This week has seriously been the craziest week of my life! I love it here at the CCM! I received your hand-delivered letter, Mom! It worked great, I cant believe I have already been here a week. It's called the CCM (say/ say/ emmy). It stands for Centre de Captiones Missional. I have so much to say.
First, the food is pretty good. They usually have about one american dish each day. This morning I had pancakes and a hamburger the other day. Other than that, its pretty much mexican food. I can say i have definitely eaten some interesting things, but most of it is pretty good, and they have awesome sauces! So as long as you like the flavor of the sauce, everything tastes good.
It is really great here! My companion's name is Hermana W. She is really a cutie, and she is from Las Vegas. We get along great. She is a little shy, but we power through. She is going to Tennesssee with me. We are the only ones going to Tennessee. I think there is one elder out and about that is going there as well, but we haven't really spoken. The CCM is a really personal place. There are about 250 people that are here now and about 100 of them are natives so really you know everyone. Danica Nusink from Springville that I played sports with showed up last night.
Spanish is going well. I was doing really well memorizing words, but now we are memorizing the First Vision and whole phrases and that's a little harder. I have a great district. They are so fun. They are all going states side. Our district leader is actually headed right to Orem, Utah. He's never been to Utah, so I told him he'd really like it. There are only two of us in our zone from Utah, which is surprising.
One of the craziest things is that on our second full day here, we had to teach an investigator a gospel lesson in full-out Spanish! She wasn't a real investigator; turned to be one of our teachers. My companion speaks even less Spanish than me, and because I am the senior companion, I gave basically the whole first lesson. It was really hard. Thirty minutes speaking entirely in Spanish -- it was crazy. We just finished our lessons with that investigator because she got "baptized. We'll be getting a new investigator soon.
Its really great here. Yesterday, we had a great worldwide devotional for ALL missionaries. We thought it was going to be on changing the length of a missions to three years, but it was just on working with members and teaching simple doctrine. It was really awesome.
We get gym time everyday. Hermana W and I even went for a run and did real exercises. The last two times, we have played volleyball with our zone, and it has been really fun. Everybody is really nice and has the Spirit.
There are some actual bright green parrots that live in the palm trees all around campus. Don't let my face deceive you. In the picture I am actually freezing. Its not quite as warm as I hoped it would be, but better than Utah. It's still winter, and I have to wear a sweater because it is cold at 7 am. But if the sun is out, it's comfortable.
I am learning so much...not enough to carry on a conversation with the natives, but I sat by some at breakfast the other day, and we could say things to each other. Not a fluid conversation, but enough to speak. People laugh at me a lot when I speak Spanish, but i can't tell if its because I am funny or just bad at Spanish. It has been a great week that feels like a lifetime. Happy to be here!
With love,
Hermana Nielson
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