I am in the Torren Juarez Area, just to the west of the Cristus statue. It has been rainy for most of the week since we are catching the edges of the hurricanes that have hit, but that is supposed to be very odd, meaning it is going to get hot.
Life is so much different here than i am used to. The food, the language, the walking for miles on end, the few times we take the cab or bus, it is all throwing my mind for a loop. My apartment looks like a hole in the wall when you first look at it but it is not bad, just really different form what i am used to. We are looking for a new one since this one is actually in a lot of debt.
Also the work here, is really hard work, has been difficult. The main reason it has been so difficult is since my body has not adjusted very well to this big of a change. I seem to be getting over it now but this first week has been difficult. It will be nice once I get to take a hot shower again, that is usually my motivation in the morning but I will survive.
Even with everything as it is, it is so worth it. When you get to have those moments with these people that you see them finally connect with the spirit, you know that it is worth every sacrifice. On my first day, we ate with a member family, we actually do that every day but this one was different form the others. I gave the thought afterwards and had a little plan but once I started talking, I had know idea what i was really saying but it made sense and the spirit was so strong. then that evening we had a lesson with them, since our others had fallen though, and i did it again. with that on top of committing a convert to baptism, it was the best way i could have started my mission.
And now random side info. I can get packages as it turns out, you just need to send them to the mission home via fedex or another service and they will get delivered to me. but do be warned, while I am in Torreon, it is easy for me to get them and if i am sent out, it may take 6 months to get to me, you just don't really know.
Thanks to every one, I love you all
Elder Hokanson
