Since starting his mission, Ricky has been at the MTC in Provo, Ut. Well, this week, Ricky and all of the other El Salvador missionaries have been transferred to the Guatemalan MTC. Apparently this is the MTC they all should have gone too originally, but it was too full at the time they were supposed to enter, so now that there is room for them they have now gone over there. Here is a letter Mom and Dad got from Rick when he got there...
Well we made it to Guatemala City just fine. I got about 1 and a half hours of sleep tops.. I've been pretty exhuasted today. They gave us a chance to put our stuff away and rest for a little bit. So I slept for about an hour and a half there as well. This place is crazy! When we were flying in I looked out the window of the plane, I could see about 4 or 5 different peaks in the mountain, it had a basin type set up and it was a massive lake! It was so cool, so I pulled out my camera and naturally as soon as I turn it on it dies. No picture. Literally 2 seconds later we see some volcanoes, and yes one is smoking, kind of interesting. The weather is so nice here today, its their cold/rainy season so the temperature is very mild and it has been raining for the past little while. The MTC here is tiny! I believe the Mission President said there are a total of 78 of us here right now. Its one building with pretty high fences around it except for the front gate. The temple is two buildings over from us and we are able to get a pretty cool view of it in the staircase. I'm no longer with anyone in my original district but with how small it is here I'll still see them quite a bit. My new companion is Elder Brent Hales, he was actually in my mission prep class up at Utah State. He is going to Guatemala Quetzaltenango mission which is a little bit northwest of here if I remember correctly. So far the food here at the MTC is pretty darn good. It seems to be actual real food unlike that crap they gave us in Provo half the time. This place is just crazy though, its amazing we didn't get in a wreck about 4 times on the bus ride from the airport to the MTC. The buses here in Guatemala are all basically school buses but everyone customizes them with different paint jobs and we're pretty sure the cooler your bus is the cooler you are. We passed one bus on the way here that was so packed full of people that people were literally just hanging out the doors while the bus was driving at full speed. No thanks I'll walk. We passed a security truck thing that might have been some sort of government security, I'm not really sure, but I looked in the backseat and what did I see? You guessed it, a couple dudes holding machine guns. Not everyday you see that back home. We haven't had the chance to see much since we've only been here for about 12 hours but as we flew in, it was absolutely beautiful. I love how green it is here. It was funny when we got on the plane last night cause we just all kind of looked around like "Holy Crap... We're literally the only ones here who don't really speak spanish." I'm still getting used to being taller than alot of people. We were just told one more minute for us to write. But I made it safe and sound, and I love ya'll. Sorry I didn't have my address with me in the computer lab so I'll get it to ya'll next time which will be Wednesday. I love y'all.
Ricky
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