18 June 2009

It`s pday finally.

Yeah, like I said briefly last week, it looks like ill only be here for 3 weeks. It was a tough choice to make, because right now I’m completely overwhelmed with learning Spanish, to the point where I literally can’t understand a thing past 10. But I’m glad I’m in this situation because it’s better than being completely bored for 9 weeks.

I’m in a zone with 10 elders and one sister. There are 2 Americans and 1 Italian, the rest are South Americans. Elder Godoy is the district leader and he’s going to Brad's mission. He’s a good guy. Elder Godoy has a brother in Montevideo right now. Weird huh? My companion is from Los Angeles, Chile. It’s tough having a companion I can't understand all the time. Yeah, the first day was the longest in my life it seemed. I barely caught a thing, but my Spanish is coming faster than I ever expected, but I need to remember to be patient with it.

On Sunday we got to watch the huge stake conference Brad noted in his letter. I was given the choice to watch it in English or Spanish and I understood a ton of it in Spanish. The food here is okay, but I feel like I’m always hungry. Kind of depressing, but I'll get over it. For exercise we can play soccer or basketball on the worst hoops ever. I also do pushups to keep myself busy.

Oh, yeah. As for the classes, we have 2 teachers, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We just learn the gospel and how to teach and stuff. We haven’t gone over one grammar principle, which is kind of hard, but I have a study book. The problem is I never have time to study the book because they keep us so busy. If Brad brings his home I would recommend having Steven look at it. It’s planned better than all the ones I’ve seen in a school.

In about 45 minutes we get to go to the temple. I’m looking forward to that. It’s just across the street.

Oh, if Kyle comes over looking for dad’s lifting gloves he'll have a problem, because one of them was stuck to the inside of my shorts. So I'll have one lifting glove for a while.

Jeff