First week in the field

Wow i am overwhelmed right now..... ever since you said brady is going to brazil i can't even think straight. I really cant. I had no idea. My heart is still pounding pretty hard. Wow. That is SO awesome! Portuguese isn't it? Wow. THat is absolutely crazy. I don't know how he is going to do it! Ahhh hahaha. Yes PLEASE tell barry to email me and tell me ALLL about it! I actually just got sad right there for a secong knowing i missed out on that. Dang, tell barry to email me. I can only do mail once a week. I only get mail once a week. On mondays at 1 o clock i get hand mail and then i think we will usually do email around 11 in the morning. But anyways WOW! California!!! Wow. I don't even know what is going on in my life right now! Ahhh.... so much traffic and my companion is crazy and we dart out into traffic and i think i'm gonna die EVERYTIME but he does follow all the street rules so we're good. I love the bike i bought. It is a way nice bike, so sorry dad that i made you pay that much and put you on the spot, i know you like to think about things, but it was a good deal my helmet is nice and doesn't get my hair messed up when i put it on ;) Anyways my companion.... He is from Canada. He is 26 YEARS OLD! he speaks french, that is his first language, so he has an accent. His spanish is way good though and he has only been out for 6 months and he is the district leader and a trainer. So we are kind of learning things together. But he is most definately obedient to exactness he really is so we work very good together. EVerything is perfect. 10:30 our lights are out and prayers are said 6:30 we are up and praying then straight to exercising then 7 hits and i'm in the shower and the breakfast and then at 8 sharp i am personal study and its weird because i can't read out of the book of mormon or study anythiing for ME, personal study is all dedicated to your investigators. So sometimes i don't know what to study because my spanish is SO bad. And 9 o clock sharp we are companion study role playing situations so honestly we obey with exactness don't worry mom ;) i'm sure my next companion won't be this good though, i am lucky. He even told me, he's like (in his accent) You are lucky you are with me- he almost sounds like Nadia. Hahaha but it is good we will do good. In my interview with the mission president he said "Elder Fisher, do you want to go on an adventure?" And i was like whats that supposed to mean, but i'll do it! So it was funny the next day when i met my companion and stuff we were driving back to the apartment and the missionary that was driving got his liscence a month before the mission, and he has NO experience and we were on crazy roads with traffic and we seriously almost crashed 5 times, cutting off cars and what not. Wow. There was for sure 15 angels guarding us and i bet they had a little hard time with it too. Haha so anyway my companion said " This is gonna be an adventure" And i was like wow..... in my head i thought that is exactly what president said it will be. So yes for sure it has been. My apartment is pretty good, kinda grossly dirty but i bought some supplies at walmart today to clean it so don't even worry about that! And i get my own bathroom.... yeaaaaa. And so the schedule is pretty busy and i have been SOOO tired. I have to walk around during personal study because i cannot keep my eyes open. Everytime we have to ride in the car with the other missionaries( there is only 4 in my district, me and my companion and 2 others, so we are always with eachother for dinner appointents and stuff) but i close my eyes and rest everytime i'm in the car. Like on friday we were doing our weekly planning and i could not stay away for the life of me and 12:30 struct so it was lunch and i literally fell over on the ground next to my chair and immediatley fell asleep for a half hour hahah it was crazy. But it is getting better. Spanish is impossible for me to learn. I still don't know how i am going to do this. I have way too much fear, i can't imagine myself speaking this. I don't know how everyone does it or how dad and david and everyone has done it. I go to these appointments and dinner appointments and just sit there and stare at everyone as the blabble off in spanish and i have NO idea whats going on! Its been almost a week straight of that, i feel so stupid! And then every once in a while all the people at the table will turn and laugh and look at me cuz i don't know whats going on, and people here can speak a tiny english so when they talk to me they talk in there 1 grade level engish skills and its just terrible. All the kids speak english because of school, and all the adults speak spanish, and i little english. My first lesson actuallly on the mission field was in english, i told the joseph smith story, and then quoted the first vision in spanish haha so its like spanglish. When i'm sitting there on the couch listening to my companion teach the lessons i catch my mouth just hanging open, and i hurry an close it and then 30 seconds later i feel it open again and so i'm just in my own little world. No idea whatsoever. Ok maybe a few things but still, ahh its so hard! It would be so easy to just give up. My comp actually doesn't help me that much like a trainer should so i need to just always ask him and try and talk to him in spanish. I felt so confident in the language before i went to the MTC, and now there is 0 confidence. Although the members and investigators do tell me i have good spanish and are surprised that it is my first couple days. So when i don't understand they just spit out english words. Anyways though i have had a crazy week. I have givin 3 blessings! 