Oh my goodness!!! Holy Hannah Montana this week has been absolutely insane! I've only cried twice so far: at the airport and after watching Meet the Mormons Sunday night (the bit about the missionary mom made me super homesick, but that's okay).
So mi compañera! Her name's Hermana Garner from Rapid City, South Dakota and she's going to California too! San Jose though, not Arcadia. She's super cool and I love her already :) We're getting along quite fantastically and I've been able to help her out with Spanish quite a bit so far. Actually I help my entire district with Spanish. I'm the best by far--no surprise there ;) just kidding. Nah I love my district though. They're a bunch of goofs. In my district there's me and Hna. Garner, and then 6 elders. I've become the mom of our district family already. 
I got here safe and sound Wednesday night. It was pouring rain and there was crazy thunder and lightning. Apparently this is the rainy season. Maybe it will help me get over my fear of storms? Who knows. It was really rough at first and suuuuper overwhelming, but that's okay. In my journal I wrote "God is good. These last few days have been hard, with all the goodbyes and anticipating leaving today. There have been a lot of tears and sadness and anxiety. But God is good :) I can feel His love and His strength with me now as I head to the Mexico City MTC. Without Him I'd be a mess, I wouldn't be able to do this. But now I feel at peace :)"
Thursday was the hardest so far, although it was better emotionally than Wednesday. I woke up with 5 mosquito bites, for starters, and I swear it was the longest day of my life. They work us so hard I find myself begging for sleep at 8:30. I don't think I'll be staying up till 1 again for the next 18 months.
Friday we got to teach our first investigator. In Spanish. Goodnight that was stressful. I could really feel the Spirit though, which was neat. I'm really starting to love it here :)
Saturday was fairly uneventful, lots of classes and new missionary meetings. I'm getting the hang of it.
Sunday was muy bien though :) I bore my testimony since it's fast Sunday and our relief society was awesome! Also it was sunny for the first time, which I LOVED. The sunny weather reminds me a tiny bit of home :) I'm starting to write in my journal in Spanglish (basically throwing in every Spanish word I know). Yeah it's odd to go back and read... Oh whale. We also got to listen to a talk by Elder Scott for our devotional and I feel like it was meant for me :) it helped me a whole lot. And then we watched Meet the Mormons which, like I said, is the only other time I've cried so far (aside from spiritual reasons anyway).
Monday was a little rough again, but not too bad. Our elders are very good at brightening the mood whenever one of us gets a little down. I think I'm going to survive here :)
So yeah! I'm every bit the happy, healthy Fern I was before, just a tad bit happier than before :) Estoy muy bendecida aquí en el CCM, y lo amo mucho mucho mucho!!! Me gusta todo que hacemos cada día.
Love you all so many!
--Crin :)
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