Elder Runolfson reported to the MTC on May 7th, 2008. He will be learning Spanish and flew to Argentina on July 7th.

July 7th, 2008-Monday

Today is July 7th and Mark flew to Argentina today! The family got a call from him and spoke to him for a couple of hours and he's doing great!

Argentina

Argentina

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Thank you so much for your messages. I loved to hear from you!

Elder Jensen is my companion. Here at the MTC, we have Personal Study time, Companion Study time, Language Study and Classroom Instruction. In class the teacher teaches both Spanish and the gospel. One of our teachers just left.
He is moving to New York. Hermono Warr is my favoite teacher. He brings the spirit in so well and invites an atmosphere of love for each other. Our district is a good district, we all get along good. For young men getting ready to go on a mission, I suggest they STUDY from Preach My Gospel. It is magnificant and is the main study book used here. It directs you to the scriptures and prompts you to ponder. I am getting to love it.

Britton: good luck with the tallent show.
Kayla: be safe on the road. I dont get any extra sleep. we get to bed at 1030 and get up between 6 and 630. There are a lot of missionaries here that does that Ummm thing, it bugs me also. But I have to fight it some times when i try to think of the Spanish words.
Dad: I will check with my Branch Pres. for the Pristhood line of authority. Maybe he can get it. I already asked his counsler but he said get it from you.
Mom: good luck helping Linda, thank you for trying.

They feed us well here. I had in my room at one time between 1 and 2 dozen cookies I gratefully received from loved ones, also.

Please remember the Randolfs/Mundays at the motel.

I have learned how to pray, testify, and do some verb rules in Spanish. All the verbs end with either -ar, -er or -ir. Each verb has 6 times about 16 differant was to say it. :-( But with practice you get the pattern.

Each week everyone needs to prepare a talk for sacrement meeting, it is extra work but i enjoy the extra study.

I learned some cool tips on how to mark scriptures. When you use different colors you can mark 1000s of different subjects. Using circles, boxes, lines, vertical, horizontal, shading, doting, and use other shapes to point out words. All the while, using differant colors for each method. Creat a system you understand. I am going to try to make a Study Journal where I can keep track of this and keep and make notes.

I get letters from DearElder the next day you send it. I can only check my emails on Tuesday and I only have 30 min to check and write. I seem to manage alright. I would love to write more and be more detailed.

I look forward to hearing from you again.

Love you, Miss you,
-Mark

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