More Pictures!

The crew today

Going to Retiro Park

Getting ready to sing

El Templo



Just some street

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

With E. Curtis

I can't get these turned right!

Pictures from Spain!

Calling home between flights

Dinner!

Just looking sick!

Me and Elder Jacobsen

My new favorite Subway!

P-day

Sunrise in Spain

Spain!

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:

 

What is the food they serve for Breakfast and is there anything you like?

      Breakfast kinda sucks- usually I just have a toasted peanut butter sandwich and some little pastry things in a bag.

 

Are any other missionaries in your district from around here?

 

     Pretty much everyone is from Utah.  Elder Berry and Miles are from Alta, but a ton from the Salt Lake valley.

 

Are there any sister missionaries in your district or branch?  

 

     Two sisters- Noakes and Wirthlin.

 

Do you have a branch president and what is he like?

 

     Nope

 

Did you get Kathy's package yet and what was in it? 

 

      Yes! and cookies! Plus Katie Cederholme sent me a package too with tons of candy!  I hope I don't get fat! haha! I've been sharin with the district though.

 

 What is a typical day like- what is your schedule? 

 

      Tons of class and study.  PE for like an hour to play soccer or something. Teachin investigators- not legit ones but the teachesr.  They speak all spanish though so i'ts pretty tough.  honestly i'ts soo hard to stay awake in class.  I feel tired from sittin at the time!

 

Do you have devotionals or firesides in the evenings or class?

     Yea on P days and Sundays. 

 

Tell us your most spiritual experience from this past week!

 

      Probably the Easter fireside. Me teachin thatEaster lesson or a little district testimony meetin- they were all good!  I felt the spirit way strong in all for ém!  Plus going to the temple every P day is awesome too!

 

Got some pics! Not all of em but some.  I sent some in my letter too so you'll see them in a bit!

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!