
it's actually 'futbol' but it's way fun! Except when retards kick your shins. It
freakin hurts! I'm not that good but it's fun and I have scored a few goals!
Thanks for those letters and pictures!! Please send more I loved it! So fun to
see those pics! Brock that was a sweet Duramax you drew man!! And thank you
girls for the pics I have them hangin up in my room! Can you sent me one of
Sherly please!! I'm missin her like crazy right now. ( Mom's insert: Sherly is
his mountain bike!) I don't have really any super funny stories or at least ones
I can remember but I will tell you a fun studying session we had! We had a coin
and we played bloody knuckles with it but with a twist. We would do the regular
spinning the coin thing and whoever knocked it over or couldn't keep it going,
lost. Someone would show that person a Spanish word on a flash card and we would
have to say the word meant. If you couldn't say it in like 7-8 seconds than you
would get a coin flyin right into your knuckles! haha! I got cut a few time and
was bleedin but I'm fine now that the scabs are gone. haha. Another fun thing we
did in our spare time is playin a flickin game. What you do is get a deck of
cards (we made some) and shuffle them up. During this game you must be
completely quiet. You lay down two cards. Whosever turn it is can either knock
to take the hand, or pass. If you take the hand, the dealer lays down the next
card. If it's between the two numbers on the first cards you get to flip
everyone in the forehead as hard as you can. If the card is outside of the
numbers everyone gets to flick you as hard as they can. And if you laugh or make
a sound you get flipped in the head by the people next to you. haha. I'm good at
the not laughin part but let's just say that my forehead was a bit sore in the
morning. haha. HAPPY BRITHDAY TO LILY!!! I hope you have a good birthday
tomorrow! I wish I could be there! you got to write and tell me what you get. To
answer some questions. I leave for Barcelona in a week from Tuesday. I can't
believe it but it's almost here! It's gonna be way different in the field! Don't
worry about me here I'm doin fine. My little spiritual bit will be that the
spirit is really helpin me out here. You know how I used to get super stressed?
Mom knows really well all those drives down to Provo to look at stupid clothes.
haha. I haven't been really stressed out here! Living with a few guys for 24/7
can be rough but I have been able to keep my cool and I believe it's because the
Holy Ghost has helped me tons not to get stressed! So don't ya worry and just
keep on havin fun in Utah!
Love you guys, Love Elder McDermott
Thursday, April 11, 2013
More Pictures!
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| The crew today |
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| Going to Retiro Park |
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| Getting ready to sing |
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| El Templo |
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| Just some street |
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| Stolen chair in our room |
Que tal?!
Whats up
guys! Hows everything at home? Things are goin pretty good here. Not gonna lie
when I watched that first session of conference live I got way home sick.
Seeing temple square and the wasatch front was hard. Plus after one of the
sessions they were showin temples and I saw the Draper temple and corner canyon
and I was like- that’s where I shred! Plus Sunday morning session (which was
Sunday night for me) I knew you guys where at the cabin or somethin eatin an
amazing breakfast and watchin conference. Kinda depressing and made me home
sick but I'm over it now. Not gonna lie I got more out of that one general
conference session that I have in my entire life. I know that makes me sound
bad but I did. Brock you better look out man they were talkin a lot about
deacons in conference. We also had a way good/spiritual testimony meeting after
conference which was good. We are also watching the Sunday session tonight.
Conference was way good and it was nice to take a break for a bit! I went
proselytizing in the street on Saturday. I was with a temporary companion elder
Fredrick. He's a hard worker no doubt! We talked to a ton of people and placed
2 Book
of Mormons and we got one referral. The Spain MTC is super chill. We can
even go out and go shopping and stuff! It's super sick! I got some ties for
only 2.50 Euros each! We also got a district tie so everyone in my district has
the same tie! There light blue and striped! Even our teacher got one Hermano
Tyndale. Just 8 months off the mish and I can tell he was a good missionary.
Plus he's a way good teacher in spanish and the gospel. He's comin to Utah for
the first time ever this fall to go to BYU! Maybe you guys should have him over
for dinner and he can tell ya all about spain and stuff! I love waking up a
little early here and getting a nice swell on (workin out) It's nice. I'm doin
more pushups and pull-ups than ever haha. I've been playin tons of soccer here
too. I've scored like 2 goals so far. Kinda got lucky! Soccer's actually
pretty fun though. Mom that snowball picture was from one day when it was
hailing like crazy and we went outside and made a snowball pretty sick uh! I'm
doin fine here- its hard but not too bad. I think the first few weeks in the
field are gonna be the hardest. I'll tell you the funny story of the week real
fast. K so there's this kid in our room (not in our district though) that prays
for like legit around 30 minutes every night. Me and the crew- Jacobesn,
Bassett, and Curtis (we run the MTC haha) decided that it would be funny to glue
his closet door shut. So when he goes and gets his onesie pj's out he couldn’t.
