Hermana Drew: MTC The first email

MAMA!!!!!

Can I just say that I am so excited to email all of you! My fingers are really excited too and I can´t control them, so I apologize for all of the spelling errors, especially because I am typing on a Spanish keyboard.

The flight was amazing! It felt like I was on a roller coaster at some points. I was laughing because it tickled so much! I will send you some pics of my last view of Utah and my first view of Mexico City! Don´t worry as group flight leader I got everyone here safely!

I am in a trio with Hermana Johnson and Hermana Spencer! They are both really cute girls and they help me so much! We started the language the second day and all of the teachers here do not speak any English to us. I was so proud of myself when I could understand what they were saying! Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed in the classes because I am really tired and I have studied so much but I just always think about how I will be able to speak like a native! (Note from Mom, In Caitlin's setting apart the Stake President told her she would speak like a native.) Also we taught our first lesson on Thursday in Spanish! All I can say is the gift of tongues is real!

I did get your letters in my suitcase! (We all wrote letters of encouragement and sneaked them in her suitcase before she left.) I read them often and I am so grateful for all the advice that you have given me! Seriously I am so lucky to have an awesome family like you! Love you tons! I do miss you guys though! I wish that we could all serve a mission together! Like the Duggars do! (from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting) Ours would be so much better though!

Elder Huffaker is is my district! Crazy right! I will send a pic of my district! They are amazing and so great to be around! It´s like my family away from home!

Please send pics of aunt B´s addition! I want to see your amazing talent! The buildings here are so nice and they have the best garden beds! It´s like a picture from a magazine!

I really am doing so great! Everyone helps me so much! We study all day long and then teach for 40 min at night. Sometimes I wish I wasn´t speaking Spanish so I could focus on the gospel because it is so good but Heavenly Father would have sent me somewhere else if He thought I could not handle it!

The food here is amazing! On my first night we had corn dogs! haha Not what I expected! But don´t worry I have had my share of Mexican food and Dad, all of the Americans here can't handle the heat but I think is it so delicious!

Most p-days we get to decide what we want to do but today we got to go to the visitors center at the temple! It seriously is the coolest visitors center ever! We watched this video about families and you can bet your bottom dollar that I cried! The best thing though is that even though we may not be able to spend all of our time on earth together, we will get to spend eternity together! I love you so much!

For the rest of p-day we will get to do laundry, play in the gym, email, and study. Guess what! I get to play tennis sometimes! Best thing ever!

The City is so beautiful! They use every part of the city! There are trees in the middle of the streets and parks under overpasses! There is a lot of trash in some places but I love it here anyway! Traffic is crazy busy! The drivers only will stop if there is a red light and that is only a possibility. There are no road lines so you just go where you want. Also some of the people here will sell things in the middle of the street during traffic stops! They are so smart!

Well that's all I really have to say about this week! I feel the spirit so strong here and I love it!

I love you tons!

Hermana Drew