Letter #10-Last Letter in the MTC

Hi yall!!!

K this has to be fast. Thank you mom for the CINAMON ROLLS!!! Thanks Jessica for the COOKIES!! Thanks Natalie and Rhett for the PULL UP BAR!!!! and doughnuts!!!! I love you all and it sounds like things are happenin down south!! yo yo. I hope work and chilling is good!! earlier this week I had one of the Elders that are from Finland ask me, so How many cases are in Finnish? I thought it was funny, because after he walked away he just called back "I dont know how much there are, I just speak it!" oh the ease of the native, lucky. So my companion had to visit a dentist, it was pretty sad and I went with him. He has to get a root canal. but the drive out of the MTC was fun!, I saw kneaders and University, and Lavel Edwards and Sherelys! I though all yall and I love ya. Thank you for the Belt too mom and All that you do!!! Thank you and Jessica for the I pod. Im sorry that this is so unorganized and not very good, but today has been really busy and I love you, but I dont have time for much.

So much is happening and I dont have time to write back. I love you all and that sounds great!! Im REALLY really happy lifes good!!! i love you. yo.

Letter #9

Sup Family!!!

yo yo yo it sounds like yall are having a Great time!!! sorry I dont have much time, but Thank you so much Natalie and Rhett and Meghan and especially momma!!!! I love yall tosi tosi tosi paljon!!!! so tama viiko oli tosi hyva, this week was really good, i learned more or the language and it is coming along. a little. but its okay, this week two things are going down, 1) Im not allowed to speak english, its kinda fun, I dont like english very much anymore but its not like im any good at Finnish, but...... its still fun. good challenge yo!!!:) and also, kind of a bumber, we got kicked out of our residence room, they need the beds for something but they moved us down stairs, it stinks because now we are not with the estonian missionaries, they were Awesome!! the really built guy in the pictures, is Elder Usevitch going to Estonia, He is hilarious and fun to work out with in the mornings. yo yo. I learned alot of things this week, it happens ocasionally, yo. but what i though was cool, is that I represent Jesus Christ and His Church, and that I have the same purpose of Apostles, but something cool that I came up with is, all who were baptized, and take the name of Christ, we all represent Him, you dont need a badge for that, I thought that was cool. I saw two people this week, Bro Mendenhall and Natalie Hickey!!! it was crazy to see them, way fun, I also saw bro Phair a few weeks ago, that was cool. But..... lifes good, just serving working and lovin. Please feast on the BOM, we had some amazing talks about it from some cool 70s. I hope you enjoy the pictures, the tongon elders were just freakin sweet elders, good friends. the pictures also had, my district and the older fins, and ya, yo. I love you all and i have to go. sorry.

Rakauksen kanssa, Vanhin Waite

Meghan- THank YOU So much for your package!! its lagit and I love It!!! thank you for taking the time!! Your awesome and I hope life is good.

Picture Time!!!

Letter #8

Dear Family,
 This weeks been pretty good, I dont have much time but im sending pics, or trying to. The language is going....... well its not really going anywhere but in three weeks i will be. i will be going to FINLAND!!! the land of the FREE!!! okay I will be leavin that but.... I'm down with that. In a workshop this week we learned about embracing a cultures good and in harminy with the gospel stuff and how to kindly the not so with the Gospel stuff. It's cool. and they told us to totally leave behind American culture. I was like, Okay!! "Expelliarmus!" jk. But it was still magical. yo yo. My companionship and I were made zone leaders this week, and I was made district leader, and I think I forgot to mention I've been senior companion this whole time. so I feel like I need something to do. Jk. I love serving others and I think studying the Gospel is ADDICTING. Sorry mom, I still havent been to choir for a long time, but I will from now on. I promise. So my favorite language study thing to do is to read the Mormonin Kirja in finnish. (Book of Mormon) it works with pronounceing and kind of fluentcy. i love the language but.... it doesnt love me. The devotionals are awesome and im not really excited to leave the MTC because then it would mean my mission is 1/10 over. other than that, I WANT TO GO TO FINLAND!!! but the MTC is great. It has its little iffs and ehhs. but its chill. Thank you for the support and the love. I pray for you all and I love you!!! I hope things are going good and join me next week on the adventures of VANHIN WAITE!! peace.
Vanhin Waite

Mom- I love you, thank you for your card! I love you and give a love and a kick to Parker! just kiding. i love you mom.

