Do You Even Know Anything About Music Theory (Week 1)

Hello everyone!

These first few days have been incredible. We're learning a lot,
speaking a lot of Spanish, and feeling the spirit every day. I was
just talking to Elder Ki de Idaho falls and he says sunda will
be weird, because usually on Sunday you feel the spirit more than
other days, but here you feel it constantly and powerfully.

My companion, Elder K, is from Georgia and looks nearly identical
to Toby McGuire, and a passion for 4 square. Earlier in the week he 
picked up a duckling
despite my wishes, and earlier today we spent a good chunk of our P
Day at the gym so he could work on "Pinging it", and by that he
essentially means scaring las Hermanas to death with a flying serve.
People usually don't appreciate his fire in 4 square.

My district only has 4 people, us and two Hermanas. We're in the
intermediate class so we have a lot to learn and not a lot of time to
learn it. But we pray in Spanish, we testify in Spanish, and we have
already taught one lesson and planned another in Spanish. It's pretty
intense, but I'm seeing the gift of tongues already.

The new buildings are beautiful. We're on the 5th floor with a view of
the mountains, so I spend a lot of time standing at the window like
batman with elder K quizzing me.

My zone has close to 50 people, maybe more. There's a lot of love, a
lot of potential, and a lot to learn. They always say "esta bien",
like "it's all good". That stuck out to me a ton this week because
really, it's all good. Elder K handles a duckling, effectively
sentencing it to death? esta bien. I can't remember how to say century
in Spanish during a lesson? Esta bien. Basically, everything will work
out as God wants. Thankfully, God's plan for us is one of love and is
the best one for us. Keep faith in him, remember that his plan is
best, and endure through hard times. God is always sending his love
your way, and if you need any more, I've got plenty of love for you
all that I'd love to share.

Elder K was telling me how music is nothing but science and math,
and naturally I had to harass him about that. After I heckled him for
a bit, he asked me "Do you even know anything about music theory?" And
proceeded to describe to me the physics behind music for like an hour,
and it hasn't stopped. Like right now we just invaded someone's
companionship study so he could teach me about music theory with a
piano. I suspected it might be so after the music theory
conversation.

Mail is AWESOME. I appreciate it more than I can express. There's
nothing quite like seeing mail in the box. Packages are even better,
and are appreciated by the whole zone.

I love you all, as does your Heavenly Father. Read the scriptures, be
patient with music theorists, and pray that I can be as well.

Elder Thomas


My camera won't connect to the computers, so I'll send more pictures
next week. For now, I leave you with the picture that finally was good
enough for Elder K.