Morgan has now spent three weeks in the CCM, and only has 19 days left before she goes to Salt Lake City! I'm so excited for her to get to Salt Lake, because that is when she will get to truly share her beautiful testimony and change the lives of everyone who meets her. But, she is absolutely loving everything about the CCM. It sounds like she is having the time of her life! She's learning new things and growing to love the Spanish language more and more each day. Morgan is so, so grateful to her wonderful high school Spanish teacher, Senora Williams, who first taught her and helped her love the language! Without the three years of Spanish she took with Senora Williams in high school, Morgan would not be able to speak as well as she can. Being in the CCM has made her even more grateful for Senora!
She's also noticing some interesting things about Mexico City. One thing she has noticed is that the city itself is a bowl, completely surrounded by mountains. She says that because of that, the city floods easily so they set off fireworks when a lot of rain is in the forecast to help break up the clouds. She's not too sure if that's true or not, but when it's cloudy they hear fireworks all day and all night.
Another thing she has noticed about Mexico City is the way people drive. When they ride the bus anywhere, they get to see what it's like to drive on the streets. Morgan said that she would be way too nervous to drive in the city!
Morgan had a wonderful Valentine's Day! In Mexico, the holiday is called the Day of Love and Friendship. In America, we celebrate February 14th as more of a romantic holiday, and in Mexico it's more about your loved ones and dear friends. That morning she found that her bed had been made, and there was a heart shaped box of chocolate on her bed with a note from Hermana Jordan. She sounds like such a sweet and wonderful girl! We are all so glad that Morgan has such a wonderful companion. When they went to class, their teacher, Hermano Borgel, had bought each companionship a mug with candy in it. And then the girls from the room next to Morgan gave them a sucker valentine. She got plenty of candy!
During their afternoon class, the teacher walked in and pointed to the mug on Morgan's desk and said, "Oh, Hermana, who is that from?" (Morgan said he has a "sassy little voice" and sometimes they call him Sassy Sanchez.) Morgan responded, "Oh, it's from Hermano Borgel!" However, everyone else had already put their mugs away, so to Sassy Sanchez it looked as though Hermano Borgel had given a valentine to just Morgan. Everybody had a good laugh about it, and now the elders like to call her "Hermana Borgel" or "Morgan Borgel".
Morgan got to visit the Mexico City temple and said it was absolutely beautiful. She took some pictures, but I guess we'll get those in another email.
I am absolutely loving these emails from Morgan! It seems surreal that she is on her mission. It's something she has been talking about for so long, and looking forward to for SO long, and now it's happening! It sounds like she is enjoying every single second, and I wouldn't have it any other way for her.
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