Aug. 23, 2011

The language has gotten a lot easier too and I am able to speak so much more now. This week makes it 4 full weeks in the MTC so far so I have about 6 or 7 more to go. I can't wait to get out to Korea, I was talking to the natives that are here now and they said that Korea is a really nice place. It has the second best public transportation in the world (Tokyo is number 1 :) and they said that I can get Japanese food while I am over there. They have sashimi and udon and soba and all that good stuff so I am excited to get there. I'm so sick of the MTC food, it's always nasty so I don't eat too much so hopefully I am losing some weight, I can never tell though. I broke my promise of not drinking any chocolate milk this week and I had a cup for breakfast a couple times. I am eating healthy though so I am doing pretty well. That's pretty much all I have to report on this week though, things are the same everyday, I go to class and gym and stuff like that. One fun thing that did happen this week was that Elder Crowther and I were able to get out of the MTC because he needed to pick up his glasses so we were actually on University Ave. for a little bit and I was in the same building where Ashman Dental is!  Anyways, I love you and hope all is going well at home, thank's for keeping me updated everyday. Give Jack a big hug for me.

Love,

Elder Miller

Aug. 16, 2011

Things are going well here in the MTC though, Korean is such an ugly language but it is coming along well. I spend most of the day in classes learning Korean and learning how to teach the gospel. I wish I could tell you more about what is going on but not too much has gone on. Thank you so much though for sending me my shirts and shoe horns. I'll probably throw away most of the shirts I brought out here because they'll get trashed anyways. Anyways, I ran into another person this week from HK, I ran into Chris Hoer's older brother. I overheard someone talking about how they had lived in Hong Kong and I started talking with him, sure enough it was his older brother. Turns out he is going to Taiwan Mandarin speaking. The two of them came in on the same day.  I was pretty happy to see someone from Hong Kong. Honestly, I don't even remember him from HK, but I was still happy to talk to him. Our zone got some native Korean Elders who will be leaving in 2 weeks, and they are all really nice and funny. We play Korean games and stuff like that at night and they share their Korean food with me, it's actually quite good. They put his chili paste with meat in it and mix it with rice and sesame oil and it tastes very good. Anyways, I appreciate your DearElders you send to me everyday, tell Matt and Tom to quite being such buttholes and send me a letter. I love you and Jack very much and hope you are doing well.

Love,

Elder Miller

Aug. 9, 2011

Aug. 9, 2011

Hi Mom,

So the Korean elders got transferred because they need to learn to gospel in English first, then they'll come back after 2 weeks and then leave at the end of this month. They don't have any replacements for them so our zone is pretty small, we have 6 elders and 8 sisters in our zone so it is among the smallest in the MTC. The language is coming along great though, i'm learning more and more each day and I'm not really stressing too much about it because I know it will come..

 Anyways, I love you and Jack very much and hope for the best!

Love,

Elder Miller

Aug. 2, 2011

Hey Mom,

 

So the MTC has been pretty good so far, I'm not really feeling homesick too much which has been really nice. I hope all is well at home with Jack though.  Anyways, my companion's name is Elder Crowther and it has been a real blessing having him as a companion because we get along so well. The two other missionaries in our residence hall are both Korean and they are both so nice and funny. They are both full Korean, but raised in Utah so they don't speak a whole lot of Korean (a little worse that how I speak Japanese). They are both really funny and nice and help me a ton with my Korean which has been another huge blessing.

 

So I was really frustrated the first couple of days since I wasn't understanding the language and I was really upset that I got called to Korea, but I prayed really hard that these bad feelings would go away and things have gotten so much better. I am learning at an amazing rate and I am understanding more and more Korean each day. My Korean is still horrible, but for 1 week I think that I have learned a lot. I can read (very slowly) and know some memorized lines and phrases and that's pretty much it. I have seen Ryan Rostrom almost everyday in the MTC and i've also run into kids from High school which has been fun. I don't remember if I told you or not but I leave on October 10 (estimated day) so I have another 10 weeks in the MTC which isn't going to be super fun. I would much rather be out in Korea right now, but so far I have loved the MTC. I eat salads everyday for my meals and I haven't even drank any milk yet! I am so proud of myself. We went to the temple this morning which was really nice, we ate at teh cafeteria in the temple and it was sooooo good. I definitely over ate, but it was ok since it was a once a week kind of deal. If you could Dear Elder me after you read this email that would be great since I won't be able to access my email until next Tuesday. I will also try my best to write you throughout the week. If you could send me some stamps that would be greatly appreciated though.

 

Anyways, make sure that Jack is a good boy and make sure you beat him for me! (just kidding)

Love,

 

Elder Miller