SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I miss you guys like crazy!  A few weeks ago when I teased about how I probably wouldn´t email you something big home because I though it would be funny, I promise that will never happen! I look forward to emailing you so much and emails from you and the family are my favorite part of the week! 

This week was pretty good and went by much faster!  I was sick on Friday and Saturday but it was only a cold so I just felt terrible, but it wasn´t too bad. I got to sleep in for an extra hour both of those days and I am pretty sure all it did was make me more tired! A lot of things went on this week that were really stressful but I made it through!  I can feel myself beginning to change a little bit.  I now enjoy personal study and it is one of my favorite parts of the day while during my first few weeks I hated that time because I thought it was boring. I am grateful for that change so now I start off the day right. 

My Spanish is coming along great but it still need lots of work! I have started speaking much better and my friends and I always go up and talk to the natives because we can now! We also had this program last night where we taught some other missionaries in their second week, and they taught us. They were in shock how good my companion and mines Spanish was and they acted like we were speaking a million miles an hour. This made me feel great and showed that my work was paying off! 

The food here is getting much better!  The last few days I have actually liked the food and that was a shocker to me! They serve taquitos here every once in a while and they are amazing! I don´t know if they are just good because I haven´t had American food lately or if they are actually good.  But who cares, I don´t have to eat here anymore after a few more days! 

I have leaned on the Lord for so much strength here and I know am figuring out how to get the most out of my prayers! It is a blessing to be in an environment where the spirit is always available, I just need to try and listen to it!  We went to the temple this morning and it was long but it was so great too! I understood a ton of what the video was saying and I felt confident in my words! It is weird how much the temple here is just like home though. Sometimes I expect to look over and see you and the rest of the family right next to me but you are not!  I always feel your love and I pray for you guys all of the time! Although I will miss my friends from here a lot, I cannot wait to get to Chicago!

Elder Eichers

Our room on day 1.
Surprisingly it is still basically as clean, just a little bit dirtier.

Here is our bathroom, it is just for the 4 in our room so it is perfect size.

Living Room

Kitchen

Elder Watchman, Hermana Harris, Hermana Culotta, Elder Tilby, and me.

Me and my companion, Elder Larkin, at the temple.

Selfie with Elder Tilby and Moroni.

HUGE MOTH that was in one of our classrooms.  We hit it and it chased Elder Watchman.  He tried to throw a hymn book at it but it missed and he was so scared!  I was laughing on the ground because it was so funny!
(Elder Tilby is in the picture)

The District

The Real District (Crazy and Funny)

Front gates of Mexico City MTC