MTC #3

9.20.10

I have been getting all your dear elder letters dont worry.  I can only write you all on mondays though.  Anyways, this week has gone by so fast.  Its been a lot of fun learning all the spanish and how to teach.  I got to teach a lesson yesterday in our district meeting for an hour about how to teach investigators about the commandments.  I thought it went really well.  It has been a lot of fun getting to know everyboy in the district too.  We all for the most part have similar tastes in music.  We are usually talking about music or movies at meal times and sometimes we get off task during group studies and just talk.  Its nice to be able to have a break during our 4 hour study periods though. 

How's seminary been so far for sam?  Im sure he will learn a lot, its too bad he didnt get sis benum as his teacher she was the best.  Im sure the billy will be really good for him also.  I hope high school has been good for him.  Im sure Protzeller and Ames have been tough too.  They may seem hard and stuff but they are both really good teachers. Its good to see that meridian is going good but hasselbeck just needs to be dropped.  They should use Charlie Whitehurst, he is so much better.  I heard the BYU QB Max Hall is the backup in arizona now.  Thats pretty cool.  I dont really care about the WNBA but at least there is one winning team in washington. 

My companions and I get along so well.  The other night we stayed up wayy late singing a whole new world from aladdin.  they were pretty much screaming up while i just laughed the whole time but the elders in our district next to us started banging on the wall so we stopped.  I translated If Today was Tomorrow into spanish yesterday.  It was actually a good learning experience cause i found out some words i had forgotten about.  Speaking of spanish, you should send me my spanish notes soon i think they are in my closet. 

Well i dont want to take up too much time the rest of my district is waiting to email and i am sending a letter with some pictures tomorrow anyways so you can see my district and my companions.  Make sure to tell eli braden luke and all them about dear elder cause i havent heard from them yet.  I have seen a couple guys from our stake down here like Tanner Clark and Brian Pugmire and another guy who i dont know. 

Entonces, yo necesito ir.  Buenos dias!

Love Elder Peck

MTC #2

9.13.10

Caro mi familia,

Como estan uds? Yo yoy bien y estoy cansado. That says: Dear my family, how are you guys? I am well and tired. Today is Monday and it is my P-day. I got mom's letter our second day. We didn't do anything except orientation Wednesday. Honestly, I wasn't too scared, mostly impatient and just wanting to go. The first day was crazy. We got here and got signed in then went to our classroom to meet our district. We have 4 sisters and 4 elders. I am in a tri-panionship whith Elder Carsen from Utah and Elder Clark from Alaska. They are both SO ANNOYING! Just kidding, they are both awesome and so much fun. They have both been in bands before and we all love sports so we get along so well. My district is so awesome too. All of us except 2 elders are going to Chile, Santiago North. The 2 are going to Guatemala in 3 weeks. Everybody is from the US and we are the best district ever. We are all best friends now and we all love each other.

I was made district leader our second day here and it's awesome! I basically just lead the district with study time and get mail for everybody. I have learned so much already! We get up at six and start our day by seven and I haven't even been tired yet. We talk in Spanish a lot! We learned how to pray and bear our testimonies en espanol.

For our mail time we figured out the mail theme song from Blues Clues in Spanish. We sing it as I pass out letters. We went to the Provo temple today. Afterwards we checked mail. My days pretty much consist of personal study, breakfast, class, lunch, more companionship study, gym, dinner, more companionship study & language study. The days have been flying by.

The People in my district are:
Hermana Stevens, Hermana Whyte, Hermana Forbush, Hermana Evans, Elder Clark, Elder Mason, Elder Orton, Elder Larsen, Elder Durrant, Elder Stewart and Elder Peck.

The food has been amazing here and yes there is unlimited cereal and chocolate milk.

I love it here, it's so much fun and my companions & district are awesome. How's high school for Sam? I hope he is liking his teachers, Protzeller and Ames are cool. I'm sure Shelley has been asking about me and yes, I will send her picture home to Amanda. Keep my updated on the Seahawks, Huskies and just sports in general. We all want to know what's going on out there.

Yo se gue la Iglesia es verda deron y Jose Smith fue un profeta de Dios. Yo se gue Jesucristo murio por nosotros y yo sou agndecias por la expiacion.

I miss home a lot and I hope all is well.

Love,
Elder Peck


side note from Amanda: The Spanish is written the best I could do. Ty's handwriting is...a little difficult to read sometimes so it might not be 100% correct ;)

MTC #1

EMAIL SENT TO THE FAMILY:

Hola mi familia! The MTC is awesome! I love it so much. Ive learned soo much already. Ive learned lots of spanish also. Im sending home a letter to the fam but ill include a few things in here. My district is the best district. We are the only ones with sisters in our branch. I have a few things i need from the fam.... A new watch because the hands on mine dont work..the battery isnt dead cause the digital part works, the tape recorder, hard copy of my license, snacks, tim and ryans addresses and some money in my checking account so i can get some stuff i need from the book store. some snack my companions and i came up with are swedish fish, sour patch kids, resses. fruit snacks, beef jerkey and just anything else that is good. I was made district leader on my second day and its a lot of fun. Mostly i just get peoples mail and make sure we are all together as a district. I dont have much else to say that isnt in my letter so i hope to hear from you all soon and i hope all is well.


From Elder Peck.


EMAIL SENT TO HIS FAVORITE SISTER AMANDA:
(I had sent him an email telling him I keep trying to text him but remember he doesn't have his phone so that explains the first part)

I totally know what you mean! I keep feeling vibrations in my pocket even though i dont have a phone. Monday is my p day btw. I have two companions and they are awesome. We all get along really well. I am sending a letter home today also but i got your picture of shelley which will be sent home as quickly as i can. Ive learned tons of stuff lots of spanish too. We have unlimited cereal and chocolate milk and all the food is delicious. I actually had mashed potatoes and loved it. well i gotta send an email to the family email now and i only get 30 minutes a day. ttyl see ya


He's a kid of many words. We'll see if we have a real letter in the mail today too!

Ty being dropped off at the MTC

Still no letters from Ty. Waiting waiting waiting.

Day 1

Ty (Elder Peck?!) got dropped off at the MTC today! He checked in at 1:30 and was whisked away by a nice elder who helped him with his bags. He didn't seem nervous or anything but we are waiting for his first letter. Once we start getting letters we will update with those. He will be in the MTC for about 2 months (until beginning of November-ish). Then he will fly out to Santiago, Chile! We went as a family down to Utah for a week and a half before he checked in. We managed to go to Temple Square and several other temples while we were there. Here are a few photos:
Ty and Mom in the Joseph Smith Memorial building. Thursday
Ty in front of the MTC for our "fake drop-off" since our parents had to leave 3 days before he checked in. Thursday
Family minus Amanda in front of the Salt Lake Temple Tuesday
Washington Pecks and Utah Pecks outside the Mt. Timpanogos temple Monday night.

The Beginning

Elder Ty Peck got his mission call May 18, 2010. He was called to serve in the Chile Santiago North Mission. He will be reporting to the MTC on September 8, 2010. His family will be updating this blog with letters and photos for everyone to be updated easily. We will post his current addresses and email to the side when we are given that information. Thanks for stopping by!