Week 4---The week of not much news.

This week was pretty uneventful. Aside from an interesting experience at the Health Clinic.

I really wish I had everyone's email addresses....I forgot to bring them....

Later.

3rd week in the Missionary Training Center

As to why my nametag says "Elder Pack" instead of "Javid Pack" : this is because I'm on a mission representing Jesus Christ, so we forgo our first name and take on the title "Elder"

As to why it says "Elder Pack" instead of "cao zhonglao"(My Chinese name, written in Mandarin) is because I'll get a new one once I get there.

On Food: I've come to realize that putting Ranch dressing, along with BBQ sauce and Ketchup along with shreadded leatuce and tomatoes on a burger makes it REALLY good. Especially the Ranch dressing, I have no idea why I tried it, but it's great. A few days ago I realized that the burritto I was eating tasted exactly like a burritto from Chipotle. Haven't had a meal that tasted like Thai food yet.... Anyway, enough about food.

2 Weeks in : Brain Overflow

Well, I've been here at the MTC for almost 2 weeks, and the amount of information I have to retain is amazing. My new email address is: Javid@myldsmail.net -- if anyone wants to email me. I don't remember any email addresses of all my friends, so you'll have to email me first if you want to communicate with me.

P-days are on Monday for me. The food is great, I've gained a lot of weight just from eating all the food here. (not TOO much....) That's all for this week, 10 weeks here to go till I'm speaking Mandarin fluently in Taiwan.

Entering the Missionary Training Center (MTC)

Javid entered the MTC on Wednesday, April 2nd.  The first thing he received was his missionary badge, which is written in Mandarin Chinese.  He is really excited to start learning the language.  Javid took Japanese in high school and college, so he will have to switch gears to learn enough Mandarin before this summer.  He said goodbye to his family, and gave his sister permission to post to his blog about his experiences while he is in the MTC.  He will be in the MTC until June, so if you just happen to have any extra homemade chocolate chip cookies one of these days, send them his way.  =)