Hey mom love you lots and miss you but I am glad to be where I am at. The MTC is awesome and I am learning alot even though it is really hard work and you really have to push yourself. The year at U of A really did help me, because I know how to study which is really useful. So ya this week has been really cool. Tons has happened. So on Sunday our whole district has to prepare a talk on a subject and the branch president calls two people from the zone to give their talks. So this last sunday two of the guys in our district got really sick so they couldn't go to church, so we hurried and brought them lunch before we went to Sacrament meeting, we were in such a rush that I forgot my notebook which had my talk in it. You don't know who is going to be talking in church until the president gets up right there in the meeting and announces it. Well sure enough he called my name. I was freaking out, I had no idea what to do. So I asked the guy next to me to let me use his talk but he didn't even right one. So i had to use my companions talk. The talk is suppose to be 5 minutes long and his was at max 2 and half minutes. Then i had to cross out the whole middle of his talk because it was a personal story about his dad being a non member. Crazy!!! So I went up and gave the talk, needless to say it was horrible but I learned so much from that talk, I truly believe that Heavenly Father teaches us way more through our failures than our successes, so ya that was an awesome learning experience. Dont bring guys lunch when they are sick jk. So ya my branch president probably hates me now, but whatever. Yesterday was also the most amazing spirtual experience ever!!!!!!! Elder Holland came and talked to us yesterday. He is such an awesome speaker, I learned so much and it got me so pumped up. It was just about you can't settle for being a good missionary, you need to be great. You have to be perfect all the time to have the spirit all the time. He also said that you should give the performance of a lifetime everytime you teach a lesson and don't settle for giving an ok lesson, or fall into a routine. He also said that a mission has to be hard because if we want to be disciples of Christ we have to go through some of the pain that Christ went through. The Atonement wasn't easy so why would our mission be easy. Salvation is not a cheap experience, it is hard but it is so worth it. So ya it was definetly a spirtual high. I am a little scared because next week we have to start teaching in spanish which is going to be crazy. I know that the Lord will help though and it will be ok. So ya that Eileen thing is kinda crazy and I have no idea how the heck that happened that is seriously one of those freakiest things I have ever heard, so ya I am sorry for her, you, her kids, and the whole family. So much for your family being blessed when you go on a mission haha jk. I probably shouldn't joke about that. So ya sorry again. I will be praying for you all. Well ya I love you lots and am doing really well. Thanks for helping me prepare because all that preparation is really starting to pay off. I love you lots and enjoy your letters so thanks again for all your love and support. Also you are the only one i can email so let every one know that but you can forward my emails to anyone you want just so you know.
Love
Elder Brimhall
