Buffalo gals wontcha come out tonight?

Buffalo has been really great! I come home exhausted every night but it's the good kind of exhausted- the kind where you know you did something. The area we cover is MUCH larger than where I was in Shortsville, but that's really just the beginning. We were told it's a Spanish area, but we have yet to meet anyone who speaks Spanish haha. Instead, we spend our time divided between the more upper class area like Snyder and downtown Buffalo. Walking downtown is probably my favorite. There are so many people! It's much better than being out in the country. One of our first days this lady stopped us and said, "What are ya'll doin here? Don't you know this is tha hood?" Nice. Sister Thomas is from Northern Utah. I'm pretty sure this is an extremely different experience for her. All the more fun to watch!

Our first adventure had to do with the apartment. It was...essentially a swamp. I would send pictures but I forgot to bring my cord! So next time I'll do that. Anyways the carpet was soaked because the hot water tank had leaked so someone came in and cut it out and for the last few days the concrete has been drying out. Hopefully we'll be able to get in some new carpet before too long.

The weather was beautiful for most of the week which helped everything, too. People are outside more, happier, and everything is brighter.

The thing that I'm really trying to work on this week is not comparing myself. Sister Thomas is absolutely beautiful- she was a site trainer before she was put with me out here. We both have brown hair, bangs, even parted on the same side. We're both about 5'7". She's a year older than me, much more sweet, always put together and pristine. I'm sending a picture so you understand what I mean. It's been difficult meeting so many new people because you can't help but compare the two of us and I ALWAYS come up short. I can't tell you how many times someone has started talking to us and remarked on how pretty she is. Kind of like...I didn't think my mobile home was so bad until they built a castle next door. Sister Thomas has been out about 5 months more than me and is a good missionary. She sings, plays the piano, runs...I'm really trying to get a grasp on my worth as a daughter of God rather than any of my accomplishments that suddenly seem so silly. Missions are interesting.

Well that's all I have time for today because we're heading out early. See you next week.
Hermana Ray
PS I'll send the picture of SIs Thomas next week cause i'm out of time