Email 01 Oct 2006
Excerpts from Sister Welker's email:
how are you: how is utah: is it the same as before: i cant say i am overly excited to go back to utah after my misison: but oh well: if you are there it will be great: well i miss you tons and love ya tons: i have a lot to tell you today: the first and most exciting news is i got transfered once again: i am going to the furthest north that a sister can go: it is called bulaparis: i am going en brusse: which translated means going to the bushes: great huh: it is going to be a little different than my other sectors: i was just told as well that i might not be able to write emails every week: i hope i can: i cant even imaging missing a week of talking to you: my new companion is sister pahio: she is tahitian: she is great: we get along really well: she is awesome: i am senior companion again: the difference this time is that we are opening this sector and whitewashing it: it has been closed for about three months: and it was the elders before: they told us they didnt have any investigators so it will be like starting a new: i am a little nervous but i will be okay: it is a car sector: . . .oh my birthday was great: it felt like any normal day but still some of the missionaries were really cool and got me little gifts: i got a top and a carrot: sister rowberry gave me the top and elder franklin gave me the carrot: kind of as a joke because he knows i dont like vegetables: eew this morning i was making breakfast: there was four of us at our apartment and i was pouring in a bowl some flour and a cockroach came out of the bag and climbed on my hand: oh my gosh it was the grossest thing ever: i felt all of his little legs: i freaked: i dropped the flour and screamed and so did another sister: then everyone started laughing: oh it was huge: yuck: . . .oh i wanted to tell you a little about some of the culture here: we give two kisses to the woman here and shake the mens hand but when the mans hand is wet or dirty we shake their arm it is so weird: i dont like doing it: i feel weird: when they have marriages here everyone gets in their cars and drives around honking it is really cool: they wave at everyone: there are usually tons of cars: it is great: mom i dont know if you were able to watch the relief society fireside but it was so good: i loved it: but i was missing you so much after: it talked about moms a lot: i just wanted to be there with you: the conference was awesome: i really enjoyed it: it passed so fast though: i love our church: it is the greatest: i really miss americans though: it was so great to watch in english: i miss hearing english: we have a rule in the mission now that we cant talk english: it is really hard: sometimes we do though: it is just easier but i am trying to only talk in french: well i got to run but i love you all so much: big hug and bisous:
how are you: how is utah: is it the same as before: i cant say i am overly excited to go back to utah after my misison: but oh well: if you are there it will be great: well i miss you tons and love ya tons: i have a lot to tell you today: the first and most exciting news is i got transfered once again: i am going to the furthest north that a sister can go: it is called bulaparis: i am going en brusse: which translated means going to the bushes: great huh: it is going to be a little different than my other sectors: i was just told as well that i might not be able to write emails every week: i hope i can: i cant even imaging missing a week of talking to you: my new companion is sister pahio: she is tahitian: she is great: we get along really well: she is awesome: i am senior companion again: the difference this time is that we are opening this sector and whitewashing it: it has been closed for about three months: and it was the elders before: they told us they didnt have any investigators so it will be like starting a new: i am a little nervous but i will be okay: it is a car sector: . . .oh my birthday was great: it felt like any normal day but still some of the missionaries were really cool and got me little gifts: i got a top and a carrot: sister rowberry gave me the top and elder franklin gave me the carrot: kind of as a joke because he knows i dont like vegetables: eew this morning i was making breakfast: there was four of us at our apartment and i was pouring in a bowl some flour and a cockroach came out of the bag and climbed on my hand: oh my gosh it was the grossest thing ever: i felt all of his little legs: i freaked: i dropped the flour and screamed and so did another sister: then everyone started laughing: oh it was huge: yuck: . . .oh i wanted to tell you a little about some of the culture here: we give two kisses to the woman here and shake the mens hand but when the mans hand is wet or dirty we shake their arm it is so weird: i dont like doing it: i feel weird: when they have marriages here everyone gets in their cars and drives around honking it is really cool: they wave at everyone: there are usually tons of cars: it is great: mom i dont know if you were able to watch the relief society fireside but it was so good: i loved it: but i was missing you so much after: it talked about moms a lot: i just wanted to be there with you: the conference was awesome: i really enjoyed it: it passed so fast though: i love our church: it is the greatest: i really miss americans though: it was so great to watch in english: i miss hearing english: we have a rule in the mission now that we cant talk english: it is really hard: sometimes we do though: it is just easier but i am trying to only talk in french: well i got to run but i love you all so much: big hug and bisous:
posted by Sister Alicia Welker at 11/07/2006
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