Holly crap!!! This week has flown by!!! Its kind of sad. First of all I would like to say that this keyboard is in spanish, and has some weird keys so sorry for miss spelled words, but you should understand the gist of what I am saying!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!
I got a blessing from the Elders in my district because I was struggling way hard with the language, and I was worried my knee turf burn was infected, and I didn't want to catch any bacteria on the field that could send me home. The blessing basically said that God loves me, and that the challenge of this language is here for me to grow as a person, and to really make me work hard. I was very grateful!!! I don't think that I have every cried or laughed so much in one week. Crying is a daily thing for me now... which sucks because I hate crying and I look so ugly while doing it.... hah.
Our teachers here are also our investigators. We have meetings with them daily, and they play investigators very well. This hour of the day is the hardest for me. I don't know hardly any words in spanish. I don't know what they are asking or what my companion just said to them. My companion is way smart, so she will usually turn to me when she has been talking for a while and will translate. Once I know what we are talking about, I know enough words to bare a testimony, and talk about it a bit. Its freaking frustrating.... Having everyone around speak spanish and literally talk around you.. I've been told by many of my teachers that I need to open my mouth and talk to them. They explained why.... simply, Peru people will think that I am being proud by not talking to them. Which is completely opposite... I have learned that I get way frustrated way easily, and that I have really high hopes for myself. It's hard to let those standards go and just accept whats going on, and not get frustrated by not know a word or two. My actual teachers [don't?] think that I am dumb. I completely understand the lessons and the activities that we do in class. Again, I just don't know how to talk to actual people once they stop. It's way hard....
In case you were wondering!!! But I am learning a lot about how to teach and prepare lessons. Our first lesson was terrible!!!! I cried about it for an 1.5 hrs. I am starting to love my companion, and we get along really well with each other now. We are both weird in our own ways, but we talk, laugh, and joke about those things and then move on. So life at the CCM is way nice. But at the same time I feel like I am on a roller coaster. One really good day, two bad ones, one really good morning, a terrible evening. I bad morning, and great 2 days after wards. I seriously have no clue how this next week will be....
Once a week, we get together with a Latino class and we teach each other different lessons. THEY TALK SO FAST HERE!!!! Its so scary. I always have to ask them to slow down.... haha. But it's way good practice, and for the most part they understand what we are trying to teach them!!! ha.
SUNDAYS. I feel like I am in the hunger games. We don't know who is speaking until they announce it. So every week we have to prepare a talk... Which is awesome. And no one really cares if it is in spanglish!!! haha. Yesterday, the advancados, the older girls, people who have been here 4 plus weeks. They left this week. I cried. Monday night we skipped personal quiet time and just sang in the hallway for 20 minutes, and then cried our eyes out with each other. It was so sad! I met a sister from American Fork and I actually had a class with her before we moved. So I will defiantly be talking to her after my mission. I Love her companion, Hermaña Frame. I miss them already.. And it's only been one day!!!
Last but not least, SPANISH and ENGLISH suck. English has so many words for things. I can't think of an example.... but in spanish, you explain or describe with what you are feeling, or seeing, or want. So its taken me some getting used too.... haha. Also they write their sentences backwards. It's weird. You can totally tell we are greenies, because we put the words in the wrong place.
We went to the temple today. It was beautiful as always. smilie face. The sisters in the temple try their hardest to speak English to us, so we know what they are saying... haha. Afterwards, my district and I went to all the places we are aloud to shop at. Last week we only had time to go to a store that reminds me of Target, called tutus. Its way nice, and has a lot of stuff. Anyways, the other stores are gross stores like Walmart, metros and garages... can't spell.... But grajess is garage doors, that have individual shops. I bought 2 jerseys from a lady today and it was wonderful. My legs hurt because we actually had to walk somewhere today and not sit in class for 8-10 hours a day. ha. But its all good.
I love you all and I can't wait to here from you. Again, if you want anything from Peru, tell me soon, so I can get it in Lima!!! LOVE YOU ALL! Hope your week is going great, and everything is well with you.
The church is true. I know it is. I wouldn't still be out here if it wasn't!!! The spirit is so strong out here, and I love it. It's a grand feeling. I'll send a lot of pictures my first week out of the CCM. We can't send pictures from the CCM, if I didn't tell you that already. Again, LOVE YOU LOTS AND MISS YOU!!!
-Hermaña Hansen
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