Hermana Jessica Thompson - Mexico Cuidad Juarez Mission

I have a few minutes to write you and let you know I made it here. I think my p-day will be on Mondays. Tonight we are staying in a hotel and tomorrow I get my companion, have training and then jump right to work. I am very excited!  I already love this city so much. We had lunch with the President and his wife at their house and it was very nice. There are a lot of Wendy's and Subway's as we are so close to the border. I haven't seen the border yet but I am sure I will. I love you all so very much and I am beyond excited to get started!

We've arrived. It's officially my last P-Day here in the CCM. I feel like I've been here my whole life and also only for a week. It's a weird time distortion. Anyway...I don't have a ton of time to write this week (as per usual) but I'll do my best. You guys. In the simplest way I can say it, the Lord is real and He really knows you. I've always heard people say "You can see the Lord's hand in your life" and I've always said "Yeah, I believe that." Well, now, I'm here to tell you that I KNOW with full sincerity of my heart the reality of that statement. I've noticed it in every way, shape and form I think a person can. From being ridiculously sick, frustrated with the language, loving every minute of teaching, and any other time you could possibly think of, He is there and He really does know you. The simplest example for me is in every hard, rough, seemingly ...

 Well, a lot has happened. A lot of new, rough things, but I've still enjoyed everyday. My new companion is from Chili. Hermana Valdivia is the sweetest person I've ever met and we get along so well. I'm learning so much from her with the Spanish language and with the language of the gospel. We get along so well and I couldn't have asked for a better companion. As we like to joke about, she really is my angel. Being completely immersed, and I mean completely, has absolutely been a challenge. I now know what people mean when they talk about MTC Spanish. I'm not going to lie (because that would be bad, I'm a missionary) there are days where I feel useless and inadequate. I get frustrated because I know what I want to say to the people we are teaching but I can't express those thoughts exactly in Spanish. Sometimes it is hard to understand what is going on in class, or in general, and I get discouraged. ...

Changes! They just told us yesterday that our whole district is completely changing. 6 out of the 8 of us are all getting brand new Latino companions. Yeah! They come in tomorrow, so I'll be doing my first three weeks over again but I'll be with a Latino native speaker who is on the three week program. This means no grammar classes, and legitimately EVERYTHING in Spanish. My companion, Hermana Rogers, and I get to stay in our same room together and are still in the same district. The others are in a different district but the same zone and branch, meaning we get the same p-day and I'll get to see them every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. I'm stoked about that. They gave us p-day today because we won't have one this week, just like how it happened when I first got here. My new p-day will be Thursday and I am in district 3C. New changes. BIG changes. But all good!