letter this week

HEY!!
So a lot has happened. My companion and I are training all week to become the zone leaders starting Sunday. Our zone leaders are leaving out on Monday and so we were called to take their place. It’s pretty cool we are being trained by the MTC presidency and they are so cool. We are in charge of 3 or 4 districts; I can’t remember right now lol I am way excited to do it.
Uhm, Spanish is kinda moving a long/ I am speaking everything I know in Spanish in the place of the English as much as I can. It’s getting to where I will say stuff in Spanish without thinking about it. Its way cool!
It’s cold here but no snow yet, I can see my breath all day long, and today I think it’s in the high 30s and low 40s. I miss you all a ton but I know it’s worth it. I can’t wait to get into the field.
There is a hermano(teacher) here from OK city so he and I are talking all the time, he is shadowing my hermano so I see him every day. Then the other day I was in class around 9 and an Elder came running in and yelled “I heard there was an Elder in here going to OK city Spanish!" I said, "right here" , he left Tuesday for my same mission so I finally met someone that is going there!
I bought a 2 dollar hard cover B.O.M. the other day and started reading over and marking stuff as my mission B.O.M and I have found and learned so much more then I ever have, it’s so cool!!
Oh, Benjamin, I just got a new district and three of the elders are going to Puebla!
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH! MISS YOU TONS!
Amor, Elder Hanes

Letter

Following is the letter we received in our email:
HEY!
So everything here is going good, working hard. I was only district leader for the first day; all I had to do was get the mail. (the  MTC is like dorms, divided and grouped, district leaders are responsible for certain groups) 
Tuesday was actually an awesome day, we had a lot of study time, then at the end of the day we had a devotional and Elder Richard G Scott (an apostle in our church) spoke to us. It was so cool and a really awesome learning experience. He taught us a lot. 
The weather is perfect here right now. No more snow on the mountains. But in the morning it’s cold, in the afternoon it feels nice.
The Spanish is still hard. We have investigators (people that come in on a volunteer basis for roll play, to pratice the language) everyday that we have to teach. It’s a good experience but its hardddddddd.  Other than that I am doing good!
Uhm I have gained 5 pounds and I think I got a little taller.
Amor,
 Elder Cameron Hanes

If you would like to see the Missionary Training Center(MTC), where Elder Hanes is residing and receiving training until Dec. 6. go to:

http://byutv.org/watch/f95d0f6a-aa0e-4ba6-9953-e22b98b03be2

to watch a video of the MTC and what they are doing there, before the missionaries go out to the area they are serving in.

I have also posed the link to the right of this post: under Learn more.

ADDRESSES FOR EDLER HANES TO WRITE TO YOU

Hey everyone,
If you would like for him to write you, please email me your snail mail address. He has time to write letters at night. We are going to send him stamped envelopes with your addreses on them.

Take care,
Janice

Letter From Elder Hanes

Heyyy!! My first week has gone by fast! It is a lot of work and Spanish is very frustrating. We get to go to the temple after lunch; I am way excited about that! My teachers are amazing I love them. It so pretty up here, there is snow on the mountains. I have been saying my prayers in Spanish. Oh so our investigator almost said yes to getting baptized, he said he wants to learn a little more about baptism. But we are done teaching , now he becomes our teacher and he is crazy hard to understand, Hermano Redd even has a hard time understanding his accent and when he teaches us tomorrow he will only speak in Spanish so pray for me, haha, but for real, pray for me.

 Amor Elder Hanes

First letter home, via email!!!

The first day and night was so overwhelming but good; it is so crazy here. I am struggling with Spanish. We had to teach our first lesson yesterday, in Spanish, it was hard and it had to be 30 mins. I did horrible. But everyone says the first three days are the hardest and we made it past them, so, yay!

My companion is pretty cool. I am meeting some cool people. 4 guys from my zone are going to Mexico and 4 more are going to Peru. The other 4 are states side.

My zone leaders are awesome as well they are so funny. I was district leader the first day and night.

Thursdays are my personal day, we just got to do laundry today so I get to write during laundry.

Write again Thursday.

Love you guys, Elder Hanes

Please write Elder Hanes

You can write Elder Hanes, he will love the letters!
See the left corner of this blog for information on writting him.
If you use the web site, he will get those letters that day(Mon- Fri). It is easy to navigate and it is FREE.
Please remember he is a representative of the Lord, he is trying to be spiritual. Keep your letters uplifting, and motivational for him. He will love hearing news from you.
Thank you!

Elder Hanes entering the MTC

THANK YOU LARSON FAMILY!!!!

Temple Square

The Larson Family are showing Elder Hanes around Temple Square before they take him to the MTC tomorrow. THANK YOU LARSON FAMILY!

Saying goodbye is the HARDEST thing to do!!!!

PACKED

The large suitcase weighed in at 49lbs, the smaller one was 48 lbs. PHEW!!!! Just made it.

The carry on was just his TIES!!! :0)