man. this place is NUTS. i serioiously can{t believe i am here. also, the spanish keyboard is on, and i dont feel like changing it, so sorry for any typeos or weird symbols in weird places. no se.
peru muy bonita! the weather is the greatest thing of my whole life. and my skin isn{t dry anymore. just like home 
a lot of the other missionaries couldnt believe how thick the air was and how it feels like they are breathing water haha them westerners.
my new pday is on wednesday, fyi. but we get to email you guys today because we just got here yesterday. yayyyyyyyyyy
okay, so i know i am supposed to only say positive things all the time, but i am going to be honest for just a little second.
i miss home a lot. today has been really hard, and ive cried. there are a lot of things i love, but it is hard. im really trying to do what elder bednar told us and look outward, and i am praying a lot... allll the time. my new companion is from bolivia and she is really nice, but she is shy and doesnt speak any english. at all. it will be cool and great, but today it is really hard. also, the schedule at this mtc is different, the rules are much more strict, and it is all really overwhelming right now. like for instance, just now as i am in the computer lab, i didnt know how to get on the internet because it is different, duh. and so i asked some elders in the room to help me, so they did, but verrrrryyyy reluctantly. and then after they were like, dont tell anyone that we helped you. we didnt help you. and so i asked them why, and they said because it is a reallllly big deal, and theyere not suppose to. what the? i dont understand that. also at all the meals we are separated from the elders. i dont understand that either. i guess it must be a really big problem to have the sisters and elders innermixed.
there are so many things i want to tell my companion!! hahahahah it drives me crazyyyyy. i wish i knew spanish. but i dont. i decided im going to keep a little notebook with me and write down the things i want to say, and then figure out how to say them. another thing, is that latinos change the schedule a lot. we have been told that we are going to have to be really productive with our time because they will suddenly switch it up. hah welcome to a laid back culture.
so those ar some things that i am struggling with, but esta bien. the spirit is still here. and even though i cant imagine it right now, i willll eventually get this language.
sorry if those last 2 paragraphs were too much like a journal entry. woops!
okay, so last night at the airport, my mission prez was there! he is the cooooolest guy! it was so weird--i autimatically felt a love for him, and i wanted to be under his direction ahora! hahaha he was the only prez there because there were some advanced spanish speakers who get to skip this part and go straight to the field. lucky heads.
the food here is sooooooooooooo good. to me, anyway. my friend from canada was having a hard time finishing her plate (thats another rule--whatever you put on your plate, you MUST eat. so i am limiting myself for now, just in case) but it was soooooo funny to see hna. johnson try to finish her whole plate. she DID NOT like the veggies on her plate. hahahha oh man i was laughing at her so hard.
on the drive from the airport to el CCM, it was so crazy. we didnt get in until like 1 last night, so the streets were mostly empty, but since lima is a big city, there were still a good handful of cars (driving muy loco, might i add. they just cut each other off!) the buildings here are all so rundown. i couldnt believe it. they all looked abandoned, and it kind of reminded me of downtown bham. i kept expecting it to get to the "nice area" of town, but when we passed the plaza where the president lives, i realized it wasss the nice area of town. i forgot i was in a 3rd world country. there would be these abandoned brick buildings--just rows and rows side by side--with huge glass windows, and then suddenly there would be one random one that had lights on and bright christmas decorations in the window. it was verrrry intersting.
another thing (sorry this is all so random, by the way) if you were planning on sending a package to me here, then you probs should not. apparently while im at the mtc it is way expensive to receive things, or something?i dont fully understand yet. hopefully it isnt like that in the field.
okay, well. i am just about out of time. i loved talking to the family in alabama yesterday! sorry it cut out early--stupid pay phones. i love you all SOOO much. i wish you could be here experiencing this with me. you all are da best.
i love you a lot! if you want to send some prayers my way and blessing for the gift of tongues, i would GLADLY accept them haha.
love,
hermana jill frances
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