We entered the MTC (Mission Training Center) on Mon., Dec. 12, 2011 and left on Fri. It is all so well organized. Young missionaries met us at the car and carried in our things. The apartments have been moderinized in the past 2 months so everything was new. Our lessons were on preaching the gospel from Preach My Gospel. We had practice sessions with local volunteers. Our teachers were all impressive young missionaries. There were about 20 couples and one single sister in our group. Some were going to the U.S. I remember New York City, Cleveland, and Snowflake, Arizona. Some of the couples were going to New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Peru, Mexico, 2 to Africa, England, Armenia. The assignments were as varied as the places. Some were member support missionaries. Three favorite experiences were eating with different young missionaries each meal, finding Elder Murray who was new from Jim's home ward and the 6 young missionaries going to Armenia and Georgia, and having Carl's high school friend and college roommate in our district. Our 2 suitcases now weight 50 pounds and our flight is Mon., Dec. 19.