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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Hola El mundo!

     Things in el CCM continue to be great, here. Elder Thompson is gettting around now and seems to be recovering quickly from his surgery, He is required to wear a straight brace on his leg al the time so that is annoying to him but, it is for the better. In other news, Elder Pfatenhauer ans Elder Shaff have both been a little sick these past coulple of days with cold/cough/etc. and have had trouble sleeping at times on account of thier colds. I continue to be grateful for my good health so far. Also, In the free box this week I found A humidifier!!!!!!!!!!!! Which I have been using during the night. To help with the DRY air here also, it was convient because it helps both of the sick elders with their coughs. 

     Fall is arriving here, every morning you can feel it in the air. It warms up nicely everyday though and is super pleasent each day.

     Had some awesome talks this week, a really powerful about the Book of Mormon sunday and how it important it is in teaching people about the gospel and How it can help them, also A great one generally about our purpose as missionaries Tuesday. 

     Also, all the missionaries here are going to be able to watch the dedication of the Brigham city temple this sunday which will be super cool! (for more info about LDS temples go to Mormon.org). I have never really seen one so it will be awesome.

      Spanish is going good, I love, Life, the mission, everybody, and most of all the Lord.

     Lo siento necesito ir!
                                                                            -Elder Aukema

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

La gran vida,


       This week has been pretty great here in el CCM. It went by very quick. The days go by here very quickly and slow at the same time, it is an intresting ambuigity. ***(pleasee speel check this))*** Class and study times seem to go on without end. However, it feels like there is only an hour inbetween meals. Speaking of meals, and food there is way too much, We sit and study all day and then we go to a meal and eat too much. I have attempted to comit to eat a little lighter on account of my more sedentary lifestyle here (despite running four miles almost every Gym time), but have been thwarted by the wiles of seducing entres and copius amounts of chocolate milk. Not to say that the food here is the best I have ever had or anything, but mainly my unfortunate problem of myself, when in the presence of food eating it.

   On to less mundane topics! In other news my companion, and one of the missionaries in my room Have started sleep-talking in espanol, which is actually pretty awesome. However, I am somewhat jealous of their bi-lingual sleeping habits. Anyway, earlier this week Elder Thompson's (the companion to Elder Shaff(sleeptalk in espanol elder)) kneecap dislocated itself while he was running (he later told us it has happened before and he has a family history of it). SO today he went to the doctor to get it checked out and He is going to need surgery on account of some underlying conditions that caused the knee injuiry (including a bone fragment) So please keep him in your prayers.

     Learning something new everyday. Whether about spanish, the gospel, or life in general. Seven more weeks, it seems so far but, these past two weeks have gone so fast. El CCM is really an interesting place to be, the ridiculous amount of missionaries here is kind of crazy. Pretty spiritual too. It is really cool, to know that this is exactly what God wants me to be doing right now. I am not sure if I ever have/will ever feel that to the extent I do now. Sometimes it is hard, trying to learn a new language, studying all day, the lifestyle in general, but through it all it is prettty dang stinking great. On our way to the classroom each morning I look up at the sky and at those wasatch mountains and know this is where I am supposed to be right now. But, with each coming day I can almost hear Nicaragua calling. Its going to be great! who needs indoor plumbing anyway?!




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(He probably meant for me to spell check 'ambiguity', but one of the last things he told me was "Don't change or fix any of my grammar!!" So I'll just leave that there for kicks.)

Mi primer Semana!

     So things here in la CCM (MTC Espanol(Missionary training center)) are pretty decent. My spanish maestro does not speak english to us, SO we learn fast. I can understand Spanish almost completely now, only missing a few words here and there. My speaking has also gotten much better, I can almost completely function in spanglish. Which I have decided Is the official language of my district in la CCM. I find it much easier to speak espanol all the time if I haven't been speaking much english that day. I seem to have A spanish "mode" and english "mode" which can be difficult to switch from during the day. even now When I am typing this I am having difficulties to resist the urge to type many of these words in espanol.


     So just to let you know praying in spanish is pretty cool. so yeah...

     Yo se' que la iglesia de jesucristo de los santos de los U'ltimos D'ias es verdadero, Yo s'e que el libro de Mormon es verdadero y puede cambiar las vidas de las personas de Nicaragua. Yo s'e que Jesucrist es m'i Salvador y el rendentor. Y de medio la expiacion de jesucristo nosotros podemos volver a vivir con D'ios.





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(Hey! Sorry it's taken so long to get the first two posts up everyone, between mine and Kenzey's schedules, we just haven't had time to get e-mails traded and get pictures uploaded. But they're here now!