My ward mission leader's name is Steven Clark. And I gave him the phone numbers. And showed him my family tree and he told me the story of our relative you died by being shot while gambling in a bar. I think I remember you telling me that Dad. :)
And those dresses might work... really they just have to cover my knees... maybe your right, I might want them... I was also thinking of shirts that I left there that might work, the two that are made of the silky material? that you thought would work? that I wasn't sure about? And maybe the purple shirt that I bought before I came home... I struggling to not to wear the same shirts every day. Haha, yeah... so any help would be nice. And THANK YOU!!! I got the package of clothes, cookies, jam, the pencil bag, and butterfly clips. Thank you SO much! Also I got the big family letter! :D You should tell Ashton that if he was happy to draw me all those pictures :) that he should draw more. I loved his balloons and the picture of the garden and the hands and Aidan's drawing and all the messages. It took me a while to realize the connection of the doughnut Scott drew with his message in it. :D Thank you for all the love and letters you all have sent me Mom and Dad. And I FINALLY got one from Ryan! And Katie! Thanks :D I am assuming you got the pictures I sent of the MTC. Tell Scotty... and I think Sam mentioned it too that I will try to take lots of pictures of California here so they can see what it looks like. I don't think I ever told you, but when I first got here it was like I was in a foreign country. The trees and the plants were beautiful but different. They have beautiful redwood trees (I think that's what they are called) that are like pine trees. And they have these tall tall skinny skinny pine-like trees. Wow. Yeah. It's beautiful here. And hot like Oklahoma, but not quite as humid... more dry? I really don't know what the difference is. Everyone always asks me if it's really humid in Oklahoma... I say not really and they look at me like I don't know what I'm talking about... maybe because I don't know exactly what I'm talking about. I know Oklahoma isn't as bad as Pennsylvania.
So this last week... we tracked some, got rejected a lot. One lady who rejected us: she shut her door and as we were walking down her walkway, she opened the door again and asked, "Are you girls thirsty?" So cool! So we went in, had water, and talked about our mission to her. She wasn't interested, but another seed was planted - since her secretary at work is a member. We visited a potential that was in our area book. He is a 18 year old who's step-mom (he doesn't live with her right now) is a member and went to church with her a few times and also attended seminary for a bit. Cool! We thought. We asked if he wanted to know more. We were getting use to being rejected so when he said yeah, we were shocked! YEA!! so we set up an appointment for Sunday, yesterday and he flaked on us. :( Oh wells, we will hunt him down. Just kidding, but we will find him and find out what happened. I really hope he will let us teach him. But we might have to give him to the Zone Leaders who are in charge of the singles ward, which he could go to. That be fine with me if that's what he wants to do. We have a few other potentials that we might have. It's really hard getting a hold of people and then it's summer so people are going on vacation. But that's okay. We'll keep striving and try to share the word and keep planting seeds. Last Tuesday we had district meeting. It was really good. My district leader talked about how we need to love our investigators, love those we come in contact with, and be our self around them. Something I struggle with is being myself around new people. But I'm myself around my companion. It's something I am constantly working on. Even Elder Taylor Larsen mentioned to me in his letter on how we need to be ourselves to everyone. It's true. I've been thinking a lot this week on how to show my love to others. Sister Heidel in my ward, she mentioned that through her brief time with Sister Grant and I that she can tell we are caring sisters. That's good. Yesterday Sister Grant and I made "Get well" cards for two of our potential investigators. I knew there had to be something we could do for those people we want to share the gospel with, yet they weren't feeling well and finally it dawned on me yesterday that a card could do it. I hope they liked the cards. Because really I'm here to teach people, to be an example to them what a Christ-like life is. To have a Christ-like love you have compassion, patience, and charity towards all men. We need to show people that we do love them. And be patient with them. Sometimes when I get impatient with people... my companion... I have to remind myself that she's human, I'm human, but I can only change myself, not her. So I tell myself to "get over" myself and then things are fine. That's the way life is and it makes me happier knowing that to make things better that I have the power to change it, by changing myself to be better, more patient, more loving.
Well, I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!! Miss you!!!! Have a great week!!! Until next time!
Love,
Sister Kristi Walston
P.S. One day we meet with an investigator who's really not an investigator who's full of questions and struggles... I almost introduced myself as "Kristi" to her - opps. Good thing I caught it. Oh! And I had a lady in my ward - first time I talked to her in person - first question she asked me, "What's your first name?" I told her. Then she said, "Kristi Walston." That was kind of funny, weird, nice, different? Haha, Yep. "Good times" as Eric says.
Love you!!!
