To preface Cole's letter there are a couple of things you should know: Before Cole left I was giving him tons of advice and one of them was to take some anti-diarrhea medicine with him since he is going to Mexico. And in his Coleman-like way he replied that he wants to get diarrhea. and that it's a good cleanse and stuff like that. It made me laugh so hard and we teased about it quite a bit those last few days!! So in my first letter to him I asked him if he had any diarrhea yet. Also he and Nate have their own language that consists of a lot of Sponge Bob references and other weird movies, etc.
Whats up family? I just got back from the temple in Mexico
City. It was soo cool! I got to go through the entire thing in spanish, which
was really cool.
So I guess Ill just tell you about my week. The first day
was pretty sucky. I got there finally and I was so tired all I wanted to do was
find my companion and go to bed, but my companion wasnt there yet. So I pretty
much just YOLOd it alone for the first day, went to a devotional that I slept
through that night, then went back to my Casa at night. I went into my room,
and there was still nobody there. So I put away all my clothes, wrote in my
journal, and got everything ready for bed. Finally, at like 10 pm the other 3
guys in my room showed up and I had a companion finally. Waking up hasnt
really been hard for me, probably because of the 11 straight months of work
waking up at 6. I think I get more sleep here than I did all summer. The mexico
CCM is pretty cool. The grass is so green and they cut it almost every day, Dad
would be so jealous. There is like a 8 foottall cement wall with a chain link
fence on top, and on top of that is some barbed wire. Outside the CCM is
insane. It looks like somebody dropped a bomb on a regular city, and
little kids planned out the rebuild. There is no structure here, it is just
crazy do whatever you want buildings everywhere except the CCM. I think I know
why i got called to come to Mexico. Its because i needed to see how great
America is. I really cant wait to get back haha, I really appreciate the states
and make fun of the kids who have to live like this for the next 2 years. The
spanish is coming along way good I think. We have been teahing an ''
investigator'' for the past week. Its really a teacher, but he pretends not to
know english so its kinda hard. I usually end up talking a lot more than my
companion becuase he never knows what to say so he just looks at me. It is
kinda hard but I learn better by doing anyway, so thats good.
The CCM is kinda like a mix between high school, seminary,
EFY, and a hitler youth camp. Haha, there are so many rules and stuff and all
the kids are super high schooly, but its cool haha. My district is mostly
pretty cool. There are 8 dudes and 2 girls. Three of the guys went to the
same high school in Arizona, and so they are all friends. One of the guys is
exactly like Jordan Todd Woods. He is always singing, and loves the theatre and
whatnot. All those guys live in the room next to mine. Then there is my room,
the guys are way nice. My companion is nice and all that mischief. If I had to
describe him, I would say he is pretty weenie hut junior (explain it Nate). He
is just a weird kid, and we dont talk much, but at least he gets up on time and
wants to work. He always takes a while to get ready, so I wait for him a lot.
The girls in our district are older, so they act like theyre better than us.
Its pretty annoying sometimes but they keep us on track sometimes, so i guess
its 6s.
I am pretty sure the reason they didnt give us a P-day until
10 days later is because they dont want everyone to write about how much it
sucks. The first few days are way hard, its 16 hours of study, eat, class class
class, eat, class study study, eat, study, sleep. It is hard to get used to for
sure. But it is good now haha. I actually like it here. The food here is...
well... haha nevermind. But Mom, I am proud to say that I have had zero
diarrhea here. In fact, my poops have been more solid than ever, even though I
go 3-4 times a day. That is my relaxation time, I get a few minutes of alone
time, without a companion or a teacher. Some of my favorite times have been on
the toilet. I see Megan all the time, I am actually like 7 feet from her right
now on the computers. I also saw a girl from my tech class, Lise. My favorite
person to see is McKenzie Maxfield though. We talk about home or just funny
stuff that happened and its good to know someone from home to talk to about
little things like that. I think if I had the choice, I would actually choose
Provo though.
All the days blend together way too much. It is probably
around 65-70 degrees hereeveryday, and it rains every night. Sunday was my
favorite day, because I got to take a little nap and church was way good
actually. I play a lot of basketball and a little volleyball and whatnot for
exercise time, so it is great. The first few days we didnt get any
exercise time so i was losing my mind but now we get to ball out everyday and
its way fun.
It is way great to hear about home! Its weird, it feels like
Ive been gone way longer than that, but also it was like it was yesterday. Ill
send some pics and whatnot as many as i can. The mail here is apparantly way
slow, it takes about 2 or 3 weeks for a letter, and 4 to 6 weeks for a package,
so if you are going to send me a package, do it soon please haha!
A few requests-
Please call me Cole. Haha I hear Elder Hansen WAY too much
haha, its weird. Everytime I hear or read Cole it is like christmas haha.
Send pictures!! Of anything you can see haha. Anything that
is like home.
If you are sending a package, will you send me some
pics of friends for the album, a family pic or two for the frames, some
toothpics (I need something to chew on all day, I have had this popsicle stick
forever haha), CANDY, some drink mixes, and Nate, could you get me a scrub
brush or two? haha i feel so dirty all the time, and I wanna scrub.
I miss everyone, but it is going great. I really, really
miss music, so Mom was right.
I love you all so much-
THE Elder Cole Hansen
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