Life is good.

Hey Mom!

So first, we aren't allowed to send pictures anymore while we are in the CCM, booo. And before I forget, we get to call this coming Sunday for Mother's day, sometime between 1 and 3 Peru time, so you will have to figure out what time that is for you.

This morning for p-day we went to the temple again, then Metros (like a walmart) and Garages, which is a three story building with a bunch of storage units in it that people sell stuff out of. There is one that sells soccer jerseys. I got two Messi jersery, Argentina and Barcelona and a pair of Barcelona practice shorts. They only cost 25 soles each, so cheap! At metros I got a pencil sharpener, some red pencils, socks, and a drink called Inca Gold, which tastes like bubblegum.

To go to the temple we go out of the CCM, run across the street without getting hit, and wait for a bus that will go by the temple. We crammed onto the bus, like there is people on top of people, you are stuffed in there. And then if people have to get off, they just have to shove their way through, and you have to get on and off as fast as you can because the bus will move because people will just honk their horns behind. So I was toward the back with all the Hermanas and Elder Laney yelled aqui! (here) so the Elders got off but the bus was in the middle of the intersection and it kept moving, so we were still on the bus, luckily the real stop was just about half a block up the street. We did a lot more walking today, crossing streets, and you have to seriously just run when there is a break in traffic. Also when we were trying to catch a bus back to the CCM, it took us a little bit because we have to wait for the little city buses that will go past it. There are other huge buses that will stop if you are in a big group by the street, but we don't go on those because they cost more and you have a higher chance of someone stealing something from you. Also, when you are walking around or on the bus, you keep your bag in the front of you, so no-one can cut the straps or take stuff out of the pockets.

Two new districts of Americans came last night, one with just girls and other one only has two elders. There are also a lot of new Latinos.

So we had a little shock last night, one of the sisters in our district went home, and now I am companions with Hermana Roberts, so she moved into our room with us. We get along really well and laugh a lot so it will be good. It will be an adjustment though because I am already so used to being in a 3-some, and teaching will be a lot different too.

Sundays are seriously bomb. We have breakfast, then personal study, then the church block. Lunch, then this Sunday we had a health class, mostly what to avoid and how to stay healthy here. Then in the evening we watched an MTC devo from last year with Elder Cook. Then we watched 17 Miracles. It was awesome, because it was a real movie!

So a couple of fun words we have here. Chiste is like joke, so you say something funny or whatever and then say, Chiste! Then Chevere, which means cool. Another fun one is Que en el mundo! What in the world.

Spanish is coming along, I can see so much improvement from when I first got here. Teaching our ¨investigators¨ is still hard, especially with Maestro Lozano, he talks so fast and won't help us if we don't know a word.

The food is so good, especially the bread, crazy good. The rice is also super good, but you every now and then you have to tell them, un poco, otherwise you get half a plate full, and there is usually someone watching you when you take your tray to the cart, so if you have leftover food you have to hide it somehow. The ice cream here is soo good. And there are always some sort of desert also, but you can only take one of the deserts, if you take two they tell you to put one back. It kind of stinks too because if you are late to a meal the deserts run out really fast. If there are Elders ahead of you in line, you get to go in front of all them, and they give you a tray and silverware. At first I felt bad, but now it's just normal.

Oh, so now that we are two weeks in, my district is now Intermedios, no more Principiantes.

I have found so many awesome scriptures, I didn't bring them with me to the computer lab though, so next time I will make sure to do so.

Umm, what else. Things are going really good. Sometimes I forget I'm in a different country, but then we get outside the walls on p-day and boom, different country.

Something that is crazy that I am realizing, is how fast you become friends with someone. We have only been here for two weeks and my district is so tight. It's like we have known each other for years.

A couple of days ago we came out of our classroom and there was a huge cricket in the hallway, like huge! So that will be fun, especially the cockroaches, chiste!

Oh, I know something, last week when we were playing volleyball I was standing next to Osai and she hit the ball, right into my face! My glasses flew off, luckily they didn't break,  but the left side of my face felt fuzzy the rest of the day. Dang Osai!

Well, the time is running out, so don't forget about me calling Sunday. I think you will be in church, so hopefully you get my call. Love you and Dad and Kyle and Lynell and the dogs!

Hermana Murray