June 8th - First week in "the field"

Hey mom,

I'm in Surco. I think it's closest to the border of the Lima South mission. Things are going alright. Our pensionista, Roxanna, is pretty cool. She makes really awesome food. Usually I feel like I'm going to puke on the table because there is so much, but then we have to walk somewhere and it settles down. My spanish is getting there, I can understand quite a bit, but they talk so fast it takes me a minute to catch up. It's frustrating because I'm really slow in responding. 

There are tons of people and cars. We walk a lot, to people's apartments or to the church building or Roxanna's. We take a bus or van a lot too, if we are in a hurry. 

Well, I don't really have much to say. Thanks for emailing and the pics. Love and miss you.

Kayla

June 2, 2015

Mom, I have a few minutes to email home really quick. I am in my first area, Los Sauces. My companion is Hermana Reyes, she is from Chile and is so nice. This is her first time training so she is kind of nervous, but she is seriously so good. She knows english, but will talk in spanish unless I don't know a word. 

I had the roughest time last night. Roberts and Moss left at 6:30 and I knew all day that I was going to lose it, and as soon as we hugged and she left, I started bawling. It was so bad. I didn't think it would be that hard, since we only really knew each other for 4 weeks. But I love her so much. 

My teacher Hermana Cèpeda lives in my mission, I don't think she is in this area though. But I am so excited to be able to see her sometimes, and a couple other really awesome teachers. Well, I'm going to go, Hermana Reyes is just waiting for me, she emailed yesterday. My p-days are now on Mondays, so talk to you then! Love all of you!

Kayla