2: Taco Bowls of Death

Hey Americans!!!!!!

Hope you all had a great week in the cold while I am here in 80° paradise.

So the food here might kill me. It is the best thing in the entire world but seriously I don't remember what it feels like to be hungry. One night after tons of food all day they give us the taco bowls that were LITERALLY BIGGER THAN JUPITER and we ate them all and I felt like I could have died. But other than that it has been great! Also whenever they have horchata or mango, those are gone before you even walk into the cafeteria. Also, we get ice cream at lunch and the Best Ice Cream In The CCM is the strawberry cheesecake ice cream sandwich and I took the last one the other day and there were approximately 15 people mad at me. They are gold.

All of the Latinos are apparently supposed to learn English throughout their missions so some of them have already started and it kills me. We walked down the stairs one day and one Hermana ran up to us and said "HIIIII SEEESTER!!! WHAZZUP!". Literally dead. But it is fun to help them out, we love doing it because they help us so much with Spanish.

We have deportes or sports every morning and that is literally what saves me. I need an energy release so bad, a lot of times throughout the day I'll make my companions go outside and memorize while run laps around the parking lot so I can refocus. Every P-day afternoon we have deportes for 4 hours and we all go outside and play volleyball the whole time and it is so fun.

Speaking of which, during volleyball this week one elder broke his leg and one broke his pinky. And guess who it was who broke his pinky. THE ONLY OTHER PIANIST IN THE CCM so I will be playing the piano for every meeting until I die.

This Sunday our district is singing in Sacrament Meeting! Singing "Mas Cerca Dios de Ti" or Nearer my God to Thee for those of you who still only speak the lesser language. I am in charge of it and our district honestly does not have a lot of musical capability but we are trying and I love it.

We watch old devotionals all the time and yesterday was the best yet. It was Elder Cook and he and his wife talked about the hymn "Ill go where you want me to go" and how this is where we are supposed to be right now. That really resonated with me. I love the Lord, and if He needs me to be here, I will be here. If he needs me to learn Spanish, I will learn Spanish. He takes those who feel unqualified and qualifies them. I am so grateful He trusts me enough to serve a mission and preach the gospel here in Central America.

Hasta luego! Love you all!

1: Español es facil!

Hola!!!! Como estan uds????

I need to apologize first and say we aren't allowed to take pictures except for P Days (today) and we aren't allowed to send pictures the whole time we are here :( so beware that I will be sending a mass of pictures 5 weeks from now.

The first few days here were kind of slow, we got to the CCM at 6 in the morning so they gave us time to rest and unpack. That afternoon we started classes and seriously the whole rest of the week has been a blur. I sit down to write and my journal every night and cant remember anything that happened!!

There are about 100 missionaries here right now, about 30 of which speak English. We are divided by Norteamericanos and Latinos. No matter where you're from, if you speak English you are Norteamericano and if you only speak spanish you are a Latino. We all sit together at meals and talk to each other in Spanish and the first few days were pretty comical but now we can carry on some good conversations! Me and my companions are very very good friends now with Hnas Osuna and Paredes.

Speaking of companions, I am in a trio! Haha they told us there was supposed to be another Hermana coming with us but I guess she didnt show up last minute! Their names are Hermana Mickelson and Hermana Loosli. (sorry I cant send pictures if you want to facebook stalk them their names are Abi/Abigail Mickelson and Allison Loosli).

I am in Districto Isaias and en serio it is the best district in the CCM. We have tons of fun together.

Sunday es lo mejor dia en el CCM. It was fast and testimony meeting so almost our ENTIRE district got up and bore our testimonies in front of all the missionaries IN SPANISH! Seriously we are on fire week one.

And guess what??? There are approximately TWO piano players in the whole CCM! So guess who played the piano their first sunday???? Hna Morgan!!!!!

Also sorry mom, this is the best Ive been fed my whole life. SO MUCH FOOD. And it is SO GOOD. Every time we eat I feel like Im going to explode but I cant get enough of it. They told us day one that we would probably gain weight but they do that on purpose because we will be walking so much once we get to our missions.

So far there is only one other missionary going to Tegucigalpa but there will likely be more coming in two weeks since natives only spend 3 weeks in the CCM.

I love being a missionary, I am so happy all the time. From day one I felt really strongly the need to obey with exactness, and as I do that, the Spanish comes easier, our lessons go smoother, and its easier to talk with the Latinos. Honestly I don't understand the reason for some of the rules in the CCM but I can already see the blessings from obeying and working diligently.

Love you all so much! I am so happy to be here and thankful to all of you for being in my life.

Hasta Luego!