Week 1

Hello! So we didn't get a P-day last Thursday because it was still an intro day. So right after getting dropped off at the MTC I get sent to my class and the teacher just starts greeting me and talking in Malagasy which was kinda crazy and caught me off guard. But that night we learned some greetings and all those simple things. So my district has 7 Elders in it which include Elder Ahlstrom, Elder Andersen, Elder Obiama, Elder Garcia, Elder Yeagley, Elder Wootan and me. So after getting there we had to watch this video on gym stuff and I knew Elder Wootan was going to the same mission and same day as me, but I wasn't sure if he would be in my district or not because I had no idea how many missionaries were going to Madagascar at the time. But he walked in during later which was kinda exciting to see a familiar face. Anyway my companion was supposed to be Elder Tavo but no Elder Tavo showed up. Apparently he is international and they aren't really sure why he didn't show and they haven't heard from them so I got assigned to be a trio companionship with Elder Yeagley and Elder Andersen, they were going to put me with Elder Wootan and Elder Ahlstrom but I share a room with E Yeagley and E Andersen so they switched it. Anyways its nice only having 3 people in our room. Elder Andersen is from Caldwell/Middleton ID and E Yeagley is from like Ephraim Utah or something like that. Elder Ahlstrom went to BYU as well as obviously Elder Wootan and I. 

Anyway the cafeteria at the MTC is almost a clone of the Cannon Center but I would say the food seems to be very slightly better. The trays, cups, drink machines and everything are the same-they have some different meals from the cannon, but they were serving the Cannon staple Chicken Cordon Bleau one night. At gym time on Friday we went out to play beach volleyball but the sand was burning hot so we played frisbee instead. Otherwise the other gym times Ive gone and played basketball in the gym. Ah but the amazing thing too was Friday night they had Papa Johns pizza! It was sweet. We also started teaching an investigator on Friday in Malagasy named 'Solofu or Solofo' and our teachers Brother Sell and Brother Bingham said he was a Catholic Madagascarian visiting Provo at the time. Of course most of us were suspicious and assumed he was a returned missionary friend they were having help out or somethin. So yeah we do a LOT of class and studying- most days we have about 11 hours of class/study. So it was nice on Sunday when we got to do our temple walk as a zone and I got some cool pictures. Both of the devotionals have been pretty sweet. Sunday at dinner I ran into Elder Webster in the cafeteria so I brought him over to where our district was sitting and Elder Wootan and I talked with him a bit and got a picture which was pretty cool. He left for Houston Tuesday morning. 

Tuesday morning we had service which was somewhat of a mystery but we then found out its just cleaning buildings  around campus. Then after we had gym but they had the people at the gym go help move mattresses and bed stuffs into a new residence hall they are building. Tuesday at dinner our district was eating and Elder Wootan and I were laughing about funny things, and then he said something right after I was drinking some apple juice and I totally lost it right there and just threw up all over my tray but then I also started choking on some of my "upcoming food" and I was turning all red and kinda almost passed out I think. One of My companions ran to the front desk and they got someone and whatnot. Luckily I didn't get any on my suit or shoes or clothes or anyone else... but there were two girls in my zone sitting on one side of me, so I felt pretty bad about that. Anyway they sent me to the bathroom and there I threw up the rest of my dinner. Then I felt a bit better and the doctor said I could go. So I went on to class and the devotional. But the whole thing was pretty embarrassing. Plus I ate at the cannon for a whole year and the food never made me throw up there.... haha... So yeah Wednesday I saw Elder Clark also from my BYU ward, as he arrived that day, and yesterday Elder Alhstrom told Elder Yeagley, Elder Andersen, Elder Wootan and me a story about how he knew someone in a class at BYU who said they knew someone who worked at the MTC teaching Malagasy and showed him a pic and guess who! Yeah "Solofo", his real name was Travis. We got back to class and coincidentally he revealed himself as Brother Alduis, one of our teachers. We went to the temple this morning on our first pday which was cool.

Elder Miller