{"id":170,"date":"2015-01-25T21:10:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T21:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-02-02T02:48:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T02:48:51","slug":"life-in-the-ctm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Life in the CTM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We leave February 3<sup>rd<\/sup> for the field! Coming up soon. I\u2019m ready to get out of here. The MTC is only air conditioned in the rooms that we spend the most time in; so pretty much just the classrooms, administrative offices, auditorium and cafeteria. Unfortunately, our rooms aren\u2019t air conditioned, but we have a fan so that\u2019s good! It\u2019s pretty hot and humid at night, but not unbearable. I don\u2019t sleep with anything over me or just a sheet, if anything. \u00a0And yes,\u00a0I have been dreaming in Portuguese haha. It&#8217;s coming along quickly!<\/p>\n<p>There are mosquitoes everywhere! Not tons, but still some. None of the windows have screens like they do in the U.S., so they just fly in. I wake up with a new bite just about every morning. \u00a0And I can\u2019t cover up because it would be too hot! We haven\u2019t lost power since the first few weeks. I think it was just because it was stormy then. We saw a building all smokey a few weeks ago but I don&#8217;t know if it was on fire or not. It was quite a bit of smoke. We only got to go downtown for that one time, but soon I\u2019ll always be out walking around!<\/p>\n<p>Portuguese is the only language they teach here. \u00a0They only have programs to teach it to English speakers and Spanish speakers. There are lots of people in the CTM from all over South America. \u00a0There are also some other English speakers not from the U.S. \u00a0We have an Australian, a New Zealander, and a Scottish lad. \u00a0haha<\/p>\n<p>Love you all!<\/p>\n<p>Elder Olsen<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-174 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Attachment-1\" width=\"634\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1-816x612.jpeg 816w, http:\/\/elderjosholsen.nyolsens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Attachment-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chillin&#8217; at Mr. Cheney Cookies on P-day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We leave February 3rd for the field! 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