We have a dysfunctional companionship…
We tried to make toast in a fancy toaster and
the bread got stuck in the back and it caught on fire!
I had always heard stories of how the toilets
here, on occasion, will erupt. I’m not sure I really comprehended the severity
of it, until it happened to me. The automatic flush went off and water shot
into the air! I have never run out of a stall so fast. And I stayed dry!
Then Hermana McDougal was washing her hands
and the faucet cap must have broken, because water rushed out. It couldn’t
drain fast enough and made quite the mess.
70 new missionaries came this week. Biggest
group sense we have been here. There are a little over 200 missionaries in the
CCM now. Because it´s so small and everyone stays so long, we all know each other
really well. Yesterday I was getting my lunch tray and a missionary I didn´t recognize
named Elder Reidhead told me Buenas Tardes. He was way too relaxed to be new,
but I hadn´t seen him before. After we sat down him and his companion came and
ate with us. We found out that they are assistants to the president in one of
the Mexico missions and were there picking up new missionaries. He has 8 months
left of his mission and was full of great stories.
Earlier last week we were in the computer lab
for TALL and Elder Simonton told us in Spanish that he was completely fluent in
Spanish and it was only his "quatro" week. Just then Hermano. Ortiz
walks in and corrects him saying "quatra" and walks right back out
another door. A lesson on humility.
That same class when we kneeled down for
closing prayer, Hermano. Guerrero (now known as Hermano. Mentir) walks in and
falls to the ground next to us and mock worships Allah! He is the funniest
person here.
Also, I found out that at the end of every
day, our teachers write an individual report on each missionary that our
mission presidents have access to! Motivation to work right there.
For one of our progressing investigators we
made the coolest analogy with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Super Mario
Brothers. We spent our whole study time drawing pictures on index cards for it.
We said that the sacrament is like hitting a checkpoint in the game and it
makes you bigger. And we told her that she was Princess Peach and Christ wants
to save her.
Some words are so similar to each other in Spanish.
Hermana Arnoud was telling us about one of her companions, that in the SAME
LESSON said that Jesus called twelve "cakes", we are forgiven of our
"fish" and that she was "pregnant" instead of "embarrassed"
The Latinas in our casa left yesterday
morning, they were the best! We took pictures with them and the next morning
when we woke up we found chocolates and a note outside our door with all their
email addresses.
Love the CCM
Life!
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