MTC Week 1

VIVA RANGERS
An Elder next to me just told me that the Rangers are up 3-2. Yay! (Yup, I am wearing my Texas shirt. It's blue with white writing. ;)

So, I know I have only been here a few days, but it feels like I have been here for months. Not that the time has dragged on, I have just learned SO much!!! I taught a lesson to an investigator (pretty sure he is really our other teacher, but Hermano Dushku [yup, that is his real name. LOVE it] won't confirm that) en Espanol yesterday! WHAT! I know right?!?! It was really cool because we spoke a lot more Spanish than I thought we knew. It was probably at least 80% Spanish after only 2 days! SO NUTS!

After you guys dropped me off, we just got to work. We went to class where my teacher didn't speak English for the first 2 hours. No English. None at all. Total immersion. I just stared at him with my mouth open. I found I have been doing that a lot lately. But at least I make him laugh when I do it. He finally broke and spoke English. He is a pretty funny guy.

I am in a threesome with Hermana Oomrigar and Hermana Holmes. We have so much fun together. We never seem to stop laughing, which is great because our district is the same way. Last night we were suppose to be doing personal study before daily planning and we were very productive, but then the last few minutes, one thing led to another and the whole district was rolling with laughter. We have nine missionaries in our district. We are all going to TMM except for one who is going to Barcelona in a few weeks. We have already grown to love each other, which is so fun. The Elders think we are pretty crazy though! We always eat by each other and it usually ends up with someone doing some trick with their food and then it just progresses and we have to leave before it gets too crazy. But I just love them all.

We also have a pretty cool zone. There are only 7 Hermanas, so we are already BFFs. The other Elders in our zone are pretty fun too. But again, when the districts get together, we just have so much fun. Don't get me wrong, we study our butts off and get a ton done, but we for sure know how to have fun. There is also an Hermana that runs on our zone so we go running during gym time. We didn't get gym time until yesterday and I didn't think I would love it, but once you have spent 2 days in the same building (I live and learn in the same building. 17M Love!) you need to get out. I loved running outside around the field and I felt great! I also got a happy surprise by running into Chris Tellington and the lovely Mandie! It was so wonderful!

I don't really know what else to fill you in on because it has only been a few days, but know that I know it. It is interesting because in my companionship, the three of us haven't felt sad yet. We keep waiting for it, but we haven't felt it. We just laugh. We are literally laughing all the time. The Elders are warming up to our humor now and happen to be pretty funny themselves. One Elder was reading a letter from his mom last night and it was taking him forever so we said "Elder, what is up and he replied with, "Hey guys, I can't read cursive, okay?!?!" It took him ten minutes to read a line. So funny! Then our DL thinks it's funny because the Hermanas always ask him about the mail (he has to get it) and he said, "I love how the Hermanas now want to talk to me because I get the mail." I think you would have to be here for most of this stuff to be funny. But just know that I am seriously having so much fun and I am learning a ton! I haven't had any issues yet, minus the blank stares in language class. I have found I am comprehending a lot more though.

I have seen Sister Ycmat here a number of times (LOVE HER) and I just ran into Elder Phillips about an hour ago! (He is doing great Kathie. He looks SO happy!) I have yet to run into Elder Carter but I keep looking for him!)

Anyways, any questions? I don't really know what everyone wants to know about and I pretty much do the same thing every day. But I am sure you will all love to know that I haven't slept-in at all. I am up and at 'em bright and early!

Con Amor-
Hermana Giles

P.S. I sent you a letter, hope you got it.