Letter 02 Jan 2006

Excerpts from Sister Welker's letter:
Happy New Year!!! How are you doing? How was New Year’s?. . . We were going to try and stay up until midnight but we were way too tired. . . I only have four weeks left here at the MTC. We get our travel plans in about two weeks. I’m getting so nervous. I’m also getting sad about leaving this place and leaving my friends. . . I saw Christine on Wednesday. She was way excited to be here. We talked for a little bit. I have seen her a couple times since then but not very often. I am so excited for Melodee to come in on Wednesday. It is going to be way fun to have a good friend in here. . . My knowledge of the gospel has grown so much. I really enjoy going to class and learning more and more. . . My French is slowing getting better. It is not great though. I gave the whole second lesson (25-30minutes) on Saturday. . . This week we are learning the third lesson. We are about two weeks ahead. On Tuesday, we had an awesome devotional. Stephen B. Allen talked to us. He was a really good speaker and he really got us involved. . . Yesterday at our fireside we had Ed J. Pinegar come and speak to us. He gave a very spiritual talk but was hysterically funny. It was awesome. I have never heard so many good talks in a row, before I came into the MTC. . . I love this place mom and dad. It is one of the greatest places on earth. . . The package the ward sent me was huge. It had so many goodies. I was so grateful for it. . . I love the work so much. My testimony has grown so much. This gospel is true and I know that with all of my heart. I can’t wait to go out and share it.