Mar. 30, 2010

Hello family!
I love you guys :)

You make me laugh when I read your e-mails. Especially Michael. I'm sure I got you sick. I'm sorry. It's no fun. The pink-eye didn't come from me, though.

Oh, and I've met several Elders with twin sisters - one in my district, one in a classroom down the hall, and another one is the Bulgarian teacher. Pretty cool, crazy. I like having that in common with people.

And I've met some Elders going to the Switzerland Geneva Mission! I don't know how long they've been here, but now that I think about it they must be the missionaries replacing Michael. That's weird. I'll tell them to do a good job!

So, my new companion is Sister Brittney Rogers. I went to school with her at Snow Canyon. We were friends in 9th grade, kinda. And we share several friends in common. Pretty crazy. She's going to Bulgaria, so I'm getting to know the Bulgarian elders, too. I ate with them yesterday at meals and they have a game where they try to eat six saltine crackers in less than a minute. I'll prbably try it sometime.

Oh, and last week I forget to tell you guys that we DID have a quorum of the 12 member come talk to us: Elder Cook. It was FANtab! And last weeks devotional was good as well. On Sunday, because we had fast Sunday, we had mission conference, which is when the MTC president and a counselor and other speakers talk to us for two whole hours. The first fast Sunday here was a century long, but this last Sunday was really really really good. It was good. It's nice hearing good talks and advice and reminders over and over and over again. I'll miss that in the field. Which is coming up so fast!
I'm going to be in Croatia in three weeks! I'll probably get travel plans next week and everything. It's insanity! I can't believe it!

My lesson in Croatian went fairly well - I didn't use some of the teaching skills, like asking questions and using scriptures, because that's a little harder and I didn't think I'd really be able to understand my investigators' answers anyways. But I taught the lesson all the way through and only had to look at my notes a few times. This week will hopefully be better!

Thank you all for writing, I love hearing from you!

Sister Martsolf's grandfather passed away last Thursday, so on Friday she got to call home and talk with her Mom and Sister. And several weeks ago Sister Ganbaatar got to call home and talk to her family, because it was Mongolian mother's Day, but I am sorry to report that I do not want to call home yet. :/ I am glad that no one has died and I will be wonderfully happy to call on mother's day and Christmas, (and at the airport too, probably) but I think calling now would be too much distraction and sadness for me.
But e-mails and dearelders are lots and lots of fun! Keep it up!

Thank you for being my family!

Love you!

Sister Keshia Laws :)