The Dharma Initative

I've been gone for a month now! Wow!

One of my very best friends Hermana Ellen Logan got here last Wednesday. When some of the new missionaries were arriving, I saw a girl walking in front of me who looked just like her from behind. I thought it was her so I started running down the street yelling "Ellen! Ellen!" and then the girl finally turns around and it's not Ellen . . . awkward! I didn't see the real Ellen until breakfast on Thursday. I went into the cafeteria and then I see her running at me saying "I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!" and then she gives me the biggest hug ever. It's so good having her here!

I got the cute note and picture from Dylan on Thursday! He is such a sweetie.

This week Hermana Cordell, one of the girls in my district and my room, went home. About two weeks ago she started getting promptings that she needed to go home. She really didn't want to leave, but she received spiritual confirmation that she needed to go home and that God had a different plan for her. It was really hard to see her go because we all got so attached to her. She was by far the funniest person in my district and she always had us laughing so hard. She left on Monday. Now that she's gone, her companion, Hermana Egbert, is in a trio with Hermana Ivie and I. So now I have two companions and there are three of us teaching lessons instead of two!

My district is so hilarious. While Hermana Cordell was still here, she had a big stack of post-it notes and every time someone said something funny, she would write it down on a post-it note and put it in her missionary journal. By the time she left there were probably 200 post-its with funny quotes on them!

This morning we went to the Mexico City Temple! We couldn't go inside because it is being renovated right now. But we took a lot of pictures and they have a really nice visitor's center a lot like the one at Temple Square so we got to take a tour of that. They even have sister missionaries there giving tours.

It kinda feels like the Dharma Initiative from Lost here. Just like the people in Dharma, we are in our own happy little bubble cut off from the outside world, and we live in cute colorful little houses. It's pretty funny!

We wake up at 6:30 and have to be at breakfast by 7. But in reality I'm usually not out of bed until 6:45 so I only have like 15 minutes to get ready. But I have gotten really good at getting ready quickly. I sleep with my hair in braids every night so in the morning all I have to do is take the braids out and then my hair is wavy. And now I only wear makeup on Sundays, because the rest of the days I just don't have the time or the energy.

My favorite time of the day is the hour we get for gym. I usually do intense bike workouts with Hermana Wade, but yesterday I played soccer with Hermana Baugh and a few other girls.

I really love it here! Sometimes it feels like my time here is never going to end but then I remember I still have Jersey waiting for me! I'm so excited!

xoxo Hermana Harris

Me and Hermana Cordell