He Made It!!!

Ola! yep, im just sitting in an internet cafe in mexico, you know, the usual. i arrived i guess tuesday night in leon, at like 11:45 with one other elder where the mission president picked us up. It was his second day. and i arrived two days ago aqui, in irapuato. So far we have done pretty much everything, knocking doors, teaching lessons...i guess i should say my companion has done everything, while i stand around and look confused. But its great, l love it. My companions name is elder Ramirez, from mexico city. he´s been out about 15 months, so he pretty much knows what he is doing, and though he knows a tiny bit of english ( words here and there), we manage to communicate pretty well. with each other that is. the people here are nice! for the most part. there was a little kid in leon that was screaming f u over and over again, and there are people who sit on there porches and shout gringo, or guerro, or other stuff, but its funny, and everyone else is really nice. I think i might be in a place where juan carlos was, because you cross this funky little valley and the houses are on like a big hill of mud, whereas on the other side, they are on streets of dirt! and whatnot! Very humble. i met a man in leon who lived in a house kindof similar to the one in charlie and the chocolate factory, but smaller, and there were children on the beds and he was super old. but anywho, all he would talk about is how blessed he was. He told us that he had everything he needed. He had his wife, he had his kids, and he was happy. It was awesome, and true! I believed him.
Pues, i live in a little green house on a floor above a nice old lady, a member, but ive only seen her once.
But its just me and my companion in there. I like it, other than the "cucarachas" but they aren´t so bad. the mosquitos are worse! but there arent so bad either.
the city is pretty cool. i guess its known for its strawberries, but i haven´t seen any. apparently they deport a bunch to the states.
the food is awesome. the first day in leon i was crying it was so hot (though it really wasn´t) everyone else seemed fine, but i was downing the fanta the whole time. We don´t really it breakfast, it kinda t's me off, but im gratetful later when we eat at the members houses and i want to look grateful, because i am.
We played futbol and basketball this morning! that was a blast, i was a little worried cause just over half the elders in our district are mexican, and i was fearful they were just going to school me the whole time, but i held my own. for my country of course.
the language flusters me a good deal, because suddenly we´re sitting in peoples living rooms, real people, teaching them the thing that they need, everybody needs most, and i cant understand what they´re saying. but, i understand that i have only been here for less than a week, and though my companion thinks im depressed because i always look so frustrated, im fine. Estoy fantastico!
people (other missionaries from the states) are always asking me about this thing called culture shock. i dont believe in it, but maybe it hasn´t hit me yet. but breakfast! ay carumba! i´ll adjust, or buy some cereal today, we´ll see.
That is true i guess about that baptismal rate here, being the highest i guess. i don´t know, they really pounded that into me the first day, and i have difficulty imagining one, but we´ll see about that too. One of our investigators, a super awesome guy named Raul, is getting baptized this week, so thats pretty awesome! he works...i dont know where he works, but he has like a big garage in front of his house full of boxes, and gigantic boxes (like you could swim in) of little tiny pieces of plastic. I guess he exports the boxes to a whole bunch of places, but i don´t know what he does with the pieces of plastic. But he´s super cool, with a big laugh and crazy teeth, and a family too.
The weather here has been awesome, either raining or overcast. which sounds bad, but its a whole lot better apparently then the heat. and i believe it ya know?
But, yep, its the life!
We walk everywhere, all day long, in the streets of mud and whatnot. i like it! i can´t wait until i can communicate, because i give alot of people blank stares (and though the members tell me i speak well, i don´t believe them)
My area in Irapuato is Espanita (for Juan Carlos)
Yep, its something. Hey! it just started pouring!
Welp, i love you all very much! i hope that all is well with you! Im doing great, so mom, dont worry yourself, thinking im not getting any food because of that breakfast deal, im dandy! The work is true! those of you who don´t know that, figure it out!
this is my direction...address...
well not mine, but my companion told me that this is where you should send me letters.
calle torre vieja # 128 col arbide, Leon, Guanajuato cp 373608i don´t think ill be able to write letters for a while, im sorry, im just so darn confused, but i will as soon as i figure out what is going on. (the word on the streets is three months [until i should be able to understand people when they are talking...for the most part], it sounds unreasonable as it is, but im gonna try and beat it)
well, i think ive gone over my 30 minutes, and i still have to email presidente Del Valle, So,

Adios mi amigos, hasta ver! I love you!