Week 2 and loving it more and more

Hey Familia, This week went by so much faster than my first week! It was really good! There were a lot of ups and downs in it, but overall pretty good. I am so sad to hear about Puppy Pants! I was actually for some reason worrying about her yesterday and hoping she was okay! And Mom, thank you for finding out about my watch. That´s totally okay, I will be fine to wait until Minnesota. I´m glad you didn´t send it actually because I found out the address was the old one. That is one example of how no one tells you anything here. No one gave me the right address and pretty much everyone was confused about it. We do have a schedule, but it is just the little things that you have to figure out on your own. For example, Hermana Ficklin and I had been doing personal study in our rooms after breakfast, but then just found out this week we were supposed to be doing it in our classroom. Most things really aren´t a big deal, but it has been interesting trying to figure out what we are supposed to be doing, haha. Up until a few days ago we were only in class for a few hours in the morning and then we were just left to study and prepare for investigators the rest of the day. It´s all good though! Last Thursday, we had our final lesson with Pedro and he accepted baptism! It was so cool! We just bore our testimonies the best we could in Spanish! The next day, Pedro became our new teacher. His name is actually Hermano Hardy and he is so amazing. He has taught me so many things already, especially about getting personal revelation. He is pretty strict too which is really good, because our district needs it. I really do love my district, but it is so hard to stay focused because they are all loud and easily distracted. We kinda had a little chastisement about how we needed to be better and remember this is the Lord´s time not ours. He had us pray for 15 minutes and ask Heavenly Father what we needed to do better as individuals. I felt like there was a lot I could improve on and Heavenly Father really did tell me specifically what I needed to do better. One thing was not really expected and that was to pray more. Hermana Ficklin got that same answer too so we have been working on praying before everything we do. That was an awesome experience! The food is still really good! I think it is actually getting better. Almost every morning I have a waffle with nutella and chocolate syrup and then some cereal. We have a lot of chicken, lots of rice, and different kinds of soup! I haven´t been disappointed with anything so far. I am kind of missing some American foods, though. Oh, I also forgot to tell you last time, but they do have purified water and they also gave us water filter bottles exactly like the one I brought with me so no problems there! And my foot is pretty much completely better. Sometimes at night my toes feel a little swollen, but there isn´t much I can do. It just is the elevation. During gym time I have got to play a little tennis with the worst racquets ever made and also some ping pong! Haha, I humbled the elders. It was hilarious. Every day they ask me for a rematch. :) I miss playing with Brad though! It just isn´t quite as fun! There is a lot less smack talking, hehe. Oh, mom you asked me last week if I felt an earthquake. I did not, but twice sirens have gone off and we have had to go to these designated circles. Apparently it means there will be an earthquake, but so far I haven´t felt anything. It rains here almost every single day and sometimes there is lightning and thunder that is incredible. I love it! We have two new investigators this week too. Amanda and Renado. (They are Hermana Valdez and Hermano Hardy) We have had one lesson with each and neither went particularly well, but they weren´t bad either. It is really awkward with the first lessons because getting to know people when you can barely understand them is difficult. Hopefully our next ones will be better! Spanish is definitely coming along. There are times when I get pretty frustrated and just want to be fluent already, but I God called me to be a spanish-speaking missionary for a reason. So I´m trying to be patient and just have faith. Yesterday our district met up with another district and one-on-one taught each other. The district we were with was on their last week here. The elder I was with told me my spanish was really good and that he is excited for me, since it was only my second week. That was really encouraging. I wouldn´t say my spanish is really good, but I know a lot more now then I did two weeks ago! I really do love being here, but I am really excited to leave too. I just really want to be in Minnesota! Well, I love you all! It is so good to hear from you and I´m glad things are going well. Brad and Brooke, good luck with school! Try to learn spanish if you can because if you go on a mission and have to speak it you will wish you had known more before! Haha. I will try to send some pictures too! Love, Hermana Pierce P.S. this is my actual address in case you want to send letters... They should make it without a problem Hermana Brittani Pierce Minneapolis Minnesota Mission Mexico Missionary Training Center Carretera Tenayuca-Chalmita #828 Colonia Zona Escolar, Gustavo A Madero 07230 Mexico, Distrito Federal Mexico