A body of "meat and eggs"...a run-around at the MTC

So today I got an e-mail saying the MTC was desperate for volunteers that speak Spanish...I checked my busy schedule, which included: reading the Harry Potter series fro several hours, hitting up 7 Peaks, and other uplifting wholesome activities, and decided that would be a great thing to fill a couple hours with! ...I absolutely loved it!!! I got to the MTC at about 2:30 pm, and was put straight to work with some Elders who had been there about 5 weeks. Ones' Spanish was "alright" and the others' was.... we'll just say a "work in process"... haha it was a realization of how hard it is to learn a LANGUAGE, in the time allotted at the MTC. This poor little guy was on the verge of tears as he struggled to order food off my mock-menu at my cafe, and then teach a lesson on The Restoration. For the first hour, I was to play a cafe owner, and the missionaries had to look at my menu and order, and get to know me. Then they taught a 35 minute lesson where I was to every once in a while interrupt them and ask a few simple questions in Spanish. Overall, for only having studied the language for 5 weeks, they really did pretty good, I was impressed! The most hilarious thing was when one of the Elders was trying to tell me that Christ has a body of flesh and bones, but instead he told me that Christ has a body of "meat, and eggs!"I diiiiied. I was trying so hard not to laugh, but it was too classic. I too have made similar, if not the same exact mistake. The common BONES and EGGS mix-up. ohhhh man. Huevos= eggs y HUESOS= bones, they indeed are very similar. I was totally understanding, however; I'm not sure if a for real legitimate investigator of the church would quiiite understanad what he was trying to say! haha bless his little heart though for trying so hard! I did feel really bad for this poor kid though. I felt for him. He was pretty frustrated. The second hour was with some adorable little hermanas (sisters) who had only been there 3 weeks. One of the sisters' Spanish was really good considering she had only been there for like 3 weeks, and the others' was exactly what I would expect for 3 weeks of intense cramming. We did a trip to the "bus station" aka a maroon carpeted classroom with other volunteer investigators there. They (one hermana, the other was completely clueless as to what was goign on...) taught me a lesson and did a good job. I worked them, but I figured it would be best to make it as real as possible.

Overall, I loved the time I was there serving amongst all the missionaries. Overall it was just an incredible feeling to be surrounded by thousands of people dedicating their lives to serving the Lord and his children.