San Miguel de Allende: the heart of Mexico

Dear Family,

AHH thank you for your video and your letters! I loved it soooo much! I would have watched it twice (or maybe more than that) but I went to Querétaro for an interview with the Presidente and didn't get back in time to have my full writing time.

In the past week, I have been to Querétaro 3 times:  for my visa, divisions, and for my interview. As much as I love Querétaro, I feel more at home in San Miguel de Allende! I guess you could say my heart is in the Heart of Mexico (that's what all of the maps say here in San Miguel de Allende)!

We are finally starting to see the fruits of our labor here in San Miguel! It has been pretty rough for me to adjust to the missionary life, the spanish, etc. BUT finally! We are seeing some progress! 

S. J.  listens to us and asks good questions but has a hard time keeping her commitments that we are giving her. We will see how it goes this week!

While I was in Querétaro on divisions, I was with an American, Hna Davis, who has been in Mexico for one change- new but can understand spanish and can carry on a conversation. We taught a woman named R. with her two kids. They were the cutest family ever! We taught them the importance of family prayer and also read scriptures with the nine year-old son (I for some reason can't remember Mexican names even though most of them are named Maria or José or something like that). I committed him to read his scriptures every day before he turned on the TV. It felt soo good! It was the first lesson where I understood mas and then issued a commitment. I loved it!

These past weeks have been hard, but when I look back on my first day in Mexico and where I am now, I can see that I have been blessed to get this far and to have the strength that I have now.

I eat pbj sandwiches and my companion thinks I am weird. She has never had a pbj sandwich before and I think that is weird! Ha! Although our cultures are different and we have different traditions and daily routines, we get along pretty well! One thing that made us laugh this week was on our way home from Querétaro and on the bus they have movies. I fell asleep because I was exhausted, but I woke for a second to see where we were and my companion turned to me and said, "THIS MOVIE IS ALL ABOUT SPAGHETTI!" I about died! I was laughing so hard! It's true, there was a Japanese spaghetti movie (with spanish subtitles). 

I feel like I am spelling a lot of words wrong in my letters because this computer is set for spell check in spanish. This whole letter is in English, therefore every word is underlined in red.

Well, I am off to work now! I will write y'all next week!

With Love,

Hermana Beardall

p.s. sorry no pics this week...

p.p.s. KAYLONI!! I can´t wait to hear more about your mission call! PAHLEEZ email me and keep me updated!

p.p.p.s. I love y'all. A lot.