19 February 2009

Dear Everyone,
I received your letters today and was very happy to see that there were two! I guess I will answer all your questions first and then tell you some stuff of my own. I finally had something to eat at 6:00 in the evening Wednesday. The food is great.

The flight was fine. I sat next to a man I didn't talk to the whole time, but I had a wonderful window seat. It was beautiful to watch the ground turn from green to brown to white. I could have had some pretzels or cookies, but I really wasn't in the mood. It is much colder than Santa Maria: in the 30's and 40's all day! But me and my companion, Elder Kariya, are rarely outside.

I got into SLC about 8:50 AM, so I made the 9:30 shuttle. I made some missionary friends at the airport who I hung out with through the MTC introduction process.

My companions name is Elder Kariya. He is from Kaysville, Utah. We have been getting along great. We haven't had too much time to find out about each other's home life because we have been so busy, but I will be on the ball soon. I do have a pillow here, and I did need the hangers. My language training started today and I think it will go well.

I do have my badge on now. It looks great. I am glad that my room is being emptied out so fast :). Thank you for the poem :/ I laughed and cried. I don't have to do much walking. Provo looks great from here, and the MTC is part of the BYU Campus, though you only see missionaries walking around.

I am the senior companion in my companionship, and I was made District Leader yesterday. There are 12 missionaries in my district, "G", and we are in branch 54. All of us in the district are waiting for our visas.

I will send my first email on Friday the 27th, so you should get my email address then. I'm sorry I can't write in more detail, but I rarely have any extra time to write letters. I know I am doing the work of the Lord, and I am so grateful you are all supporting me in this calling. Thank you for the setting apart blessing,

Love to All,
Elder Daniel Floyd