Hola amigos y familia!!!

Wow, it’s hard to believe the first week is over! So much has happened this week that has made my brain explode but also feel the Savior’s love stronger than ever before! Thursday started out with a very long day of travel! I said goodbye to my family, and it was very hard. I realized how much I really love them! My travel day went from being an 8-hour travel day to over a 13-hour travel day! We had an unexpected delay in LA, which caused the delay in travel! It was crazy but fun! There were probably over 40 missionaries, which was crazy! The travel to Mexico was much better because it was international, and we had tons of space! Once we got to Mexico, it was amazing! Going through a busy city to a complete stop of motion, it was extremely peaceful entering the CCM! Let me cut to the chase and give a few highlights from this week!

My district is the best, and my companion is equally as awesome! The food is surprisingly good and fresh every day! We mostly eat tacos and enchiladas every day for all three meals hahaha! Anyways, my teachers are the greatest! Hermano Barrera is the GOAT! He is so awesome and really made the transition easy for all of us! He’s basically an older brother to all of us! Sunday was the coolest day ever! The spirit was extremely tangible! Also, I was called as District Leader, which is fun! I’m starting to feel much more adjusted, just trying to stay positive and keep my focus on Jesus Christ! My Spanish is definitely improving, which is a blessing! I couldn’t even bear my testimony or prayer well at all, and now I can do both and share messages in Spanish! The gift of tongues is real!! Also, basically every day and night, there are like four gunshots that go off, and after, there are sirens and normally a creepy death scream, which is always scary haha! Also, one night this past week, I pulled out a guitar because someone in my district brought one, and I played it just casually before bed, and it ended up having the entire house of over 24 people surrounding me asking me to sing my song “Found Love” on repeat hahaha it was super cool! Today I went to the temple, which was absolutely incredible! The temple looks like an Aztec temple, and it’s so beautiful inside! Anyways, I’m loving it here and can’t wait for next week! Also, I learned a new word that supposedly everyone uses here, and it means Chipy Chipy! It means sprinkling hahaha! It has rained a ton here, but also there are days that are extremely hot! Anyways, I love y’all and hope y’all have an amazing next week!