Hola Todos!

So this week was pretty good. Just another week of learning Spanish.  I am starting to think in Spanish, which is weird.  I have to memorize a bunch of things in Spanish, and know what they mean, so that is kinda hard. 

Also, Latinos suck at singing so that makes me feel better about my singing... but it is also all in Spanish so they probably think my pronunciation sucks or that I am not even saying it right!  Ha ha ha. 

I would kill for a big bacon burger right now!  So much rice, more rice, and a rice drink once in a while. 

I wish I had more time to write, but time is limited here. I have been playing a lot of soccer; so much soccer. My shins are killing me. I am scared I am gonna blow out my other knee so I kinda take it easy. They get intense here, more intense than I would like. 

The spirit here is so strong. I love the atmosphere and I feel so productive at the rate I have been learning Spanish. 

I am trying to recall things eventful that have happened but it is hard to fit a whole week into a single email. We wake up, pray, eat breakfast, (the breakfasts are usually terrible) study, companion study, have class, lunch, study, plan, sports, class, dinner, bed. That is basically  the schedule. Food that tasted terrible at first is starting to taste really good. It is gonna be weird eating American food in two years. They tried to give us a burger one day, but it was just sad. 

Their driving is ridiculous! They are literal maniacs. They have no care for bumping into each other, people on the street, laying on their horn for an hour, it is crazy. I didn’t think people could be so reckless in their driving. I was in the bus and he was weaving in and out of cars in a way I couldn’t even do back home. They are insanely dangerous drivers here. 

There are a ton of Venezuelans coming into Peru because of the terrible Venezuelan government.  When we went to get our visas, me and another missionary had to use the bathroom.  We got a little lost and it was kinda intimidating. Everyone was staring at us and we couldn’t speak the language other than asking where the bathroom was. Also, they throw their used toilet paper in the trash and not flushed down, so that is super nasty and the bathrooms are the most disgusting thing you’ll ever smell in your life. 

One day we will get to go out in Lima and preach\practice missionary stuff going on splits with missionaries in that mission.  A few weeks back there was a missionary who was robbed at gunpoint in the first 10 minutes. So that is a little scary for when our turn rolls around. They take us like an hour out of the city into these dirt towns and they said it is such a huge culture shock. Where we are living is like the fancy pants part of town which certainly does not feel like we are in a fancy place.... so I can only imagine what it is gonna be like! Ha ha. I am excited though.

I love you guys!!!  Keep reading your scriptures and saying your prayers.