Forward the group email to them please. i didnt see this until after i wrote it. mom this is crazy! you would be so proud of me! i am in a room with 3 latinas and i am so happy. They have taught me so much. two of them are actually better than me in every facet of life lol, language testimony teaching, they are literally amazing. My companion compliments me well. We struggled at first because she has a friend here from her hometown and she kept leaving to be with her because I think it was hard for her to understand we need to stay together but we are doing great now, and she is a great teacher and she's really funny. She loves food so whenever i tell her we have to leave for a class because we are already late she sighs because she really wants to finish her food. But she is so grateful and tries so hard to be on time because it is important to me.
I broke my camera. idk how, but the screen doesnt work. they have some in the store, should i buy one. Sorry I dont know how to type question marks. Also i left my straightener at home somehow.
I was having a really hard time at first. the culture shock was hard and i had no one to talk to. my first sunday i had an interview with one of the zone presidency, and when i sat down he said, i think we should have this interview in english. and i BURST into tears. he was very nice and he knows uncle gene. everyone knows him haha and its always fun when someone finds me to tell me that. it brings me comfort.the interviewer helped me a lot, i dont remember his name. but he told me to remember its okay to go at my own pace and i dont need to prove anything to anyone. it helped me a lot to set more realistic goals and be more patient with my comp when we are late to things. my comp also has been very homesick and sick in general. we have been the enefermeria four times but i think she just has a cold. shes from here in mexico and i can understand her now cuz she slowed down and is a lot more patient. we have fun together, and the other girls in my room are cousin sofia like amazing. but i have been really patient and loving i promise. when we are late, i tell her we should probably go and wait patiently. we used to be late every morning so i suggested we wake up 15 minutes early and now we are only 2 or 3 minutes late every day, we are never on time haha. but i try my best to find middle ground.
although my spanish isnt great i am the leader of the companionship. I take the lead in all the lessons, even with real members. my companion is pretty shy and not super confident in her abilities. So i use lots of hand signals and I testify with my whole heart and pray to bring the spirit. It's worked so far and I hope it continues to work well. haha. I haven't had too many embarrassing moments with Spanish. And when i do my district laughs and moves on.
I told my district that you are their mom. I gave them all chocolate from the package you sent me and i gave them all milk chocolate or dark chocolate and kept the white chocolate for myself and told them its representative of our races hahahahha and they all laughed SUPER hard. I make them laugh a lot. I'm pretty much the silly american, and I love it! Thank you so much for your letter too. It brought me so much peace to know you guys were thinking of me. Whenever i am down I ask to feel the blessings of the prayers of my family and I always feel comforted.
I'm really nervous for the field. My teacher served in my mission, which is super cool. but he said they speak in vosotros and also mostly speak guarani. So, basically I know very little useful things. I just hope I can continue to be strong and an instrument in my fathers hands.
The coolest moment of this week was probably when i received a priesthood blessing from the American member of the zone presidency. He blessed me to not be homesick and with help with the language, and i diddnt ask for anything else, but he added help so that i could sleep. I didnt tell him I hadnt been sleeping well but I hadnt. He also mentioned how particular and perfectionist like i am, which he also shouldn't have none, and mentioned that this could become a weakness and i needed to make it a strength
I love and miss you so much mom! Thank you SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING!
Mal
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