MTC - Semana Diez, Jan. 26, 2010

Hola Familia!

Mom, you are so amazing! Thank you so much for that package with the party kit, my district loved it. :D That really was so sweet of you.

Angela, you are also amazing and the best sister ever. :) I got your package too. Thanks for the presents. I especially love the christian word magnets, those are going to be really fun to put on my fridge in the field.

Thanks for your e-mail Bob. :) i am glad that you are doing well and having fun in school.

You really are all so great and wonderful, and I am so lucky to have such a supportive family. :D

I can't believe this is my last week! It is pretty crazy. All of my district leaves tomorrow, so it will just be harmana stout and I which is pretty sad. Wednesday we start our Visitor's Center training and our entire schedule is changing, including P-day, which I will have again on Friday. I will be able to write more personal letters and a better e-mail then. Today has just been kind of crazy because I made little presents for all of my district. We really have become so close- it feels like they are family. We've definitely been through a lot together. I am really excited for them though. All of the elders are going to Sacramento and Hermana Hoof is headed to Phoenix.

I have a few things I need to get figured out before I go. First of all, I wanted to make sure you got those DVDs of me singing- you haven't mentioned them at all yet. Also, did you make sure and call the mission office before sending my bike? If you haven't sent it yet can you find my light blue cowl neck shirt in my stuff and send it with it? It think it is express brand- I din't know how else to describe it. I would wear it a lot with my grey pencil skirt and with my glasses. Hopefully Angela will know. I didn't bring it because I thought it would be too form fitting, but I've actually lost a lot of weight so most of my clothes are starting to feel too big. Oh, and also that really bright metallicy purple shirt. They don't have any rules against bright colors- in fact they sell hot pink skirts here. If you can't find them don't worry about it.

I got my travel plans and I leave for LA next Wednesday, February third at 8:30 in the morning. I leave the MTC at 5:00 in the morning. They don't have a policy about calling your family in the airport, which a member of my branch presidency said means that I can call you, it is just up to the missionary and whether they feel it will distract them or motivate them. I really feel like it would be fine, so as long as its ok with you I will probably call around seven in the morning on Wednesday. :) I get in to LA at 9:30 California time, so I will have the whole day ahead of me to work hard.

I am really excited to go to temple square this week to practice my Visitor's Center Training. It is going to be kind of weird going from being here for ten weeks to going out into the real world again. it really has been an incredible one of a kind experience, and I'm not even sure Mom and Dad can fully understand what it is like being here for this long. Not that it is bad by any means, but I definitely think I will be more of a shock and transition getting used to the real world again.

Well, i will write you all again on Friday. I hope everything is going ok with all of James' high school drama.

I love you all so much

- Hermana Dansie