This kid is a saint he is super good and has never had like a coke or even a
cell phone but we love him. Haha it was like 11 at night and all the lights are
off and we glued it while he's prayin and when he gets up he tries to open the
door a few time. He is so shocked he doesn’t really know what to do. So he
just pops down on his knees again and prays for like 5 more minutes. Haha. He
gets up and still can't open the door. So he just has to sleep in his other
pjs. (he brought 2 pairs kinda weird but he did) in the morning he woke up and
couldn’t get his suit and he was way puzzled lookin at the hinges and stuff.
Elder Curtis is like' that’s wired' and starts to pop it open. He told him that
someone probably came in at 11 when the doors unlock and glued it and he
believed it haha. But legit that morning he was just sitting on his bed like
'that is the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me'. Puzzled out of his
mind! Haha its all good now though. He's fine. It was pretty funny though.
Hey there is a blog of a senor missionary couple here that are part of the MTC
presidency and they have a blog with pictures if you wanna check it out its
http://thesullivansinspain.blogspot.com/ Enjoy!
Don’t be sorry for long letters!!!!! I wanna hear everything at home and I have
plenty of time to print stuff off and read it so no worries! Tell everyone to
write me if they wanna! I love hearin from
people. Love you guys and don’t worry about me here I'm doin fine!! Love you
guys and miss ya!
Yo se que
mi familia tienen mucho amor por mi! Y yo se que la inglesia de Jesu Cristo de
los santos de los últimos días es verdadero!
Love Elder
McDermott or they say over her "Mac -Dairmit
Friday, April 5, 2013
Pictures from Spain!
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| Calling home between flights |
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| Dinner! |
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| Just looking sick! |
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| Me and Elder Jacobsen |
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| My new favorite Subway! |
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| P-day |
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| Sunrise in Spain |
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| Spain! |
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| We're here! |
Answers to Questions
Hey I got that letter you sent me on Monday the 1st so it
took a week.
Tell people to be careful if they wanna send stuff cause
it can be pricey sometimes to get things out of the customs.
Here are the answers to the questions you asked:
Breakfast kinda sucks- usually I
just have a toasted peanut butter sandwich and some little pastry things in a
bag.
Yea on P days and Sundays.
Tell the girls thanks for the sweet notes and stuff! Love
you all!
Love Elder McDermott
Hola Everyone!
Hola everyone!
How's it going? I wanna know what's goin on at home so tell
me!! I'll tell ya what I've been doin here. Sorry if it's kinda choppy and
unorganized. I have a little note book and I write stuff down and I'm just gonna
spit it up on here. The time here is freakin weird. It seems like I've been here
forever but at the same time it goes by way fast! I forgot to tell you last week
but this MTC is so sick cause on Saturdays we get to go out and proselyte in the
park or on the streets. It's scary and hard but fun! I've been out twice and
placed a couple Book of Mormons! And some pass along cards and such! I went with
a guy named Elder Basset last week and he is freakin sick! He's in my district.
On P days we get to go out on the town! Last P day we went to an old Egyptian
temple and walked around! Went to McDonalds too! That tasted soo good! haha!
Also took a nap last P day which was nice. I'm glad I'm at the Spain MTC cause
we can go out and do stuff! You gotta tell Jason Anderson that his friend at
work- Kevin Curtis´s son- is in my district. He is a homie! Funny stuff happens
here at the MTC every day. Like Elder Curtis´ hair cuttin clippers almost
catchin on fire and stuff. haha. And like accidentally takin a 2 hr nap instead
of 1 when we had class. Thanks for that super sick flashlight mom! This sounds
pretty lame but its way bright and nice and I love it! I don't know if you guys
know but Spain had a time change on Sunday and we are now 8 hrs ahead so just a
heads up! Davis! That's amazing you gotta 4.58 on the mile! Way to go man! Keep
it up! This last Sunday I taught a lesson to my district and used my mish talk
cause it was Easter and about the Atonement. Everyone loved my story! Easter was
nice but fasting kinda sucked! We had a way good Easter devotional about Christ
which was way good! The MTC is crazy though. I feel like I'm getting better at
spainish but at the same time my spanish freakin blows. There is so much stuff
to study
and do it's crazy! I legit don't have time to do it all! Tell the Bakers thanks
for the card and grandma thanks for the nice letter she wrote me! And tell Kathy
and Katie thank you so much for the packages! I got two packages in a row! With
cookies and candy! Tell them thank you soo much! I did have to pay 5 Euros to
get one out of customs but it was worth it! Please tell them thank you!!!! We
bought hot dogs and cooked them one time for dinner which was so good! The food
is good and gross at the same time. I had shark this last week! It's such a
surprise going up to the cafeteria cause you never know what you're gonna get.
My comp is awesome! He went to Skyline High and gradated in ´10. He loves
football and rugby. His spanish is the same as mine! Oh and P days I also go to
the temple. I'm going in like t- 20. Love you guys!!
Me encanta mi familia y
amigos. Yo se que el libro de mormon es verdadero y la inglesia es verdadero.
Love elder McDermott!
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