First
things first: I finally got a pillow! It has seriously made life so
much better! I have been sleeping without one and was doing fine, until I
woke up one day and my neck KILLLED so I finally went out and bought
one.
Also... everything down here is so dirty. Trash
everywhere, everywhere smells funny, I don't think most people know what
a mop or a broom is, and that includes my apartment. And that is not
easy for me... I like clean things. So this week I went to the store and
bought a bottle of 409 and went CRAZY in the apartment. I spent hours
cleaning and organizing everything! Elder Xicara said that I looked like
a kid with a new toy. haha So now the apartment is a little bit cleaner
and smells nicer thanks to my automatic air freshener. Plus cleaning
has always been a good stress reliever so it was a good project for me.
The
langauge here is slowly getting better... I had a cool experience a
couple of days ago. We have been teaching this family since I got here,
but when I first got here I could not understand ANYTHING that the wife
was saying because she talked so insanely fast. But now this week when
we went to teach a lesson, I could actually make out words! It was so
nice! And she actually noticed and pointed out that she could tell that I
actually kind of knew what was going on! hahaa
We had a zone
meeting this week and I got to meet all of the missionaries in my zone.
Surprisingly there are actually a lot of gringos in my zone! They tried
to pick on me by having me say the prayer and do all these practices,
but they were all shocked that I could actually speak clearish spanish! I
love getting complimented on my terrible spanish because its really
funny most of the time because I can't understand their compliments.
Like a person will say, "wow I am shocked that you know so much spanish.
I can actually understand what you{re saying and its pretty
impressive." And I will just sit there staring at them like :/ what? Im
getting pretty content with not knowing whats going on around me most of
the time. I just embrace being lost. Im still studying the language
like crazy though trying to make sense of this madness.
I went
shopping today and it was so weird! The mall was playing all this
really popular american music but none of it was edited! It was cussing
like crazy but nobody cared because they couldnt understand it! I was
not prepared for the cold at all so I bought a nice sweater. Also the
clothes here are so cheap! like they are nice too! I bought a sweater
that would usually cost like 60 in the US, a pair of blue pants (which
are so cool! They are like stretchty skinny chinos but I can still wear
them), and three ties for only like 20 bucks! And then I also needed a
new backpack because I found out that my old one wasnt waterproof the
hard way...
Tomorrow is the mission presidents last day, so we
have big meeting with the whole mission. It should be pretty good! I
dont really know what to expect though... I think I find out if Im going
to the East or West mission tomorrow. Im pretty sure Im staying East.
Oh also... Im not sure of my address yet because of the mission split. I
will probably know next week. Packages are safe to send... but there
are some rules. Ill have them next week tambien. They take a while to
get here... but they usually always do get here untouched.
Also
today I found out that I am serving in the "hood" of Costa Rica. Which
makes sense... lots of sketchy stuff goes down in my area. I wont
include any stories because I dont want to scare you, Mom. But if anyone
wants to hear any email me and Ill let you know!
I hope all is well with you! Thanks for all of the prayers!
Love you!
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