Email 01 Mar 2006
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email.
how are you? ive gotta tell you this is the best part of my week to receive mail from you: i love you so much and i miss you so much: mom i am so proud of you for running that race: i knew you could do it: i cant believe you did it in less than two and half hours: thats so impressive: i was thinking about you that day:. . . i cant believe how long my prayers are now they are super long: i just have so much more to be thankful for now that i didnt see before: we pray around 20 times or more a day: it is so great i feel closer to my heavenly father more than i ever had before: i am so glad that you guys have been reading your scriptures every day together: the book of mormon is a great book: i have already started reading it a second time since being a missionary: i find new things every day: oh i did receive your package: thank you so much it was so great it really reminded me of home but in a good way and not in a homesickness way: . . . i received the letters from the primary! they are so cute: . . . our investigators are doing really well we have 6 that are so close. . . . i learned how to drive a stick the other day! it was actually pretty easy! i didnt stall: that is until i tried to start on a hill! that was so difficult! so know i might be in a car for awhile who knows: zone conference was so much fun! i really enjoyed it i had to wear little translation head phones because i didnt understand what was being said! it was really powerful! i met all the missionaries! they are great and i actually talked in french it was great! . . . i got my suitcase thank goodness i was running out of things and i finally got my pictures of you that were in my suitcase! . . . .hey dad the elders thought your mustache was so cool and my companion showed me a picture of her dad and he has a mustache like you! oh my heavens i havent eat so much in my life since being here: we always have a lot of appointments to eat! and they feed you so much! and then they give you seconds. i have come away from appointments so full that i cant move: we had 12 meal appointments in one week! the funny thing about that is that i havent gained any weight but i have lost a lot! i lost 9 pounds since being here! my skirts are getting kind of lose: i dont know why! i received a really long letter from president walker the other day i also received one from antie keola! tell her thanks i am going to try and find time to write back but i dont have a lot of time: i have been having tons of fun with my companion: when we are in the house we dance! i have been trying to teach her how to hula which is kind of hard because i dont really know how: ha ha! we sing a lot too: its great: . . . my area by the way is not just mont dore: it is mont dore and everything south of it: it is really big!
tell everyone i say hi and send my love: i love you guys so much and miss ya tons!
how are you? ive gotta tell you this is the best part of my week to receive mail from you: i love you so much and i miss you so much: mom i am so proud of you for running that race: i knew you could do it: i cant believe you did it in less than two and half hours: thats so impressive: i was thinking about you that day:. . . i cant believe how long my prayers are now they are super long: i just have so much more to be thankful for now that i didnt see before: we pray around 20 times or more a day: it is so great i feel closer to my heavenly father more than i ever had before: i am so glad that you guys have been reading your scriptures every day together: the book of mormon is a great book: i have already started reading it a second time since being a missionary: i find new things every day: oh i did receive your package: thank you so much it was so great it really reminded me of home but in a good way and not in a homesickness way: . . . i received the letters from the primary! they are so cute: . . . our investigators are doing really well we have 6 that are so close. . . . i learned how to drive a stick the other day! it was actually pretty easy! i didnt stall: that is until i tried to start on a hill! that was so difficult! so know i might be in a car for awhile who knows: zone conference was so much fun! i really enjoyed it i had to wear little translation head phones because i didnt understand what was being said! it was really powerful! i met all the missionaries! they are great and i actually talked in french it was great! . . . i got my suitcase thank goodness i was running out of things and i finally got my pictures of you that were in my suitcase! . . . .hey dad the elders thought your mustache was so cool and my companion showed me a picture of her dad and he has a mustache like you! oh my heavens i havent eat so much in my life since being here: we always have a lot of appointments to eat! and they feed you so much! and then they give you seconds. i have come away from appointments so full that i cant move: we had 12 meal appointments in one week! the funny thing about that is that i havent gained any weight but i have lost a lot! i lost 9 pounds since being here! my skirts are getting kind of lose: i dont know why! i received a really long letter from president walker the other day i also received one from antie keola! tell her thanks i am going to try and find time to write back but i dont have a lot of time: i have been having tons of fun with my companion: when we are in the house we dance! i have been trying to teach her how to hula which is kind of hard because i dont really know how: ha ha! we sing a lot too: its great: . . . my area by the way is not just mont dore: it is mont dore and everything south of it: it is really big!
tell everyone i say hi and send my love: i love you guys so much and miss ya tons!
posted by Sister Alicia Welker at 3/19/2006
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