So as you probably know all the noobs arrived today and we got 6 new roomates. We haven't really had much chance to get to know them yet. But I can tell from all their faces that they feel exactly how we felt 3 weeks ago. It's hard to believe we're already the old guys in the CCM, feels like just yesterday we got here.
So my birthday was a weird day. Everyone except 20 of us packed up and were gone by about 9 in the morning, so the CCM felt like an abandoned building all day. It was so weird to have only 20 of us at meals and all the classrooms were empty and my comp and I were the only ones in our room, which was weird after being used to 8 people. The bathroom situation was really nice though. We didn't have to wait in line to shower anymore or to use a toilet. Now with the new guys here we're back to 8 in our room so it'll be crowded again.
I forgot to mention the past two emails that one of our roomates was Elder Ryan Jarrett, who was my age and lived in Mendon. He lived on Cobblestone I'm pretty sure, he was in 2nd Ward. So that was pretty cool, he's an awesome kid. Elder Tanner and I have been missing our roomates quite a bit.
I have to apologize for no pictures again this week. The computers we use for email have a slot where you can insert an SD card straight in, but when I put it in nothing comes up on the computer. Maybe I'm just being dumb but I can't figure it out. Other people don't seem to have any problems. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also on my birthday, the temple reopened so there were a ton of people on the grounds. So for about an hour and a half our teachers had us go out and just talk to all the members that were around to practice our spanish and how to have real conversations. We felt pretty dumb at times because they'd ask us questions we didn't understand, but we were able to have a few good conversations. We talked to this youth group for quite a while. They were all around 14 to 16 and lived pretty close to the temple. On Tuesday, the Distribution Center reopened and so that's when I used my debit card. I bought a pair of nice Spanish scriptures with the tabs and everything. I've started reading the book of mormon in spanish, I usually will read two chapters in english before bed and then read a chapter in spanish. I'm only at 1 Nephi 5 in spanish but I've actually been able to understand what I read. I really enjoy reading it in Spanish.
It's starting to heat up here. We play some intense basketball everyday during free time and this week has been crazy humid so I'm always dripping sweat when we're done. Yesterday at about 8:30 during our last class of the day, a huge thunderstorm started and it was insane. The rain was coming down in sheets. We paused class for a few minutes so we could look out the window and the parking lot and street were gone and had been replaced by an actual river. There was also a ton of thunder and lightning going off. The rain was blowing away from our window so nothing came in, but the other district is on the opposite side of the building so when they opened their window they imediately got drenched by a sheet of rain. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, they probably only had the window upon for 3 seconds but they were all drenched from head to toe.
Don't think I have much more to say, it's been a pretty normal few days. Just more learning spanish and how to teach effectively. All of our grammar lessons are completely in spanish, and it's very satisfying to finally be able to understand everything that our teacher says during them.
I know these next 3 weeks are going to fly by so I'm trying to absorb as much spanish as I can. Hopefully one day I'll actually be able to understand when the natives are talking to me haha. I'm still having a great time here and am anxious to learn so much more. I hope you have a great week and stay safe.
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