Week Six

heyo fam.

well, i am still alive and kicking. still pretty sick. the doctor wants to see me again today. maybe they'll run some tests or something this time instead of just saying i have something else and giving me more drugs and sending me on my way. sigh. it hasn't been too bad though, i'm not like on my deathbed. just really really sleepy and coughing a lot. it could be worse. one of the new missionaries in our zone has the flu and has to be quarantined for a week. i am glad that i am still allowed to go to class and socialize a little bit. good for the spirits.

um. the food here makes me want to die. not really.. i'm mostly being sarcastic.. but really, i don't know how much more i can take of consistently "meh" food. i can't wait to get to the field and cook my own food and have members feed me delicious homemade mexican food. oh speaking of food, i ate some of my first meat for... over a year and a half now? i decided i need to start slowly weening myself back into it so i don't get out to the field and have three people feed meat dishes in one day and then i throw up. so i had some soup that had little shreds of chicken in it. and i had some potatoes last week that had little pieces of bacon in it. it's crazy how meaty meat tastes. it's not very delicious.

i love it here at the mtc. sickness and bad food and all. the spirit here is so strong. and it's amazing how much my spanish is improving. we speak only in spanish all day every day. except sometimes on P-day when we want to take a break, and on sundays we have to take a break because we have interviews and meetings and such with people who don't know spanish. but other than that, it's all spanish. and i can actually communicate without having to think too hard about it. and people understand me! and especially when we teach lessons and stuff, i've noticed i'm even to the point where i'm starting to just be thinking in spanish and not have to translate in my head all of the time. it's amazing. i never thought i could learn it this fast. the gift of tongues is real. we even started making calls in spanish in the call center. it's actually really scary. and hard to understand people over the phone. but somehow i communicate. it's pretty awesome.

i cannot believe i am starting my 7th week here. i'm almost done! my district gets to be "host" missionaries this week, so we get to take all the new people around on the day they arrive. take their bags, get their supplies, take them to their rooms, etc... it seems like i just got here! now i'm the one hosting people. i'm going to be soaking up the warm weather in mcallen in no time. can't wait. the cold is getting old for sure.

well. that is about all i have time for. i hope that this e-mail finds everyone well. until next week...

hermana morrill