sister karli tyson

Hola Hola! Buenos Dias familia y amigos,

Well--- mom got a phone call from the mtc health clinic- and the worst
part about it was I was right there watching it all. i just wanted to
say hello so badly. I have an appt for my knees tomorrow at the utah
valley ortho place (where J wants to work) with a sports med guy for
my knees.... so that means I get to go to the outside world! I got to
leave the outside world twice this past week too! Hermana Mata'u broke
her pinky playing volleyball in gym. I was upstairs doing my thing on
the elliptical, and they called me and Hmna Buckley's name, so I
figured she was hurt. I met them in the infirmary, and she had a
crooked finger and a bag of ice. The shuttle was gone so we had to
walk down the street to the BYU Health Center. We were there waiting
for her for about an hour- and her finger was just dislocated at
first, but when they put it back in, it fractured- and pinched a
nerve. So we have to go to a hand specialist for that probably
tomorrow too. They didn't give her any meds, so that night the doc on
call, called some into the pharmacy, and we went to go pick them up.
It was so weird to be in the real world with my companions. I took my
blood pressure at the pharmacy for fun, and my hypertension was way
high- I think that is the right word. .. I had so much anxiety it was
so weird. But anyhow- I will keep you all updated on that. Hope that
they can figure everything out for us.

So ONE MONTH DOWN, LESS THAN ONE TO GO. It is insane how fast the time
has gone. I know I say that every time but it is true. I am so happy
that I love it here, because that helps the time go fast. We are all
done learning Spanish, now we have one month to practice. that makes
me feel a lot better knowing that i will have some time to practice
before I leave. 2 of my favorite elders leave this week for the
Guatemala MTC. I am so sad, but so excited. They are both solid boys,
and will be great. We got a new districto this week- they are all
cool. There are two kids from Laie, so we have fun having Hawaii talk.
I miss that place so much- I think about it everyday. I am so thankful
i was able to spend some time there.

Mom sounds like you are loving choir. I wish I could be there to
listen to you. Every Sunday we watch music and the spoken work, and I
always think of you. I love it. I can't wait to come home and listen
to you. by then, maybe I will be good enough to join... haha just
kidding. DREAM ON KARL. thank you everyone for all the mail. it helps
so much, and just gets me through the day! Keep it coming. i heard
from lots of friends and family this week- thank you all for your love
and support. you are all in my prayers- every time.
j/les/sam/ella/jack/baby- thanks for the v-day package! I loved it.
The treats were so yummy!!

That’s great to hear about cole helm. I’m sure it is nice for them to
know J. Dad- way to go on mom's v-day stuff- sounds like she loved it,
and I am sure the early bird special was yummy. Wish i was there. How
is work/diet/espanol?

last night we had a music fireside, and they had people come tell
their favorite hymn, and why they liked it and then we all (2,000 of
us) sang one verse, it was actually really cool. All these years I
have sung these songs, but now that I am here i actually pay attention
to the words. we sang the sisters in zion/armies of heleman medly in
sacrament meeting and it was so cool. The lyrics are so good- and so
applicable to me now. i never paid attention to them. Afterwards I was
blowing up with the spirit... my cheeks were on fire. I didn't cry
luckily, but it was so tender-; pts of the elders did... so precious.
The spirit was so strong. it always is here and I am always happy. I
am having a great time and i can't believe there are only 17 months.
Wow. I am so thankful to be here and to be serving the Lord. I am
striving each day to become a true disciple of Christ and i have
already seen blessings for my efforts. I love you I love you I love
you all. thank you for the prays and support. Not a day goes by that i
don’t think about you and pray for you. I miss you and I will write a
letter too- and send it with the tape tomorrow!

xoxo.

-mana. tyson

(all the elders call us 'Mana's.... "sup mana's")