There are 22 of us in our group and we are from Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Idaho, New Zealand (Elder Wikiara who is amazing), Reunion Island, The Netherlands and England!!! (Elder Carr from Leeds who is Luke Carr's cousin) and that's about it!
I am enjoying the MTC, I love it a lot, the Elders here are all really nice and we all get along well. This is despite any cultural differences with us being from so many different countries. The Africans are very quietly spoken but they are all amazing people and I love them. My companion is an Elder Kagimba who is from Uganda, he is 21 and has been a member for 5 years. He's an amazing guy. I taught him to tie a tie so we are learning a lot from each other. He is funny even without meaning to be.
The MTC experience is hectic so there is a lot to learn and we are busy all the time. The things I've been doing are really good! There is so much to do and I have been so very very busy! The food here at the MTC is so good although still not like home. Just visited the shop earlier this day to restock on chocolates and everything, something that really really surprised me was how cheap everything is here! It's like insanely cheap.
I found Kieran on one of the pictures in the files of the previous MTC groups, and I will send a picture of it as soon as I get into the field. I have a lot of pictures still to upload.
We got to watch "The District" and "Meet the Mormons", and it was amazing, plus the SA MTC is on Meet the Mormons! Go watch it here!
The lessons have been going well and
Today was the first time it has rained, it lasted all of about 10 minutes but it was kinda heavy, but not like crazy, apparently they are having a drought here. All the Americans were like woooaaahhhhh rain this is crazy!
Yesterday when we were watching the Provo MTC devotional there was a massive thunderstorm going on outside, no rain but lots of lighting which was super cool, and then at the end we had a 10 second power cut. We have had 5 power cuts in the last week so it is just part of life, they're interesting.
Also ask Joe Kinghorn if he knew a Brother Moshani while he was in Ghana because he's one of my teachers!
There is also an Elder Darley here from Idaho and he is amazing, I will miss him when we go to separate missions but hopefully might get the chance to see him after.
Also, one of the teachers here at the MTC has a younger sister that is going to the Leeds mission (covering the North East as well)! Such a small world, so look out for a Sister Van Zyl.
We also got the opportunity to go to the temple in Johannesburg which was amazing! I loved going and it was awesome! My testimony of the atonement has grown, it is real.
I am looking forward to going out into the mission field, and excited to get started. I love it here and it has been going amazing.
Thanks so much for the letters I had with me, it was really really lovely to read and It filled me with happiness, and I can't wait to get started, I have really felt the spirit here, and I love it so much.
All the love from South Africa
Elder Jorgensen!
