First Letter Home From Elder Henriquez

Dear Henriquez family;

First day of the MTC has been crazy, cool, awesome, weird, and fun. There's no other way to explain it. Everyone here is so welcoming and nice. My companion, Elder Canales, is a really cool guy. He's from Fullerton, California and not even converted to this gospel a year. It's amazing to see how the Spirit, Christ, and this gospel has impacted his life. I'm tremendously grateful that he's my companion and has such a strong testimony. It's amazing to me that he's more organized and cleaner than me! So we do get along well in our room in the residence hall. All of our teachers are amazing and genius of the gospel. They will for sure guide us to be better missionaries.

My zone is AWESOME! We all get along and laugh a bunch. There's one sister that reminds me of Candi and another a mixture of Emma and Ceci. It's really funny! The one that resembles Candi is from Miami, of course ha, and the other from North Carolina, and it's really funny that their parents are from Guatemala. There are 3 Salvadorenas other than me in our zone which is 9, and it's hilarious that everyone loves pupusas, even the Mexicans.
Okay so I'm not going to get fat because there is a weightlifting room and every day we have gym for one hour. Ha, so, so, so happy. Oh and the rumors of the juice making you fart is true! Jacob wouldn't last because he already has problems. Remember Jacob on your mission don't drink the juice here at the MTC.

I've had many spiritual moments here on my first day! The Spirit is so strong sometimes that my body becomes numb, my eyes begin to tear up, and my soul enflames with joy. I'm very grateful that I'm here and I know I am here for a reason. I love you all and I hope you guys are doing great.

Love, Elder Henriquez

PS I need soap for my face from the dermatologist and I need my medication from walgreens. You guys can get it May 3rd. Also if you can send me my Portugal jersey cause everyone represents ha ha ha oh and stamps, paper, and envelopes please. Oh and a picture of my family.