Jessica- THank you for the cookies, They are GREAT!! i love them! they are already almost gone! and thank you for the card. tell derek i love him and i love you and i miss ya ya stain. yo yo. somebodys birthday is coming!! yo

Mom- Can you send this email to Jocelyn? Sorry.
I love you

Steve Watson and FAMILY- Tell your family thank you for the package!! I love the note from you all and i love the cookies. thank you!! You girls be good now and NOT BAD! JK, yo. Your always good. yo :) Thanks for writing me and thanks for mowing my moms lawn, it means alot. Thank you. Love ya and peace homie, thank you.

THank you Natalie and Rhett. yo

Letter #7

SUP Family,
So this week has been pretty good. we had TRC on thursday and it was great as usual. the two sweet elderly sisters came, they speak so quietly but its awesome to be with them. they have amazing testimonies and this time we taught how to recieve personal revelation through Chruch attendence. we shared our favorite hyms cuz hyms ya know bring the spirit. :) Sunday is always good, study time, luch, church meetings, study time and MORE study time!! I love IT! i really do, its weird. so on TALL, its this electronic system thing that helps us learn the language, but it has like a TON of words and phrases, i usually study phrases, and i have some personal favorites. there is one i rap to, and its so cool, its "sammeko tulla takaisin jonakin toisena paivana." it means "may we come back some other day" but its SO fun to say fast. tee hee. i say it all the time. i also know some other fun phrases and i singing them/ loudly chant them in the shower, especially the baptismal comitment, and since no one can understand, they think im just jibbering. but its fun to tell them afterwords what i was saying:) keepin it real. oh and the sadest thing ever, we had our first investigator drop us.... it was sad, even though it is just our teacher playing the investigator, it hurt, to feel like someone is understanding ABOUT the gospel, but not seeing why its important was hard. She was totally right because we werent teaching it the best way, we didnt relate it to her and its importance. but i Love my teachers. It is so much fun here. "mostly ups, out number the downs, but only in the MTC." thats off Robin hood yall. okay well, i'm having fun and its awesome! the spirit is so strong here, and i love the devotionals too cause we all sing together some songs and its just lagit. Its very speacial to me to be able to have the Savior as a friend and teacher, i know he has always been there for me, and all of you, but now i feel as if he walks beside me everywhere i go. i love being a missionary and the worst day so far was the day i relized i had been out for a month. i only have less than 23 left. i was very sad. i love you and im grateful for your support. have fun and be safe. Nahedan!!! (see ya later) Moi (goodbye or hello) Terve! (hello or goodbye)..... you choose. :) :) :)

YEAH!-Letter #6

Dear Family,

 

Tis good to be a Missionary. This week was really fun. at our TRC this week we talk to two elderly ladies who lived part of their lives in Finland. They spoke so quietly i felt like i was shouting at her. she was like "ykyfvmeeshshcooooshkaduuush" and than i was like "WHAT?!!" jk jk, i didn't do that. but it felt like it. yo:) Sunday was said because we said good bye to our "papa FInns". the group of Finn Elders and Sis before us. they left on monday mourning for the Big Blue!! Suomi!!! yo Tuo on tosi siisti!! so this week is not our "concecration week", where you only speak in your launguage, but i knda convinced everyone else to basically have every week be concecration week becouse i try and speak only FInnish. its hard. but its kinda coming. I can definately see the lords help with me learning it cause I have learned a lot since the first day. thats about it. i learned how to say 5 words first day, now its up to 8, im makin progress. :) jk

 

So I thought this was super funny and super sad. so the "papa Fins" had a general authority or two at the beginning of the 12 week stay, and up till now there hasnt been 1.  and the day after they left, Elder Neil L. Anderson came and spoke to us. it was Awesome!! it was our first Quorm of the twelve. We've had area 70's before but not a 12, and so it was pretty sweet. Elder Anderson started his talk by saying it was President Monsons birthday!! I didnt know that! so the rest of his talk was about Pres. Monson. it was cool. I also listened to a talk Elder Holland gave on sunday. we have movie nights here, we get our popcorn and blankets and snuggle with eachother as a companionship.... okay we do NOT do that but i love movie time. they are all really cool. Yes Mom, its a spiritual high here 24/7. YO! but he gave a podium burner as usual and my favorite thing of his talk was "your mission should change you like mine changed me. Do not return home the same as you left" it was cool. and Elder Anderson spoke about alot of cool things about Pres Monson and what he has said over the years. My favorite was "Do your duty, that is best. Leave unto God the rest." Elder Anderson gave a lot of really cool stuff and the meeting was very powerful.

