So it turns out McDonald's delivers here! Isn't that crazy. They have little boxes for the food on the backs of their motorcycles.
So I didn't have time to mention in my last email, but we had a visit from Elder Cordon of the 70. You know, the guy grandpa and I met in Nauvoo. He gave us a very nice devotional on missionary work. It was pretty awesome.
Today was the most interesting P day of all, we got to go to the zoo, and there were a few animals that got out of their cages. Nothing dangerous, just a few peacocks, and some kind of reptile lizard thing. I will send you some pictures when I get out of the CCM. By the way, I asked a teacher why we can't send pictures, he said it was blocked on these computers... something to do with youtube. So you'll have to wait for the photos for another 3 weeks or so.
I'm halfway through the CCM and boy is it crazy, time flies by so fast. I feel like I just got here last week. I can't wait to get out in the field, but its also super terrifying, cause I'm not anywhere near ready, and I am already halfway there.
We just had a huge group of people leave, so there are only about 32 missionaries here right now. We got 3 or 4 new ones today, and there are about another 100 coming tomorrow.
It's crazy how similar Guatemala city is to America. Aside from a different language, it's about the same. It is like a more colorful version of downtown Seattle. I can't wait to see what it's like in the field. We are just 3 blocks away from the temple, so we go there every P day.
I'm almost to the point where I can read the book of Mormon in Spanish, and I can understand most of Preach My Gospel. There are occasionally a couple essential words in the sentence that I don't know, but it's coming along. The scriptures are harder because they are written in vosotros form, and they use an odd vocabulary. But when you think about it, so do the scriptures in English. It's like when you're a kid, and you can read just fine, but the scriptures still make no sense. But I've been reading it every night, and it gets easier. At first, it took me 10 minutes to read 2 verses: I had to be constantly checking the English scriptures, or the dictionary, or both. But now I can understand most of it without either.
The gift of tongues is an interesting thing. I always thought it was basically God will put the words in your mouth, and you can suddenly speak another language, but it's not like that at all. You have to work diligently and study hard. God will help you learn faster, and when you need it, he will bring words you've studied to your remembrance.
