Written April 16th from the MTC

hi everyone!

everything is great here

our classes are just our district, which is pretty small - just 6 people in fact, one district in our zone just left for the Philipines, so our whole zone is pretty small - just 8 missionaries! but we're going to get 8 more today (because it's new missionary day), only to lose 6 more next monday (that's us)

everyone's so excited to leave - they don't like the food too much, or the classes, or the meetings, or anything; I'm not sure what they're talking about - I love the food (I'm trying to eat as much vegetables and fruits as possible, and I eat eggs almost every morning - but this is cancelled out by the fact that I've never had so much soda in my life before! (there are soda machines everywhere)

the Temple Square tour was great - it was all international missionaries, and half of them were from Canada (there was only one sister out of 26 missionaries). we got a minibus, and drove over
we pretty much got to see everything Beehive house (Brigham Young's house and former Church headquarters), Assembly Hall, the Plaza, Joseph Smith Memorial Building - we went to the top (where the restaurants are) and looked out on the view - it's very nice, the Conference Center, current Church Headquarters - we went to the top there, too, and it was so cool (and it was mostly clear out, so we could see pretty far), and the Church History Museum.

everything's cool

we're all thinking about leaving now... there's less than a week now. I wouldn't mind staying here in the least, but even still, I can't wait to go.

we have the best district in the world
we fool around a lot, but we get stuff done, and our testimonies are strong
our expression is "have faith, Elder"
(well, that, and "brown chicken, brown cow" - long story)

the church is true

I love you all!

-Elder Brandon Wong