My First Week!

Ok so this first week has been pretty crazy, it's amazing looking back and realizing how much I've done in such a short time! 

When I got to the Salt Lake airport the gate was filled with other missionaries, I found out later that there's 53 of us that came last week. My companion is Hermana Moss, she's from this little town in Utah called Westpoint and she's going to the New Mexico Albuquerque mission too! She reminds me of Christina Weist sometimes and we get along really well. 

District 16C

ABQ Hermanas (me, Hermana March, and Hermana Moss)

Our schedule is PACKED. Every minute of every hour pretty much is planned out for us but we get so much done because of that so it's nice I guess. It really hasn't been as hard as I expected. Everyone here is so nice! 

I've meet so many amazing people and have already grown really close with everyone in my district (the group of four companionships they organize us in). Spanish has been coming back to me really quickly and I'm still learning so much every day so I haven't really struggled with the language at all. Sometimes it get frustrating when we're practicing teaching an investigator and I can't quite figure out the right words for what I want to say but I know enough words to be able to get around it. 

The food is actually pretty good here. We get Costco pizza on Tuesdays which is I swear all anyone talks about all week and they make us all sorts of enchiladas and tacos, and they make american food like hamburgers and sandwiches pretty often. Oh and the fruit here is AMAZING. Sometimes they have mangoes and I don't know if I'll ever be able to find one in the US that measures up. 

Me and Hermana Moss

On Friday night we taught our "investigator" for the first time, his name is Ivan and he's probable the easiest investigator possible because he was so prepared already. Hermana Moss and I were really nervous about that first lesson but today we'll be teaching our fourth and it all just seems normal at this point.  

Hermana Murphy!

Oh! One of the first people I saw once I got here to the CCM was Hermana Murphy! (aka my roommate Taylor from BYU) she's actually in my branch so I get to see her all the time which is really nice.

So the CCM is really beautiful. We have a perfect view of the cute little colorful houses on the hills surrounding us and everything is so green here. It's really not humid at all and it stays a nice, mild temperature all day. And every so often you'll see these bright green parrots flying around and then we remember that we're actually in Mexico. 

We sing hymns in Spanish here which is actually really funny because they'll project the words and we know the tune from singing them in English but the timing definitely does not translate well because all of the words just end up getting mushed together. We're getting better at it though! We have amazing teachers and leaders here and they constantly remind us of how much we are loved and appreciated. So yeah it's been a really amazing week, I love it here and you just constantly feel the Spirit so strongly. I miss all of you at home and can't wait to see you in 18 months!

Oh and P.S. it's crazy safe here. The city around us is insane and we actually hear gun shots a lot but were behind a giant concrete wall with barbed wire and men patrol the grounds just to make sure no one slips in so we all feel completely and totally safe here!

Con amor,

Hermana Martin