Estoy en Guatemala!!!
Today is officially one week since leaving the USA. Wow it is different! Here are some quick thoughts on the MTC (I have 45 minutes for email here, but I still feel pretty rushed!):
Food--SO weird. But actually pretty good! The first day was pretty gross, and I still will never bring myself to eat beans for breakfast, but other than those it isnt so bad! They have this steak taco dish about once every 3 days that is quite yummy. Some weird things so far=lime salad, fried bananas, guatemalan hot dogs (guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, relish, and ranch dressing), minty cranberry juice, THICK jello, white rice soup in the morning (tastes like orchata. very yummy!) etc etc etc. I think, Mom and Dad, you guys would actually like the food a lot though. Dinner is always very tasty.
The City--WAY cool! We havent seen much of it yet, just the MTC street, but it is actually very normal. It reminds me a lot of downtown richmond, only with CRAZY exotic plants everywhere (seriously, there are tons of orange trees, and all these flowers with vivid colors and GIGANTIC petals and leaves) and everything is in spanish. There is a shell station every two blocks, and everyone drives REALLY nice cars (its hard NOT to find a BMW or Lexus). All in all, not what I expected!
Temple--WAY cool. Its nothing like what the pictures show, Its almost like New York where its just on the side of the road. The temple grounds are way nice. We get to go at 1:00 today. Cant wait!
Mechanics--Everything here is SOOOOOO small. There are a total of 75 missionaries here at a time, and the building itself is just like staying at a Marriott, only you also have class and gym. Every three weeks, 4 things happen. 1, the Latinos leave for the field, and new ones come in. 2. The viejos (older missionaries) go to the field. 3. The nuevos (younger missionaries) become Viejos. 4. A new batch of North American missionaries arrive and become the new nuevos. We have two weeks left in the rotation and then we become Viejos. very cool!
Another interesting thing is that this MTC is doing phase training now, but plans on becoming a real MTC. There are temples being constructed in Honduras, El Salvador, andQuetzaltenango. Once the four (including guat city) are completed, this becomes a real MTC and ALL latin american missions/missionaries will be sent through here! Way exciting.
Today is officially one week since leaving the USA. Wow it is different! Here are some quick thoughts on the MTC (I have 45 minutes for email here, but I still feel pretty rushed!):
Food--SO weird. But actually pretty good! The first day was pretty gross, and I still will never bring myself to eat beans for breakfast, but other than those it isnt so bad! They have this steak taco dish about once every 3 days that is quite yummy. Some weird things so far=lime salad, fried bananas, guatemalan hot dogs (guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, relish, and ranch dressing), minty cranberry juice, THICK jello, white rice soup in the morning (tastes like orchata. very yummy!) etc etc etc. I think, Mom and Dad, you guys would actually like the food a lot though. Dinner is always very tasty.
The City--WAY cool! We havent seen much of it yet, just the MTC street, but it is actually very normal. It reminds me a lot of downtown richmond, only with CRAZY exotic plants everywhere (seriously, there are tons of orange trees, and all these flowers with vivid colors and GIGANTIC petals and leaves) and everything is in spanish. There is a shell station every two blocks, and everyone drives REALLY nice cars (its hard NOT to find a BMW or Lexus). All in all, not what I expected!
Temple--WAY cool. Its nothing like what the pictures show, Its almost like New York where its just on the side of the road. The temple grounds are way nice. We get to go at 1:00 today. Cant wait!
Mechanics--Everything here is SOOOOOO small. There are a total of 75 missionaries here at a time, and the building itself is just like staying at a Marriott, only you also have class and gym. Every three weeks, 4 things happen. 1, the Latinos leave for the field, and new ones come in. 2. The viejos (older missionaries) go to the field. 3. The nuevos (younger missionaries) become Viejos. 4. A new batch of North American missionaries arrive and become the new nuevos. We have two weeks left in the rotation and then we become Viejos. very cool!
Another interesting thing is that this MTC is doing phase training now, but plans on becoming a real MTC. There are temples being constructed in Honduras, El Salvador, andQuetzaltenango. Once the four (including guat city) are completed, this becomes a real MTC and ALL latin american missions/missionaries will be sent through here! Way exciting.
He sounds wonderful!! I was just sending a letter to Devin, so I printed this post and included it in our letter to Dev. Congrats on the first, official Guatamelan email!
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Fried bananas aren't weird. They're awesome.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. I love reading this stuff!
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