My first area--Cancun!!

Please forward this to everyone in the family, por favor!

Hola Familia!

oh man where to start...

The best way that I can explain my experiences here in Cancun is this.

Imagine me as a four year old. I can barely speak, cant feed myself properly, and do that same awkward smile thing when they dont understand whats going on.

Now imagine Cancun as a city FULL of Grandmas. honestly I have never met a group of better people in my life. They are always smiling, always willing to help. Everyone is very kind. Everything that we eat or drink comes from someone else. One lady emptied half her fridge for us. The people are awsome. They are my people!

so pretty much always an adventure here in cancun. the weather is perfect, 70-75 with a slight breeze. there is garbage everywhere tho, and for some reason a ton of rocks! no idea why. another cool thing is there are always cute packs of dogs that wander around. ha ha its sad and funny at the same time.

so some funny culture things that have happened

my first day my companion noticed my lips were a little blistered, and for the rest of the day kept telling me to put lipstick on. I had no idea what he was talking about. hahahha, he was trying to say chapstick but it came out lipstick. hahaha, fun times

another funny thing is they all have cabel, and you know the show Pinky and the Brain? they call it pinky and the Bryan! hahahhaha laughed so hard

washed my clothes in a bucket today, that was really fun!

believe it or not I thought I would get FRIED! but I havent, i just keep getting darker and darker.

so the food is pretty good, however the other day there was this orange putting stuff I thought was papaya...turns it out it was heated cream of carrot. where in the world did they get a carrot!? uhhh...i wanted to puke...

wish granted!

the next morning I was curled over the toilet barking out what little food I had. it was great tho because I felt better. for some reason since i have been here i have constant nausia, like car sickness. crazy no? maybe i´m about to give birth to a tape worm or something.

hahha, so I say si a lot because I dont really know whats going on, and I trust the opinions of those who i talk to here. so one day we went to a meeting at the church, and I thought it was ward council...and we sang a song, I sat down and they started singing again! and again! and again! and i´m like yes its a good song, lets get on to the meeting. but no, we kept on singing.

turns out it was choir practice! hahaha, but that is not the funny part
the next sunday I had unknowingly agreed to sing a duet! hahahah, aw the memories.

love my hamaka

so one of our investigators got baptized this week! our zone leader is really really animated and excited about everything. he interviews him, brian is nine, and comes out and said EVERYONE! Brian is going to be baptized! and everyone claps, and then he says, he will be baptized by Elder Terry! I was like uhhh....the baptism was in a few hours, and I had no idea what to say. Memorized the prayer. he was afraid of the water, and when we were in the water and after the prayer...I was nervous and I dont think I gave him enough time to cover his mouth or nose...and worse he started to come up so I hurried and thought ok he only has to do this once, so I "gently" pushed him under more. sad, but great experience.

3 of our investigators have commited to be baptized!

language is doing good, everything is doing good. every day I want to throw up hahaha, but other than that i am great.

Love you all and hope everyone is doing well! dont have to much fun without me!

The church is true! always remember that!

Elder Terry