The Name's Lowry. Elder Lowry.: Pics from our missionary!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Pics from our missionary!

So I got a wonderful letter in the mail this week with a CAMERA CARD! I am so happy he got it sent off before he left the country, and I am so happy to report that he looks great and like he's having a ton of fun. Just trust me, he does.

Ok fine. I guess you can see for yourself.

{The LDS Temple in Provo, Utah.}

{Provo is tucked right into the Rocky Mountians}

{A day in the life of a missionary at the MTC... class 8-10 hours every day.}

{Buds. I guess. The guy to Scott's left was his MTC companion, Elder Christensen.}

{Cousins. Together in the MTC. Awww. This is Tayt-- Elder Low, who's now in Dallas TX.}

{Scott took 8,000 pictures of the flowers by the temple. Seriously. Believe it or I'll post them all...}

{Large meeting room. Apparently his district was all about this finger thing.}

{Sorry Scott. I couldn't help it.}

{Scott and Elder Christensen outside the temple- they went once a week while in the MTC}

{Because you're not a missionary until you've taken your "map" picture!}

{Or the Matrix ironing board picture. Really. Every missionary has one!}

{Scott's district... I would guess.}

{And proof that he really wore those suckers in the MTC and survived!}

And that's all folks!

Hope you enjoyed them because I bet it will be a while before we get any more!

3 comments:

shaunaNovember 19, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Rafe is loving that Matrix picture...and he says that Tayt looks like Terry's brother Lane. Thanks for the pictures...it's always good some visuals. Love the blog, love you guys for keeping it updated and love that Elder Lowry!
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KathyNovember 21, 2010 at 8:12 AM
What???? No flat Zach pics? I'm shocked!
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Charlotta-loveNovember 23, 2010 at 2:24 PM
My brother went to the Philippines. The hand pointing thing means 'good looking'. And yes, he had 5 million pictures with that same pose.
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Write Elder Lowry!

Need a little clarification?

Feel free to ask any questions you might have in the comment area! Here are a few things I thought might help, in case you need them:

-Iloilo is pronounced "Ee-low-Ee-low"
-MTC stands for Missionary Training Center. All missionaries report to an MTC before going to their assigned mission to be trained to teach by the Spirit, to answer questions and to rely on the Lord in order to serve the people in their missions.
-District Leader (DL) is just what Scott describes in his 1st letter home, while in the MTC at least! In the MTC DL's are definitely the ones to inspire their district to be the best they can be and achieve and keep all their goals, keep everyone motivated and in line and pretty much just be an amazing example for the others to follow. Scott's got this one in the bag ;) In the mission, it's only a bit different; it's an assignment given in which you are responsible for checking in on the other missionaries in your district and assisting them as needed, as well as gathering information and reporting to the Zone Leaders, who then report to the Assistants to the President, who then report to the Mission President!
-P-Day (Preparation Day) is the 1 day they get in the week to do laundry, write home, exercise, play sports, go grocery shopping, whatever they need to do. They get to wear "street clothes" with their name tag on P-Day and it's of course the day we all look forward to because we get e-mail (looks like his P-Day in the MTC is Mondays)! (At least while he's still in the MTC... we don't know what the situation will be when he gets to the Philippines.)