Mushaboom

"Helping the kids out of their coats, but wait the babies haven't been born. I'm unpacking the bags and setting up, I´m planting lilacs and buttercups, but in the meantime I've got it hard second-floor living without a yard." -Feist

Hola lovely blog readers! This week has been a SUPER LOCO one! 

Its bad but this week I have really missed grass...and spring flowers. I live on the second floor of our house/apartment thing and we don't have a yard.

Anyways/entonces, first of all on Friday I experienced my first earthquake! OH JOY! I was sitting eating breakfast when all of the sudden my companion says "ES TEMBLANDO!" and I sat thinking what holiday is that?! Because the way she said it sounded like how you would say "Oh, its Christmas, and I totally forgot!" So then she heads for the door and says, "VEN HERMANA VEN" So I'm thinking "Oh, there's something in the street she wants to go see", so I get up and start walking then I loose my balance and feel really dizzy, and my companion says "ESTO HERMANA ESTO!", and I'm thinking "How does she know I feel sick?", and this sickness is really weird because my stomach feels fine but my head is not happy. Then one of the hermanas we live with says, "VENGAN HERMANAS VENGAN!", and I continue to think, "Oh, there must be something in the street", but that is when I saw the rest of the family in the doorway and one of the little girls crying.  Then the house swayed HUGE and I was like, "OOOOOH! Earthquake." The members here keep laughing at me when my companion tells them the story. I have to admit it is pretty funny. The thing was because I was  totally ignorant to the situation at first, I was calm and not scared. BLESSING! It was actually kind of fun. I hate to admit it, but it was a bit like a ride at an amusment park, just a high stakes ride. LOL. So, now my companion and I have a joke its called ¡FELIZ TEMBLANDO!, which means Happy trembling! I guess every year around Easter there is an earthquake.  Some of the members think it has something to do with the earth remembering Christ. Who knows.  LOL. But in 1985 they had a really bad one!  Here is a link to the wiki page...I hope it shows up in English for y'all:   http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_de_M%C3%A9xico_de_1985  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake)

Second, it rained buckets this week!  FUN!  But for two days I was completely soaked! I have also eaten crepes EVERY night this week except Tuesday. I love crepes with nutella! There are some members here who have a crepe shop and they let us missionaries eat for free, we also drink milshakes and I always get Oreo NOM NOM NOM DELICIOSO! Funny thing, here in México Dora teaches English. Nice.

On Saterday I spent ALL DAY painting a house, it sucked because the walls of the house were rough and gravely and it took FOREVER to paint. I also got to paint part of the roof that was fun and scary!  

Sunday was a bit sad because here in Mexico City, they don't celebrate Pascua or in English, Easter. So I was really bummed, and really missed mini and normal Cadbury eggs. Next year someone awesome please send me Easter candy! 

This week was really special, too, because well....I HAD MY FIRST BAPTISM! YAY! FIESTA! It was yesterday, it was put together in about an hour but it was great and you could really feel the Spirit. Missionary work is amazing, and I love watching the Gospel touch peoples hearts, and changes them. 

Well I hope y'all are doing well love ya tons! Hermana Shingleton

Oh, and P.S. FELIZ TEMBLANDO!