Email 05 Nov 2006
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
oh man i miss and love you tons: . . .well i got tons to tell you this week: oh man i cant believe that another week has already passed by: time flies when you are a missionary: it is absolutely crazy: i only have less than seven months left: eek: i dont know what i am going to do after: can i just stay at the house with all of you forever: i am definitely not ready to get married: i still have a lot of growing up to do: but i definitely want to go to school and get that done: oh mom i think you would have been proud of me the other day i helped a little bird that was stuck in our house: in flew in through the door and was trying to get out a window we cant open: so i just went over and kind of picked him up gently and helped him outside: he was so scared: but he was fine after that: we did a lot of service this week: oh man am i hurting: but it is all good now: i like doing the service: we did it for two member families: the first day was tuesday: we chopped down and cut of branches of these certain trees to make some type of medication: oh my gosh all we had was a machadi: i think you spell it like that: our hands were absolutely raw after: we had blisters: and i got really sunburned: we worked for almost four and half hours: i only got really sunburned on the back of my legs: they havent seen the sun in over a year: my arms and the bottom of my legs and my face are really tan right now: they just keep getting darker and darker: i have a farmers tan: hehe: i have a cool tan line from my watch and my snadals also: the second service we did was friday: we went to the members field and weeded out her vegetable garden: oh man it is huge: it is not the normal small garden like in america: man we worked for over three hours and didnt get very far: but we had to squat and bend over the whole time so by the end our backs were sore and our legs: . . .thank you so much for buying the sandals for my companion she is very grateful: we are going to take a picture together with our sandals and send you a copy: she says thank you very much: . . .: i understand now mom and dad when you work in the yard and you come in with sweat dripping from your face: that is what happened to me friday: i have never had that happen before: at first i thought it was raining or something but nope it was sweat: oh man was i hot: the temperature right now is either really hot or super hot: we walk all the time too: it gets really hot: we sweat all the time: we are always wet: oh for christmas they came up with another rule: we can only talk for 45 minutes: so not cool: we cant talk for 3 hours like last time: but i am going to follow all the rules now: because like i said before with obedience comes the blessings: . . .oh mommy i found another person who plays accordian: it is the only other person i know in the world that can play too: it is one of our investigators: she is 86 years old: her accordian is not like yours though: it is smaller and doesnt have as many buttons: she played the national anthem for me though it was so cute: she loves americans: well my family i love you and miss you tons: i cant wait to talk to you on the phone in less than two months: i am doing well: oh by the way i am still in boulouparis with sister pahio: we dont have to worry about changing for at least another 3 weeks: yay: but i love you:
oh man i miss and love you tons: . . .well i got tons to tell you this week: oh man i cant believe that another week has already passed by: time flies when you are a missionary: it is absolutely crazy: i only have less than seven months left: eek: i dont know what i am going to do after: can i just stay at the house with all of you forever: i am definitely not ready to get married: i still have a lot of growing up to do: but i definitely want to go to school and get that done: oh mom i think you would have been proud of me the other day i helped a little bird that was stuck in our house: in flew in through the door and was trying to get out a window we cant open: so i just went over and kind of picked him up gently and helped him outside: he was so scared: but he was fine after that: we did a lot of service this week: oh man am i hurting: but it is all good now: i like doing the service: we did it for two member families: the first day was tuesday: we chopped down and cut of branches of these certain trees to make some type of medication: oh my gosh all we had was a machadi: i think you spell it like that: our hands were absolutely raw after: we had blisters: and i got really sunburned: we worked for almost four and half hours: i only got really sunburned on the back of my legs: they havent seen the sun in over a year: my arms and the bottom of my legs and my face are really tan right now: they just keep getting darker and darker: i have a farmers tan: hehe: i have a cool tan line from my watch and my snadals also: the second service we did was friday: we went to the members field and weeded out her vegetable garden: oh man it is huge: it is not the normal small garden like in america: man we worked for over three hours and didnt get very far: but we had to squat and bend over the whole time so by the end our backs were sore and our legs: . . .thank you so much for buying the sandals for my companion she is very grateful: we are going to take a picture together with our sandals and send you a copy: she says thank you very much: . . .: i understand now mom and dad when you work in the yard and you come in with sweat dripping from your face: that is what happened to me friday: i have never had that happen before: at first i thought it was raining or something but nope it was sweat: oh man was i hot: the temperature right now is either really hot or super hot: we walk all the time too: it gets really hot: we sweat all the time: we are always wet: oh for christmas they came up with another rule: we can only talk for 45 minutes: so not cool: we cant talk for 3 hours like last time: but i am going to follow all the rules now: because like i said before with obedience comes the blessings: . . .oh mommy i found another person who plays accordian: it is the only other person i know in the world that can play too: it is one of our investigators: she is 86 years old: her accordian is not like yours though: it is smaller and doesnt have as many buttons: she played the national anthem for me though it was so cute: she loves americans: well my family i love you and miss you tons: i cant wait to talk to you on the phone in less than two months: i am doing well: oh by the way i am still in boulouparis with sister pahio: we dont have to worry about changing for at least another 3 weeks: yay: but i love you:
posted by Sister Alicia Welker at 11/13/2006
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