2 of them in spanish ( The annointment part) one was in the hospital one was last night at the trailer park and one was at a members home. So that is cool i have gotten to do that. The food has been way good until last night! Ahhhh. I actually just pretend like i like everything and eat crazy tomatoes all over the place(they are actually kinda good ;) ) and ya just food all the time, i get so full at the houses. So last night guess what i ate?- as i was sitting there and she dropped the bowl of soup in front of my face i was like oh that looks interesting kinda like a PIGS FOOT upside down. Yep. It was. I totally ate the whole thing and a little bones too, i felt too bad so spit out the bones even though thats what i'm supposed to do. So i ate a pigs foot. Ya it was alright. Except for all the bones. Anyways i am lucky because we have the best ward in the mission. No joke that is what every one tells us and my companion knows it. Chula Vista 4th ward. I am in like Chula Vista North kinda. It is the best climate in san diego, and the best climate in the entire united states! YEA thats all me over here in perfect weather :) so nice. They are a very very nice ward and i have the nicest library and apartments and a good companion so i got spoiled for this first transfer. Now all i need to do is learn the language. It was funny haha yesterday in church we were shaking hands to the members in the hall way after church was over so i had pretty much met everyone but this one sister was like oh oh (in spanish) this is the "guapo" missionary and she was like OOOPS i mean "nuevo" haha she called me handsome or cute- and she was trying to say new. So we all know what she was thinking ;) haha no it was funny, i acted like i didn't know what she said but i totally caught onto that conversation! Haha. Ok so i am doing just fabulous! I enjoy riding bikes all around i would do it all day. I have the most fun out here when we are in peoples homes talking with them. They are all so nice. Even though i can't inderstand, i just look at them and smile the whole time and act like i know. Then when they ask me a question its all downhill and they realize i'm a big fake. But its good. I CANNOT wait til i can speak spanish! I want to convert so many people! If they would feel the spirit then they will be converted. You will see, when i figure out this chinese language i know how to work the ways. Not really but i will try. So that is that. I'm good to go. The mission home is the address you want to tell people to send to. They won't let us receive mail to our apartments. Once a week and straight from the mission home. And i can't email anyone but you guys so ya. I might have exxagerated a little with the whole new preach my gospel method thing. All the missionaries here have seen the video clips, we were just the first ones to come out to the field and be the first to start with it new in the field. And they aren't gonna change anything in preach my gospel, just they have come up with new things that are most important on focusing on. 1. Get them to read from the Book Of Mormon. 2. Pray about it. 3. Come to church. Its called the standard of excellence. 5 new investigartors 5 new lessons taught and 5 something else and that equals 2 baptisms. 5 5 5 = 2. So once i master the language i will master that formula. Ok i have a HUGE HUGE favor to ask of you. Actually mostly David. David- i would love you forever if you could burn me 4 or 5 CDs. On your itunes you have all the Janice knapp Kerry things and just that background good music and the whole armor of god cd. Just burn me a ton of church music! I need some music out here in this lonely world. But seriously, do it haha. As soon as possible i would love it. Have mom pay you a couple bones ;) love you mom. Oh and mom could you send me that blue stuff you buy at don asletts cleaning center so i could make some water solution so i can clean things. Unless you don't want to i can just keep buying the all purpose cleaner at walmart i don't care its up to you. But for sure the CDS. thank you SO much! Alright i need to go. I am sitting in a giant library and there is like 60 to 80 people in here next to me, its way busy and lots of computers. Its a ncie place though. So tell brady that is SO awesome and tell them to email me for sure. Hopefully i will have a little better success for you in the language by next week. Oh ya we got a family of 5 to come to church yesterday! Those are some big numbers right there i think we are going to commit them to baptism tonight! That would be so awesome! They are a great family. Work is awesome. And i still have 22 months yeaaaaa. Ok i'm outta here i love you thanks for the email and have a wonderful week! See ya