First Letter Sent Home

Here are some excerpts from his Dec. 5, 2012 letter. (the day he entered the MTC)
 
                                                                            December 5, 2012
 
Mom & Dad,
 
Hey guys! So our mission president told us to write home today so you know that we are okay........So here's how the day went. When I got dropped off, I was met by an elder who took my luggage. I then went on to get my nametag, a packet of information, and then get my picture taken. There's a difference between our tags and others. We have an orange sticker, meaning we are new. Everyone yells at you in different languages welcoming you to the MTC. After I got my tags I found the elder with my bags. We went to the room I'm staying in and dropped my stuff off and went immediately to a classroom. In this [classroom] our teacher only speaks Spanish. This is also when I got to meet my companion, Elder Tanner, and the rest of our district, which consists of 12 people (8 elders & 4 sisters). Elder Tanner is awesome though btw. We also have a guy from Australia in our district, he's awesome..........Everything is going well. Yo soy que el libro de Mormon es verdeado! Not sure if that is completely right, but I'm trying! Elder Tanner is going to Spain as well, except he's going to Madrid. We are the only ones in our district serving in Espana. Pray for visas. Everyone feels sorry for us because apparently Spain is taking tons of time and people are getting reassigned. ): 
 
                                                                              Love you all!
                                                                             -Elder Sharkey