The Update: Week One.

hiiii everyone!! oh man i miss you all so much but it is going good here!!

okay so let me just tell you about the ccm...thats what it is called here instead of mtc. so pretty much its crazy here cause like no one speaks english and the communication with everyone is horrible haha. and like no one is in charge really. well there is an mtc pres and his wife. i cant remember their name right now but they are super nice and from utah. but i never see them so its kinda just up to you to be obedient and to follow the rules and get where you are going. our teachers are sweet though. we have two girls in the morning maestra cadillo y cabello. they are the cutest and one speaks a little english. but my favs are our night teachers. they are two guys jesus and cesar. they are straight up hilarious. they always try to speak english and the other day they were trying to tell us to smile and they wrote out "smele". so now its a big joke to be smele hahaha. were learning a  ton though. in just these 5 days i can already pray, testify, and we taught a 20 min. lesson in espanol. did i know what was going on?? uh not really. but still it went okay. our teacher cesar pretends to be our first investigator his name is augusto. so we taught him our first lesson last night and taught him to pray. it was pretty rough not gonna lie. some serious awkward silences with us scrambling through our notes trying to figure out how to say anything in spanish. but still it went good i thought. you could still feel the spirit which is the most important.

the food here actually isnt that bad. well actually i think i just weirdly like all foods but it still isnt super bad. rice every time though. but i usually dont get it cause im trying to lay off those carbs hahaha. we had a class on how to dress as missionaries and we were told we cant gain weight because they dont want our sister missionary clothes to become immodest. yup thats real...they actually said that. im pretty sure everyone thinks im crazy cause for activity time i just run in circles around the soccer fields or sometimes play soccer. but its weird i used to not think i could run without music...but i get to run by myself and its like the only time i have to myself and i seriously i think i could run as much as jenni hahaha. thats been hard having two comps cause you always have to be with them. and sometimes it gets to my patience cause im a go go go person and we are always late cause 3 people takes a long time. i finally feel like dad when he used to yell at me for being late to seminary. i am definately becomming an opposite of a dilly dollier so thats good right?!! but everyone in my district..well almost all the girls except three have been sick so far. but i feel like a million bucks. seriously. i have had less gas here than ever in my life. im so glad i am sending this to everyone but it is the truth!!!

there are tons of other hermanas and elders here. but definately more girls. they are all pretty cool. i am one of the oldest though which makes me feel kinda weird. one sister is 23 though and there are a few others who are 20 and 21. im like a gma out here.

today for pday it was sweet cause we got to go to the temple. i sat next to this lady and she tried to talk to me in spanish the whole time. she was freaking so so cute. so old. but she thought i just couldnt understand the words cause she was talking fast so she would tell me like 5 times and just say it way slow every time and i was like uhhh i just dont even know what those words mean!! so i just smile and nodded and all was well. we went through the veil in spanish which was nerve racking cause i dont even know it in english. but i was thinking about it and it made me think that no matter what god will pull us through ya know?? like in life we may not understand some things, we may do things wrong or not exactly how they are supposed to be, but he will always send help and he is super understanding and no matter what if we are obedient and just try he will get us to the celestial kingdom. thats kinda how i feel here. i just need perserverance and faith and the language will come sometime, god will help me out. what a guy...he is seriously the best.

anyways i love you all so much. i am really doing good here!! i actually kinda think its fun. is that odd? like parts for sure suck but its cool to struggle sometimes. sundays we have to prepare a talk in spanish and they just call random people up. except this next sundayis fast and testimony meeting. so im safe for a week. also i tried to lead music in spanish and it was hard. for sure hard. trying to read the words and everything while leading is rough hahaha. oh and on saturday we are going out to proselyte. oh man im sure ill have some solid stories about that.

i think about you all and pray for you every night. our district leader is so retarded haha. he thinks he knows everything and i just laugh at him. im trying to love though. but he still doesnt have a key for our mailbox. so i dunno if i have gotten any mail but im on him so i will let you know next week!!! i love you all sooooo much. if i have time ill try to send pics!!!

i seriously have the coolest fam ever and im glad i get to spend e t e r n i t y with you all. life is good here at the ccm

adios.

te amo mucho

karl