Sister Kristi Walston
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 20, 2011
So you'll never guess what!!!! You'll love this story Dad.
So yesterday are dinner appointment canceled on us again, so for the second week in a row we ate with our ward mission leader (Steve Clark) and his family. Brother Clark was asking what I did before my mission. I said BYU and was majoring in Elementary Education. He said cool, my dad taught in the Education department - the Mckay building for about 27 years. So I asked then if he grew up there. Yes, in Spanish Fork... Fark he said. I laughed saying that my dad liked saying it that way too. Spanish Fark. He asked why that was. I said that my dad had lived there when he was younger and that my great-grandparents lived there for a long time. Brother Clark asked what their names were. First I said, "Clark... wait that's your name." Weird coincidence... I couldn't remember Grandma Clark's or Grandpa Clark's first names. I mentioned a Barbara and Douglas... but those didn't ring a bell. I said that my dad actually grew up in Moab. Then Brother Clark said he had relatives in Moab. Seriously, I asked. His wife said he was joking... at least we thought he was... he's joker. But he got really thoughtful and then asked, "Barbara Walston." "Yeah, that's my grandma." "I've got to call my dad," he said. He called his dad and yep. His dad is cousins with Grandma Walston. CRAZY!!!!! His dad remembered Grandaddy's name, Milton and remembered that Grandma had a child die a while ago... Pam. Yeah, really weird. I'm related to my Ward Mission Leader! Weird, but really kind of cool! Isn't that awesome! Brother Clark's dad's name is Clifford Clark. I was looking at the family tree I have and his dad must have been named after his mother or grandmother's maiden name. Anyways, our relative Clifford Clark has been trying to call his cousin... Grandma, but since no one's living there he hasn't been able to get a hold of her. I told him that she was living in Fillmore with Cathy. But in case he hasn't found a number, can I get Cathy's number, or Grandma's cell phone number so I can give it to him? He'd really love being able to get a hold of Grandma.
Crazy, crazy story, huh?
That was really cool. Another funny story about my life is my companion's embrassing moment of the week.
We had some questions for the zone leaders, Elder Clancy and Elder Bodily. Sister Grant called them. Elder Clancy answered saying, "Hello. This is Elder Clancy." Sister Grant said, "Hello. This is Sister Bodily." I bursted out laughing! She looked horrified! Hahaha... oh manigins. Yes. She stumbled on her words for a moment, "I meant... This is Sister Grant." "I had no idea," said Clancy. "Why didn't you invite me to the sealing?" Nevertheless to say, he is not going to let this one down... and neither am I apparently. I LOVED it. But she doesn't mind. During companionship inventory she told me a strength I had that she liked of me was teasing her... and that she didn't mind it. So now she can't complain. Haha. No she's good nature liked that. A lot of people here like to tease her and she takes it well. Oh, and no Dad, she's not the asain one. In the group picture, she was the one standing right behind me... I think you can only see half of her head because I'm so tall. She's a white girl from Utah... somewhere west of Salt Lake. The "asian" girl you saw was actually another new sister. I didn't know until I was about to board the plane that there was actually another new sister with our group. She's from Peru and had been in the MTC for about 2 months and was with the international group... that's why I never learned of her until that point.
Other fun things... didn't I mention before that on my 4th day of being here I was with another sister that had been here for only a transfer longer than me and that I got to permissionto drive all that day in Antelope? That was fun :D. Oh, funny. So my first Sunday here, are dinner appointment canceled on us. Sister Clark (the ward mission leader's wife) said she would feed us and that they were having fish. Another lady in the ward told a story of how her husband didn't like fish and thought missionaries wouldn't like it. Well, he was wrong and those missionaries did like it. After Relief Society Sister Clark asked if we liked fish. Our answer, no. So I believe she is the secretary in the Relief Society and when making the news letter of this month, she mentioned how we have a new sister missionary and something something and then at the very end she said, and just so you know, the sister missionaries don't like fish. Everyone likes to mention that. Haha... I'm glad though. I've come to realize as I've been here this 2 weeks... I'm kind of a picky eater. Opps. :/ Oh wells. I still try to eat some foods that aren't my favorite and just inwardly groan.
The other day I was talking and my companion stops me and said, "You sure like to ramble sometimes, don't you." Haha, funny! I have been rambling a lot. But she does it too, so it's only fair. Oh! And I got all the letters you sent me the first week I was here - Taylor's included! And I got the package!!!! Thank you so much!!! I had been really wanting my charger! And thank you for the sweets. You are so sweet for sending them to me :) .
