Week 2 Email
I have lots to tell! This week has gone by so quickly! It's
so great. This keyboard is awful so bear with me through any typos haha Sister
L (one of our teachers) pulled me aside the other day and asked me if I was
okay. I was a little homesick that day, and she really helped. She told me that
she walked into our classroom that day and could tell that I was really
special, but that something was wrong. She gave me a few hugs and I totally
felt better! I love her! She is such a blessing! :) I forgot to tell you what
the elder that I met that is from Fresno said: I asked him if it would be
possible for me to switch to spanish speaking and if pres gelwix would be
likely to allow that and he just smiled and said that pres gelwix is a very
kind man :)))) yay!!!!! I have lots of pictures, but we can't send them from
these computers :( I love you all! I got
letters from Candice and Clay and Gram and Gramp (which meant A LOT) and grammy
and tina and Maggie and Allen :) AND I SAW CAMMIE TODAY! :) Thank you
so much for your package!!! I love the pillowcase and the pictures and all the
goodies :) And everyone loved mommy's rolls and cookies :) The one bad thing
about being a mission is that my desire for charity and to give stuff away is
definitely increased exponentially haha it hurts that when I know I have money
and see others say "oh I'll just get one rather than 3" type of thing
for me not to give, you know? I've paid for like $30 of books and stuff for
Sister B cause I feel bad :/ We aren't getting along still, but that's okay.
Mommy, can you make my Punny Baer a name tag, please? :))) Right now, she's
wearing mine :) How is everything at
home? Are you getting my letters?
I LOVE YOU!
The food is stiill awful... I ate "french toast"
this morning and felt like I had just eaten a brick.. haha! :p I got the box
yesterday:) the rolls were good, but nowhere near wat they are fresh haha but
that's okay :) depending on how i'm fed in California, I may ask for them
often, but we are fed way too well here (so much fried and fatty food), that
I'm not hungry enough to eat them, you know? I'm so glad she got my letter! I
actually sent her two so she'll be getting another soon :) I portray Kayla
& Maggie & Alexa in role plays all the time (\because being the
same investigator is no fun)... all we do here is role play haha no
joke!
The hug thing was so fantastic!! Sister W and I get along so
well :) It's great! Sorry for making you cry, daddy. and sorry for making your
aid crY. I love that picture. My browser doesn't have a
time limit on it anymore, but I should be going here in about 15 minutes or so.
I will definitely call the
house on Wednesday. I got a calling card with 500 minutes on it for $5! It
takes 130 minutes just to place the call, so I'm going to use quarters to call
the first time and make sure you answer, then I'll call you with the card.
we'll have about an hour, I'm hoping. If I forgot to tell you something in
these emails, I'll bring my list that I made and tell you then haha :)
Yes, it's Delta. Right to the Fresno airport. Leaving here
at 11:26, arriving there at 12:06 Cali time. Then we'll spend the day and night
in the mission home and more training thursday morning and then off to our
first area with our trainers.I'm hoping for Sister Ripplinger, of course. I'm
confident I'll do well, not overly confident, but I do really well in role
plays and TRC (who are actors and volunteers).
Daddy! It's SOOOO like a dream! Except for the fact that I'm
not sleeping well :p haha okay, I am sleeping well, but just not enough. I'm
really hoping my body will adjust. OH! I have a story for you! we were in
in-feild orientation (which was boring, annoying, 8 hours long, and a semi-waste
of time) an I sneezed and a Tongan sister (who is friends with Sister T (also a
Tongan)), who we had been talking to earlier in the day, leaned up to
me and said "Someone is missing you" and I said "No wonder I
have a cold!" Haha :) Now I definitely know you are all missing me. So
everytime you sneeze, remember that I'm missing you :) Speaking of Tongans,
Sister T named me Sister Lotolahi on our first day here. Look up the meaning.
It's a very sweet one :) If you can't find the meaning, I'll let you know on
Wednesday
I mailed a letter to Clay today and told him all about the
MTC. Did Trevor get his call yet? I sent some advice. Have Clay share it with
Trevor and the other YM please. I'm going to write Isaiah back today and
some other people. OH! Another story! haha! We went to the temple today and did
some work and one of the names I did had the same birthday as me, another had
the same birthday as Mom, and the paper was printed on Sissy's birthday :) The
other person missing was daddy, but that's okay because he's not a girl :) haha
It made me so happy! What are you doing for mommy's birthday? Happy early
birthday, Mommmmmmmmyyyyy :)
I've gotta get going! This is
my second to last email! It was so awesome to hear from you :) You will be glad
to hear that I'm not crying :)
I pray for you every morning
and every night! I love you all! I can;t wait to get to California! It's
snowing here today (weirdest thing ever: walking in snow in short sleeves
and only being kind of cold) Utah is weird haha. I LOVE YOU!!!!!! I LOVE
YOU MOMMY! I LOVE YOU KAYCI! I LOVE YOU DADDY! I LOVE YOU
WILLEE! I love buster too ;) Give him a treat for me :) I LOVE YOU ALL SO
MUCH! Let Gram and Gramo know how much their letters have meant to me. I'm a
littl backed up on responses but I'm trying to get it all done (I know that I
don't have to write EVRYONE back) haha I LOVE YOU! I'm signing off
here in a second :) I'll talk to you on Wednesday:))))) I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
Sister Kaitlyn Marler ;) <-- hug!!!
