FAMILY
it is soooo good to finally write to all of you!!!! it is so great to have pday today, and i was able to leave the campus of the ccm and go to the lima temple! cool, huh? man, this place is nuts. it is so new and different and i am really learning to love it. the driving is, uh oh dopey. riding on the bus to the temple with so many missionaries was stressful to say the least! everyone moves at different paces and people were shouting in spanish. no intiendo! did i tell you guys that i have north american companions, and then also a south american companion? i have both. i am with my north american comps (3 some) most of the time, but i eat all of my meals with hna. yupanqui. crazy name, i know. took me quite some time to remember it. yikes. she is from bolivia and she is just the greatest. when i gave her a hug for the first time, she kissed my neck, and i almost jerked back because it was so odd to me. what the? girls no kiss me, k? but i am getting used to it, and i LOVE this culture. they are so excepting and loving right away. i dont know how they do it. also, they are very concerned with clean teeth. they brush them after every meal. americans are savages i feel, sometimes. also they have really great table manners, and they take really great care of all of their things. no one throws anything on to their beds or puts things on the floor. they are very gentle and thankful for the things they have. i have mucho to learn.
thanks for all the emails! i wish i could get on the compooter every day. but alas. . . also, dear elder letters dont come every day anymore! me saddddddd. so sad about that. in fact, they print them off in provo! what the? so it takes foreerrrrr to get any mail. but dont be discouraged, cumkwats. i will get them eventually!!! letters are da best.
i hope you all had great new years. outside the walls of the mtc there were very loud fireworks. it was actually quite terrifying because they were lighting off those HUGE fireworks in the middle of all they houses. right. next. to. us. too loud for sleepy, k?
so everyone here has to read the BoM in 19 days!!! crazyyyyyyyyyyyyy. ive never read it that fast. not even close. we started last thursday and i am in alma. it is really cool to read it this fast, but also, i really like to linger on certain things i read, so i dont know how i feel about that part. but they told us we arent supposed to stop and ponder. it is differnt but cool i suppose.
all packaged foods here, instead of calories, it says energia. energy!?? yes, please. hahahaha guilt no more.
there is a missionary in my district ( i love my district by they way. how am i getting so lucky??) who sounds JUST like kronk from emperor's new grove. and he is going to cusco. too perfect.
by the way, we are on eastern time zone, just to clear any confusion. so joanna, our clocks say the same thing! cute!
i am terrible at futbol. my feet never want to do what my head tells them to do. stupid. hahaha
i feel huge. sometimes it really throws me off that so many of the men around me are shorter than me. at the mtc in provo, i always felt really femine because there were so many boys in the suits and i was always wearing skirts. but here, some litterally have to bend their necks quite a lot to talk to me. they come up to my shouldrs. yikesey pants.
it is really cool to see the spirit work with me and my companions. it is NUTS. in lessons we are connected so well. and the investigators arent even reallll!! man, seriously. it is so cool.
my belly is always full here. the food. soooo good. peruvian food is the 2nd best in the world. did you know that? and they give us huge portions. but the mtc has professional cooks, and in the field, the food will be humble. . . also i have already gotten diarrhea. twice. bad news.
also they are very picky about how our beds are made and we have to make them EVERYDAY. it is nuts. i am really slow at it.
okay, my time is up. this was all over the place again today. i am sorry!! hopefully i can get some pictures today soon.
thanks so much for the prayers. i can feel them. last week was way rough and i wanted to come home, but you guys must be praying very hard. so thanks a bunch.
i love you all a lot. and i miss you SOOOO much.
i wish i had more time to write, dang it!
love,
hermana amazon.
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