Well. What a week. To say the least. When I arrived at the Tampico airport, I smiled at one of the workers. In his best English he tld me I had a beautiful smile. :D After our whole day of flying, we ate tacos at the mission home and then went to bed. That was nice. The next day we had a really long meeting and that night we got our companions! Hermana H. is my companion. She is super nice and speaks a little bit of English. What a blessing. I pretty much understand nothing which makes things quite lonely and difficult.
Um, on Thursday, for lunch we went to a members house and I wasn´t feeling very well. She had made this pasta/fish/mayo thing and with every bite I felt like vomiting. My gag reflex was going off like crazy. So, HH had me call Hermana J. I described my symptoms and she said I have a parasite. Yup. Less than a week in and I already got one. Lucky me. So, thats been fun.
Feeling super awful and not knowing the language... The next day Hermana J. called again to seee if i was feeling any better. I wasn´t, so we went to the doctor. Most of the time spent there was us teaching a lesson and giving him a Book of Mormon. God works in mysterious ways my friends.
Sunday we had church. In relief society, they had us introduce ourselves. After I finished talking, the Relief Society president told everyone that I was sick and could speak much Spanish. I was so embarrassed I wanted to run out of the room crying, but I didn't. I have cried way too much the past week. I don't like it.
We have 3 new investigators! They are all great. I love doing the Lords work even though I can´t say a whole bunch. The church is true!
Also, our apartment is tiny but cute. The bathroom is super small and the sink is IN the shower. So, that's exciting. And I was so excited so say I haven't seen any spiders, and then this morning happened. A GIANT SPIDER was in the corner. It was probably about the size of my palm. I haven´t screamed like I did in a very long time.
Her new address:
mision mexico tampico
ave. ejercito mexicano 501 local 17
colonia lomas del gallo
madero, tamaulipas 89470
***She also added "Pray for the gift of tongues for me" on the end of an email to me. I can't even imagine being in her situation right now!
Also, by way of information, there were 6 sisters serving in Tampico. With the batch of sisters coming down with Mary, there are now 12. So they each got a native Spanish speaking companion. In March, they are supposed to have 32 sisters total. Mary probably is feeling the pressure to be "broken in" by then because it's almost guaranteed she'll be training by then!
Um, on Thursday, for lunch we went to a members house and I wasn´t feeling very well. She had made this pasta/fish/mayo thing and with every bite I felt like vomiting. My gag reflex was going off like crazy. So, HH had me call Hermana J. I described my symptoms and she said I have a parasite. Yup. Less than a week in and I already got one. Lucky me. So, thats been fun.
Feeling super awful and not knowing the language... The next day Hermana J. called again to seee if i was feeling any better. I wasn´t, so we went to the doctor. Most of the time spent there was us teaching a lesson and giving him a Book of Mormon. God works in mysterious ways my friends.
Sunday we had church. In relief society, they had us introduce ourselves. After I finished talking, the Relief Society president told everyone that I was sick and could speak much Spanish. I was so embarrassed I wanted to run out of the room crying, but I didn't. I have cried way too much the past week. I don't like it.
We have 3 new investigators! They are all great. I love doing the Lords work even though I can´t say a whole bunch. The church is true!
Also, our apartment is tiny but cute. The bathroom is super small and the sink is IN the shower. So, that's exciting. And I was so excited so say I haven't seen any spiders, and then this morning happened. A GIANT SPIDER was in the corner. It was probably about the size of my palm. I haven´t screamed like I did in a very long time.
Her new address:
mision mexico tampico
ave. ejercito mexicano 501 local 17
colonia lomas del gallo
madero, tamaulipas 89470
***She also added "Pray for the gift of tongues for me" on the end of an email to me. I can't even imagine being in her situation right now!
Also, by way of information, there were 6 sisters serving in Tampico. With the batch of sisters coming down with Mary, there are now 12. So they each got a native Spanish speaking companion. In March, they are supposed to have 32 sisters total. Mary probably is feeling the pressure to be "broken in" by then because it's almost guaranteed she'll be training by then!
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