People know how to party here, I just had never thought that father´s day would be such a big celebration! It was almost comparable to the St.Patrick´s day parties the university students had back home, but without the noise restriction laws. I think that´s probably the best way I can describe it!
I´ve decided to try and convince myself that I like sweating, but for now I simple have managed to accept that it´s a normal thing. It really is hot here. But it´s not necessarily unsufferable. Just the hottest place on the planet last week apparently. It´s nice though, because there is a lot less humidity, and we almost always have a breeze that comes in off of the gulf. I´m already as dark as if not darker then some of the gringas who´ve been here for 5or6 months. Oh, and just to clarify, Gringa and Gringo are reserved solely for Americans :) Hermana M. and I have a lot of fun with that. Well, when we manage to communicate! We´ve gotten very good at giving each other thumbs up. But honestly, even the people here go on about how hot they feel it is. Most people walk around with bandanas or rags to wipe their faces, and often carry umbrellas as well. Everyone has air and fans. And we have air in our bedroom, which works very well. We basically just spend all of our home time in that room.
It´s beautiful here though. It´s basically desert. Most of the roads are paved, and all of the buildings are cement. Everything is barred, and most places have gates as well. There is a lot of random trees, almost like back home, but none of them are any where near as luscious. We´re very much so in (what I would call in my limited time here) a regular looking community. Just houses basically everywhere!
Oh, I quickly read through my last email and realized I goofed. I don´t know if it´s because these are Spanish keyboards and I finger tripped, or if I was just simply so overwhelmed by my first day. Potentially both, but my companion´s name is Hermana H.
Also, two fun things, in Hermosillo, they use backpacks. And, they have these wonderful double umbrellas to walk around in the sun with. So today, we took a trip to central to get both of these things for me. There are a lot of convenience stores, some markets and grocery stores, and random clothing etc. stores around. There we met up with 4 other Hermanas who are very sweet and it was nice to meet some other hermanas in our mission :)
All in all, the whole week felt like a month. I feel as though I understand more, but I only learned maybe a few more words or phrases. It´s a bit strange, because you go in to the mission expecting to have all of the missionary worries, about your investigators, and finding people, and teaching more effectively, and working with the members, and being a good companion. But really, it´s hard to do almost any of those things when you don´t exactly understand what is going on... But I know that´ll come. I definitely know a LOT more Spanish then when I left home. There´s no way I could understand as much as I do now without the time and work I´ve put in, so I´ll just keep pressing forward!
I´ll keep trying to figure out how to send photos home, but these computers don´t seem to like my camera.
Hope all is well,
Hermana Crawford
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