Friday we had a trainer/trainee meeting. It was good! And I got to see my elder's from the MTC and Elder Borrowman was there! He finally made if from the MTC. (He was held back for an eye problem, but it only a week to fix thank goodness!) But it was really good. The one thing that really stood out to me was this. I am here fully dedicating 18 months of my life to the Lord's service. Jesus Christ, though, gave His entire life for us. Why should we worry that we are gone for this short time? The Lord did so much for us. We can give this time back to Him. Missionary work is soooo important. It's to the bringing souls unto Christ - where all happiness and goodness comes from. I am so etnerally grateful for the Savior. Without Him, I wouldn't be the person I am today. I know it's true because I find my true happiness when I looked unto Him. When I am need of comfort, I turn to His word, His love. In 2 Nephi 31 it speaks of the doctrine of Christ. I never knew about this chapter before. It is amazing. The doctrine of Christ lies under 5 things that are discussed in the chapter: faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. I plan on enduring to the end and receiving the promise that is in 2 Nephi 31, which is receiving eternal life.
I love you family oh so much!!! Remember the Savior and His promise in 2 Nephi 31: 20-21. His words are true.
I love you, I love you!!!!!
Oh, and you should tell Ryan that he should write me... I want to know he misses me!!!
And one other thing. The other day I was at a older ladies house and she asked if I had a picture of my family... I don't have any... do you want to be kind and send me some. A picture of our family from Christmas time? And any other cute pictures of our family you think I might like so I can show everyone off? That would be great!!!
LOVE YOU!!!!
Sister Kristi Walston
So yesterday are dinner appointment canceled on us again, so for the second week in a row we ate with our ward mission leader (Steve Clark) and his family. Brother Clark was asking what I did before my mission. I said BYU and was majoring in Elementary Education. He said cool, my dad taught in the Education department - the Mckay building for about 27 years. So I asked then if he grew up there. Yes, in Spanish Fork... Fark he said. I laughed saying that my dad liked saying it that way too. Spanish Fark. He asked why that was. I said that my dad had lived there when he was younger and that my great-grandparents lived there for a long time. Brother Clark asked what their names were. First I said, "Clark... wait that's your name." Weird coincidence... I couldn't remember Grandma Clark's or Grandpa Clark's first names. I mentioned a Barbara and Douglas... but those didn't ring a bell. I said that my dad actually grew up in Moab. Then Brother Clark said he had relatives in Moab. Seriously, I asked. His wife said he was joking... at least we thought he was... he's joker. But he got really thoughtful and then asked, "Barbara Walston." "Yeah, that's my grandma." "I've got to call my dad," he said. He called his dad and yep. His dad is cousins with Grandma Walston. CRAZY!!!!! His dad remembered Grandaddy's name, Milton and remembered that Grandma had a child die a while ago... Pam. Yeah, really weird. I'm related to my Ward Mission Leader! Weird, but really kind of cool! Isn't that awesome! Brother Clark's dad's name is Clifford Clark. I was looking at the family tree I have and his dad must have been named after his mother or grandmother's maiden name. Anyways, our relative Clifford Clark has been trying to call his cousin... Grandma, but since no one's living there he hasn't been able to get a hold of her. I told him that she was living in Fillmore with Cathy. But in case he hasn't found a number, can I get Cathy's number, or Grandma's cell phone number so I can give it to him? He'd really love being able to get a hold of Grandma.
Crazy, crazy story, huh?
That was really cool. Another funny story about my life is my companion's embrassing moment of the week.
We had some questions for the zone leaders, Elder Clancy and Elder Bodily. Sister Grant called them. Elder Clancy answered saying, "Hello. This is Elder Clancy." Sister Grant said, "Hello. This is Sister Bodily." I bursted out laughing! She looked horrified! Hahaha... oh manigins. Yes. She stumbled on her words for a moment, "I meant... This is Sister Grant." "I had no idea," said Clancy. "Why didn't you invite me to the sealing?" Nevertheless to say, he is not going to let this one down... and neither am I apparently. I LOVED it. But she doesn't mind. During companionship inventory she told me a strength I had that she liked of me was teasing her... and that she didn't mind it. So now she can't complain. Haha. No she's good nature liked that. A lot of people here like to tease her and she takes it well. Oh, and no Dad, she's not the asain one. In the group picture, she was the one standing right behind me... I think you can only see half of her head because I'm so tall. She's a white girl from Utah... somewhere west of Salt Lake. The "asian" girl you saw was actually another new sister. I didn't know until I was about to board the plane that there was actually another new sister with our group. She's from Peru and had been in the MTC for about 2 months and was with the international group... that's why I never learned of her until that point.
