Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Short email...sorry
To: Tyrel Hansen <tyreljh@gmail.com>
Very bad at emailing? Not quite. Missing a few weeks does not qualify for very bad. It qualifies for a whoops. Missing for two months would be bad, then four months would be very bad. Those are my quality standards. It does indeed sound like a lot has happened over there. Almost as much as has happened to me. Lucky you got him like that. Although I did get to hear him three times in the MTC. One of the times was quite close, also. Six rows, I'd say. General conference was good. I need one of the conference issues in English and Spanish so that I can read them again. I just watched one of President Monson's talks with an investigator. He's going to listen to some more of them. I think if I was to make something, it would be the recipe for the cinnamon twists that Sis. Halls makes. They're easier than the cinnamon rolls, but still taste good. It takes a while to make cinnamon rolls, and I'm somewhat limited out here. I also very much liked Pres. Eyring's talk. Reminded me of something Bro. Merkley from Mesa said when he was my Sunday school teacher. And something I was thinking of a few weeks ago. But I want to reread it to know better. I have yet to go to one of these leadership meetings. I think they'd be exciting. The dinner group idea is nice. Seems a wonderful way to get to know people and cook better. And if you were wondering, the best meal at the MTC was the pitas. They were fairly healthy, but the sauce stuff, dressing, was wonderful, and it just worked out without being super greasy or providing you with a plentitude of gas. And they tasted good. I missed that part. The food so far here has been pretty good. Interesting, sometimes, but good. Haven't had anything gross like menudo though. My comp has though so it's possible. Haven't had any real Southern food yet either. We'll see. Life progresses. Get married sometime. Pass that fancy test you've been practicing for. You're wonderful. Thank you for the Beauty and the Beast song, again. It was necessary. I was deciding whether or not I should rearrange the paragraph here to make it easier to read but decided against it. Sorry. Time is of the essence.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Tyrel Hansen <tyreljh@gmail.com> wrote:
I have been very bad at emailing you. I'm sorry, I will be better from now on. A lot has happened since last time I guess. We had Elder Holland come speak to my ward in an FHE. My bishop is friends with him so he came and spoke to just my ward. It was really neat getting to know him on more of a personal level. He talked about what his life was like growing up and what he felt were the important things in life. He spoke a lot about the Restoration of the gospel and what it means to us. It was really good.
There was also general conference which was fantastic. I watched it with a bunch of friends, at BU that Saturday and MIT on Sunday. I also made homemade cinnamon rolls for everyone because I told everyone that's what mom did on conference Sundays to get us out of bed in the morning. I think that is true. Anyways, I really loved Elder Eyrings talk on dedicating ourselves to the Lord and praying for mountains. Interesting thought, but I think that's what we need in order to become the church of saints that we are supposed to become. Things will only get harder from here.
Life has been good to me. Saturday was stake conference which was quite nice. I took a practice test for the CFA that morning and did fairly well. Then I went to the leadership meeting. It was my favorite meeting of all of the conference. I learned about the power of delegation and the ability to pass a vision of their calling onto those we delegate to. It was really good and something I hope to apply in my calling. Then Saturday night I went to a friend's house, there were a few of us there and we all had a dance party, built a fort, and watched a movie. It was a lot of fun and all of the people there will be here this summer. I think we're going to start a dinner group to get to know people better, but that won't start until June when school ends.
Last night was perfect. My hometeachees invited us over for dinner, a homemade pita dinner, and then we just chatted. It was really just a great night because it felt like home. I think it's something that you'll learn more about and come to appreciate more as you live out of the house and especially go away to college, but the feeling of being home is so comforting. There's nothing like it in the world, the sense of peace you get. I want to marry a girl that can make my house feel like that, because I sure can't.
That's all, I'm at work so I gotta peace. Life is good Nick, life is good.
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