MTC Week 5

Well this week hasn't been too eventful, but I decided to stop hitting on good looking sisters and I'm already seeing blessings coming from it. Mahri's dance was hecka legit! Haha the whole computer lab came and watched it. She's definitely a homie tell her how much I love her! Get her an email so she can email me!!  So this week I did what we like to call the devils mile. There's this guy here, Elder Martin. He just got back from the navy and he's soooo hardcore. Well he left this week, but he WAS so hardcore. One morning he came into my room while I was eating breakfast and said "You gonna work that bagel off today Dorius? You're gettin pudgy! Come with me Dorius. Today you meet... Shamus." Haha this guy is seriously a beast. He's shorter than me and almost weighs 200 lbs of pure unadulterated muscle. On his way to gym he'd fill his backpack with these big rocks and a sand bag then sprint the whole way to gym. He's insane. So anyways, I finally changed my diaper and got ready for gym. He took me outside and said "Do you see Shamus?" I looked around and saw nothing but grass and a tree. He realized my silence meant no, slapped my butt, and said "Hut two Dorius!" so we ran around the building carrying sand bags and he asked again "Do you see Shamus?" again I said no so he picked me up and held me above his head until we got to this boulder. This time he yelled "DO YOU SEE SHAMUS?" I realized it was the 175 lb boulder sitting in the dirt. I said "The boulder?" "Yes the boulder Dorius!! Now pick it up!" I told him I didn't see a purpose so he sat me down and said "Dorius there's two ways you can end your mission. Fat.. and bald. Or ripped.. and bald. Which one do you want to be?" He didn't need to say anymore haha I picked up the boulder till it was at my hip then dropped it. This thing was seriously heavy!! I'm still the only one in my room that can pick it up.I thought I had done well till he said "Is that all you got Dorius??" the picked it up and put it on his shoulder. This kid is unreal!!! Haha I don't know why he chose me as his padawan, but whatever! It's either that or four square! The next day my companion was sick so we decided not to go to gym time. He definitely made me pay for it the next day! He made me run the devils mile. We get to the track and he says "I don't wanna sound like a wussy, but have you ever seen Empire Strikes Back?" I already knew what was coming. He hopped on my shoulders and said "START RUNNING SKYWALKER" so I started hucking it. I could barely walk for 3 days. It was rough! I was sad to see him go though. I went to give him a hug and he head butted me in the chest!! While trying to start breathing again I said "Love you man. Good luck!" expecting a nice response but he said "STOP THAT! STOP THAT DORIUS! You think I'm a softy?? I'll see you after the mission. Don't get fat on me!!" and that was the last I saw of Elder Martin.  Thought you'd enjoy that story!  So Russel M. Nelsons wife spoke with us last night. She was accompanied by her best friend, Sheri Dew. It was such a great experience! One of the coolest quotes was "Obedience brings blessings. Exact obedience brings miracles." Seriously so cool!! Whenever I stop for two seconds, the wave of God's love catches up to me and crashes over me. I love this place and I love the mission!! I expect to be stateside for Christmas by the way.  All the older kids leave tomorrow which means we're the oldest kids! Our new zone leaders are Elder Matua and Elder Liston. Our new district leader is Elder Blanscett. They're all doing a phenomenal job!! Love my boys. We do this thing every night called "story time" where we all get together and tell stories of our lives before. I usually end up telling all the stories! They've all committed to watch How I Met Your Mother when they get back because I've told them all the life lessons I've learned from that show!  I've started writing a church song on my uke called "He Cares". It's coming along super well! I won't let anyone hear it yet thought because that's just bad luck.  I got a package from Stephanie Chingas and it was a box of donuts that my whole district enjoyed the night before fast sunday. Many lives were saved! Stephanie Chingas became a hero that day! I'll send some pics of me and Nick! We've got some good ones. I love that kid so much!! Everytime I see him he tells me how good looking I am and how sick it's gonna be when we're postin up at BYU!!  This week really was a boring one I apologize! I'll try to make this one hype so I have a good email to send next week! Love you all SO MUCH!!! Have a killer week and make it the best! You're in my prayers!! -Elder Dorius