Hola!
Sorry this email will not have any formatting the enter key does
not
work here. Also sorry if my spelling and grammar is poor, I feel
since I have
been learning Spanish my English has gone out the window.
So like I said in
my last email I arrived in Guatemala about 5:40 in
the morning. That first
day they did not let us rest. We worked all
day. The MTC or CCM as they call
it here. The MTC is a little
different then I imagined. First all of our
instructions, schedules,
and every sign in here is in Spanish. I am finding
that I read Spanish
a whole lot better than speaking and listening to it.
They speak it so
fast here. My instructor Hermano Solano tells the class that
we need
to speak Spanish a whole lot faster or else we sound like Gringos.
Oh!
I forgot to tell you who my companion is. Her name is Hermana
Palmer.
She is 19 years old and her family currently lives in Rexburg,
Idaho.
Though she considers her home to be Orem, Utah or Weezer, Idaho.
Her
parents just moved to Rexburg a few months ago. She was attending
BYU.
She is a great companion. We work well together because both of
us
have a deep desire to follow all the rules. Our schedule at the MTC
is
this. We wake up every morning at 6:30 and then get ready and
shower.
We have breakfast at 7:30. At 8 we have personal study of
the
scriptures and then at 9 we study the language for hour as
district.
At 10 until 3:30 we do a variety activities such as planning
lessons
for investigators or grammar instruction. Hermano Solano helps us
with
those activities. From 3:30 to 5 we workout or play sports. Then
we
shower again. At 5 is dinner. From 5:30 to 9:30 we have a variety
of
activies. Mostly the consist of preparing to teach
lessons,
devotionals, companion study, and companion planning. My
instruction
Hermano Solano is very nice. He is from Guatemala and he served
a
mission in El Salvador. My district is currently teaching a man
name
Brian Ramiraz. He is a college student currently interring at the
MTC.
They have a lot of nonmembers working at the MTC at jobs such as
kitchen staff. At first I thought he was fake investigator but he
really is
real. I love teaching him. He has such sweet spirit about
him and I can
always feel the spirit when we teach him. Actually I
feel the Holy Ghost a
lot while I have been here. The Holy Ghost has
truely been my constant
companion. We were able to watch conference in
English. I was so grateful for
that. The chairs we watched it on were
really hard. But that was probably a
good thing because I stayed alert
through the whole thing. I think my
favorite talk was either by
President Uctdorf or Elder Holland. Sorry I don´t
have any pictures to
send they took everyone's camera away one the first day
so they
wouldn´t get stolen. The food here is really good. The only problem
is
they give you a ton of food and it is a requirement to eat every
bit.
The portions here are huge. Sometimes I opt for a bowl of fruit for
a
meal because I am still stuffed from the last meal. They have
a
professional chef cooking all the meals. The meals are a mix
between
traditional Guatemalan food and American. My favorite thing I have
ate
here is the plantans. The driver are crazy here. They are
always
cutting people off. Also we hear at least 20 sirens a day. Its
really
noisy to sleep here at night. Well I love you and I am missing
you.
Con Amor, Hermana Orgill. PS If you send letters via Dear Elder.Com
I
receive them faster.
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