Conchas. Fair. Conchas. Real de Monte. Chonchas. Fut Bool.

Alright. So this week starts way back to the beginning of last week. Monday morning we were briefly
informed to give a presentation for the Parents that had their kids in ILP. Tuesday morning was early and Super Great. and the Parent Presentations were awesome- we totally rocked it. Wednesday was another Big day, Our Super Awesome Program Director came to visit us and watched all of our lessons. So we had two REALLY big days in a row. To make things better, the kids were CRAZY and super wild. So really our week was good but full of craziness. So to end the week, we treated ourselves and went to the Fair! It was Awesome and it looked like a mini Lagoon. Street food, rides, and the people on the side trying to get
you to play their game to win a prize, There was even a mini concert. Needless to say it was Pretty Awesome.
Okay, so lately I have been obsessed with the delicious pastry, the Concha. Every day after school, after we eat lunch- we walk down the street right past the BEST cocina pan place here. All of the delicious pastries are freshly pulled out of the oven and the whole street smells Amazing! WE all can't help but pull out our three pesos and get a Fresh Pastry that your taste buds will never let you forget. Just as I got a doughnut every morning at work, I get a lovely Concha everyday in Mexico. SO with that little side note of Conchas, I will continue to tell you about the fair. THERE WERE GIANT CONCHAS AT THE FAIR. Also on every
corner of the fair, they had this corn, mayo, lime stuff and it is AMAZING. I will never be able to eat corn the same. I never thought I liked mayo, but when you put lime with it, it changes the whole thing. There is something about limes, they change the world, or at least my taste buds anyway.
Alright. So the very next morning I had the opportunity to listen to the prophets voice- Yes it was indeed General Conference weekend. I LOVE general conference. There is nothing better than Listening to the prophets voice on a Saturday morning. People might think otherwise, and that's fine. I make my religion a
 priority and love the spiritual uplift. After the first session of conference, I went with my lovely roommate, Laney, to Real De Monte to do a Home visit with one of our Students.  It was a really neat experience. They invited us into their home, we exchanged some of his work and in return they fed us Pastes and took us around el Centro. Real de Monte is beautiful city! I feel like the city is built on different hills, so if you want to go to one side of the city you have to go down the hill and up another one. Anyway our student's grandparents took us up to this one place, I honestly couldn't tell you where it was, we weaved in and out and up and down- but here we were at this one place and it was full all these shops that went down the street. As
we looked around the Grandma was like "Are you going to buy anything?". Laney and I just look at each other like Ohhh we are taking the time to do this okay. Okay. So as we looked around to buy something I saw the COOLEST turtle, but I didn't buy it I just held it in my hands, contemplating if I should actually buy it or not. And just as I was going to set it down, My Student grabbed it out of my hands, Bought it and then handed it to me saying "Teacher, this is for you!". I was speechless. I swear this kid hated me! He calls me teacher Ugly every day. This kid Never listens in class and suddenly he was my best friend, sticking by my side, totally interested in what I was buying, wanting to take a Selfie with me, you name it. This kid was suddenly the sweetest kid I had ever met. And maybe it was just because his grandparents were

there watching, or maybe it was just because he suddenly discovered that I wasn't scary. I will in fact never know, but I definitely connected with him on more of a personal level and I can only hope that he will be better in class now. This was definitely a moment to always remember.
Remember when I said it was conference weekend? Okay so Sunday I was planning on staying in my Pjs all day, eating snacks and listening to the Words of the Prophet. On the lovely Sunday morning the Wifi decided to cut out, so I had to get ready to go watch it at the church. One of the reasons I just wanted to stay home was because I wanted to watch conference in English- I knew I would get more out of it that way. So after getting to the church and finding out that they don't broadcast it in English, I just gave up and watched it in Spanish. It was fantastic, I caught words and sometimes phrases here and there, but I didn't catch a lot. But hey, what else should I expect,
I live in Mexico.
So that weekend was a great start to the Next week. We didn't do a whole lot and that is why I am combining two weeks into one post. Two for one! Anyway. This last week we seriously did 5 things. 1. Watched a movie in Spanish. IT WAS AWESOME. I will definitely be watching The Martian in English- it was So good. 2. We taught our daily lessons to the crazy children. 3. We went to this super awesome cafe. Our principal's son, who has two kids in the ILP program owns the little shop. So we got some really yummy treats. Anyway the whole trip was short and really fun- it was Great. :) 4. Saturday we went to Real de Monte and went to the crazy awesome Paste festival and ate lots of Pastes. We also

had the awesome opportunity to Tour through a Silver Mine! I have never before walked through a Mine, and now I can say I have, and it was AWESOME. 5. We went to our awesome friends house and watched the BIG Soccer game -Mexico against the United States. So our Saturday night was dedicated to watching Fut Bool and eating Hoot Doogs. It was a great day to an awfully boring week. :) Did I mention I caught a cold? It is the weirdest cold I have ever had, and I wish it was gone already- It makes teaching miserable. But its all good. Just like all colds it should pass... right? Right. Anyway I have discovered that time is passing WAY to quickly and I only have Nine Fridays left!!! NINE. I mean if you think about it, nine weeks is a long time, but when you're in Mexico that isn't very long at all! So basically I will have at least Nine more Awesome Adventures! YUSSS. P.S. Mexico won the big Game.