Elder Edholm -- week 0.5

Andrew arrived safely at the MTC around 11:30am on Wednesday, July 10th, after flying from Cody to Denver to Salt Lake and catching the shuttle to the MTC. It was a long day for him since he got up at 2:00am so we could drive to Cody to catch the plane. We received a short email that night:

"1st day finished, I’m dead, p-day on Saturdays, goodnight."

We were able to Skype with him today for about 30 minutes. He looked awesome and says the schedule isn't too bad, but the days are long. He sent a few pictures, but didn't write an email this week.

Andrew with his friend from 7th grade at Timpanogos Academy, Jordan Strong

His companion, Elder Berg, from Soda Springs, Idaho. They will be in the same mission. 

Andrew said it feels like he's been at the MTC longer than four days and he likes it. He was very happy to get a package from his Aunt (my sister) on his second day! Spanish is coming along, what he learned in high school is helping him a bit. He also met someone from Star Valley that played football on the high school team. And to top it off his branch president was our stake president in Orem when Brian was a bishop, long before Andrew was born. He recognized our name and asked if Andy was related to Brian and said he could see the resemblance!  What a blessing to make connections!