Thanks for all
the emails! I love hearing from you! There is no typical for MTC meals. Some
meals are local food (or in some cases Mexican). A few days ago, we had
empanadas and some other things I don't know names for. Other days, we have
standard, American food. Last night was lasagna. Yum! There's also a fruit bar,
and sometimes a salad, but most of the fruits are things you'd see in the US.
They do have mango, banana, and papaya, which seem more local than
strawberry and blackberry. The biggest feature of the meals is their sheer
size. Nothing is more sleep-inducing than eating a large lunch or dinner and
then sitting, especially if we then sit in front of a computer. Most days we go
to the computer lab to use a computer-based language learning system.
Other things: Once
or twice a week we have a devotional. Most of the time we watch an old
devotional that was given at the Provo MTC. On Tuesday, however, Elder Martino,
who is the president of the area presidency came and spoke to us. I loved
having someone here in person! It makes it easier to stay awake! He gave most
of his talk in English, since there were more Nortes than Latinos, and the Latinos
wore headsets to hear a translation. But my favorite was when he switched to
Spanish. I think he saved his best stories for the Spanish. Last night we
watched a devotional Elder Holland gave in January. At the end he dedicated
three new building on the MTC campus. Part of it really caught my attention, he
said that in these days of terrorism, he blessed the entire MTC specifically
and emphatically that there would be no act of violence there. Somehow, I think
when an Apostle says something like that it carries some force.
Tomorrow, we
leave the MTC for the morning. This week we're going to the market. I'm not
going to buy much, I think in the long run I'll care more about stuff from
Honduras. (And I need to pack and fly still), But I'm really excited to get out
and see Guatemala!
I leave Tuesday
morning (two weeks from now). I don't have my itinerary or anything, but it'll
will probably be very early in the morning. So I get to start out in Honduras
completely exhausted. Hooray!
Hermana Davis
Guatemala MTC Elders 17 April 2013
Guatemala MTC Hermanas 17 April 2013
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