Semana Uno!

Well hello my wonderful family and friends!!

Just wanted to say... the struggle is real!!! Ha

I am now in Sayula as I previously mentioned, and it going fantastic! We had a baptism on Saturday for one of the Elders investigators, and that was pretty cool. Hermana Castillo and I were asked to bare our testimonies with 5 minutes to prepare before standing up. Totally a last minute thing. One of our investigators came to it, so that is why we were asked. I talked about enduring to the end. It is one the principles I am trying to study right now. I had studied it that morning, so the whole subject was fresh in my mind. Everyone after came up and told me that I speak really good Spanish and that I did great. Super nice people here.

I'm missing Hermana Afu lots. She was so great. I was able to see her again once at our zone conference last week, we both left each other trying to hold back our tears. She will always have a special place in my heart! But hey, I've got new companion!

Hermana Castillo is really great, super patient and helpful. She is pretty easy to understand when it is just her and I talking. She can usually help me find the Spanish word I need to use too since she has to spend time learning English while I learn Spanish. It's kind of a win win situation how we can figure each other out.. like I said most often than not.

It is hard to figure out what people are saying when it isn't Hermana Castillo talking. That is probably the hardest part. Not sure why that is exactly. I'm definitely improving pretty quick though. I'm sad that we only have 30 minutes for language study instead of an hour. I really want to just read the Spanish BOM for a week straight (Like in the other side of heaven movie.) so that I can speak better, like the promised blessing from Pres. Hinckley. By the time you finish reading the BOM in another language, you'll be fluent. But I don't have any time for that!! 

So my living quarters are great. We have to walk out of our back door to get to the bathroom outside which also has the shower in it. It is roofed with a tin roof, and the door is a shower curtain! We also fill up a bucket of water to flush the toilet. Outside is the washing station where can wash our clothes hehe. I love it! We can also take our stuff to a washing place just a few minute walk away... I forget what they are called in english, oh a laundry mat?! Honestly though, Id rather just wash all my stuff by hand, it's a good time. I really don't mind the way we are living at all here. I quite enjoy it! I'll try and take pictures this week to send next week. 

First night there was this huge lizard or gecko? Not sure which, in the back by the washing stuff in the corner. That was not cool!!! Hermana Castillo told me we can usually just step on them and they die.. but that was a little too big. And I never want to step on one of those! Too gross. I already have to step on all the cockroaches running around in the back there (Nasty) and I step on the family of baby aunts everyday in the kitchen. I finally swept them out this morning.

My 1st vision experience: So here we are teaching lesson one to one of our investigators. Hermana Castillo looks over to me  so that I recite the first vision. I finish saying the first verse, and then BAM! Our investigator interrupts me and starts saying how she read that part in the pamphlet. I didn't know what to say! Should I keep going? What in the world is this lady saying? Haha it was fine. Anyways, she accepted a baptismal date, so that is good.

Hugging a grown man it not okay!! This didn't happen, but it almost did! So when people greet each other or say goodbye they always do the whole cheek tap thing with the whole kiss thing. So I was going around after church saying goodbye, and the last person was a man, and I shake his hand and go in for it, but pulled back once I realized what was going on.. Everyone burst out laughing.. I was so motted!! (Motted means so embarressed but in a way that you can still laugh about it haha. Hermana Afu taught me that, she would say it all the time!! So I had to say it. :p) My companion kept laughing all the way down to the end of the street! Good times.

Well, hope I didn't waste too much of your time here :p

Love you all, and hope all is well back home. Thank you for your prayers and support. I couldn't do all this without it! 

Con mucho amor!

Su favorita misionera! <3<3<3<3 xoxoxoxo

Hermana Tagg