Tired...yep that is the MTC!

Hello all!

It has been a long 5 days here at the MTC.  It is hard!!!!!  We are up at 6:30 am, breakfast at 7:00 am, and start classes at 8:00 am.  Classes don't end until 9:00 pm.  So there is a lot of learning and it is very tiring. I've never looked so forward to gong to bed at night as I do here.  All the missionaries talk about here is how we can't wait to get into the field, which for us is this Tuesday.  It seems forever away! 

Fun fact: We are the biggest group of Americans to enter the Ghana MTC.  There is a total of 19 of us, which isn't very big.  The group that comes in next month - 48!  Also, the drivers here are nuts. For those that ever drove with me when I got my road rage or just wanted to have fun,  that is nothing compared to drivers here.  If I ever get asked to drive,  I will say that I would rather walk.  There is no right of way or speed limits.  And be grateful for the paved roads back in America.  There are some here that I have been on today (the only day we have or will leave until we are done training on Tuesday) but they have potholes everywhere and the dirt roads are very bumpy. 

I don't know if this is bad to say, but I'm not really homesick.  I do miss my family and friends, but compared to some of the Elders here,  I am A OK.  Most that want to go home at this point are the ones who have girls waiting for them back home.  I'm familiar with the missing girlfriend mood since I was at that stage a couple weeks ago.  So, I relate to them and give them a boost of motivation.  It isn't really that hot here... yet.  It is really humid and I'm usually sweating. The district I'm in has 8 elders (males) and 2 sister missionaries that are from Africa.  When we turn the AC unit on in our classroom they complain so we usually have to turn it off to make them happy.  The 2 jokes we have in the MTC... we are now American-Africans and when we have to use the bathroom (which is a lot due to what we get fed) we call it the office.  As you can tell,  Elders are easily entertained.  Last Sunday we got to watch the documentary on Joseph Smith that I've seen a lot, but we were all laughing at the dumbest things in it since we won't be seeing any other movies anytime soon. 

 My time is cut short, soooooooooo THE CHURCH IS TRUE, BOOK IS BLUE, SEE YOU IN 2!

 Elder Johnson