Poco A Poco

 

Thats what all the teachers here say, "Poco a poco..." Little by little. Its true though, we are learning a lot but little by little.  Our maestra said its like watching your fingure nail grow. You cant see it growing if you consciously look at it, but if you arent focused on it then one day its just super long. One day we are just going to be able to hold a compoletely normal fluid conversation in spanish.

 

This week FLEW past! I cant beleive its already P-Day again! The newest group of missionaries got here last night. THere are about 20 North Americans and 60 Latinos (thats what I heard anyway). Its kind of odd though because the group that just left had 40 North Americans in it. Its also weird being considerered Intermedios instead of Principates, I feel like i just got here.

 

Things have gotten to be in a pretty regular shcedule now, so nothing SUPER exciting. Ive taught about 5-6 lessons in spanish, broken of course, but its coming along pretty well :)

 

The birds here are super nice! :) Ive seen blue, yellow and red ones, and mulitple hummingbirds, and there are a lot of morning doves everywhere. But the sounds here are so different there are so many there is always birds singing which I enjoy. The plants are also very different of course.  Its just weird to see palm tress and other tripical-ish plants ive never seen on a regular basis. Not complaining though!

 

There is a ton of construction all the time around (outside the MTC) that echoes off everything and its super loud sometimes. We study outside a lot so sometimes its gets pretty irritating. There are actually quite a few small mountains that jut up everywhere here so it echoes off that too. You cant see teh mountains all the time though because of A. the fog in the morning or B. the smog during the day.  Some people joke that on P-Days when we leave the walls of hte MTC that we breathe in straight cancer. Its really not THAT bad though, there are definitely way worse cities in the world!!

 

...So the rumors turned out to be true, I DO eat rice at least once everyday. I actually am not sick of it yet though, after 2 weaks!! I also have never eaten this much meat in my life! I, most of the time, at lunch and dinner either chicken of some kind or carne (meat). They dont sepcify the meat unless its chicken (pollo), so its just meat. And every morning we have fired or scrambled eggs a piece of cheese, a slice of deli ham, and a couple rolls. And they have THE. BEST. juice here!! Im pretty sure its because its the real deal.

 

My companions are still great. Im so very thankful they dont get on my nerves or anything because I have LITERALLY been around them 24/7 since I got here. And my district is still amazing. We had the BEST district meeting/testimony meeting on Sunday. They will all be fantastic missionaries.

 

So until today when we went out into the city after the Temple I didnt feel like I was in South America. But today, when we went to some stores I actually did feel like I was not in the US anymore. There were just so many people out and about and darting in between traffic and the shops have their different food/fruit and stuff! It was amazing. I think I will thrive here in the fact that I love just going out and getting after it. We went to a place today called Garajes, which is its nick name because it is litterally a building of garages that they roll up and have their teeny shops inside. I bought a couple Peruvian soccer jerseys there today. ALSO, the busses make it seem like Peru. They shove as many people as they can onto these busses and we are standing so close together we are about as close as pringles. Its nuts. But it is SO much fun. :D 

 

I can and I cant wait to get out into the field. I am enjoying learning here, but at the same time I miss the interactions with everyday people and I cant to get out and experience the Peruvian people and culture more.

 

Well, not a whole lot else to report. I love it here! Until next week! :)

 

Love, 

 

Hermana Kiser

 

P.S. WE GOT TO WATCH THE "MEET THE MORMONS" FILM!!!!! They had it as a surprise! We asked when we got here if wed be able to watch it an they said no. And then on Sunday we actually DID get to see it!! What a great movie (documentary). I highly  suggest it to anyone/everyone. :D ...quote from Hermana Gonzalez (MTC Presidents wife) "I am going to say the name of the movie we are going to watch. And you will not scream." Rotflol. It was great. :)