Hey!!
Okay so Sister Jones heard I came in really late last night so she said I can
have a few more minutes to write you because she’s a mother and she knows that
you were probably worried ;) So my first flight to Seattle I sat next to a man
who was a member and he was so incredibly helpful. He walked me all the way to
my gate even though it was on the other side of the airport. Then I ate a bagel
and waited for my next flight to Dallas. I sat next to a guy who was really nice
and talkative and pointed me in the right direction. Also the Dallas airport is
awesome. I found my gate really quickly and had like a 3 hour layover so I went
and walked around and ate some McDonalds. Then I sat next to another member on
the way to Mexico City and he only had one arm but was really nice. He walked
me through immigration and helped me get my luggage (one of the wheels came off
one of my bags btw but it’s not that big of a deal) and then when we got to the
other side of the Mexican airport. I couldn’t find anyone from the MTC waiting
for me and no one spoke English so I’m just like waiting there for about an
hour and I had the guys numbers to call but I couldn’t figure out how to use
the payphone. But I wasn’t freaking out at all. haha I was just sitting there
like, well, the Lord sent me on a mission to teach the gospel probably not to
get left in a foreign country alone so I just waited and finally some guy was
running up to me with a sign that had MTC MISSIONARY on it!! haha It was awesome.
And the van ride was soooo crazy!! The driver barely spoke English and I barely
speak Spanish so I was just reading all the signs out loud and he would try and
tell me what they meant and then I was naming like colors and body parts I knew
in Spanish and he would say them in English. MEXICO CITY IS HUGE!!!! It is
seriously indescribable here!! Right behind the MTC there’s mountains and hills
with houses stacked on houses like they are in Brazil. And it’s a little humid
here but not too bad so i think it’s a good transition for me to go to Orlando.
My companion is Sister Day and my other two roommates are going to CALI. They
are all so sweet! I’ll take lots of pictures. It’s so beautiful here!! And
warm!! The weather is perfect. My p-day is on Tuesday, though, so
I’ll write you more then! Love you!!!!
HERMANA HALVERSON
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