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Hey everyone! here's coltens 1st email from the MTC!

ok well i love the mtc its the best place on earth even better then disney land it comes pretty close to the lake hahaha ny companion is awesome we learn off each other everyday and he is a goofball ill write you a letter explaining more about him spanish is coming along i can pray and testify already as you can tell with my other letter i miss all of you a lot but the crazy thing is im not even home sick but that might be because i still feel like im in scout camp hahaha well the food isnt anything to yours mom but its still exceptable i think you would agree i am backed up i think i dont go to the bathroom very ofeten which really worries me cause i eat a ton i have gain 5 pounds already!!!!!! no bueno but i have made friends with everyone in my district we have a really good time i just started working out with elder wright he is really buff he is going to peru with his companion elder terry the rest of us are going to mexico 6 in tuxtle and 4 in idk how to spell it cuernavaca hahaha sound it out my favorite elders are elder wright elder terry and elder buhler they are awesome elder harris to idk all of them are great last night we decided we all missed the ccamping trips with the boys haha so we decided to plan a lake powell trip for after we get back me and elder buhler always get oranges and play with them cause we dont have any balls to thrugh around!!!!! untill they break then our life is shattered untill the next meal i love learning the language me and elder tingey(my companion started learning the first desussion today in spanish its mui mal but we are getting it slowly but surely we both feel like everyone is progressing in the language but we are not its crazy how much we are learning in our short time but it is good if you can print up those pictures sister jones sent me and send them to me and any other ones you and amber took im really ucurious how they turned out sister jones sent me hers they are awesome i want to show my district so if you could that would be awesome also if you could send a lot alot a lot of those really good white mints that dad always has someone gave me some and they help me stay awake in the boring parts of my day but they dont sell any here also snacks me and my roomates need snacks anything is good!!!!! oh yea there are 2 other elders in my room with me elder martinez and elder adres they are good guys well i only have 5 minutes i love you all tell justin and amber i will write them a letter to respond to there dear elder things i love hearing from you guys so stop being shy maybe get braiden to draw me a picture and a family picture would be good to when they get printed ummm idk what else i have time to tell you uhhh i love you!!! make sure you always smile and are happy!!!!!!

Asalamaleka one love
Elder houston