 

The MTC is awesome, its way addicting. I haven't been to choir for the last 3 weeks(sorry mom). I've been really enjoying the hours of studying and I haven't really felt like leaveing studying. Idk. i love how hard the MTC is. call me a nut but its awesome. Its humbling to think i was saved for this day to serve the Lord in His "work and His glory." The scriptures are powerful. I love reading them. i challenge everyone who reads this to take time each day to read the Book of Mormon, because i will be here reading it with you. the same words, the same love, read it. you already know this but, now i know it to and if your not reading.... NOw you know :) :) yo. Thanks for reading and careing about this email. I love ya!! Tiedan, etta tama on totta Pyhat Hengen kautta, ja, mina rakastan kaiki ihmiset kuka lukea tama posti. terva. nahadan! 

 

Letter #5

Hey Family,

This week, like every week here so far, has been really good. I realized I haven’t told ya about how my weeks go so here we go. Thursdee's are probably the hardest days, I have service at 6:05 ant 19m. We usually clean bathrooms and stuff, but it’s all good, than we go to Breakfast. The food is very good. I am very happy I have food and I don’t have to make it OR clean it up. Then class from 8:50ish to 12:30. We see an occasional mouse run into the drain on the way to our building, haven’t named him yet.... but, then it’s lunch, than class from 2ish to 5:30ish, its not just class all the time, its language study or TALL time. (Technology Aided Language Learning) than dinner, than big surprise, more class. I think its safe to say I spend about 7-9 hours every day in the same 10x20ish room. But, like Rocket Man, I can entertain myself. But it’s been fun, I try to have fun at least and it is yo. :) 

But during class time on Thursday night is TRC! Its so much fun, because we try and teach volunteers from the OUTSIDE WORLD who come in. Way cool huh!! My first thought was... Who speaks Finnish? But it was sick because a very nice elderly lady came in and she said she grew up in FIN and moved here, we also taught a kid who spoke extremely well even though he didn’t serve a mission OR live there, he studied it at BYU, I was impressed. It’s someone different every week and it’s impressive. And fun cause its cool to try and talk. tee hee.

But Friday and Saturday are the same basically. Sunday its cereal in the morning, church meetings, and a SWEET devotional at night, Sunday is my favorite day. All day you study the BOM or conference talks that your family sends you ;) and you just grow in spirituality. It’s my favorite. My favorite part of the MTC is probably the movie night. It’s awesome to have a Devotional and than watch a Mormon movie like Testament of Christ or Legacy or Joe Smith Restoration. During these movies all the stuff you learn in the gospel is presented before your eyes. The pioneers’ sacrifices, what Joseph smith went through so basically, I like it all. Yo.

But Monday is pretty normal. Tuesday is fun because you have class in the morning and devotional at night. Tuesdee is probably my 2nd favorite day. :) :)

But Wed is p day and we go to the temple. Family, next time you go, touch the two pillars just in front of the doors on the right side if you are going IN to the temple. I touch them all the time because I know that people I care about walk by there and I love the thought of seeing ya go in :)

Okay, so about the language, it is SOO COOL. But... its hard. All sentences follow a subject than verb than object. Verbs conjugate to the subjects and objects conjugates to the verbs. The problem is, every verb causes a different kind of case to the object. Like "Loving" someone. You can’t love all of them so you can only love them partatively so you put the partative case on the object. There are no articles. So the, but and about are non-existent except, you put different endings on the word. Like gospel, "evankelliumi" you put "sta" at the end of the word to make it "about the Gospel". Evankelliumista. Yo.

Peace yall. I love ya

Steve: Yo hilariouse GIRL!!! I love ya!!! :) Thank you for writing!!!

Grandma: Happy BIRTHDAY g-ma!!!! I love ya! You shouldn’t give parker those bones. He don’t deserve them :)

Mom: I love you!!! And I miss you. Your very important to me:) :) :) always will be. :) 

Dad: you’re right on with the language. Thanks for writing and I think your learn Finnish better than I am. Keep it up. I love ya