September 25th Letter

Dear Mom & Dad
Yeah life's been much better in the MTC. I feel the Spirit often and I don't let anything bring me down for too long. My favorite times here are: when we have a teacher, Devotionals, the Temple (I had to miss the Temple today because of my new favorite thing - choir!) Hopefully Dad got my email so you probably already know I'm singing in the Priesthood Session. That Elder Tate's a stud. I just found out something incredible a few minutes ago: Elder Tate's act of charity has made it possible for BOTH of us to be in the choir! Incredible! He told me that a DVD of Priesthood can be purchased several months after so keep your eyes open for that! It's really an amazing thing that I have the opportunity to sing in conference. I missed the survey for it cuz I companion-exchanged with Elder Jensen so he could finish eating. Then the choir teacher himself told me I couldn't be in the choir cuz I didn't have enough experience. But despite all that I'm in the choir with both Elder Tate and Elder Jensen! Amazing! Oh Rosie. That rascal. Does that mean I was the one who kept her straight? I thought Dad was the dog disciplinarian. (Did I spell that right? I've never written that word before.) So tell me more about tis blog! Are you typing up my letters or are you copying the images into the computer? cuz if you're doing that I think I'd better work on my handwriting. Speaking of which: don't worry Dad I can read both yours and Moms letters just fine. I really do appreciate a good old hand-written letter. Oh - I only get to be on the computer for 30 minutes so I'd rather you stick with letters. If you do email me just don't write an epistle cuz I'll need that short chunk of time for my epistle. I don't remember any one's emails besides Dad's msn & gmail, so if you'd like to email my email to people like G&G or Ginger & Dave etc. that's be awesome! I think the Hawkins wanted to hear from me too. Hey thanks for the sky money! And seriously, Mom, Dad, I LOVE hearing from you and reading about what's happening back home. I am getting slightly claustrophobic and not just because Elder Kemp;s the sportsman type and lacks a personal bubble. Chiste (joke) except not really. Hey Elder Kemp's a good guy. He has a strong testimony and he's here for the right reasons. Oh man I loved reading about the music world in your letter Dad. Here they call anything non-Mormon "Babylon." I thought it was a funny joke until I realized it wasn't. Mormon nerds. Don't worry though I waste very little time. I try hard to devote all my time to the Lord. Studying with a purpose is the way to go. I've been working hard on Lesson 2 with Elder Kemp this week. 2 Nephi chapter 2 is where it's at! So....tell me about "Babylon"! Any good movies? It's weird being cut off from the news. Anything drastic happened? I don't miss the music of "Babylon" as much as I thought I would. The only time I really have to think about life prior to the MTC is when I'm in my room back at the Residence. Yeah they don't call them dorms here. Cuz apparently "dorms" suggest "Babylon" as well. Yeah pretty much the MTC is the City of Enoch. Or at least it thinks it is. I've met all sorts of people here. There's this Canadian in my District - Hermana (sister) Grahn - and she says "aboot" all the time. It's awesome! Well I think my laundry's almost done. No wait - its aboot done. well I LOVE YOU!
Love
Elder Tyler Lewis
P.S. I'm excited for that package you're sending me! Hey could you send me my line of authority? I don't know if I brought it or not. Love You!