Week 2
i forgot to tell you all that i didnt even make it off the
plane without having blisters from those brown shoes but they are good now.
also, from being here i have begun to really appreciate the US missions. all i
wanted was ghetto, spanish, and foreign but idk if i like it so much being here
in the heart of mexico city. an elder here had a brother serve in the Lima
west mission and he went and visited it and he said that is so poor and so
trashy but the people were the nicest he had ever met. i guess we will see how
i like it.
i met a kid that is going to play OLB for usu when we get
back. he is kinda a smaller poly so idk if he is that good. and somehow
everyone in the ccm knows that i am headed to usu to play ball and ive met tons
of usu fans so that is actually pretty cool.
last week at the temple i had this overwhelming feeling that
i was so close to grandpa Clark. it was so weird. it has made me really happy
though that i feel like he and Ramah are on the other side helping me out. the
temple is such a cool place and i found out that the Lima temple actually isn't
far from the mission home.
this week the jokes have been about elder hunt, my companion
and elder gardiner´s girlfriend. elder hunt doesn't wash
his body he just rinses off. he cuffs his own pants and doesn't normally wear a
belt so he looks really funny. he is gonna be that elder that comes home and
pretends like he doesn't speak english so that people think he is cool or
something. elder magee has started calling him a baller though and it is so
funny. we
are just trying to keep our senses of humor because there is no fun to be had
here. my best friend is elder nordfelt he is a funny dude. he gave me a
blessing and it was really good.
ive never washed my hands so much here or drank so much
water before. it is good but kind of excessive so thank goodness dad has sent
me all of those drinks. my house loves it. my language is still coming along
well. i can say full thought out prayers and stuff and in our last lesson i
taught so well. elder hunt and i are good at teaching. i easily speak and
understand the best spanish in my district. elder hunt tries to act like the
man even though during lessons he doesnt even understand what she says.
teaching is the best part of the ccm. it doest suck haha. our classes here are
like a full 4 years of seminary and spanish on roids fit into 6 weeks.
in priesthood we practiced baptizing in spanish and stuff
and that was fun. kinda awkward for me because elder hunt isnt much taller than
a garden gnome. thank goodness i have woken up at 630 for school and 530 for
seminary like my whole life. it wasnt difficult to adjust to that. most of the
elders stay up super late and fall asleep during classes and the maestras get
super mad. it is weird having to actually talk to people and get to know them
for entertainment. usually there are other things but it has been fun telling
stories and whatnot. 
btw happy anniversary mom and dad and happy birthday brett.
if i could send you guys something i would but nothing here is cool.
i got pooped on the other day by a bird during book of
mormon study outside. i had to clean off my pants so that was fun. i was bored
so i did some math for fun because it is always fun. i estimated some numbers
and whatnot for eating and bathroom and sleeping plus pdays and i figured out
that the total amount of missionary work out here is 12,969 hours. i also
figured out that two years is about 63,082,000 seconds in total. im almost
halfway through the ccm already. the weeks fly by but the days can be slow
because we do pretty much the same thing every day. sundays are the best and
tuesdays are good too. tuesdays are devotional and pizza night so it is nice to
switch things up.
anyway i am doing well and miss you all but i have received
confimation on confirmation that i am supposed to be out here.
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Much Love,
Elder Mortenson
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