Other fun things... didn't I mention before that on my 4th day of being here I was with another sister that had been here for only a transfer longer than me and that I got to permissionto drive all that day in Antelope? That was fun :D. Oh, funny. So my first Sunday here, are dinner appointment canceled on us. Sister Clark (the ward mission leader's wife) said she would feed us and that they were having fish. Another lady in the ward told a story of how her husband didn't like fish and thought missionaries wouldn't like it. Well, he was wrong and those missionaries did like it. After Relief Society Sister Clark asked if we liked fish. Our answer, no. So I believe she is the secretary in the Relief Society and when making the news letter of this month, she mentioned how we have a new sister missionary and something something and then at the very end she said, and just so you know, the sister missionaries don't like fish. Everyone likes to mention that. Haha... I'm glad though. I've come to realize as I've been here this 2 weeks... I'm kind of a picky eater. Opps. :/ Oh wells. I still try to eat some foods that aren't my favorite and just inwardly groan.
The other day I was talking and my companion stops me and said, "You sure like to ramble sometimes, don't you." Haha, funny! I have been rambling a lot. But she does it too, so it's only fair. Oh! And I got all the letters you sent me the first week I was here - Taylor's included! And I got the package!!!! Thank you so much!!! I had been really wanting my charger! And thank you for the sweets. You are so sweet for sending them to me :) .
Friday we had a trainer/trainee meeting. It was good! And I got to see my elder's from the MTC and Elder Borrowman was there! He finally made if from the MTC. (He was held back for an eye problem, but it only a week to fix thank goodness!) But it was really good. The one thing that really stood out to me was this. I am here fully dedicating 18 months of my life to the Lord's service. Jesus Christ, though, gave His entire life for us. Why should we worry that we are gone for this short time? The Lord did so much for us. We can give this time back to Him. Missionary work is soooo important. It's to the bringing souls unto Christ - where all happiness and goodness comes from. I am so etnerally grateful for the Savior. Without Him, I wouldn't be the person I am today. I know it's true because I find my true happiness when I looked unto Him. When I am need of comfort, I turn to His word, His love. In 2 Nephi 31 it speaks of the doctrine of Christ. I never knew about this chapter before. It is amazing. The doctrine of Christ lies under 5 things that are discussed in the chapter: faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. I plan on enduring to the end and receiving the promise that is in 2 Nephi 31, which is receiving eternal life.
I love you family oh so much!!! Remember the Savior and His promise in 2 Nephi 31: 20-21. His words are true.
I love you, I love you!!!!!
Oh, and you should tell Ryan that he should write me... I want to know he misses me!!!
And one other thing. The other day I was at a older ladies house and she asked if I had a picture of my family... I don't have any... do you want to be kind and send me some. A picture of our family from Christmas time? And any other cute pictures of our family you think I might like so I can show everyone off? That would be great!!!
LOVE YOU!!!!
Sister Kristi Walston
Monday, June 13, 2011
June 13, 2011 & New Address
The Pendleton's, my mission president and his wife, are really nice. Sister Pendleton told me that I have a nice, beautiful voice, that she kept wanting to hear me speak. That was nice of her. I never thought of having a nice voice. Did they ever send you pictures of me coming into California? Or pictures with them? I thought they said they would, but maybe I was mistaken, who knows... well at least I don't know. My companion is nice. Her name is Sister Emily Grant from West Valley, Utah. It's her first time training. She's been out 10 months and she's going on her 6th month of being in this area. Yep. But yeah, we get along real well. We are in Citrus Heights in the Woodside ward. Not too far away from Roseville or the mission home or office. They like to keep their sisters close. My zone seems fun. I met them all last Wednesday. We are the only sisters. There are about 7 other pairs of elders. Which Elder Holyoak is part of. He is companion's with my District Leader. I talked to him. He was excited that he knew where I am from. And I told him that I remember his dad being in the stake presidency; he was excited about that too. He's about the same about what I distantly remember of him. Ha, yep. Oh! I totally forgot to tell you when I talked to you on the phone the other day, but I met two sisters at the MTC and they both knew two of my cousins. One, was from Fillmore. She knew the Thompsons. Also apparently they are helping her pay her for her mission since Jacob's not going anymore... what happened with that? I always thought he would make an amazing missionary. But she was a nice girl. And then another sister went to High School with Andrew. Her name was Sister Smith... I don't exactly remember the others... maybe it was Sister Anderson? Crazy coincidence. They were both in my branch. So random fact of my life: Normally the sister missionaries here do service at this old people place... I forget what they are called right now... anyways, usually they do bingo, but they canceled it Thursday and signed us up for something on Saturday. Saturday, me, as a LDS missionary, served coffee to old people. Ironic! Haha... I really didn't enjoy it. I really greatly dislike the smell of coffee. But at least people appreciated