Email 25 Mar 2007
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
oh wow the time is flying by: i am really getting nervous to come home and excited: everytime i think about it i get butterflies in my stomach: i only have seven weeks left: so crazy: i still do not know what day i will be home for sure: i just know i will be leaving here the 12th: but i should find out next wednesday: i have my last interview with president ardern and my last zone conference: so sad: but all is well: so many people are going crazy trying to schedule to have dinners and what not with me before i leave: i love all these people but i would rather spend my last few weeks working and not just eating: but maybe i can do both: i really hope you are not too shocked when you see me: i look a lot different: my hair is really light and i have gained some weight: so brace yourselves when i walk off the airplane: oh that was so weird to think about walking off the airplane: eek: i think it is coming faster than i think: it looked like you all had a lot of fun with everyone from hawaii: wish i could have been there: i hope we can do it again sometime: well i have thought a lot about it and prayed a lot to know if i should stay at home or live away and i feel i should live away: i want to stay at home but i feel it would be good for me to go away for college and meet new friends and all that fun stuff: i still dont know what classes i am taking: . . . : i might take a french class so i could keep my french and also if i take a test after this class and pass i can get 12 language credits so i want to try: and i was even thinking about french as a minor: . . . it is really hard to think about all that right now as a missionary it is a little distracting: but i will let you know before the day for registration: . . . well in this weeks news: my companion and i taught the nursery yesterday: it was fun: we had four cute little kids: all the adults had to go to a combined meeting so we were volunteered to go watch the kids: the elders got the primary kids and we got the little ones: they are so cute: we also taught a lesson in english yesterday too: it was the first time on my mission: oh it was so hard: i really had to think about the words: and i still said a lot of words in french: but it was still a really good lesson: it was great: we were teaching someone from australia: it is the second time teaching him: he is a friend of one of our members: . . . we found a new investigator this week: she is so cool: i will have to tell you about her when i get home: she has a lot of potential: i hope she will accept the gospel: already she has read the joseph smith brochure and she took a book of mormon: she is one of those one in a million type of investigators: . . . my companion and i had a fun little walk through a jungle the other day: we were trying to get to an inactives house but it had just rained so there was mud at her house and we didnt want the same thing to happen as the other week so we went to another members house a little ways away to park our car: when we got there the little ten year old boy said he new a shortcut to the inactives house so we followed him: well this shortcut included hiking up this mountain thing and then going down it again and walking through trees and grass that covered my head: jumping over little streams and ducking branches: it was really adventurous: we were so glad when it was over though: it still took about half hour to get there: we did all this in dresses and sandals it was very interesting but the little boy did it with no shoes on: but then we did tracting also with this member boy: he showed us where people lived and introduced us to people: he is such a good little missionary. . . well i dont have much time left but just to let you know sister rowberrys homecoming is the eigth of april the same day you talk: good luck i will be praying for you both: . . . you will have to talk to some of the missionaries: you might recognize some of them from the pictures: . . . well i gotta run: i love you all so much: have a good week: . . .: hugs and bisous:
oh wow the time is flying by: i am really getting nervous to come home and excited: everytime i think about it i get butterflies in my stomach: i only have seven weeks left: so crazy: i still do not know what day i will be home for sure: i just know i will be leaving here the 12th: but i should find out next wednesday: i have my last interview with president ardern and my last zone conference: so sad: but all is well: so many people are going crazy trying to schedule to have dinners and what not with me before i leave: i love all these people but i would rather spend my last few weeks working and not just eating: but maybe i can do both: i really hope you are not too shocked when you see me: i look a lot different: my hair is really light and i have gained some weight: so brace yourselves when i walk off the airplane: oh that was so weird to think about walking off the airplane: eek: i think it is coming faster than i think: it looked like you all had a lot of fun with everyone from hawaii: wish i could have been there: i hope we can do it again sometime: well i have thought a lot about it and prayed a lot to know if i should stay at home or live away and i feel i should live away: i want to stay at home but i feel it would be good for me to go away for college and meet new friends and all that fun stuff: i still dont know what classes i am taking: . . . : i might take a french class so i could keep my french and also if i take a test after this class and pass i can get 12 language credits so i want to try: and i was even thinking about french as a minor: . . . it is really hard to think about all that right now as a missionary it is a little distracting: but i will let you know before the day for registration: . . . well in this weeks news: my companion and i taught the nursery yesterday: it was fun: we had four cute little kids: all the adults had to go to a combined meeting so we were volunteered to go watch the kids: the elders got the primary kids and we got the little ones: they are so cute: we also taught a lesson in english yesterday too: it was the first time on my mission: oh it was so hard: i really had to think about the words: and i still said a lot of words in french: but it was still a really good lesson: it was great: we were teaching someone from australia: it is the second time teaching him: he is a friend of one of our members: . . . we found a new investigator this week: she is so cool: i will have to tell you about her when i get home: she has a lot of potential: i hope she will accept the gospel: already she has read the joseph smith brochure and she took a book of mormon: she is one of those one in a million type of investigators: . . . my companion and i had a fun little walk through a jungle the other day: we were trying to get to an inactives house but it had just rained so there was mud at her house and we didnt want the same thing to happen as the other week so we went to another members house a little ways away to park our car: when we got there the little ten year old boy said he new a shortcut to the inactives house so we followed him: well this shortcut included hiking up this mountain thing and then going down it again and walking through trees and grass that covered my head: jumping over little streams and ducking branches: it was really adventurous: we were so glad when it was over though: it still took about half hour to get there: we did all this in dresses and sandals it was very interesting but the little boy did it with no shoes on: but then we did tracting also with this member boy: he showed us where people lived and introduced us to people: he is such a good little missionary. . . well i dont have much time left but just to let you know sister rowberrys homecoming is the eigth of april the same day you talk: good luck i will be praying for you both: . . . you will have to talk to some of the missionaries: you might recognize some of them from the pictures: . . . well i gotta run: i love you all so much: have a good week: . . .: hugs and bisous:
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