Email 06 May 2007

Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
hello my beautiful family: i love and miss you so much: i really cant believe that i will see you in a week: it is so crazy: i have a lot of mixed emotions: i cant believe it: my week is absolutely booked: everyone wants to have me over for dinner or lunch so i am booked every lunch and dinner: and i also have back ups in case other appointments go through: it is so crazy: i thought it would be a lot harder than this but i am actually doing okay: . . . : i am so excited for the scholarship: that is awesome: that will really help me out: i am very happy: thank you heavenly father: that is so great: i am getting really excited to see everyone again: i hope you recognize me: oh bobby can you fix an appointment for me with your friend to get my hair cut and colored: i need it really bad: . . . well we had a little experience the other day: i dont really want to tell you about it right now but i will when i get home: but the outcome was that we moved in with the sisters in paita: we still work in boulouparis but we stay in paita: it is just below our sector: i have my last zone conference tomorrow: i will be bearing my testimony and singing in bishlama: it should be fun: president condie will be there: so excited: . . . i love you all so very much: see you in one week: hugs and bisous:

Email 29 Apr 2007

Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
hello my beautiful family: i love and miss you all so much: how was your week: thomas it is good to hear that you are walking normal again: i guess that is the only down side to running: i had a good week: we worked really hard this week and had a lot of success: we have a really awesome new investigator who is just great: we had four investigators at church: it was just amazing: and i got to drive a tractor: how cool is that: we went to do service for a member at their farm and they needed someone to drive their tractor while they went behind it to pull of hay: it was so much fun: i absolutely never thought i would ever do something like that in my life: i will have to show you some pictures: we had a really good lesson with our investigator, p... this week: the spirit was really strong: we all started crying: the reason i cried was because he told me that he would send me a picture and a letter when he got baptized: i am so excited: he has to be one of my favorite people here: i am so excited for next pday: we are going to go climb this mountain that i have wanted to climb since i got here: it has a really good view at the top: it will be my last pday as a missionary: it should be fun: i still do not have my plans yet: i really dont know what the hold up is but nothing yet: hopefully i will know by next monday cause if not i will have to give you a call: oh i wanted to ask you if you had a copy of aloha oe: the missionaries want to sing to me in hawaiian: well we had a little adventure today: our washing machine hasnt been working: water just runs out of it everytime we try and do laundry: well today we had to go to some laundry at a members house just the first batch: we told her what was wrong and her son told us what the problem was: well they did not explain how to fix: so we went home and tried to do it: well we did it yeah: but it flooded our bathroom: we found out the problem was that a bobby pin was stuck in the tube not letting something turn so it was causing all those problems: we had a good laugh about it though: we are such sisters: well my family i love you all so much: i miss you tons but will see you in two weeks: one more email left: crazy: love ya hugs and bisous