Hello Everyone!
So, last week I was asked what a standard day in the MTC is. A STANDARD day is waking up at 6 30am, doing our best to get our companions out of bed because they usually have trouble going to bed when me and Elder Povar tell them too, getting ready, breakfast at 7 15am, personal study after breakfast and then class after that, class goes until about 11 00am and then we have companion study, lunch is at 12 15 then we head over to the computer lab to do TALL with is Technology Assisted Language Learning with is the Churches inferior version of Rosetta Stone. It's centered on missionary lesions though, so it's cool.
After an hour of TALL we have language study time until 3 45 which is when we head over to get ready for GYM. We have GYM time for about an hour until we have to head to our Casa to shower and get ready for Daily Planing Session and then Dinner. After Dinner we have class until 9 30pm, about that time is when we head home and get ready for lights out at 10 30pm. Non normal days include teaching mock investigators, real investigators, devotional night on Tuesdays, Pizza night on Tuesdays, And anything else that seems to be thrown our way. Lots of amazing things happen here.
The first day we were here there was a Sister who hurt her leg real bad playing Volley Ball and was going to be sent home, but she got some test results in a few days later that showed that her leg had miraculously healed.
There's also little things like one night where I was writing in my journal and 10 30 came and I asked the guys if it was ok if I could wrap up my thoughts under a blanket with a flashlight. They told me it was fine with them but when I went to turn on my flashlight I discovered that it wouldnt work whatsoever. I supposed that the Lord wanted me to obey the bed time rules so I went to sleep.
There's also little things like one night where I was writing in my journal and 10 30 came and I asked the guys if it was ok if I could wrap up my thoughts under a blanket with a flashlight. They told me it was fine with them but when I went to turn on my flashlight I discovered that it wouldnt work whatsoever. I supposed that the Lord wanted me to obey the bed time rules so I went to sleep.
We also experienced an earthquake while we were here! The CCM has an Earthquake siren that goes off 15 or more seconds before an earthquake happens. when the siren sounds everyone is supposed to run to ''panic circles'' or ''meeting places'' which are big green circles on the pavement outside on the ground.
When the siren finished sounding we thought it was a false alarm, but then I started feeling unstable like I was dizzy and our teacher pointed and told us to look at the trees and lamp post that was next to us. THEY WERE MOVING and it wasn't windy! The feeling of the earthquake wasn't dramatic, I probably would have slept through it if it happened in the night. Standing on the ground was reminiscent of standing up in a steady moving boat. You feel like youre on solid ground but there is definitely motion under your feet. There was no panic, just a lot of people going '' woah!'' and our teacher running in circles yelling ''THIS IS SO AWESOME! THIS IS SO AWESOME!''Apparently earthquakes aren't extremely common in Mexico, but common enough that they have Panic Circles in the CCM.
When the siren finished sounding we thought it was a false alarm, but then I started feeling unstable like I was dizzy and our teacher pointed and told us to look at the trees and lamp post that was next to us. THEY WERE MOVING and it wasn't windy! The feeling of the earthquake wasn't dramatic, I probably would have slept through it if it happened in the night. Standing on the ground was reminiscent of standing up in a steady moving boat. You feel like youre on solid ground but there is definitely motion under your feet. There was no panic, just a lot of people going '' woah!'' and our teacher running in circles yelling ''THIS IS SO AWESOME! THIS IS SO AWESOME!''Apparently earthquakes aren't extremely common in Mexico, but common enough that they have Panic Circles in the CCM.
After the fact at lunch we discovered that the small tremmer we felt was actually a huge earthquake somewhere else in Mexico that was on the news in the States. So if any of you were concerned, Im fine!
I'm learning what I came to learn, but VERY slowly. I'm a much better teacher in English than i am in Spanish. Some days it feels like I dont know spanish at all and others I can ALMOST carry a casual conversation. It's discouraging most of the time, but I do all that I can to learn and trust in the Lord.
Glad things are going good back home, I'll talk with you all later!
Love, Cameron
Keep the stories coming. Experiencing a earthquake for the first time can be really weird. I remember mine and it felt like a large truck going past the house as full speed. It is after the 6 or 7th quake that the "newness" wares off and you do not even feel them anymore.
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