PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!
I just received the package you sent! (It only took 9 weeks to reach me, but it doesn't look tampered with.) I can't believe it cost $22 to send! That's a LOT of tacos in the street.
It said "Happy Birthday"...so I might just wait to open it on the Savior's birthday, since it is getting close. Thank you, Mom!
(This is a glimpse of our entire apartment. It is one room with two beds, two study desks, and a kitchen sink. We have a small bathroom off one side. We feel really lucky to have TWO sources of running water in our apartment. Most of the homes we visit only have one source of running water.)
I haven't gotten used to cold showers yet. My comp HATES it when we don't have money to buy gas to heat the water. I just shower with the cold water, but my comp uses our iron to heat up a bucket of water, then showers with that. I did it once or twice, but found it just made me dirtier.
This past week we didn't have much success because it was the day of the Virgin of Guatelupe. All of the Catholics go crazy, so we couldn't leave our apartment the entire day. They love fireworks here. In celebration, they are constantly shooting off fireworks, from morning until late at night. They also shoot mortars off of every house top...but they don't explode into beautiful colors....they just explode. It looks and sounds like I am living in the middle of WWII.
We were walking down the street one evening before the holiday, and one of these mortars was shot up in the air above us. When it exploded, a burning piece of it almost hit my companion. It was pretty funny because he literally had to duck out of the way.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Elder Shumway
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