Week One = Done

Twelve of the Sm's are hanging in the AV room after potluck. Every other week we have lunch together with just the SM's and then the other weekend we have a potluck with the church community. It is very nice, we all make something different and enjoy good food and conversation.

It was incredibly hot last night, till about 2:00 am there was no wind. It was very hard to fall asleep. And then I decided to clean the shower last night before worship. Well, it would have been fine but right before I did, the wind died. The bathroom, and our entire apartment was filled with the smell of bleach. I went crazy with the bleach, but it worked. I am really excited. It is not completely clean yet, but it is SO much better.

Friday right after school we had an unprompted elementary meeting. We all made our way quickly to the Av room because we were all completely whipped out. Some of us had harder weeks than others of us. But we all were able to vent about our students. Overall, I feel I have the best group of kids so far, in comparison to the horror stories that I was hearing. I made cupcakes for class, because it was one of my students birthdays. They were pineapple cupcakes, never thought that it would be good but they were really great. My kids really liked them. I had the cake mix, then added the pineapple juice to it and then put the juice on the frosting too and then added fresh pineapple to the top of the cake. So in our make-shift faculty meeting we had cupcakes. :)

This morning we went to sabbath school that starts at 9:15 but doesn't really start till at least 9:30. We were talking about evil and the root of evil. It was incredibly difficult to just sit and say nothing, however I didn't want to say anything that would be so liberal that would be disrespectful. It is very conservative, which is not a bad thing in any way shape of form. But it is just different. It just feels like we are taken back in time by about 70 years from CA's churches. It doesn't feel like home. It's not so that could be why.

It got into some pretty heated conversation, juicy stuff, and a few SM's tried to add to the conversation. That really didn't go over to well. It is frustrating. But in a few more weeks I hope to understand things better, so that I will be able to add to the conversation respectfully.

I am not sure what the plan is for tonight, other than going back to church at 6. But maybe a movie night with the SM's or Ice Cream at Payless :) Tomorrow I will be going shopping for some more food, hoping to get incidence to make some bread and some other health snacks.

I made an omelet this morning. I was very proud of my self. The past few weeks I have been really failing at cooking. But I will still eat the stuff I prepare. It is interesting how fast you get used to things, like the ants, cockroaches, or other bugs. Molly and I were sitting eating lunch the other day. There were at least 8 flies just flying around the apartment trying to get out food we were eating. There were spiders(tiny ones) on the window sill. and ants walking across the counter and the floor. We just kept eating.

I am almost positive that I have been bitten everyday that I have been here. I am using bug spray and anti-itch stuff a lot. my feet look kinda funny right now. But I hope that it will get better soon. It constantly feels like I have a bug crawling on me at all times. It is a weird feeling. I am moving and brushing my hand across my skin, just to make sure its not a bug. I am not sure what it is going to feel like when I get home and not have that feeling or to not feel wet all the time. Or to want to sleep with more than a sheet.

I am not sure what else to say. So many things happened this week. It is hard to explain. But right now I have 17 students and I am expecting 2 more on Monday. When I was talking to my mom on skype explaining how many kids I had. About 5 or 6 other SM's were in the room and I was saying that I had 17 kids and was expecting 2 more on monday... I sat there and thought for about 5 seconds and realized what I had just said. All of us in the AV room started to laugh. And one guy said "man you are pregnant, I cant tell. And will have 19 kids, WOW... " Just one of those random things, that possibly you might have had to have been here for.

There are so many more things that I would like to say, but now is not the time or the place :)

But I wish all of you a happy and restful sabbath

Love and Prayers.