Re:  Como estas????

3/23/16 

This week was hilarious. We started our two weeks of attempted "solo Español"...it hasn't gone the best cause we keep forgetting haha. We fasted together as a district this Sunday and Monday. I am most definately (...I seriously cannot spell anymore because I try to spell it how it would be spelled in spanish but...--not like i could before either haha--and this is in spanish so it doesn't help me haha) am still eating. The food here is ridiculously good actually. I have acquired a really strange taste for Mexican food. Like, actual Mexican food haha!

This last week we decided to join the elders in the weight room so we've been lifting weights a little more than kicking or running, but it''s been super fun! I just want to get out into the field but i dont want to leave my district!! The elders are absolutely hilarious. 

The funniest thing this week would have to be....hmmm not sure....the whole week has been great. We keep saying "estamos luchandolo!" which is a rough translation for "WERE LOSIN IT". Our zone was made up of three districts including us, and both those other districts left on Monday for the field. Now in our building (900 aka Joseph Fielding Smith Building, not the Joseph F Smith Building we learned the first day...) it's only us and then about six other latino districts haha. The latinos are hilarious. They come and talk to us in spanish and always ask how long we've been here. It's crazy to think the newbie latinos who just got here this week yesterday will leave when we leave haha!  

I also stayed up until 12:35 last Friday talking with Hermana Spencer. We were just laying in our beds with the lights off and couldn't fall asleep. Our comps were out but we couldn't sleep, so we stayed up and talked until we were tired. That was fun.

Oh and the devotional was AWESOME. We got to shake his hand!! That was so cool. It was super quick but I got to shake the hand of an apostle of the Lord. It was awesome. We are also going to the temple for our final time today at 12. Hopefully I will be able to understand more than last time. 

Yesterday we had a devotional by the CCM assistant president and he requested a song for us to sing as a choir so we sang Praise to the Lord God Almighty (??) I think is what it was called in english? We did it in spanish and I sang first soprano. It felt good to actually let my voice use its range a little bit haha! Speaking of singing, we saw the new Easter videos the church produced and in the Hallelujah Chorus one I saw Tammy!  That was a good little piece of home - seeing her on there for just a quick second. 

Oh and another funny thing, my zone used to call me "Hermana Brave" or "Hermana Merida" and when they left said I had to introduce myself as such to my mission president. We got pictures with all of them when they left but they are on Hermana Spencer and Hermana Ashford's cameras so when they email them to me i'll forward them. 

I attached a picture of our schedule for this week for example so you can see kinda how it has been haha 

We woke up this morning and our water was out, that was a fun time. But it kicked back on pretty quickly. I have never been so thankful for the fact that I have clean water in my life. When any water you drink has to be brought in by a truck in a bottle, you get thankful for what you have.

I wish we had been able to watch the temple dedication! That would have been awesome. We don't get to watch women's meeting this week either.  We have to wait until next week so that the hermanas and elders watch at the same time (psssssh ;) ) we have a special devotional this Sunday though. We are watching it live from Provo. A member of the Twelve will be speaking to us apparently. 

Pictures:

--the bottle. This is a Mexican drink thing anI is amazing and i get one basically every day (probably not healthy haha but it says it's organic and "all natural" haha;) ) 

--THESE STINKIN TREES. I don't know what the heck they are, but they are bright purple and every day they grow new flowers and then shed them all. But then the next day, they are full again. Then they shed them all. Literally everyday but Sunday the workers (who we have gotten to know pretty well, they always say "Hola Bonitas" or "Hola Hermanas" in the funniest ways, it's awesome) go out and clean them up. Literally everyday. They stick to your shoes, your clothes, you will just get hit by them. Also Hermana Ashford and Hermana Gucake have both been pooped on by the parrots. We think its a game for them haha