Hey guys, so I made it to week 3! Only a ton to go. Thank you guys all for your emails. I dont have the time to respond, but I read them all. This week has been awesome. Every day is daunting to see how much work we have to do, but at the end of each the day, I have learned so much. It is really humbling to see how little I knew when I came here.
We are all already really exited to get out into the field. We all joke about how we can't wait for that first, fat paycheck once we get in the field. The whole 120 dollars. Thats why I'm here. Its still just been a whole lot of learning and studying, but I am having so much fun. We went to the Mexico city temple today. It is closed for remodeling, but we were able to go through the visiters center. A Sister Missionary who taught there could speak 5 languages! Russian, English, Spanish, portaguese, and one other one I cant remember. Kinda made everyone there feel like an idiot for strugling to learn one. I can almost read the scritpures in spanish, its awesome. I'll tell ya, Mexico city is HUGE. We past a bunch of cops, and all of them were armed to the teeth. The busdriver warned us not to take pictures or they would stop us. They waved, and seemed nice enough. Its funny, a lot of the Mexicans kinda treat us like priests. They bow their head and great us as 'Elderes".
Oh, and I cant believe I didnt mention this before, but we all quote Nacho Libre and Hot Rod 24 7. We translated all the quotes to spanish because we are not suppose to speak english anymore. My district is so awesome, we are already like a family. Oh yea, And Elder Merrell and I were called to be Zone leaders. We are somehow in charge of 4 districts. Were both surprised, condering how far I feel I still need to go. Elder Merrell knows a lot more spanish than I do before he even came here, and wont let me forget it, but Im catching up on the son of a gun. We all want to leave already, but we are also pretty sad to realize that we only have 3 more weeks before we split for 2 years. Only Merrel, Eveskcige, and I are gonna be headed to Des moines. The rest are headed to Chile, and one is going to Colorado. There are also 3 sisters going to Des Moines, but we most likely wont see them much, the mission is actually pretty huge. But All these guys are my brothers now.
The Nauvoo Temple is in our mission. That should be cool. And I thought I was the only one who had to wait tons for my mission call, but almost every guy here was in the same boat as me. All didnt take a semester of school because they thought they were just going to leave in September. Well, I am not sure what else new there is. I love you guys, and wish you all well. I am having a blast here, and Devin, you are gonna love it when you come. And email me, you lazy bum, you are the only one who hasnt.
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