Ya, I haven’t gotten anything in the mail yet. They say it takes like 2 to 3 weeks for
something to come in the mail. What a
bunch of slackers! Haha!
So I’ve only been here for 13 days but it feels like I’ve been
here a month! But now the time is flying by!
People say, at the CCM a day is a week and a week is a day and its
totally true. Did you see the world
report on the CCM after conference?
Because that is where I am! It’s
crazy because it’s like a sanctuary inside the walls, but outside is the crazy
city. At night we always hear sirens and
the cannons from the church across the valley.
Last week I had to get my haircut and they have a place right
here at the CCM. The two Mexican ladies
that work there don’t speak English so I just told her I needed a hair cut and
let her work her magic, because I didn’t know how to say anything else! Haha!
It’s pretty much a buzz with one size longer on top. I’ve never had my hair this short
before. I’ll send some pictures.
I also found out that as of right now I will be coming home
September 8, 2015. Pretty crazy, right? Haha!
One of my favorite parts here is we watch these videos from the
New York Times online. They are called one in 8 million. They are narrated autobiographical slide
shows about people and their lives and they are each like 5 minutes long. Then we use the video and the people and
discuss the best way we could teach them and why they personally need the
gospel in their lives. I love them and I
love learning about all the people. You
should watch a few! My favorite is the
homeless black guy with dreads who plays the violin in the subway. I’ve learned a lot from those videos because
each person is different and needs to hear a different part of the gospel.
At the CCM, all the missionaries watched conference together in
a big auditorium. My favorite talk was
Elder Dube's and how he talked about looking forward at the work we have still
to do. But during Uchtdorf’s and
Monson’s talks, all I could think about was hearing Hunter's impressions at the
dinner table right before I left! I had
a nice little chuckle!
Still one of my favorite parts of the day is every morning when
we have gym time. It’s not the most
spiritual time, but I like it because I can wear my tie-dyed shark shirt and my
stance socks and just play soccer everyday.
Now that I’ve been here long enough and the fact that I’ve played some
soccer before, I’ve pretty much been accepted by the nativos and the really
good white kids. It’s pretty sweet. Everyday we play on this cement court that
was originally a basketball court, but it has a small goal at each side. It has a 20-foot fence around the whole thing
so we call it The Cage! Like one might
say, “I’ll see you in The Cage tomorrow”, pretty threatening! The hardest part is that Hermanas play and
they know that the Elders can’t really touch them or get physical. They know that so they use it to their
advantage! Like if a Hermana has the
ball, one might try to stick a foot in here or there but that’s about it. But when Elders are going at it, they push
each other up against the cage and the real fun begins!
This morning for breakfast, they served chicken and waffles, but
they completely messed up the stereotype because they didn’t fry the chicken,
they sliced it. And then they added
lettuce and tomato on top and called it a sandwich. Down here they do Mexican food very well but
whenever they try to do American food, its just never quite the same.
Anyways, that’s about everything worthwhile that happened this
week. Other than that, I just study all day.
I started reading the Book of Mormon in English during personal
study. I started 4 days ago and I’m
already at Mosiah 4! Pretty crazy,
right? But I think I’m just frying my
brain, I’ve never read so much in my life!
Well... till next week, Elder Lund
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