"Ensimmainen Viikko" -- The First Week

"Hei" (Hello) from Zanhin Christensen:

Well, it wasn't the email we were expecting...no details or answers to questions. But we do have an email address now. Here is the email message we received: "Hello, its trev emailing for the first time at the mtc. its my p day and so far I am doing well in the mtc. the food is ok, although of course it is sort of making me sick. I am going to schedule my emails at 1:30 for now so you can anticipate." (Mom's reaction was: What! That is all I get?)

We also received a letter today (or yesterday...we have a hard time remembering to get the mail). We will check the mail on Tuesday so we can email our responses before Wednesday. His letter was a little more enlightening.

"I have been having a good time with my companions. We were more energetic by the 3rd day in the MTC. I enjoy being with them most of the time. One of my companions is Elder Peterson from Chicago. The other one is Elder Sharp from Bountiful, UT. The food is bad and it upsets my stomach. I brought drugs with me, so I'll be fine. Tell me about Dad and Jason's high adventure trip to the Tetons when they get back. I want some happy news.

I am verrrry busy. I am working hard to learn the language, but it is very difficult. I just found out why Finnish is so hard to learn. It has 14 cases. I learned some new words in Finnish like 'commandments' is "Kasky" and 'God' is "ymela". Only they don't sound anything like how you spell them. The 'Y' makes a "u" sound. Tell Arica "thanks" for the advice. I have had some pretty cool stuff happen already. The meetings here are so good to help me get started on what we need to be focused on for our mission. It has been challenging. On the first day, the Finnish teacher just started talking in Finnish!

Thanks for the short sleeve shirts. I'm sure they will come in handy. I've already gone through 3 shirts. The suits are holding up fine. Tell Jordan I'd like to thank him for calling me before I entered the MTC. It's nice to know your family is thinking about you. I would appreciate another letter from everyone. Bye, Elder Christensen"

You can go to www.DearElder.com and send a free letter to the MTC for Trevor. He said the letters through them were great. You will need his MTC information so just refer to this blog for it.

"jhk asti lahinna viikko"

Until next week.....