Email 02 April 2006
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
hey how are you doing: i hope everything is going fabulously. . . we had zone conference this week: i was really looking forward to it until monday afternoon when president koncurat asked me to give a talk at zone conference my topic was why did the lord send me to new caledonia: what a question: i was so scared because it was in french for 5 minutes: but when i got up there my fear went away and i was calm: i think that was the lords doing right there: i was also called upon during one of our trainings to answer a question: that was also a little scary: then at the very end they always have new missionaries and missionaries who are leaving bear their testimonies: well because they didnt have me do it last zone conference they had me bear my testimony this time: again more speaking in french: it was a good experience for me though: i am braver now: no fear: i am learning a lot and the french is really coming: i am so surprised: general conference was amazing: we have only watched the saturday session so far: we watched it yesterday: we are going to watch the sunday session next sunday: i really enjoyed the talks: the american missionaries were able to go into another room in the chapel to watch the transmission in english: thank goodness i dont know how much i would have gotten out of it if it had been in french: i really enjoyed elder haights talk it was really good and elder nelsons was good too about marriage: we were laughing so hard when he told the story of the couple on the airplane: our investigators are really progressing: there are four investigators of ours who have been investigators for several years but they are getting closer and closer to baptism: we pray for them all the time they are really good people: we went and found an old contact the other day and started teaching them: we had never met them before but other missionaries had: it is two young guys: 21 and 18 we had a nice talk with their mother first. . . they are from vanuatu. she wants us to come back from our missions and marry her sons and then move to vanuatu: when we go to their house their is this big bridge we have to cross that is over this very fast running river: it is very high above the water and there is no wall or anything to keep you from falling in: it scares me every single time: but it slowly getting better: i just pray everytime i go across: i dont know if i told you last week but transfers are coming soon for the sisters: in about 2 and half weeks: i am really quite sad: i love sister freeman: but i know my next companion will be great. . .well i love ya tons: thanks so much for the recipe: miss ya have a fun week talk to you next monday:
hey how are you doing: i hope everything is going fabulously. . . we had zone conference this week: i was really looking forward to it until monday afternoon when president koncurat asked me to give a talk at zone conference my topic was why did the lord send me to new caledonia: what a question: i was so scared because it was in french for 5 minutes: but when i got up there my fear went away and i was calm: i think that was the lords doing right there: i was also called upon during one of our trainings to answer a question: that was also a little scary: then at the very end they always have new missionaries and missionaries who are leaving bear their testimonies: well because they didnt have me do it last zone conference they had me bear my testimony this time: again more speaking in french: it was a good experience for me though: i am braver now: no fear: i am learning a lot and the french is really coming: i am so surprised: general conference was amazing: we have only watched the saturday session so far: we watched it yesterday: we are going to watch the sunday session next sunday: i really enjoyed the talks: the american missionaries were able to go into another room in the chapel to watch the transmission in english: thank goodness i dont know how much i would have gotten out of it if it had been in french: i really enjoyed elder haights talk it was really good and elder nelsons was good too about marriage: we were laughing so hard when he told the story of the couple on the airplane: our investigators are really progressing: there are four investigators of ours who have been investigators for several years but they are getting closer and closer to baptism: we pray for them all the time they are really good people: we went and found an old contact the other day and started teaching them: we had never met them before but other missionaries had: it is two young guys: 21 and 18 we had a nice talk with their mother first. . . they are from vanuatu. she wants us to come back from our missions and marry her sons and then move to vanuatu: when we go to their house their is this big bridge we have to cross that is over this very fast running river: it is very high above the water and there is no wall or anything to keep you from falling in: it scares me every single time: but it slowly getting better: i just pray everytime i go across: i dont know if i told you last week but transfers are coming soon for the sisters: in about 2 and half weeks: i am really quite sad: i love sister freeman: but i know my next companion will be great. . .well i love ya tons: thanks so much for the recipe: miss ya have a fun week talk to you next monday:
posted by Sister Alicia Welker at 4/10/2006
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