November 14 letter

¡Hola! ¿Qué tal mi familia y amigos? Greetings from Spain!!! The weather is still fantastic here, but even better is the spirit of God that exists in this MTC. The language is coming along so well, and I am getting very excited to enter the field! Only a week and a half more! We just barely got back from the temple, and I am in love with it! It is one of the most beautiful things I have seen. The spirit I feel, and the inspiration I get there are special and undeniable. Let´s see, what else is there? I can´t remember if I said anything about this last week. There is a popular TV channel here that has filmed us a couple times in the past week and half, as they are making a segment on Mormons in Spain. If anyone wants to look that up on the internet (I think that is what its called, I can´t exactly remember. ;) ) the show is called commando actualidad, and the channel is TV 1 Española. That experience was very interesting! There was a day where a film crew was following the MTC president around, and also interviewed a few of the missionaries, in Spanish!!! Im glad that they didn´t choose to interview me, that would have been so stressful. The MTC received 30 new missionaries on Tuesday. All of them are native Spanish speakers that will be entering the field at the same time as us. So we now have almost 60 missionaries here. Very exciting! And it gives me a chance to practice my Spanish a little more! Every Thursday, we watch an MTC devotional either from the past, or live from Provo. Last weeks was from Elder Bednar on Christmas of 2011. It was one of the best devotionals I have ever listened to! It was on the Character of Christ. He stated that the character of Christ is to turn outward and serve people when the natural man would turn inward and focus on himself. I know that my mission will help me to overcome myself and become more like Christ, and I want to challenge each of you to do the same thing back home. I know that as we do this, we will become more in tune with the spirit and the will of The Father, and find more joy in this earthly experience. I miss all of you tons, but I love this work more than almost anything right now. I am always praying for all you, and I hope things are going great in The States.! This gospel is true. More and more, day by day, I am seeing that more clearly. I am very excited to get into the field and serve the people of this gorgeous country. ¡Grande es el Salvador y su Evangelio! Family! I´m so happy right now! I just got back from Sol, and I got some postcards I will have to send to Ethan when I get his letter. The fence looks very good! Tell everyone to check the blog, because I don´t have too much time today. I love each and every one of you! Keep me updated. Elder Rawlinson