Correction..... CUBA is open for missionary work!

haha I'm a dork. I accidentally wrote Haiti las week instead of CUBA. Haiti has already been open for a while!!! But CUBA is open as of in like 10 days or something. As of what we know right now, they'll send the spanish missionaries. we'll see!!!

This week I thought I'd write a little bit about the people and culture. There are some FUNNy things really. It's ridiculous sometimes. haha.

Ok so the people here are actually like african americans, but there are also people here that are kind of white. It throws me off. So they all speak very loud and energetically ALL the time. SEriously. Even in sacrament meeting. Oh and even though they are quite poor here, like their homes are concrete floors with tin roofs, their clothes are always very nice. My sisters will appreciate this... they all have super cute jeans!! haha it's funny actually. My companion says that they are "vanity" haha, it's the only english word she knows to explain it. Oh and the girls have black girl hair and so they only wash their hair once every 1 or 2 weeks and when they get their hair done, they put it in a dew rag and sometimes a shower cap and walk around the town to keep their hair nice. My companion does this all the time. It's hilarious. Oh and ladies will walk around the town with huge curlers in their hair, waiting for their hair to dry and it's completely Normal. haha. Basically, even though they have humble homes and situations, they all are very aware of their looks. It's quite funny. 

I'm so thankful for this gospel. 

I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!

Hermana Limb

HAITI IS OPEN!

HOLA!!! I just wanted to tell you this excited news! I don't know if you have all heard this yet, but this week they ancounced to us that Haiti is open to missionary work! It will officially start on march 17, our next transfer day. From what I've heard, they'll take missionaries from this mission and probably the other Dominican Republic Missions and the Puerto Rico mission. I have no idea how it all works opening a whole country, but I'm guessing they take a few natives... espcially because of Americas position with Cuba, I don't think many Americans will go there. Well anways, we'll see!!

Everything has already gotten better, especially my attitude. I'm also learning so much patience it's ridiculous. really. You need a lot with a foreign companion. The people here never have any sense of a hurry... haha really... you probably understand. My companion really is a good missionary and so I'm learning lots. Lots and lots. My spanish is also improving tons. Really. I don't know if my speaking ability is really tons better, but my ability to understand is wayyy better. I can actually understand some of the things these crazy natives say here!! Haha. I'm also at the point now where I can almost understand most scriptures. I can read the book of mormon and actually feel like I'm benefitting from it! haha. That might give you an idea of where I'm at. 

I'll tell you a little bit about my schedule, so you can know how my days go...

6:30 wake up and exercise

7:00 get ready and eat breakfast.... not enough time AT ALL

7:30 study personal 

8:30 companion study

10:30 service or planning or whatever may be

12:00 lunch

2:00 language study... but for some reason my companion always thinks we should do something else, so I have little language study time basically... ever

3:00 leave to teach

9:30 return to the house to plan and go to bed

10:30 go to bed.

so we get 2 hours for lunch but no time for dinner. Kind of interesting. The town really does close down from 12-2. My companion says that mealtimes are VERY important here and you are never in someone else house during meal time. 

- Hermana Limb