Let the Rice Fest Begin!

Hola from Peru!!! I`m typing on a Spanish computer and it`s making it really hard to type. It took me four minutes to type this far =/ ok i{m just going to throw proper punctuation out the window cuz it{s really slowing me down and i don{t have time to stress about it haha =) I AM IN PERU!!!! I{m having a hard time grasping it... the flights down here weren{t too bad, just really long haha. We flew from Salt Lake to Atlanta then to Lima, i tried to sleep most of the time to help it go by quicker, it worked. We had video screens on the seats in front of us and one of the things we could do was track our flight, it gave us readouts of the outside temp and how fast we were going and how far we{d gone and all kinds of cool stuff. there was also a map that showed exactly where we were. there was a two hour time difference which isn{t hard to get over at all, but it was still almost one am when we finally got through customs and immigration and all that jazz. there were a whole bunch of elders and even a few sisters in our group, probably about 40 altogether. they bussed us to the CCM (MTC) and holy cow it{s so ghetto here! we drove through some seriously sketchy neighborhoods and i was almost positive our bus was going to drive into a building more than once. eventually we got on to a real road and it was pretty smooth going from there. we drove right past the temple and i can{t wait to go inside! the CCM is less than five minutes from the temple and i think everyone here just walks over there on p days (wednesday). in the provo MTC everything is open and you can pretty much come and go anytime you want, there are no fences or anything but here the entire compound is bordered by 12 foot walls and the gate to get in looks like it could stand against a small nuclear assault. when we pulled up there were a whole bunch of american missionaries waiting for us wearing goofy peruvian hats and hoodies (i totally wanted some) and they were cheering for us and it was super bien. i got my stuff up to my room which was quite an ordeal, and eventually found the bathroom. there were a whole bunch of north americans in there having a chat about how much we{re going to love it here and telling us the low down on everything that might offend our companions (such as dropping your backpack) and we all had a nice long laugh about how much rice they eat here. We went to bed around 3 am and when i laid down my pillow was so lumpy i legitimately thought it was a practical joke from one of the other elders, no such luck. i found it more comfortable to sleep with no pillow at all haha. since they knew we had such a late flight they allowed us to sleep in until 8 which is a rare treat, however, there was some kind of mix up in my room assignment so instead of being with elders who are going to be here for another six weeks they{re all leaving in three, plus the bed i was assigned already had someone in it so i got to find another one. my companion woke me up at seven and said i was late and needed to hurry, and since i don{t speak spanish i had no idea what he was saying. someone else in our room had to let me know what was going on then explain to my new comp (elder monzòn) that it was ok just for today. so i got up and got dressed and didn{t shave (i had quite an impressive face for only two days of stubble i might add) and we went to breakfast. the CCM is really small but it{s fairly new so it{s really nice, i like it here. my new address is