Email 19 Nov 2006

Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
hello my family: how are you all doing this week: i am doing really well: very happy: all is going reallygood right now: we just found out yesterday that me and my companion will not be changing: yay: we will most likely be together until the end of december when two sisters leave: i am so happy: i love serving with sister pahio: she is absolutely great: we have a lot of fun together: she is teaching me how to dance tahitian: it rocks: i am actually getting pretty good: i am definitely not like the dancers at the pcc: not yet anyway: we were really scared that we were going to be changed: neither one of us wants to leave this sector: we have at least another month together: i am really being blessed right now: we most likely wont be together for christmas because the sister leave the 23 but hey it is still a long time: already it has been 7 weeks: the time has flown by so fast with her: . . .we have zone conference in three days i am so excited to see all the missionaries again: it has been a very long time: when you are up north you dont see a lot of missionaries: my district just changed: it is now four of us: me and my companion elders beagley and franklin: i have served in the same district as elder franklin for almost my whole mission: whenever one of us is transfered so is the other: he was my zone leader for almost all my mission too: his family and him will be visiting hawaii at almost the same time that i get released the same with elder beagley cool huh: i received the package thank you so much for doing all that: i know the sandals are not cheap: thank you: sister pahio told me to tell you thank you so much: she said it like this merci cest gentile: she loves her sandals: we are twinners now: she wants to take a picture and send it to you: she also made a video of me dancing tahitian that she wants to send you too: oh mom you told me that you had sent a little treat: oh my gosh there was tons of goodies: all the american missionaries were so excited to see the twizzlers: but the french and the tahitians did not like the twizzlers i guess it is just an american thing: we went to the dedication of the tahiti temple it was so good: there was some technical dificulties though and we had to wait for over two hours to see it: but it was beautiful: . . . i am losing my voice mom and dad: i sound like an elder right now and not a sister: i got a really bad cough and it is messing with my voice: the weird thing is that nothing else hurts or is wrong: it is just the cough and the voice: i hope it ends by thursday because i have to give my talk: lets hope: well since you already sent me a package i dont need one for christmas: but knowing you you will still send something so i will just tell you three things that i need: . . .i have been using the calender grandma gave me last christmas: it is the photos of greg olsen: i love it: well that is all i can think of: i cant say i am really looking forward to going back to a new utah ward: i guess i just need to go with a good attitude: i miss hawaii already: . . . well i am running out of time so i gotta go: i love you tons and tons: until next week: