Dear Family,
Where to begin!!! Well the CCM is very different here. Because it is so small, they run this place like a boot camp, and I'm not even kidding! ha-ha. They are VERY strict with rules, and once a week, on Monday, they make us do this person training class with the Chuck Norris of Peru!!!! That's what everyone calls him! My friend from Provo, Hermana Demke, was working out hard and then got dizzy, so she stopped for a second and he yelled at her, and I started laughing, and then he made us run laps around the futbol field! (soccer field) Then we were talking while we were running laps and he made us start running in opposite directions of each other!!! He is crazy!!!!
Well, I have found out that we are NOT ALLOWED to call our families on Christmas or from the airport to Ecuador. I don't know why, but that's just the rules. (Lame, I know.) As for sending packages, Mom, its okay, just hold off until January. I know you can do it! And in January, please send me some potato chips and candy! ha-ha. I have lost probably close to 10 pounds. None of my skirts fit me anymore. Which brings me to your next question...the food. The food here is good, but every day it's just meat and rice, meat and rice, meat and rice. They serve cuy...guinea pig. I haven't tried it yet, but the other day they served pescado, (fish), and oh my goodness, was it amazing!!!!
They put up Christmas lights here that are pretty cool, but they play music when they are on, and they are always off beat with each other so it's annoying. The rooms here are really nice and so are the bathrooms. And yes we can drink the water. All of it in the CCM is filtered!!! I still room with Hermana Reid, but we both have Latino companions, but we are district companions in a threesome with Hermana Demke. My district is not as cool as my old one. We don't talk much, and aren't very close, so that's a struggle. But every day we get to know each other a little more. I miss the Provo MTC very much. I feel like I don't feel the spirit here like I did there. I miss the teachers in Provo and their excitement. They would share their testimonies with us everyday in Provo, and here, I haven't heard any of the teachers testimonies. It sucks. The language is coming, but is still a constant struggle. My companion speaks VERY LITTLE English as EVERYBODY here! The teachers don't even speak English except a little bit. It's hard here, but I know that this is where I am supposed to be, and I know that it is NOT supposed to be easy. It was not easy for the Lord. I do have my weaknesses, and sometimes I ask "why"? But then I remember the Lord in Luke 22 also asked, "If though be willing, let this cup pass from me...", never the less, he went through with the atonement and what a great blessing that is for us to be able to have that sacrifice!
We don't have any general authorities come here. In fact, the only devotional we have had was our CCM president, chastising people about certain sins!!!!!!!! It was sooo awkward! He is a very stern guy! I'm pretty sure he was in the Navy. He is very unapproachable.
We have the American Consult in Peru coming on Thursday and the mission president and his wife want everybody to sing "Come, Come Ye Saints" in English. Not a problem for us North Americans, but ha-ha-ha, you should hear the Latinos trying to sing!!! Everybody here thinks that I am Latino too. The mission president's wife the other day started spitting out Spanish to me! I was like...uhhh I'm not a Latino!! It's kind of our joke to see how many people ask me that. And then one day somebody asked me if I was from France because of my accent!! It's crazy!!!!
The gym time here is different too. All their stuff is super old and they don't have a gym, except they got a new fútbol field, but the guys always take over it. I always play fuzball on a fuzball table with my Latino companions. It's pretty fun, oh except on Mondays when I have Chuck Norris work outs!!!!
The weather here is awesome! It's like always in the 70s and it's amazing! So how is everybody in Utah? Anything new and exciting? How is the Festival of Trees going? Did Katie Clegg have her baby??? Tell me everything!!!!!! And Mom, the dearelders taking so long to get to me are okay. Just getting an e-mail from you once a week is awesome! But I am excited to hear about Sadie's patriarchal blessing. Make sure she knows I fasted for her as well !!!!! And Mom, when you fast again, will you please fast for Hermanas Morlock and Nielsen, that they can get their travel VISAS. We have all been praying really hard, and they are really wanting to come over to Peru!!!!
We get to go to the temple today and go shopping in some of the stores around the temple. I keep a list in my journal every week about stuff that I want to write to you that is cool, or important so you won't miss anything. So I'll be sure to put that experience in there!!! And yes, Mom, I am still writing in my journal, and I have learned to love it!!!
Relief Society here on Sundays is awesome because we get to do it in English!!!!! ha-ha. Aside from that though, EVERYTHING is in Spanish. It's exhausting and I get really frustrated, pero I know that I am learning a little more everyday!!!! ha-ha. Do you want to know what's weird here? We are NOT supposed to flush the toilet paper!!!!!!! It's sooo gross! ha-ha. I still do though. lol I just flush it a little bit at a time, for like 4 times!!! eeewwwwwwww! lol. Oh, and Mom, they asked us to tell our parents and families to stop sending dearelders and letters to us at the Peru MTC 3 weeks before we leave for Ecuador. Just start sending them to Ecuador in the middle of December!!!!
My watch still doesn't work, but I am going to go get a battery for it today, if I can find a store. lol. I am kind of nervous about going to the temple. It is all in Spanish. ha-ha. I hope they are patient with me. Oh, and no Mom, Dad is wrong. We do not get nap time (siesta) everyday... I WISH! It would be nice to take a nap everyday.
It sucks having to teach with a fluent Spanish speaking Latino companion because they just take over the conversation, then I get lost because they talk soooo fast! aaahhhhh! Please, please, please, pray for me always and especially with me receiving the gift of tongues right now!!!! I am definitely going to be studying my Spanish a lot more, which sucks because I am studying Spanish in my personal study time and I feel like I don't have anytime to study the doctrine anymore and get that spiritual uplift that I need everyday. Yesterday, I broke down and quit studying the language and pulled my "Preach My Gospel" out and my scriptures, (in English), and just studied the atonement for like 1.5 hours!! I LOVED IT!!! But I can't do that everyday here, or at least, I don't feel like I can. I am still confused a lot with how I should be studying. In class, they don't really teach us how to teach with the Spirit like they do at the MTC in Provo. In Provo, they really stressed teaching the people, not the lessons, and here I feel like it's just the opposite. idk. I miss having the Spirit with me everyday. I think that is why I am so down all the time. But I know that I just need to be patient.
Where to begin!!! Well the CCM is very different here. Because it is so small, they run this place like a boot camp, and I'm not even kidding! ha-ha. They are VERY strict with rules, and once a week, on Monday, they make us do this person training class with the Chuck Norris of Peru!!!! That's what everyone calls him! My friend from Provo, Hermana Demke, was working out hard and then got dizzy, so she stopped for a second and he yelled at her, and I started laughing, and then he made us run laps around the futbol field! (soccer field) Then we were talking while we were running laps and he made us start running in opposite directions of each other!!! He is crazy!!!!
Well, I have found out that we are NOT ALLOWED to call our families on Christmas or from the airport to Ecuador. I don't know why, but that's just the rules. (Lame, I know.) As for sending packages, Mom, its okay, just hold off until January. I know you can do it! And in January, please send me some potato chips and candy! ha-ha. I have lost probably close to 10 pounds. None of my skirts fit me anymore. Which brings me to your next question...the food. The food here is good, but every day it's just meat and rice, meat and rice, meat and rice. They serve cuy...guinea pig. I haven't tried it yet, but the other day they served pescado, (fish), and oh my goodness, was it amazing!!!!
They put up Christmas lights here that are pretty cool, but they play music when they are on, and they are always off beat with each other so it's annoying. The rooms here are really nice and so are the bathrooms. And yes we can drink the water. All of it in the CCM is filtered!!! I still room with Hermana Reid, but we both have Latino companions, but we are district companions in a threesome with Hermana Demke. My district is not as cool as my old one. We don't talk much, and aren't very close, so that's a struggle. But every day we get to know each other a little more. I miss the Provo MTC very much. I feel like I don't feel the spirit here like I did there. I miss the teachers in Provo and their excitement. They would share their testimonies with us everyday in Provo, and here, I haven't heard any of the teachers testimonies. It sucks. The language is coming, but is still a constant struggle. My companion speaks VERY LITTLE English as EVERYBODY here! The teachers don't even speak English except a little bit. It's hard here, but I know that this is where I am supposed to be, and I know that it is NOT supposed to be easy. It was not easy for the Lord. I do have my weaknesses, and sometimes I ask "why"? But then I remember the Lord in Luke 22 also asked, "If though be willing, let this cup pass from me...", never the less, he went through with the atonement and what a great blessing that is for us to be able to have that sacrifice!
We don't have any general authorities come here. In fact, the only devotional we have had was our CCM president, chastising people about certain sins!!!!!!!! It was sooo awkward! He is a very stern guy! I'm pretty sure he was in the Navy. He is very unapproachable.
We have the American Consult in Peru coming on Thursday and the mission president and his wife want everybody to sing "Come, Come Ye Saints" in English. Not a problem for us North Americans, but ha-ha-ha, you should hear the Latinos trying to sing!!! Everybody here thinks that I am Latino too. The mission president's wife the other day started spitting out Spanish to me! I was like...uhhh I'm not a Latino!! It's kind of our joke to see how many people ask me that. And then one day somebody asked me if I was from France because of my accent!! It's crazy!!!!
The gym time here is different too. All their stuff is super old and they don't have a gym, except they got a new fútbol field, but the guys always take over it. I always play fuzball on a fuzball table with my Latino companions. It's pretty fun, oh except on Mondays when I have Chuck Norris work outs!!!!
The weather here is awesome! It's like always in the 70s and it's amazing! So how is everybody in Utah? Anything new and exciting? How is the Festival of Trees going? Did Katie Clegg have her baby??? Tell me everything!!!!!! And Mom, the dearelders taking so long to get to me are okay. Just getting an e-mail from you once a week is awesome! But I am excited to hear about Sadie's patriarchal blessing. Make sure she knows I fasted for her as well !!!!! And Mom, when you fast again, will you please fast for Hermanas Morlock and Nielsen, that they can get their travel VISAS. We have all been praying really hard, and they are really wanting to come over to Peru!!!!
We get to go to the temple today and go shopping in some of the stores around the temple. I keep a list in my journal every week about stuff that I want to write to you that is cool, or important so you won't miss anything. So I'll be sure to put that experience in there!!! And yes, Mom, I am still writing in my journal, and I have learned to love it!!!
Relief Society here on Sundays is awesome because we get to do it in English!!!!! ha-ha. Aside from that though, EVERYTHING is in Spanish. It's exhausting and I get really frustrated, pero I know that I am learning a little more everyday!!!! ha-ha. Do you want to know what's weird here? We are NOT supposed to flush the toilet paper!!!!!!! It's sooo gross! ha-ha. I still do though. lol I just flush it a little bit at a time, for like 4 times!!! eeewwwwwwww! lol. Oh, and Mom, they asked us to tell our parents and families to stop sending dearelders and letters to us at the Peru MTC 3 weeks before we leave for Ecuador. Just start sending them to Ecuador in the middle of December!!!!
My watch still doesn't work, but I am going to go get a battery for it today, if I can find a store. lol. I am kind of nervous about going to the temple. It is all in Spanish. ha-ha. I hope they are patient with me. Oh, and no Mom, Dad is wrong. We do not get nap time (siesta) everyday... I WISH! It would be nice to take a nap everyday.
It sucks having to teach with a fluent Spanish speaking Latino companion because they just take over the conversation, then I get lost because they talk soooo fast! aaahhhhh! Please, please, please, pray for me always and especially with me receiving the gift of tongues right now!!!! I am definitely going to be studying my Spanish a lot more, which sucks because I am studying Spanish in my personal study time and I feel like I don't have anytime to study the doctrine anymore and get that spiritual uplift that I need everyday. Yesterday, I broke down and quit studying the language and pulled my "Preach My Gospel" out and my scriptures, (in English), and just studied the atonement for like 1.5 hours!! I LOVED IT!!! But I can't do that everyday here, or at least, I don't feel like I can. I am still confused a lot with how I should be studying. In class, they don't really teach us how to teach with the Spirit like they do at the MTC in Provo. In Provo, they really stressed teaching the people, not the lessons, and here I feel like it's just the opposite. idk. I miss having the Spirit with me everyday. I think that is why I am so down all the time. But I know that I just need to be patient.
We are only allowed to take pictures on p-days here, and today is my first p-day, so I will be sending pictures via e-mail next week! But I can only take pictures outside. It is forbidden to take pictures inside of the buildings or rooms in the Peru CCM, and if we do, they take our cameras from us. So you won't be getting any cools pictures of my room or anything. But I still have some fun and cool pictures to send you from the Provo MTC. I took tons of pictures of everything there so you could take a virtual tour of my life in Provo!!! ha-ha. Well my time is running out. I love you all very much and think about you everyday!!! You are always in my prayers. Please keep me updated on your lives and what not, and I will do the same!!! Can't wait for next week to hear from you!!! Oh, Dad, how is your job going????? Anyways, I love you and miss you more!
LOVE,
- HERMANA FLORES!
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