Anyways, the schedual here is basically different every day, so far. Some days we have firesides or seminars or lectures, but we always have our language class and our missionary class. I havent been using my alarm because one of our native roommates has a very loud alarm that nearly shakes the room.... with the Tetris theme song. Which is nice. Me and my compañero share a room with four native speaking elders. Theyre super nice and our always willing to help us with our spanish, but one night I asked one of them, how to say really good. Like if youre not just feeling well, but spectacular. He taught me a word that sounded about right, and had me repeat it a few times. The next day in class, we were supposed to stand up, introduce ourselves, and say how we felt about being here, in Español. I introduced myself and said I feel.... the word that he told me, with much enthusiasm and volume. The teacher asked me to repeat what I just said. I did. He stared at me blankly. I asked him if it meant something inappropriate. He nodded silently. Apparently, this was a very offensive word. Basically, the most offensive word I coulve said. So that was cool. Anyways, Im learning the Language at rapid speeds, and Im learning the concepts in Preach my Gospel pretty quickly as well. Its really baptism by fire here. And I also mean that in a literal sense, because the showers here only have two temperatures. Scalding, or liquid ice. I choose scalding most mornings. Weve been asked to tell our families not to send packages while were at the CCM, but letters are fine. In fact, only one person in our district has gotten a letter so far. Were all very jealous of him. ¡I look forward to Emmas! Post on my facebook and tell people to email me. I havent got any aside from you yet. haha. THEY HAVE COOKIES HERE CALLED CASINO COOKIES AND THEY HAVE POP ROCKS IN THEM AND THEY HAVE INCA SODA AND IT TASTES LIKE BUBBLE GUM AND I RODE ON THE BUS AND I LITERALLY COULDNT MOVE A LIMB BECAUSE I WAS SO SQUISHED AND I HAD TO BUY SHAMPOO BUT THE SHAMPOO SMELLS BAD. AND ITS SO NICE HERE ITS LIKE SANTA BARBARA WITH THE PALM TREES AND ITS HOT WHEN ITS 60 DEGREES AND ITS SO PRETTY AND ITS NOT COOL THAT IM NOT ALLOWED TO HUG BECAUSE I WANT TO HUG EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. So anyways, theres that. Im eating a caramel oreo as I type. This is my life now. haha. I love and miss you all. And I miss music. But I also miss you all. My companion is basically my best friend and we sing together all the time. Its basically great. Im so happy. I love it here. But then again, I havent even been here a week, so well see. Unfortunately, were not allowed to take pictures at the CCM and were not supposed to take pictures outside either, because we look like tourists, but I will try my best. There are actually quite a few people here from the Boise area. In my district, everyone has taken at least four years of spanish, aside from two. So, Im the third worst in my district, basically. A lot of the missionaries here have longer hair. One elder has a pony tail. A very long pony tail. Its cool. Anyways, Im almost out of computer time, but keep me posted on how everyones doing! I love and miss you all! Im sorry about the lack of punctuation. Its really weird on this computer.
Much love,
Elder Alexander.
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