Email 10 Sep 2006

Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
how are you all doing today: i miss you all tons and tons: dad how is your health: when i read that you went to the emergency room again i got really worried: please keep me updated: and mom how is your health: man i worry so much about you two: i pray for you everyday: well i am doing well: really tired: worked really hard this week: we did a lot of contacting on the street this week: we are in the process of finding new investigators because the missionaries before us baptized all their investigators so we dont have a lot of people to teach: we do have one family though: the E. . .s they are so awesome: . . .the lady is a member but is living with her boyfriend who is an investigator: he is really close to baptism: they just have to get married first and then he can get baptized: his sister is also an investigator: i think i talked about her last time: . . .she is absolutely amazing: she is ready for baptism we are going to have her set a date once she gets back from vacation: i am so excited: this may be my first baptism: she is amazing though: we had instant friendship: the other day we had a family home evening with them and m. . . jo and i sat and talked forever and then she just started playing with my hair: she really likes my hair: oh by the way i cut it again: it is a little past my shoulders now: i had an elder cut it: because he cuts all the elders hair: well i learned from that experience: it was nice of him to cut it but it is so not even: at all: one side is about an inch longer than the other: i didnt say anthing though: i didnt want to hurt his feelings: so i am just going to live with it and maybe in a couple months i will get a sister to trim it: oh man i have to say that being a senior companion is so much tougher than a junior: so much more responsibility: i am really starting to feel what real stress is: but all is well: it is good for me: it gives me experience: sometimes though i wish i could just go back to being junior again: that will never happen again : my companion is great: it is like having a mom with me all the time: you know mom and dad she is close to your age but she acts a lot older: you guys are really hip for your age i think: because she asks more like a grandma: but i love her to death: we get a long great: she always calls me her baby though: cant say i really enjoy that all that much but oh well: the members here in this sector are great i am learning to really love them: they are a lot different from the members in magenta: i really miss those members but there is no use on dwelling on the past: my sector is a lot smaller than magenta: we can walk from one tip to the next in about thirty minutes: very tiny: i think it is the smallest sector: but all is well: my health is well: i am happy: dont worry: love you tons and miss you tons: hugs and bisous