Hola All Y'all: October 20th - Halfway there! Wow!

Hola Familia!

It's true, tomorrow makes three weeks here! Ah! Can't believe it's halfway over!!!

This week was pretty ...typical. Classes and pretending my teachers are investigators. H'na Vidrio is still driving us nuts pretending to be her depressed cousin. Our last lesson was a flop. I think all the lessons beforehand had just been too easy for me so God decided to humble me and allow me to make several mistakes. Oops. The one before that, though, I shared my experience about feeling alone and in the dark in high school and told her about the time I was just sobbing in my room alone and told God no one loved me, when I instantly heard the words in my mind " I love you." I told her I knew that those weren't my own thoughts/words and that God loves us and has provided a way for us to be happy: the Atonement. We were both crying. Gah. We went overtime in the lesson, but I think Elders Wilcox and Ferguson weren't too disappointed about that haha. We also did TRC, teaching volunteers without knowing who they are beforehand, but they're usually members. Ours, Carmen, a cute grandma lady, talked pretty much the entire time so we didn't really teach her ..... odd experience.

Man. I wish I could go to the cabin haha. There's so much to do here all the time we have like no time for ourselves. It's always study, devotional, teaching, etc. OY. Exact OPPOSITE.

Ummmm, I mostly want to just send you all the pictures from the last 3 weeks haha. Elder Granger (District Leader) pointed out that there's a memory card/USB port, so NOW you can see what I've been up to with the lovely H'na Conteh and our 6 crazy Elders whom we enjoy quite a lot. There's no way to describe all the fun we have with them in an e-mail haha.

Questions! I like questions because I don't know what to say!!

Q: Have you gotten my first letter yet? If so, when did it arrive? I think I mailed it on Monday the 5th. I sent another one last Thursday the 15th. (mostly apologizing profusely for missing you last week)

A: Nope. No he recibido. (I haven't received it)

Q: Do you know if your emailing time will be the same each week now?

A: We get on when we want, usually after doing laundry.

Q: How often will you get to go to the temple on your P-days?

A: We may go once more I believe, but I have no clue when.

Q: They have mentioned on the news that a volcano near Mexico City has been going off lately? Have you heard anything about that?

A: Uhhhhh no???? Thanks for the update lol. The only smoke we've seen is a bit coming from the comedor (dining room) when they over cook something in the back xP

Q: Are you sleeping any better through all the noise at night there? So people were right about there being gunfire all the time? Crazy place.

A: Kinda. The Melatonin I've been taking helps me fall asleep but i still wake up 2 or 3 times in the morning. Last night I realized after I was cozy in bed that I'd forgotten to take it so it was a rougher night than usual. Plus, the past few days AND nights have been more filled with firecrackers and fireworks than usual sooooooo thanks Mexico city. Love you too.

Not sure what else to say haha. Any more questions??

Church is true, the book is blue, and God loves you!!

~Hermana L. Martin <3

Oh! forgot a funny story!

So, we do service on Mondays and yesterday one of the guys in charge, a Mexican man of course, started to talking to us about where we're from, our Spanish background, where we're going on our missions, etc. So I tell him about my 5 years (studying Spanish in high school), mom's minor in Spanish from BYU and Sierra serving in AZ, and then he asks where I'm going. When I tell him Alabama, he makes this face, sighs, and shakes his head hahahaha. Then he muttered something like 'whatever the Lord wants' twice. Made my day. xP