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Hola My Dearest Family!!

Holy Cow I can´t believe that I´ve already been out a month! (If we´re going by weeks, not the number day.. hehe) I miss you like crazy cakes, but I´m loving it here!!! It feels like I just talked to you, and yet... So much has happened!!

Last Thursday, the whole Zone here in the CCM decided to do an English Fast... which meant... no English from when we woke up until 9pm that night. Wow... that was SO hard!! By the end of the night, all I could say was... ¨Mi cerebro es frito¨which means ¨My brain is fried!!!¨haha.. Even though it was hard, I realized I know more Spanish than I thought I did and it was a great way to practice. :)

Friday night, class was SO fun! Our teacher, Hermana Luna is always energetic (even when we´re dead tired) and always does fun stuff with us. She taught us how to sing ¨Do as I´m Doing¨In Spanish! So fun!

Saturday, WE WENT PROSELYTING!!! When you become an Intermedio, your last Saturday before becoming an Avancado, you go into the field and proselyte!!... with another experienced missionary of course... teehee.. I had the opportunity to go to the Lima South mission, and it was such a great experience!! The streets are so interesting and you get to see the most amazing things.... it´s crazy!! While we were walking down the street, we saw a lady who was cooking meat... and blow drying it... HAhahaha.... We laughed pretty hard at that :) There´s also a lot of cat-calling that happens down here... baha...We were fortunate enough to sit in on a lesson in this woman´s house! She was so sweet and it was crazy seeing a real lesson! It made me realize how much spanish I don´t know... hehe. Although it was a great experience, I was happy to get back to the CCM :) I will definitely enjoy these last 2 weeks as much as possible.

On Sunday, I had the opportunity to play the piano in Sacrament Meeting! It was a little nerve-racking because it was for all the english-speaking missionaries in the CCM, but I was blessed and didn´t mess up too bad ;) It reminded me of the first time I played the organ in sacrament meeting. Haha.. I miss our home ward! :) This Sunday, we had like, 4 hours of personal study..! However, at about hour 3, I was taking a small break and eating a cookie and lying on the floor and suddenly the room got quiet... I looked over towards the door and our branch president President Murray was looking in the window on the door and laughing!! Haha... eek.. But, he just laughed and said he was making sure I wasn´t asleep. He´s a super cool guy.

Sunday night was a little sad because the Avancados were getting ready to leave and so we sang them a songs in the hallway. It´s crazy to think that in 2 weeks, that´ll be us!

So remember how I stepped on a nail? Well.... this week, they sifted through the WHOLE sand pit!! I felt a little bad because that sounds like the least-fun job I´ve ever heard of, but I´m glad they were trying to keep the CCM safe... And the sand felt glorious after they were finished!

Overall, time is not a thing here in the CCM´, and I have a feeling I´ll feel the same in the field! I miss you guys SO much every day! I love you! I hope you have an amazing week!!!

Oh yeah! The video I talked about last email is called, ¨La Obra Misional y la Expiación¨I think if you search for it in youtube, it should come up! It´s so good!

I love you guys!!! Until Next Week!!!