Howdy Y'all!
I'm starting to find myself adopting the languages I am speaking! I am now saying "y'all" and "we finna" or "we fixin to". On top of that I am also saying "como" when I am pausing in between thoughts, it's like saying like or um in English. Basical,y that means if you combine all of the weird language habits, I sound pretty funny when you talk to me!
This week was full of a lot of exciting things! Too many to write in this email with the time I have but I want to cover some of the more strange or big events! Most of them have related pictures that I will tag below.
Last Monday night when we were walking back to the apartment we started getting followed by a dog! It would have been really scary except this dog was a little puppy. We couldn't decide if it was run away or a stray but it continued to follow us. We expected it to lose interest but it never did! It followed us all the way back to our apartment! We aren't allowed to have any pets or animals so we didn't know what to do so we set up a cardboard box outside our door and a few cloths in it. We then shut the door hoping the puppy would either be gone or warm in the morning! We woke up to exercise and found a note on our door saying our upstairs neighbors had taken it into their apartment and to come get it back. Long story short we ended up walking to an animal shelter the next day on our way to an appointment and the little dog followed us all the way there!
On valentines day we visited a member of our branch named Julio and his nephew Yayer who are living and working in the U.S. while their families are in Mexico. We took them a balloon and we had a fun lunch with them! We then ended up singing hymns with them for a while which they both really enjoyed. Sacred music really invites the spirit and Julio really loved singing with us! We had to run out the door because if it were up to him we would have sung all night! We will be going back next week so I think we will sing again.
On February the 15th I turned 19! Thank you to all of you who sent cards or packages and emails! It made the day a fun one and I am grateful for your support and thinking of me!
We had a party the next day with the Polanco family, they are from Guatemala. Their daughter who goes to BYU Idaho was in town and she has the same birthday as me! Same day and year. Their mom has her birthday today and my companions elder Merrill, is at the end of the month. So with all of the birthdays we threw a party for all the ,members of the branch at their house! We had piñatas and lots of good food! An elder who had served in the mission right before I got here also came and surprised everyone with his family as they were passing through Arkansas. It was a great time!
Then the next day Guillermo had us over and he bought street tacos for us from my favorite place! It made me smile ear to ear and they were super good! Guillermo has said I'm how officially as Mexican as he is. I took that as a compliment!
This work is so good. Apart from the amazing people i have met and been able to help, this mission has changed me in so many ways. One of which is gaining a few pounds! Another is having stronger legs from biking and walking. And the last but most important is it has strengthened my testimony and relationship with my Savior and his gospel.
I love you all and hope you enjoy these pictures! Have a good week.
Elder C.R. Anderson
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