It sounds like you all had a pretty relaxed week. Kenzies volleyball camp sounds nothing like the CCM. She actually gets to go to different places instead of being locked behind a wall and razor wire. I have not got sick yet and probably will not. The sickness is starting to leave the CCM. My Spanish is coming along well, although I am sick of studying straight language and gospel. I would like to be able to study or research something else. The food is still good in my opinion, although there are some odd dishes. There are a couple missionaries in my district who complain about it no matter what. It drives me crazy. Just suck it up and eat it. Half of the time they throw it away. If you get it, eat it. Sorry if I just vented a little there. They did give us a water filtration bottle and I use it. I do not know what to do with my other one now. The water is clean and safe to drink from the spout it just has a funny taste. It is a little worse then Taylor water. Most of our water comes out of 5 gallon jugs anyway. You do not need to worry about the water. That stinks for RSL. Two bad luck games in two weeks. I would like to go and check out everyone's blog but it is hard to do all that and write in one hour. If you are having trouble on knowing how to work on the Nissan Dad, just bring down here to Mexico. That is all they drive, Nissan Sentras.
I just got back from going to the Temple Visitors Center. It was way cool. I am kind of sad I did not get to go through the Temple because they are working on it. It was way nice to get out of the CCM though. Mexico City looks way cool. It has so many people in it though. The streets are packed with cars. Our bus got in an accident on the way to the Temple. It was just minor and everyone was ok. The bus just tapped a cars side mirror and took off the mirror and put a dent in the bus. I was fine with it though because that meant I could stay outside the CCM walls for just a little longer. I really liked the Temple. It was really pretty. I took some pictures and will have to send them either today or next week.
I did get to see Sloan. I can not even remember what it was like to be like him in his first week. He did get me the stain remover and Twix. Thanks Mom. His preparation day is the same day as mine. Hopefully I will be able to talk to him some more. The CCM is so full right now. For the last 3 weeks, between 150 and 200 missionaries came in each week and between 30 to 60 left each week. The comedor is so crowded. It takes forever to get your food now. Oh, I almost forgot, my District has been assigned to be the Ushers for all of the devotionals. The mission presidents wife really likes our District for some reason and picked us to replace the ones who leave today. Because of all the new missionaries though, the ushers will never again get the soft seats in the auditorium. We will have to sit in the gym with the rest of the people who are late. Hopefully I will get to see Jake and Tanner and maybe even more people I know who come in this week.
Other than going to the Temple, this week has been pretty uneventful. We just keep studying hard and feeling the Spirit in many different meetings. I can not believe I have been here three weeks already yet I also can not believe I still have three more weeks left. Hopefully they go by quickly.
Love,
Elder Karter Isaacson
Here are some photos:
A way cool statue of Christ in the Visitors Center.
The back of the Temple. We did not get to go directly onto the temple grounds because the Temple was being worked on.
The front of the Temple. It is really pretty. It fits in well with the rest of the city yet it still stands out.
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