Kate passes on dancing as a missionary!

Hey'all-
How is it going? The weather definitely has improved for the better and I am enjoying it. It is still hot but slowly cooling down. I don't sweat as much which is a bonus! I am proud that I survived my first South Carolina summer. I baked snickerdoodle cookies on pday, It was refreshing to be cooking again! I hope they enjoyed them because I don't know when I will ever have the time again. I may send you some more pictures today. We really didn't get to hear much about the 9/11 commemorations, but I did reflect on it myself and what I remember about that day. I was only 14 years old which seems like such a long time ago. We did sing hymn number 338 America the Beautiful and we all stood up and sang. It was pretty powerful. We had 6 investigators at church yesterday which was pretty cool. We are working with a lot of investigators. We have one named Diego that I told you about last week. We were able to have a few wonderful lessons with him this week. He wanted to take us out to lunch so we went to Subway. We had a lesson on prophets and the Word of Wisdom so it was pretty cool. We set him on date for baptism on October 1 so we are excited. We attended a stake activity on Saturday. It was a carnival that they do every year and it was a lot of fun. Diego was able to make it and stayed with us the whole time. Karen Lanz brought some of her family and they had a fun time dancing. You know me and how much I love dancing, so it was really hard for me not to get out there and dance. Karen is dating this guy whose name is Ahmed. He is from Iraq and is Muslim. He seems like a nice guy and has been to church a few times. We will have to see if anything comes from it. I know Karen won't settle for anything short of the temple. The weeks have been flying by way too fast lately. I hit my 5 month mark yesterday of being a missionary in South Carolina. I can't believe I have been gone that long. I am still in a threesome until the end of the transfer which is on the 28th of this month. One sister will be going home and 2 will be coming in so we will be back to an even number of sister missionaries. That means that 1 of us will be leaving and it most likely will be me. I will be sad to leave this area but excited to start some place new. Sister Johnson is a really hard worker and a wonderful teacher. She came from the Georgia, Macon mission before and has learned some different things. We are still working on meshing what we learned from our old mission presidents and applying them to our companionship now. Being a missionary is very stressful at times but I won't change it for the world. I am becoming a new person and people can see that. There are still some things to be working on and I know I will never be perfect. I am glad you had fun kayaking! Maybe I will have to go when I get back. How is work going? How are the little kids? Any misbehaviors? I wish I could hear Jane and Annie singing; they are so cute. I am sure you guys really enjoyed that. Those girls are just adorable. Thank you so, so, so, so much for the card that you sent me!!!!! I had a mail drought for almost two weeks and then I received your letter and it just made my day!! I can't tell you how much that meant to me. I feel so lucky to have such a loving and supportive family. So, my companion from Ughanda, Sister Namutebi's birthday is on the 25th of this month. I wanted to get her a little something and I can't really do it here without her noticing. The other night I was wearing my BYU shirt and she mentioned how much she would like one. I was thinking maybe you guys could pick one out for her and send it here. I can pay you back whatever it costs. I imagine a large would be a good size. She also really enjoys popcorn and those sugar free drink mixes that you sent to me. Let me know what you can do for me. Anything would be appreciated. Thanks again for all of the love and support you give to me. Have a great week! I love you all so much! Love, Katelyn
P.S Can I get Derek and Ryan's addresses I would like to write to them sometime? Thanks