Well, this week has been quite interesting.
My new area, like I said last week, is right here in
middle of all my other areas. It is very small, not quite as small as Mira Azul
was, but still small, but a lot of people live here because there are a lot of
apartment buildings. We live in one of them, 4th floor out of 10. And it is a
really nice, rather rich area. Maybe La Aurora and Joyas 2 were just especially
poor, but I honestly feel uncomfortable in some of these houses. But there is a
lot of work here, a lot of people that we are teaching.
Also, all the members here have friends or family that
live in my other 3 areas.
My two companions are really good. Hermana Brady is my
first American companion since the CCM, she´s from Las Vegas, and this is
actually her last transfer, she goes home in the middle of February, before the
transfer actually ends, which is why we are in trio right now. She has a lot of
experience as a sister training leader and has the most time in this ward as
well. She´s also the second person I´ve met here in the mission who was at BYU
before the mission, like me. Actually, we lived in neighboring buildings in
Helaman Halls the same year at BYU, but neither of us remembers having seen
each other. Hermana Perez is form Guadalajara and has just one transfer
less than me. I´ve known here since her first transfer here, so we were both
excited that we would be companions. She is really sweet. Actually, the three
of us complement each other pretty well for how we teach and work, so things
are working out well.
It´s been forever, so I´ll throw in a quick Mexican fun
fact. Just like in English, there are different accents in Spanish. In the
beginning of my mission I couldn´t hear them, I could just here people speaking
Spanish, but now I can recognize a lot of accents, and it is really fun. For
example, my mission president, Presidente Urrea, is from the north, from
Monterrey, and he has the Monterrey accent very strong. Mexico City is famous
for its chilango accent, which is very fast and sing-songy. Here in the state of
Mexico it´s not quite as common or as strong, but I do here it a lot,
especially in street venders and combi drivers. My favorite accent thus far is
the accent of my past district leader, who is from Argentina. His accent is
like a very very strong Italian accent. It was really hard for me to understand
him at first because he says all of his y´s and ll´s like sh, while in normal
Mexican Spanish we say the y´s and ll´s more like jy. But now I can understand
him better.
As for me, I have a gringo accent, but I´m working on
it.
Well, I love this work. I love the privilege of spending
all my time and all my strength serving the Lord by serving His children here.
I know that Christ is directing His work.
I love you all!
Hermana
Herron
