OK so
these past few days have been crazy! Today’s actually not my Pday but they told
me I could write my family!
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| My new companion and trainer, Sister Muro, from Chihuahua, Mexico |
I
will start at the beginning. I left early Monday morning 3
am actually. I got to the airport and had a 2 hour wait for our flight
that left at 7 a.m. I didn’t sleep the night before cause I had to pack and
also Hermana Lyman’s alarm clock wasn’t working so we had to force each other
to stay awake haha. Once I was on the plane I was asleep before it even took
off. The flight from Mexico City is only an hour to Guadalajara. Hermana Lyman
and I were the only Americans traveling with this group. There was 8 Hermanas
and 2 Elders. The second we got to the church they sent all of us missionaries
out with Hermanas in that area and we spent the day with them! We did contacts
and 2 lessons. The companionship I was with were awesome! One was from
California and spoke amazing Spanish and the other was from Paraguay and spoke
really good English. They both taught me what to say for a contact and helped
me do a few on my own! Not gonna lie I was scared but man there really is no
better feeling! Then we taught two lessons and I prayed and read scriptures in
both! Everyone is so encouraging here! For the second lesson it started to go a
little long and I really didn’t understand anything that was going on and I was
sooooo tired so I started to drift off and it was so bad! I was so tired, I
honestly had no control over my body anymore. It took EVERYTHING I had to not
fall asleep! One Hermana kept rubbing my back to keep me awake. Ya it was bad.
So after that lesson we had FHE with 2 girls from the ward. Here in Mexico they
don’t have dinner. Just a really big lunch and like a granola bar for dinner.
And I didn’t know that yet but, anyway, for FHE they gave us doughnuts and
fruit. I’m not sure if they do this in other places but here they put lime,
salt and chili sauce on all their fruit.... that’s something I’ll have to get
used to. But once the night was over we all met back up at the mission home.
There was a room there that has like 15 bunk beds and that’s were we all slept!
I slept like a baby. The next morning we went to Prez and Hermana Clayton’s
house for breakfast and some orientation. Then back to the church for more
orientation! They had all the new missionaries sit in the front and all the
trainers sit behind us. Then at lunch time they announced who our new companions
were!
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| In front of the Guadalajara Temple |
My
new companera is Hermana Muro! She is from Chihuahua, Mexico and my area is
call "5 de diciembre 1." And yes, I know, that looks like a date but
that’s our area’s name! It’s Puerto Vallarta! It’s humid and hot but not too
bad. My comp has only been in the field for 4 months and when I told her I was
kinda hot she laughed and told me to wait until the summer time. ha Oh, also
she speaks perfect English! No joke I feel so spoiled! Everyone before I came
asked me what I would want my companion to be and what kind of area I would
want. I would say “I would love to serve in Puerto Vallarta and have a native
companion who can speak some English.” NO joke, I got exactly what I wanted!! I am so
spoiled! It is very rare that someone can have a native companion and have them
speak English so I am soooo lucky! Hermana Clayton actually doesn’t speak any
Spanish! Like not even a little. Which actually made me feel a lot better about
my Spanish. After I got my new comp she came up to me and told me there is no
way President Clayton could have known I didn’t know Spanish very well. (Well
she didn’t exactly say that, but it’s what she meant) haha She said it was
truly inspired and I am so grateful! I cannot say that enough! After lunch and
taking some pictures, Hermana Muro and I got in a taxi to take us to the bus
station for our 6 hour drive to our area! Wahhooo. Nah, it really wasn’t bad.
It was a crazy nice bus which totally took me off guard. It was like a “Le Bus”
but better. It had tvs.... not that we would use those and they gave us a sandwich
and a drink and it had a bathroom. Ya, it was nice! And I was able to sleep. It
was perfect. We got to our area at 11:30p.m. and then had another 30
min. taxi ride to our casa. So we got home at 12a.m. Our casa is so cute
and tiny and so Mexican.
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| Brand new missionaries w/ their companions |
We
woke up today and had a zone Meeting so I was able to meet everyone! It was a
little long but still good! After that we went and had dinner with a member who
lives in the middle of the jungle. We had chicken, rice and tortillas! It was
so good because I was starving! After eating we walked up the side of the
jungle/mountain to meet with 2 less active members. It is crazy to me how
everything is just so open! We just walked into people’s houses and taught them
lessons. Everything is totally casual!
I
still need to go shopping and buy some food and what not but I love it here!
I want you all to know how happy I am! I love this area, my new companera, the
people, the weather, really everything! I can’t wait till I can speak the
language better but for now I feel really good, calm and relaxed and I know that’s
only because of all of your prayers! I am so grateful for them! I love you all
and my real Pdays will be Monday so I’ll talk to you then! Love you!
--
Con Mucho Amor
Hermana Acor
Mom the best address
to use for letters and packages is the bishop!
Here it is.
Alvaro Lorenzo
c/o Hermana Payton Acor
c/o Hermana Payton Acor
Lazaro Carden
#600
Colonia Emiliano
Zapata
48380 Puerto Vallarta,
Jalisco
(322) 1079168
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