p-day # 4

Hey Family!
           I just want you all to know how much i love you. :) we got to watch general conference with the rest of the North Americans and let me just say that  conference was incredible. :) we would have been able to sing in the choir had we not come to Guatemala. in fact, we signed up and then we found out we were coming here. ha ha. so the rest of my district there was in the choir, and we were like searching for them as we were watching the songs. and at the end, when it showed David Archuleta, i seriously freaked out. ha ha. everyone here now knows me as the David Archuleta girl because i
yelled. full on yelled. ha ha. i was so embarrassed. i really need to work on not doing things without thinking them through first. but it was also very memorable. it's so lame that i left Provo the day before he got there. :( but whatever. David Archuleta vs. Guatemalan mtc? yeah. definitely would rather be here.
            Things are going really well here. i love this mtc so much. there are about 70 Latinos and 25 nortes, and all of the Latinas are super sweet and patient and kind with us. we always try to sit by them at lunches and talk about something. it involves a lot of hand gestures, but we always end up getting our point across. ha ha. I'm the skinny one here. that's what they all call me. i think it's so funny that they call people by their characteristics and it's not offensive... it's definitely something I'll have to get used to. ha ha. anyways, the food here is incredible. i have to stop myself from eating everything they offer at every meal or i will totally get sick. all of the things they serve are so
different from anything I've ever eaten, but all of it is good. the milk they have is kinda nasty... so I'm making sure to eat my calcium pills every day. we usually have some sort of fruit juice at every meal. and they're always super random. like this morning for breakfast we had watermelon juice. most of it is good... ha ha. sometimes i just get water.
        I really love my teacher so much. :) he's very patient, and i can tell that he really thinks I'm doing well. last week, he told me that I'm the best in the class. I'm glad that my hard work is paying off and that my teacher can tell. i could definitely be working harder to learn the language every day, so I'm going to start trying to only speak Spanish. the hardest part about this language is that there are so many different words that mean the exact same things, so the only way to find out which one is correct is to use them with a Latina who will correct you if you say the wrong one. i mean, we are pretty much only learning how to say gospel stuff, so to just get to know them is really difficult, but i keep a notebook with me to write down words that i want to know so that i can use them later. i bought a couple sets of flashcards before i came here, so they're definitely helping.:)
          Hermana Nielsen is amazing as usual. :) my room is super nice. Also the weather here is incredible. i seriously could live here forever i think... perfect temps and I'm starting to get a tan from studying outside. i love it here. :) i love you all!