Email 12 Mar 2006
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
how are you? im doing good here in new caledonia: i have a lot to share with you. first off starting with the news i received on monday: i was struggling for a couple of days with the news: i was just so shocked by what happened and it really just shook me up: on tuesday i would just break out in tears for no reason: it was hard for me to try and pay attention when we were teaching people: and that was really frustrating because i wanted to put a hundred percent into my teaching and i couldnt: my companion tried to comfort me as much as she could: but there was one elder who really helped me out: . . . we talked a lot about what had happened and he shared with me his experience:. . . but he just talked with me and comforted me a lot . . .we have talked a lot about it and i feel so much better: i am doing good now it was good to read micahs talk: he is so strong: . . . i ate octupus on saturday:. . . the taste wasnt that bad . . .i have also eaten tahitian salad: which is raw fish: . . . we eat a lot of fish here: . . . they also feed us alot of chocolate: another one of my favorite foods: i have never eaten this much chocolate in my life: we are doing splits on tuesday to wednesday: i am actually really terrified: because i am going to be with a companion that does not speak hardly any english: and i dont know french: it is scary: i am going to miss my companion: but we think that we are going to be transfered soon anyways so this is just preparation for us: we have two baptism dates set one in april and one in may: they are both people that i have helped teach from the very beginning: i am so excited: beyond belief: there are a lot of hitchhikers here: everyone hitchhikes: we even have members in our ward that hitchhike to church: . . . we had a missionary car wash on thursday: that was a lot of fun: my companion and i held a sign the whole time and got peoples attention so they would come to our car wash: it was free but while they were waiting the missionaries would talk to them: it was great: the people here are so nice: they give us things all the time and some of them are so poor: i feel really bad taking it some times: i wish i could give them things back. . . i love you so much and i miss you tons: you are my life: i love this gospel:
how are you? im doing good here in new caledonia: i have a lot to share with you. first off starting with the news i received on monday: i was struggling for a couple of days with the news: i was just so shocked by what happened and it really just shook me up: on tuesday i would just break out in tears for no reason: it was hard for me to try and pay attention when we were teaching people: and that was really frustrating because i wanted to put a hundred percent into my teaching and i couldnt: my companion tried to comfort me as much as she could: but there was one elder who really helped me out: . . . we talked a lot about what had happened and he shared with me his experience:. . . but he just talked with me and comforted me a lot . . .we have talked a lot about it and i feel so much better: i am doing good now it was good to read micahs talk: he is so strong: . . . i ate octupus on saturday:. . . the taste wasnt that bad . . .i have also eaten tahitian salad: which is raw fish: . . . we eat a lot of fish here: . . . they also feed us alot of chocolate: another one of my favorite foods: i have never eaten this much chocolate in my life: we are doing splits on tuesday to wednesday: i am actually really terrified: because i am going to be with a companion that does not speak hardly any english: and i dont know french: it is scary: i am going to miss my companion: but we think that we are going to be transfered soon anyways so this is just preparation for us: we have two baptism dates set one in april and one in may: they are both people that i have helped teach from the very beginning: i am so excited: beyond belief: there are a lot of hitchhikers here: everyone hitchhikes: we even have members in our ward that hitchhike to church: . . . we had a missionary car wash on thursday: that was a lot of fun: my companion and i held a sign the whole time and got peoples attention so they would come to our car wash: it was free but while they were waiting the missionaries would talk to them: it was great: the people here are so nice: they give us things all the time and some of them are so poor: i feel really bad taking it some times: i wish i could give them things back. . . i love you so much and i miss you tons: you are my life: i love this gospel:
posted by Sister Alicia Welker at 3/19/2006
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