First Missionary Letter

This is Amanda's first letter she wrote home. Hope you enjoy!!!

Okay i only have 23 min to write this..... The MTC is absolutely amazing and I love every min of it. Surprisingly i don't think much about you all during the day.. There is just to much stuff to do to think about it all.. I do think about you alot though when i am going to bed.. So, I don't completely block you out of my life.. I love my companion.. I don't really know how to joke with her yet but we are getting there.. Her name is sister Stapp.. I cannot remember her name for the life of me sometimes.. Um, The food here is pretty good.. Better than i thought it would be.. I think they put magic stuff in it.. I am never hungry when it comes time to eat so I think they put magic "fill me up" potion in it.. haha.. This is not letting me enter for some reason.. Anyway.. Life is just a blur now.. I don't know what days are which.. I missed a P-Day and so I have not been able to talk to you for a while.. However I sent you a message through mail.. I asked if you could send me my tennis shoes.. Please.. I leave not this coming monday but the following.. :) Some cool things i have learned: The book of mormon was really written for our times.. All the prophets and kings that wrote, didn't know why they were writing and they passed it down.. Nobody saw it until Joseph Smith.. He translated it and now we have it to read.. Read mormon 8:23 I think.. It is saying that I knew thee before I wrote to you.. I saw you or somthing like that.. Um, i have really felt the love of God here.. Pres.. Eyring said this.. He was dealing with a boy who was very bad.. He was in court for something really bad.. Pres.. E.. said that He could feel steam from his head because he got so mad at this boy.. But then God opened his mind.. God told him this......The person before you in my child.. i know of him.. he so wants to be good......I loved it! God really is there for us.. He really does love us.. He wants us to communicate with him.. He wants to know of our trials and hardships and joys in life.. He wants to know everything about us.. If I left the MTC today and learn anything else, I would be happy to leave knowing that God loves me.. Just think about it.... I got locked out of my room my first night here.. I just HAD to go to the bathroom and didn't think about the door being locked.. I then knocked ever so gently for 10 min until someone let me in.. The room is just like my dorm room.. It is bigger but not.. There are three bunks, three dressers and that is it.. So, it is bigger but it has the same stuff making it seem like the dorm room again.. I don't mind it though.. Mother nature was not nice to me at all my first day.. All i have to say is.."I was glad i was wearing a black skirt that day.." um, I like my district.. four girl including me and six guys.. the three girls and two guys are going to South carolina and me and four guys are going to Kentucky.. It is pretty exciting.. I love it.. I have grown to love my district and the guys are maturing every day.. Their testimonies are so sweet and precious.. there were a few iffy ones but I like all of them now.. i tought my first lesson and it went pretty well.. My companion likes to talk alot when she is nervous.. When I was about to say something she would say something.. I felt kind of cheated.. She thought she was pressed for time so she just took over.. I felt cheated out of the lesson though.. We planned the Restoration but the spirit said Plan of salvation.. I was going to get into the plan but she went into the restoration.. i guess next time (tomorrow) we will be better.. I have to go now.. Temple time.. There is not enough time to do all this.. can you send me letters instead so I have more time to write to you all instead of reading for ten min and talking for twenty min? I would love that.. And then i will be able to read the letters over and over.. I love you ALL.. Much Love, Sister Ralph