Monday, May 12, 2014

Week 6 in Mexico


Hey!

I have time to write!  Ok, I was so wrong about what my new area was going to be like.  I thought I wanted to stay in the city my whole mission but after coming here I never want to leave.   It is honestly one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen!  We live on the top of this mountain with flowers all over the place.  Our apartment is this cute little two story house.  There is a huge garden and then there are 5 little houses that surround it.  Three of the 5 houses have church members living in them.  There are grocery stores, a bank, a giant market right in the middle where they sell all kinds of food and fruit.  I was thinking that my area was going to be really different but it is so cute.  It reminds me a little of Vancouver except all the houses are small and super colorful.  There are cobble stone roads.  The only thing is everything is either steep uphill or steep downhill.

I think my Spanish is going to get pretty good this change because my companion doesn’t speak a word of English.  My last companion didn’t speak that much but she pretty much always understood what I was saying.  If I spoke English to her when I didn’t understand something, she could figure it out.  

I wish I could describe just how cute this place is.  I don’t think I will have to worry about safety very much because there is a police station just down the road.  The bus ride wasn’t bad at all because I didn’t go to bed until 1am.  I had to pack all my things and then we had to wake up at 4:30 to make it to the bus station.  So I just slept the entire 4 hour bus ride.

My companion is super nice though.  She has only been a member for 2 years and has been on her mission for one year.  So she is super excited about sharing the gospel because she joined the church just from a missionary street contacting her.  She is from Oaxaca, Mexico.  I am her first American companion.  She said before I got there she was super nervous that I wouldn’t be able to speak any Spanish but she says my Spanish is very good.  So I think that is a good sign :) 

Anyway I hope you guys have a great week and keep listening to the Hermanas in your ward haha!!!  Oh and I ate lizard tacos today without knowing it...that’s what happens when you don’t understand what the person is asking you.   My companion thought it was so funny though when she saw my face while I was eating them :) 
                                                                                  
les amo,
                                                                                    
Hermana Jones

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