Sorry
my email was so short last week, had to cut things short
for a
meeting.
But
Mexico is not that different, it seems a little run down,
but that´s
because no one wants to work out side, but the inside of
houses
aren´t that much different. I´m not sure what you want
to
know, so email any questions you have, but keep in mind
there are
some questions I can´t answer as a missionary. The people
aren´t that different, of course I don´t understand most
of them,
but everyone here either knows or is learning English,
which
surprised me. But my coming to this area has spurred
people to learn
more, so they can communicate with me.
I am currently
in the Jesus Maria area of Aguascalientes City and the
rumors are
true. The mission is splitting at the end of my first
transfer,
so unless something out of the ordinary happens then I
will be in the
Aguascalientes Mission. In fact the new mission office is
in my
area. So in four weeks the address for my mission is
changing,
but until then it´ll be the Leon Mission.
My
companion is Elder Osorio, he understands English, just
doesn´t
speak any of it, so most of the time I´m just nodding my
head and
saying okay, and just follow along. Now that it´s been
two
weeks I´m starting to understand him, but I only get the
basics.
Elder Christoffersen came last week and spoke to us, don´t
ask me
what he said (he speaks fluent Spanish) but we took a
picture with
him as a whole mission and then got to shake his hand,
tell him our
name, and tell him where we are from. When I did it, he
told me
he´s from Sandy. Me and three other elders came to Leon
from
my district, Elder Mickelsen will be in the other mission
and the
rest will be in the Aguascalientes Mission. In fact Elder
Rice
is in the zone next to mine, there are two zones in the AC
city and
we got together today and played soccer.
Well I
guess what you are probably wondering is what the food is
like down
here, well first off it´s nothing like Taco Bell (but you
already
knew that). At first it was a shock to the system, but
I´m
starting to like it. I was shocked to find that they had
sweet
in their vocabulary, but I think it´s a foreign concept.
It´s actually really good, but the grossest thing I´ve
tasted here,
a member here has an Herbalife shop and she gives us some
all
the time, have I ever told you how much I hate artificial
health
food! But the only thing that comperes is, well I didn´t
know
what it was at the time, but it felt like I was eating
rubber. (Mom
should probably stop listening at this point). It was pig
skin,
it doesn´t taste that bad, it just doesn´t feel right.
The
hard part isn´t eating the food it´s smiling while eating
it.
Oh I was so thankful, the members take turns feeding us
for lunch and
Friday the brother that feed us, took us to Carl´s Jr and
bought us
two each, one for now and one for later. Oh it felt so
good to
eat something normal.
And
yes I got Montezuma's revenge it hit about Friday. it was
horrible. I think it´s past, for now.
One
of the things I´ve had a hard time adjusting to is
hugging, yes you
heard right, hugging. First they shake hands starting from
the bird
and then sliding into a hand shake and then they hug with
the head
bent to your right shoulder, pat the back twice and then
shake hands
again. It took me three try´s to get it right. On the
second try, I smacked faces with another elder. Well
let´s just say I haven´t lived that one down yet.
Well
last week while I was reading your letter, I was shocked
to hear that
Dad is in the YM. Even if it´s just the secretary,
(they're just
easing him into the president :p )
Love
Elder Durrant
Que
Dios le acompoñie
