First Letter Mexico City Mission Training Center

September 3, 2014

Hi mom! Usually my p-day emailing will be earlier than this, but today my district went to the Mexico City temple. Sadly the temple closed till May but the visitors center was still really cool.

So far everything's going great. The CCM (MTC) is huge! there are over 800 missionaries here and everything is pretty spread out. It doesn't look like the rest  of Mexico City at all. All the buildings in the City are really crammed, dirty and concrete. Here we have 2 soccer fields, 3 basketball courts, a tennis court, 2 gyms, and a football field. It's really nice! 

My first two days were really really hard. I was really home sick and working on language and studying from 7 to 9 everyday was killing me. The first couple days were filled with orientations and we didn't get any gym time. They were really rough. But after that I adjusted really well and didn't feel nearly as lost. Working as much as we do is honestly kind of enjoyable now. My district is really funny but sometimes we definitely get way to distracted. My companion is pretty strict and focused so we usually go outside where it's quiet to study. 

My companion is great. He's a really hard worker and he obeys the rules so exactly.  We're always the first ones in the classroom and last ones to leave. It shows in our lessons. 

The Spanish is coming along really well. There's still a ton of stuff that I don't understand, but I can hold conversations and teach full lessons (not super well, but i can do it). Never mind, there's one more thing I wish was different. They don't have any Spanish grammar classes. whenever you want to study Spanish grammar and sentence structure, you have to do it independently. A lot of stuff I just don't get and I wish there was a class to help me.

We started teaching lessons in Spanish to a fake investigator on Saturday. So far my companion and I are basically killing it. He's getting baptized in a month and he said that he'll come to church but I don't know how excited he is. He doesn't seem like he really cares. It's kind of weird.

This morning at the temple, we watched this video about eternal families and it made me miss all of you so much. There's a lot of things I took for granted in the states that whole new meanings to me now that I'm away from you guys in a second world country. It's amazing what a week can do to you. It feels like a month since I've seen you all. Here the time just disappears or stops you like a wall depending on the day. You'd truly have to be a missionary to fully understand how it is. 

(Tyler's response to Summerisa's broken clavicle.)
Oh NO!!!!! That's so sad! I bet Summer is really grieved. Tell her and Braelynn (broken ankle),that I'm sorry and that I love them. Tell the whole family that I miss and love them as well!! Those pictures made me feel really happy. Also tell Summer that I was wrong. Emails and letters do mean everything here. 

Love you mttct!

Your Elder Bell