Hi everyone! To update you on how things are going here, the work is still really hard. It feels like I start to get the hang of things and it gets harder, but I'm glad I'm here and I'm having a good time. I read my patriarchal blessing often for motiviation, and it works really well. I know they say you find something new every time you read it, but I've never realized how true it is until now. It's blown my mind at least 10 times now.
Still improving my Spanish. The teachers are pretty impressed with my improvement. I can carry simple conversations now, and I spend a lot of time speaking with the Latino Elders. I still feel a little inadequate and behind though, because we do mock investigator lessons with the teacher, and we butcher it every time. But I feel like I'm doing better than what they expect by this time, so that's good.
The Latinos are pretty cool. Most of them are really nice and funny. They are mostly really skinny. They all think I'm a Hulk, because a few of them have sports at the same time as we do, so they see me working out. You could say everybody considers me the authority on health and fitness in the CCM now.
I'm doing everything you told me to do to stay healthy so don't worry. The food here is really good. It's like Mexican food but not spicy. We don't get the biggest portions, but there's a fruit bar too. Anyway, most of the food is REALLY good. Sleep isn't as much of an issue as I thought it would be. I go to sleep pretty easily, but my roommates and I talk for like half an hour before we fall asleep most nights.
We've all gotten to know each other pretty well. And we all like each other a lot. There are 4 sets of bunk beds per room. Originally we only had 2 of those occupied, but when the Latinos came, a couple more North Americans came and are roomed with us now. So my rooomates are: my companion Elder Lofgran from Idaho, Elder Radke from Oregon, and his companion Elder Mailo from Hawaii, and the two new Elders, Elder Christensen from Sandy, and Elder Bingham from Idaho. We all have small wardrobes to keep our things in.
It's really beautiful here. I really want to come back to Guatemala City after my mission. I'm pretty sure I'd want to revisit Quetzaltenango too, all the Latinos tell me its really cool. So lets plan on a family vacation when I get off my mission. :)
Love you! Can't wait to talk to you on Friday!
Showing posts with label fitness. Show all posts
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December 22, 2015
December 15, 2015
Week 1: Very, Very, Stressed...But Seriously, Don't Worry!
Hi from Guatemala City! Just want to start out by saying I love you! Thanks to everyone who sent emails. I really appreciate it and hope you'll email again. I wish I had time to respond to everyone, but we don't get a lot of time today so I'll try to answer everyone's questions in this one.
The Spanish is going pretty well so far. I speak more fluently after a week than I did in 3 years of high school. This keyboard is in Spanish as well as the autocorrect...so don't mind the spelling/punctuation! Haha.
I've built great comradery between every single one of the other Elders that have been here the last week. We talk a lot about fitness, and a couple of them are into cars too. They agree I should've kept the Datsun, haha. My junior companion is Elder Lofgran, from Idaho. He's pretty easygoing, which is great. It's been good for me to have to take the lead on things.
I'm very, very stressed, I don't know if I've ever been so stressed in my life. We wake up at 6:30 and go to bed at 10:30, and it's nothing but go, go, go the whole time. We have a couple of hours of personal study every day but they give us so much to do outside of class that everyone is constantly unprepared. Most of the day it's language study, with some doctrine in it, and doctrine study with full Spanish immersion.
The first week has flown by, but it's been really hard. I'm pretty sure that this is the hardest thing I've done in my life, though I am confident that I can do it, so I'm okay... I don't know if I'll get out of here with my sanity though! But seriously, don't worry, I'll be fine.
On Sunday I felt the Spirit stronger than I ever have before, and have built my testimony a lot in the last week.
I'll end by saying I love everybody, I appreciate your support and I'm really glad I'm doing this. Hope you guys are all ok! Love you all!
The Spanish is going pretty well so far. I speak more fluently after a week than I did in 3 years of high school. This keyboard is in Spanish as well as the autocorrect...so don't mind the spelling/punctuation! Haha.
I've built great comradery between every single one of the other Elders that have been here the last week. We talk a lot about fitness, and a couple of them are into cars too. They agree I should've kept the Datsun, haha. My junior companion is Elder Lofgran, from Idaho. He's pretty easygoing, which is great. It's been good for me to have to take the lead on things.
I'm very, very stressed, I don't know if I've ever been so stressed in my life. We wake up at 6:30 and go to bed at 10:30, and it's nothing but go, go, go the whole time. We have a couple of hours of personal study every day but they give us so much to do outside of class that everyone is constantly unprepared. Most of the day it's language study, with some doctrine in it, and doctrine study with full Spanish immersion.
The first week has flown by, but it's been really hard. I'm pretty sure that this is the hardest thing I've done in my life, though I am confident that I can do it, so I'm okay... I don't know if I'll get out of here with my sanity though! But seriously, don't worry, I'll be fine.
On Sunday I felt the Spirit stronger than I ever have before, and have built my testimony a lot in the last week.
I'll end by saying I love everybody, I appreciate your support and I'm really glad I'm doing this. Hope you guys are all ok! Love you all!
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