Hello all,
I am here safely in South Carolina! I was totally going to call you again from Atlanta but I didn't have anymore minutes on my card. I was glad I was able to talk to you and dad! I loved hearing familar voices on the other end! I am not sure if Riley Wilson told you but I ran into my 2nd to last day at the MTC and it just made my day. South Carolina is so beautiful and I learn so much about it daily. It is so green and has lots of pretty flowers. I will take some pictures of them soon for you and send them to you. You would love it here except maybe not because of the humidity. I tried doing my hair straight the first day and it went all wavy so ever since then I have been doing it curly. We stayed at the Mission president's house the first night so that was nice. President and Sister McConkie are such nice people I really like them a lot. We had some training the first few days and then it was transfers. Our second day they had us go on spilts with some other missionaries and I was so nervous. This is the part that I was always scared to do. I stumbled over my words the first few times but eventually I got more comfortable. The next day was transfers and at first I was nervous about who my companion would be but I got a really great companion. Her name is Sister Wright and she is from Higland but originally from Washington State. She is best friends with Amy Mower (Robison)(Scott and Kerry Mower's daughter). The first time she saw me she asked me if I knew her. Aparently Amy told her I was coming and she might see me. My companion also went to Lone Peak and graduated in 2007. I was wondering if you could send a picture of the Groesbecks she thinks she may know Brock some how. Anyways she is way cool and we get along well. My area that I am in is called Gilbert and it covers some other cities as well. It is literally in the middle of the state. We live in a little trailer home in the forest. There are other members close by that check in on us. It is really fun living in the middle of no where as we can do anything we want. I got my bike and I really am enjoying it. It is hard to ride it on the sand so I will have to practice more. We got to our place and put my things in and then went contacting the rest of the afternoon. It is hard work and takes a lot of sacrifice but I am more than willing to do that. We came upon this lady who was just sitting outside her home thinking about life. She had just gotten home from her nephew's funneral. We shared a message about the plan of salvation and she was crying. Aparently her aunt and her daughter are both lds and she already had a Book of Mormon. She and her husband are Christian but don't attend church. She invited us back later in the week to come back and teach her and her husband. We came back and she had found her Book of Mormon and had been reading it. Which is totally awesome. We taught a really great lesson and invited them to try and come to church on Sunday. They ended up not being able to make it and we were a little disapointed but will encourage them the next time we meet with. I am exicted to see how this goes as I am starting it with them from the beginning. We went and visited a bunch of other investigators and less actives and they are all so cool. We pretty much do the same thing every day and it can get very tiring. Everytime I want to complain I just start singing church hymns to myself to get my mind off of it. I am getting more comfortable at contacting as I have had a lot of practice. I need to work on saying what I need to say when we have lessons. I usually just sit there and make comments which is not good. We are going to role play with members this week to help practice my teaching. I am really not looking forward to it but I know it will be helpful. You know how much I do not like to role play. I will go into with a willing heart and trust in the Lord. The people here in South Carolina are so nice and they like to chat for awhile. Most people polietly tell us no, whereas some like to have lengthly discussions with us or just shut the door in our face. There are so many trailer homes here it is not even funny. I have never seen so many before in my entire life. There are some nice beautiful homes and some not so nice. We mostly drive to a subdivion or a road and park the car and then just walk. I have gotten a lot of sun on my face and legs. We keep getting told that the summers are just miserable here. I am not looking forward to having to walk all day in hot humid weather. My companion has only been out here for 6 months so this will be her first summer too. Me and my companion have a lot of fun together and that helps us both get through the day. The other day it was off and on raining so we brought our umbrellas and were singing "There is sunshine in my soul today." The rain went away 20 minutes later and we had a lovely afternoon. Heavenly Father was definitly watching over us. The ward we are in is so so great. It is a small little ward but very nice. They bring us meals 2-3 times a week which is so sweet of them. I have learned so much already and I know there is much more for me to learn! I am so happy with my decision to serve a mission it is is just wonderful. Good luck with the wedding this week! I am sure all will go well! Send me lots of pictures and give me the details of the day. Allison I am so happy for you and I wish I could be there. Getting married in the temple will be such a wonderful blessing in your life.I will be sending a few pictures for you all to see in the mail. Hope all is well! I love you all so much! Thank you for all of the support you all give me I really appreciate it! Love, Katelyn.
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