It's been a long 5 days at our house waiting for Karli's first letter, but it finally came!
IF YE LOVE ME YOU WILL DEARELDER ME. AND ONLY FAMILY WILL EMAIL ME. :) I made a goal to be 100% obedient so that means that i will only email my family and any other missionaries that are in the field... so help me be obedient. but also don't email me family. dearelder me. i get it the same day and then theoughout the week i can read it and think of what to write on mondays. we only have 30 min to write.
alohaaaaa!
i love it here so much. everything has been great. right when i got dropped off walking to my dorm i saw elder dallin sweet- a friend from hunter going to LA korean speaking, then i get to my bldg, and guess who is my escort/host!? kenzi carmac
- one of my very best friends. she is going to ukraine and has been here since dec 1. and guess what! we are next door neighbors, so seeing a familiar face every day is so so nice. wow its crazy. i am in a 3 some- hermana buckley, and sister mata'u. they are both from california and they are great. my district has 3 other elders, and they are from nephi- elder green, clearfield- elder smith, and texas- elder calhoon. elder calhoon has been having a rough time with separation anxiety so we are all praying that he will stay. i was able to talk to him and help him out so that was nice. our teachers are awesome. everyone says you are in class all day and it sucks but i love it- i love spanish. it is coming along. we havnt learned a ton yet but it is good,. we have taught the first lesson 2 times already and will do it again toinight. we have had a hard time trying to teach with three of us but it will come. i have seen several other people i knew from hawaii- mission prep. oh and i almost died... yesterday i ran into kellen from london- and wow i was so excited. he left for korea today- it was a nice surprise... i thought he was gone. and another friend i saw at the temple- chris nicholes from provo- i had no idea he was even on a mission. so cool. so the food isn't bad- i eat salad and veggies all the time and sometimes meat. i don't mind it. we are busy here but it is nice. during gym i go to the trainer and he helps with my knees. i don't really know what to say else. oh mom everyone loves all my clothes! haha dressing up and cute seriously has kept me sane. i can't believe it is already monday- the time has flown by. our zone has people going all over the place, and we met 2 other sisters going with us to florida in march. they're cute and both heard of me from friends. my companions always tease me because i see so many people i know. it makes it easier to be here. hahaha. so i start my movie star debut here today. the church is going to follow me throughout the mission and make a little movie or something... i have a skype interview today with the director. i am excited for that- and hope that my story will encourage others to go. we all went to choir last night and sang joseph smiths first prayer- it was really cool. uh and the director had people come recite the first vision in their mission language- there was spanish poutoguse ()sp?) spanish tagalog german and latvian. it was so neat i can't wait to learn it . i am so excited... here is my testimony
- one of my very best friends. she is going to ukraine and has been here since dec 1. and guess what! we are next door neighbors, so seeing a familiar face every day is so so nice. wow its crazy. i am in a 3 some- hermana buckley, and sister mata'u. they are both from california and they are great. my district has 3 other elders, and they are from nephi- elder green, clearfield- elder smith, and texas- elder calhoon. elder calhoon has been having a rough time with separation anxiety so we are all praying that he will stay. i was able to talk to him and help him out so that was nice. our teachers are awesome. everyone says you are in class all day and it sucks but i love it- i love spanish. it is coming along. we havnt learned a ton yet but it is good,. we have taught the first lesson 2 times already and will do it again toinight. we have had a hard time trying to teach with three of us but it will come. i have seen several other people i knew from hawaii- mission prep. oh and i almost died... yesterday i ran into kellen from london- and wow i was so excited. he left for korea today- it was a nice surprise... i thought he was gone. and another friend i saw at the temple- chris nicholes from provo- i had no idea he was even on a mission. so cool. so the food isn't bad- i eat salad and veggies all the time and sometimes meat. i don't mind it. we are busy here but it is nice. during gym i go to the trainer and he helps with my knees. i don't really know what to say else. oh mom everyone loves all my clothes! haha dressing up and cute seriously has kept me sane. i can't believe it is already monday- the time has flown by. our zone has people going all over the place, and we met 2 other sisters going with us to florida in march. they're cute and both heard of me from friends. my companions always tease me because i see so many people i know. it makes it easier to be here. hahaha. so i start my movie star debut here today. the church is going to follow me throughout the mission and make a little movie or something... i have a skype interview today with the director. i am excited for that- and hope that my story will encourage others to go. we all went to choir last night and sang joseph smiths first prayer- it was really cool. uh and the director had people come recite the first vision in their mission language- there was spanish poutoguse ()sp?) spanish tagalog german and latvian. it was so neat i can't wait to learn it . i am so excited... here is my testimony
yo testifico que la iglesia de jusucristo as verdadera. yo se que el arrepentimeinto es muy importante. yo creo que jusucristo es nuestro redentor y salvador. en el nombre de jusucristo amen. :)
its a work in progress. mom there is lots of stuff i need you to send. i will write a letter today with it all. ty thanks for the email and the stories and the pics. that was great. loved it. j and les and olivia and katie... thanks for the dear elders... you guys have the right idea! mom can you make sure alex gets this- alexander.thompson@myldsmail.net
i have already feel the lords help and comfort. i haven't even cried here yet. i am so happy. crying is good but mostly just makes things worse, haha. we went to the temple today that was nice. and then the rest of the day we can write letters and laundry till dinner. it is gonna be crazy writing because we only have a few hours to do it. we get mail everyday- but only write back on mondays. we had a really great fireside that lifted me up.
how is everything at home? how was the cabin? how are all the workers>? ;) haha hope all is well
i have to go time is up but i love you all so much./ dad hope work is going good, and mom i hope you have recovered. please dear elder me. email pics is blocked-can't send them out, so i will send you some next week!
xoxo..
send me the pics from dropping me off.. my camera flash doesnt work- what should i do? love you. xoxo
hermana happy happy tyson
oh my goodness. Hooray!!
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