Email 21 May 2006

Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
how are you guys doing today: i am doing really well: i am very happy and very healthy: everything is going just great: i have so much to tell you: i want to start by responding to your email: i cant believe that james is getting married: that is so much fun: is he getting married to jen? i am so happy that he is not getting married until next july: it would suck if i wasnt there: i am so excited for him:. . . i will definitely pray for you when you give your talks: you guys are going to be awesome: just follow the spirit and he will lead you to want you should say: thats what i do as a missionary: i am so absolutely grateful that the spirit is with me when i teach: i need all the help i can get because of the language: but the language is coming along pretty well: i am doing half of the teaching now: and i can talk to members and our investigators by myself and understand: before i never wanted to talk by myself: thankyou so much for sending another package: i feel really bad for asking you for things: i really appreciate all you do and have done for me: i know my companion and i are going to have fun eating all the goodies: i have been totally blessed with my new companion: she is a really good cook: she went to culinary school to be a chef: her food tastes so good: she makes vegetables taste good:. . . : i totally love my companion mom and dad: we get along so well:. . . we work really well together: it is like a dream come true having an awesome companion: we keep telling our mission president that we want to stay together for a very long time: we really want to open a new sector together: they have been thinking of opening a sector in the north for sisters: i think it would be so much fun: i love my new area though: i love the people and the atmosphere: it is a lot busier here than my other two sectors: there are more real french people here: the work is a little more difficult here though: we had zone conference this week: it was the best ever: it was the most spiritual experience i have ever had outside the temple: president winkle of the seventy came and spoke to us and trained us on somethings: he is our area president: his wife came also: it was amazing: him and his wife and then president ardern and his wife spoke and then we had a huge testimony meeting: every single missionary and all the presidents and their wifes bore their testimonies: it was very emotional and i cried really hard and so did my companion: well actually my whole row was crying really hard: . . .: oh i have had cold showers for the past week and a half now: it is like ice cold: we have been trying to get it fixed but nothing has happened yet: i have to say i dread having to take a shower: But thats all the exciting things that happened this week: i love you tons and miss you tons: i hope all is going well: i pray for you every day several times a day: tell everyone i say hi and i love them: hugs and kisses: or what they say here is bisous: which means kisses: