Cow Tongue for Dinner!

Hey'all
I am doing great! Things are going well here in the state of South Carolina. The weather is hot and humid as ever. I had a great week here. We had a baptism on Saturday!!! Her name is Karen and she had been trying to stop smoking and drinking coffee and she finally did. We took her to the temple with a member on Friday and had a wonderful experience there. We got to meet the temple president and his wife along with the first counselor and his wife. That is where she decided to baptized the next day. We went to the bookstore and bought her a CTR ring that she had picked out. We talked with the ward mission leader and made all of the arrangements. She is such a wonderful person and has mad so many changes in her life. She was like a member before she became one. I spoke on baptism at the baptism and played the piano while Sister Wright sang the musical number. After she was baptized she went around and hugged everyone and thanked them for coming. She was confirmed a member yesterday and after she blew a kiss to the crowd and mouthed the words "thank you." She will do well in the church! At church she brought her mother and her two kids. Her daughter is 15 and loved church especially young women's. There a few more potential baptisms for this family. This week is transfers and I will be sad to good bye to Sister Wright. She has been the best companion anyone could have ever asked for. She has been here in the area for 6 months so she is being transferred and I am staying in the area. I am excited to get a new companion and to be able to work with her. I am loving my new hairstyle! I can wear it straight more often which I love. It feels like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I am running out of ideas of what to do with it. It is a lot cooler so I am very happy with it. I got a letter from Jeff this past week so it was good to hear from him. Not really anything new from him. He tells me things he did on his mission and what he is doing now. This week we went to a part member's family home for dinner. The father is from Mexico so we had some authentic food. Guess what I ate for dinner? Cow tongue! They didn't tell me before and I am glad. I am becoming a lot braver with my food.I still can't believe that I actually ate that. Here are some birthday present ideas: a new watch similar to the one I already have as the one I have is pretty tarnished, I also would love some more church cds as we can listen to more than just the Tabernacle Choir, and maybe some hair accessories for short hair as I don't have much. I hope that gives you some ideas of what to get me. You usually know what I am enjoy. Just make sure when you send it to send it Priority Post. I am glad you all had fun at the family reunion. I always enjoyed getting together and doing stuff like that. I am very surprised about how much I love my mission. I have learned so many things already. I am becoming a different person and I love that. I love the people here they are so wonderful. Being a missionary is awesome! I will try to send some more pictures soon. Thank you so much for all of you love and support! I am so lucky to have a family like I have. Have a great week and I look forward to hearing from you again soon! Love, Katelyn