I love Mexico and the MTC (or CCM, Centro de Capacitaciones Misoneros) is awesome. I wish we were allowed in the city, but I guess we're in like the most dangerous part, so we only leave when we go to the temple. The temple is closed this week, though, so we didn't get to go.
My companion is Elder Banks from Wyoming. He's going to Ventura as well, and had the exact same thing happen to him with the Rancho Cucamonga change. He likes to hunt and fish. We have taught three lessons so far to a fake investigator and they are all in Spanish, so its tough. I am basically fluent in casual conversation and can bear my testimony and pray in Spanish. but all the gospel terms and stuff are weird, so that's gonna take a while.
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| President and Sister Pratt |
My Pday is on Wednesday. The food is awesome--unlimited tacos and stuff like that. Tuesday nights are pizza nights, too, so that's cool. The mission president of the MTC is President Pratt. He used to be a member of the Severnty and was a lawyer for the Church in foreign real estate, so he has been a part of building every single temple in South America. He is pretty awesome.
Kyler Mecham is in my casa and district, so he and I have so much fun. I think I would've gone crazy by now if it weren't for Elder Mecham. No one in our district is athletic at all, so its nice to have someone to play sports with. We had gym time on Friday for the first time, and I have never been more giddy in my life. I can't explain it, but it makes the day so much easier being able to go play basketball or soccer for an hour. I think I have rediscovered my passion for soccer too.
Me, Taylor Lancaster, Kyler Mecham, Schuyler Bradley, Taylor Jones, and Rasten Yeates are all here, so its pretty awesome. A bunch of the guys from my house are football players from Syracuse, Fremont, and West Jordan, and one of them played at Dixie with Britton Gunter and Rylee Reeves, so its nice to be able to talk about home. Basically everywhere I go, there is someone I know or they know about me from wrestling, so its kind of crazy.
It feels like I have been gone for six months. The days are so long. It rains every night at 6, and then there are dogs barking and gunshots all night long, so I don't really sleep. I have never felt the Spirit so strong in all my life, though. I love singing the hymns in Spanish, even though I have no clue what we are saying. It's such a cool environment, and it seems like my testimony doubles everyday!
I love you all. Adios!
