First Real Update!! Traffic is wild- (3/20/19)

Today we finally got to talk to Isa, after a disappointing misfire last week:( It was so great to see him smiling and laughing, and we got to "meet" his cute companion, Elder Fowler. Here is a picture of his chatting away:

Here is the email he sent:

Well, this is my first big email I guess!
My first two weeks here haven't been too bad.
Tbh I've had a bit of trouble going to sleep, so I've been pretty tired here haha.
But the CCM (MTC) is really nice! We have a pretty strict schedule, so that's kinda annoying, but overall it's been really cool.

Okay to start off.
The airplane ride over was alright, and my first day at the CCM was pretty uneventful I think.
My companion while I'm at here is Elder Fowler, hes from South Carolina, and he's pretty funny, we get along well.
We share a room with Elders Mandarino and Bean, and they're alright, but pretty funny.
Our first night, the woke up at 4:30 (yes in the morning) and then decided to do some pushups in the room and then go on a run and take showers and stuff.
It was super loud and it woke both me and my companion up but it was kinda funny.

I don't really have my journal with me but overall it hasn't been too eventful here!
It's really pretty, and super super hot.
Our schedule is pretty strict, which I've never been a huge fan of, because it limits what I can really do with my time, especially during free time and stuff.

Um one day during gym time we were playing fusbol (elder Fowler and i) and this elder from Haiti came and absolutely destroyed us, just by himself.
The next game we played and he faced both of us again but he used one hand only.
We barely won, by like one point or something haha, it was wild.

Oooohhh yeah on the drive from the airport to the CCM the first day, I saw a billboard that showed a subway sandwich and said "$35!" And I was low-key about to freak out but then I remembered that I was in Mexico and they use pesos haha

The traffic here is ridiculous.
Basically no one follows any rules and it's everyone for themselves.
There are literally people who just chill in the street and will like offer to sell food or wash your windows or whatever.
There are like people just crossing like super busy intersections or just standing in the middle, it's wild.

Both of my two pdays so far I've gone to the temple, which has been pretty nice.
I've been able to do it in Spanish, which is really cool.
Today during the actually main endowment session I really felt the spirit at some parts, and I felt the prompting to study some things some more.
I've been reading in first Nephi, as well as in Abraham and in revelations a little bit.
About Spanish, I'm doing pretty well but they're really kinda adamant about you working on it on your own, and then they help you afterwards.

I miss everybody back home and hope you're all doing well! Feel free to email me and I'll do my best to respond to everyone individually.

Love all of you,
Elder Reginato

ps here are some pictures I guess 

Umm elder Fowler and i

The Mexico temple

Yours truly again

And a view of the mountainside from a ways in the CCM

in front of the ccm 

Comments

  1. MariMarch 20, 2019 at 10:04 PM

    Wow! Thanks for the update ❤️ it sounds like he is doing well. I remember the strict schedule bugging me too haha, but then you get used to it. And his comment about driving in Mexico cracks me up. Glad he likes his companion.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How a Baptismal Interview changed into a 3 Day Exchange: A short novel- Week 48 (2/10/2020)

Image
Sinton Sunset Hi everyone! This week was CRAZY! Tuesday. We had transfers! I'm staying (woot) with Elder De Leon here in Sinton! That day our car battery also died in the morning so we had to go down to Corpus Christi to get a new battery. It took a ton of time but it was pretty funny. We ended the night with the family home evening we always have, and we decided to have everyone watch Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration. It's an awesome movie! I think it's interesting when people say we "worship" Joseph Smith. Do they "worship" Saint Paul? Saint Peter? No, no one worships a prophet. Just kidding some people do but it's not actually our religion lol, which some people really dont seem to understand. Wednesday. Overall, not bad. We were able to see some of the Presidential Impeachment with an investigator, as well as go out to dinner with another. We taught some lessons, some people, and we ended up having dinner with someone t...
Read more

"What did you have for dinner? You better not say salad. I hate that word. If you say it, I will ignore you."- Week 45 (1/13/2020)

Image
Lehi’s Dream, by Steven Lloyd Neal Hi all! Short email this week. I had my first family home evening up here in Sinton! We had like triple the attendance of our usual sacrament meetings which blew my mind. We also played family feud with a member family after we had dinner, that was a blast. Am I intelligent? I like to think so. But when the question is, "name a precious gem or stone." and i blurt out, "Garnet." even I must doubt my own ability at least a little bit. We set ANOTHER BD this week, although we had to move the one from last week back. :( The good news is that we should have 2 baptisms this Saturday. Also, we finally committed one of the boys here to serve! We got him to set a date, text the bishop, and everything. It felt really nice. Not too much else. We had some funny moments, some tiring ones, everything in between! I've decided to read the entire book of Mormon at least once every month this year. We'll see how I do. So f...
Read more

Haircuts are cool except they're not- Week 12 (5/27/19)

Image
I'm writing this right after I've gotten a haircut, and it feels like there are bugs all over me (because of the hairs) and it's making me mistype so much haha! I hope it's just hair!! :))))))) (Sooooo sick of the bugs here haha) But hello everyone! I'll keep this one short, this week something happened to my email and it wont show me the emails I got past a certain time this week, so I'll have to respond to everyone personally next week, sorry!!! But yes what to say, We set two new baptismal dates this week, so hopefully the two people (Junior and Ana) will actually keep their commitments and wont fizzle out!!! We're praying for them, and they're both really really cool people. They've been really interested in the things we've been teaching, which is always nice. I'm always happy when I can teach a lesson, I just love the way it makes sense to people who have felt lost in their religion or who just have questions that they cant fin...
Read more