Last e-mail from the MTC! Next week I will be writing from Bangkok Thailand! I am so excited to get there! I already love the people and can't wait to serve them. The MTC has been a great experience, but we've all just been so excited to get to Thailand.
There's a Cafe Rio in the LA airport so hopefully we'll get some of that while we're there!
Mom, the rolls were spectacular. Kapkuhn mag kap! They were gone in a matter of moments, so that shows how great they were. Everyone in our zone knows to come to our room in they ever need food, so we always have people walking in which has been so fun.
We start packing today. We will have time Saturday night to pack too. It won't be too hard I just have to put my shirts and pants in a bag and I'll be set!
I saw Joe a few nights before he left! He came up to my floor and we got a picture and just talked for a while. It was so great to see him and hear how he's doing. He sounds so excited to get out there . He's going to be an awesome missionary. I see Elder Dixon a lot! We have our meals at the same time so we talk a lot. He sounds like he's doing good! The first week is always hard, but I' m sure he's loving it! He's such a stud!
Highlight of the week was hearing about the Thai culture from our teacher Brother Sugihara. He's so awesome and you can tell he really loved his mission. He's been giving lots of great advice on how to work hard and what fun things we can do. The Thai culture sounds so awesome and I can't wait to experience it firsthand. He came to the temple with us today too! We ate breakfast in the temple cafeteria which was so good.
A funny thing from this week was Elder Clayton came and spoke to us (the one from stake conference) and he used all the same jokes and stuff from our stake conference back in May. He got up and said we needed to sing louder (While we were about to sing "How Gentle God's commands) and he told the story of the "Come Come Ye Saints." Funny even the second time!
The thing that has made me most happy this week was teaching a member in Thailand via skype. He was in the stake presidency and he seemed so happy and loved talking to us. I understood pretty much everything he said so that was good too! I'm feeling a lot better about the language and can't wait to speak it more. We learned that we need to make 30,000 mistakes before we can be fluent, it just depends on whether we're willing to make the mistakes or not, so this week my motto has been "make mistakes" (in the language of course)!
This stood out to me this week in my reading in Alma 37:6-7, It says:
6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.
I feel like a small and simple thing but I know if I give my all to the Lord He can take my small and simple things and bring great things to pass. Other spiritual things are I've memorized the first vision in Thai! It took the whole 8 weeks but we all got it down. I love learning about Joseph Smith and all he did. Elder Nielson and I got released as Sacrament coordinators. It was great to serve and help prepare the most important part of the week.
Alma 31 is awesome cause it's like the Avengers assembling. Alma gathers the sons of Mosiah, Zeezrom, Amulek, and his sons to go on a mission with him. It reminded me of the lessons we would do with the Star Wars guys for FHE.
I'm really doing awesome. I could not be more excited to get to Thailand and serve.
Elder Nielson has been pretty sick this week so we stayed home from a few classes and that gave me some awesome study time. I've read a bunch of Jesus The Christ which is so good and I'm to 1 Nephi 3 (almost 4) in my Thai Book of Mormon reading. I'm feeling a ton better about the language which has bee a huge blessing. I've also been praying for focus in my study and classes and I can feel extra focus in class and in personal study and I know that's from the Lord.
Honestly, I do feel some inadequacy. The experiences that people share from their missions sound so awesome and they all shared that they needed to have a strong testimony to do the things they did. I'm hopeful that my testimony will be strong enough to do all the things I need to do. I'm letting the belief and desire to believe swell within me. I'm excited to become the missionary the Lord wants me to be. I just want so much to be able to give the gospel to the Thai people. I get a lot of little spiritual boosts, so I know God is watching out for me. I've felt the Savior's love, usually in small, simple ways, but that's how He works. I loved the quote from dad about courage. It has helped me a lot.
I'm super excited to get to Thailand! When should I call home? From SLC or from LA? I don't know how much time international affairs and stuff will take but we'll see!
I love you all and can't wait to talk to you on Monday! I hope everyone is doing well. I'm praying for you!
Love you all!
-Elder Borg
Travel plans!
With Brother Siguhara (front row, with no name tag), beloved teacher of District 7E, at their last early morning temple session
With Elder Parker Dixon, Delta V buddy, going to the California Santa Rosa (Spanish speaking) Mission. Love the matching ties!
With Elder Joe Willes, another Delta V buddy, going to the California Rancho Cuccamonga Mission
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