Okay first I want you all to know I love you so so so much. It's so fun to hear about what's going on at home. It took two months but I finally got the packages my mom sent!!! I was so thrilled. I share my candy with my roomies every day. I think they are starting to really like me haha. My companion is from lots of places. The last place she lived was in Quetar, I don't know how to spell that. But she was going to school at BYU in Utah. Her dad works in an oil company so they've been to lots of places and lived in different countries where there is oil. She has been to so many other countries. Its fun to hear her stories and adventures. I love our ward and our area. The people are really great and the barrio is really nice. But lately we've seen tons of guys peeing in the street haha. They don't even try to be discreet about it. They just stand next to the wall or next to their car and go, seriously its so shocking! And every time I can't figure out what's going on. They're looking down and I hear running water but I always figure it out too late. Then I turn my head really fast haha. Its definitely a different culture here. We had someone ask us if we were from Germany the other day haha. That was a first. But they said we speak really well so I don't know where that came from. Fathers day was on Saturday here so guess what everyone did, they partied and got drunk. So sad. But we saw one family walking arm in arm with their dad in the middle of the road on our way home that night so that made me feel better to know some families spend fathers day that way here. It made me miss my dad a lot and I felt this urgency to send him something haha. I'm all confused now. My mom asked me if I needed anything. Well, I could use some new feet haha, I can hardly walk in the morning. It's more funny than anything because I look like an old woman hobbling around in the mornings and my feet are all swollen but i don't need anything. I love you all. (Brittani also wrote: Please let people who are emailing me know that I am trying to write to them, I just don't have much time.)

So I feel like I have a mountains of things to tell you. I don't even know where to start. Okay Carnaval was fun. We had to spend three days in the house and during this time we weren't sure if we would have cambios. So we were pretty anxious during this time. We made pancakes! I was so happy. They were really good. We bought these pouches that were instant betty crocker pancakes and all you needed was water to make them. I was in heaven. The way they truned out was more like crepes and we put condensed milk on them, at least I think that's what it was. It's the sweet milk stuff thats the same consistency as syrup. Anywho, it was so good. We also made this meal called tomatada. I will make it for you when we get home. We made meat too, with oriental top ramen seasoning and spaghetti noodles with eggs. It was really different but I liked it a lot. I have a new comp and area now. We are in a small area of two barrios. It's called Guaracal. This place is so nice. The streets are actually paved! In my last area it was mostly dirt roads but the homes are pretty nice and the people are very kind to us. My companera's name is Hermana Tibbitts. She has been to lots of other countries and she is like the exact opposite of my last companera. It's really funny. I was so nervous to be with an american. I just feel a lot more security with a native but so far we are doing really good. We got like 85 contacts in two days. There are a couple people we are teaching that we feel will probably be baptized soon. I am living with an hermana who was my companion in the MTC her name is Hermana Harman. It's really fun to live with another companionship. The comp of Hermana Harman is from La Paz so she is the only native in our house. She is so cute and fun. I feel so blessed to be here. My comp can speak so well and she is very gospel smart. On Sunday we couldn't go out teaching so we only went to sacrament meeting and home. That was perfect timing because I really needed some time to pray and search the scriptures. I was blessed so much as I did this. I felt so much peace and understood that I am alwasys learning and growing and becoming better if I keep my eye single to the glory of God.This mission is so hard for me sometimes, but I know it's important. I have faith that even though I feel like I am not doing so much to help and I feel like people don't listen to me, the spirit will touch the heart of the people I am trying to reach. We played volleyball with our zone today and we got to meet a couple of the new missionaries. There is one sister who is struggling a lot with being here. She told us she just wants to go home and she doesn't like the heat. I could feel for her because it is not easy. I have had my struggles too so I just told her the real strength to overcome comes from reading the scriptures and praying. I hope I helped. I'll talk to you next week!!! I love you.