Lucky Charms

This week as just zoomed by! The first week we were here, someone told me that after a little while, the days feel like weeks, and the weeks feel like days. And let me tell you, it is true! Probably cause all the days are starting to blend together. But guess what! We went to the temple today! 

The temple's still being remodeled, so we didn't get to go inside, but we did go to the visitor's center. Also, they had a store, so I got some new ties and a watch! (By the way, my old watch broke last week. I'd set it on the table in the classroom, and it decided to take a leap of faith. . . didn't go so well. the back broke off and the second hand went all screwy. Kinda gave up the ghost and all. so yeah!)

Also: Elder Powell decided that the city of Mexico just outside of the CCM looks exactly like Lucky Charms!  But it looks that way cause of all the brownish greyish houses made out of concrete, and every once in a while, there's a roof that is pink or blue or something like that. Totally the cereal and marshmallows!

Lucky Charms

Things are still going great here at the CCM. In response to your question, Hannah, no, we don't eat tortillas and rice at EVERY meal... just most of them. But there is at least some form of tortilla, rice, and beans present at every meal, but there's more than one option. and I usually take the other option. To whom it may concern: Beans at every meal will give you indigestion for at least a week, sometimes more, but it goes away once you're used to it.

Conference was amazing! I especially loved President Uchtdorf's talk during the Saturday morning session. Or at least, I think it was during that. But it was the one about how just because we don't comprehend all of the spiritual things right now, just as with temporal things, doesn't make them any less true. Really made me think of the mission and all. Cause even though we may not be able to comprehend all the reasons why we've been called to do specific things, or even that it may be wrong, but it's really that we just don't comprehend everything about it yet.

By the way, we did get to watch conference in English. Which I was at the same time really happy and really upset about. Cause it was still good to be able to hear and actually understand what was going on, but when the two guys went up and spoke in Spanish, they still translated it to English for us! I kinda wanted to see how much I'd actually understand, but it's probably good they translated it for us. I don't think I'd understand a single word. 

It's pretty hard listening to Spanish. I feel like I can speak it decently, but when someone else starts talking, I just get further and further behind trying to translate in my head whatever it is that they're saying. And then if they say a word I'm not sure about, my brain breaks and I can never catch up. But it's okay! I've still got two weeks. Plus, hopefully in Texas the Spanglish will be easier to understand than straight up Spanish.

Cool story! Last Thursday or Friday, at like 11:30, Elder Seegmiller said I just sat up straight in bed and said "La Confrencia General . . . . Como. . . . " and then went back to sleep. Really weird, right? I mean, who sits up in their sleep and says that the general conference is like, then leaves it at that? But it's a step closer to having a dream in Spanish! I mean, everyone I've talked to said they know they've got the mission language down when they start dreaming in it. So hopefully soon!

That's pretty much all I got to say. Nothing else really happened. Been doing all right. And having so much fun with my district! Really, here at the CCM, if you've got a good district, you've got yourself a good time. Same with companion and roommates. And mine are awesome!

Basically all I got. So until next week!

Elder Chamberlain

P.S. It's so weird to think that my name is Joshua! I mean, my first name's Elder, right? But you guys can still call me Josh. Just so you know.