us. AND! we have a possible potential investigator. She works there, she doesn't live there. But she said she knew a lot about our church since she had lived in a lot of "Mormon communities". And she was willing to listen. So we almost left, but we were both feeling guilty at not asking her, so we went back in and asked if she wanted to learn more and got her number as she was in the middle of escorting old people back to their rooms. Maybe not the best time to ask, but at least we asked and got something from it. We were both scared, but we asked and hopefully she'll listen to whomever because we don't even know if she lives in our area. A lot of this missionary work is ... well, we have to be careful because we can only teach people in our area, so I have the fear that I won't care about people if they aren't in our area. That is a bad thing to do! The whole purpose of my mission is to bring others to Christ through baptism. It is helping them see the great plan of salvation, to bring happiness into their lives. It is their eternal salvation at work. I really hope I will be able to help them understand that there's more to life. More happiness found in obeying God's law. That there is a purpose to this life: this life is a time for learning and overcoming challenges. It won't be easy, but with a smile on our faces and with the faith that all will work out, we can endure to the end. I believe this with all my heart. It is the only way I have found true happiness in life. By smiling and understanding that I am to learn something from the experiences that are thrown my way. And every minute of it is worth it to me. All the hard times and especially the good times. I know that there will be moments out there when it is hard, but I know that with faith in the Lord, faith that it will work out, and with a smile it will work out just fine.
Another random fact of my life: Yesterday we were driving home after receiving referrals from a lady in our ward, and as we were driving Sister Grant said, "Llamas!" "What?" I was totally confused. "Llamas just walked across the street." "What?" Now I was curious. We turned around the car (since she had seen the llamas from the rear view mirror). For sure, as we drove by, there were llamas walking down the sidewalk! Crazy. Even funnier, a lady was walking them... like a dog. Haha, and according to my companion (this was the second time she saw this), the lady does this often. Crazy! A lady walking her llamas. It makes sense why she does it. Why not? People do it with their dogs, so why not a llama. :D It was awesome. We even got out of the car and talked to her and asked if she was interested in knowing more about her church. She told us no and that she was Buddhist. And then she wished us a "good fortune." Ha, that was funny. Sister Grant kept laughing. She LOVED it. Ha, yep. Something else I have learned this week is the importance of members. Members can help missionaries find people to teach. They know the people out there better than we do. With their help, we can find investigators. Also, like the saying, "every member a missionary." It is so true. We were talking to a lady in our ward last night and oh boy, she is a missionary. She will invite her neighbor's to activities, yet even if they say no, she knows it will take time. We can't change people in an instant. It takes time and slow humbling for the person to accept and realize how important the gospel is for their life. The reason I know that the gospel is true is because without it I wouldn't be happy. Without it, I would be a totally different person. I would probably hate life, be depressed, and who knows what. But the gospel, the Savior, helps me to realize to find the good things in life, to always be happy no matter the circumstance, to find the good lessons from the hard times. With Him, I know who I am: a royal daughter, his spirit child. And I know that he is there, through the blessings He has given me. Anyways, I should probably get going. Oh! Here's the address of my current place of residence, so you can write me here and it will get to me quicker:
Sister Kristi Walston
6904 Walnut Ave.
Orangevale, CA 95662
Another random fact of my life: Yesterday we were driving home after receiving referrals from a lady in our ward, and as we were driving Sister Grant said, "Llamas!" "What?" I was totally confused. "Llamas just walked across the street." "What?" Now I was curious. We turned around the car (since she had seen the llamas from the rear view mirror). For sure, as we drove by, there were llamas walking down the sidewalk! Crazy. Even funnier, a lady was walking them... like a dog. Haha, and according to my companion (this was the second time she saw this), the lady does this often. Crazy! A lady walking her llamas. It makes sense why she does it. Why not? People do it with their dogs, so why not a llama. :D It was awesome. We even got out of the car and talked to her and asked if she was interested in knowing more about her church. She told us no and that she was Buddhist. And then she wished us a "good fortune." Ha, that was funny. Sister Grant kept laughing. She LOVED it. Ha, yep. Something else I have learned this week is the importance of members. Members can help missionaries find people to teach. They know the people out there better than we do. With their help, we can find investigators. Also, like the saying, "every member a missionary." It is so true. We were talking to a lady in our ward last night and oh boy, she is a missionary. She will invite her neighbor's to activities, yet even if they say no, she knows it will take time. We can't change people in an instant. It takes time and slow humbling for the person to accept and realize how important the gospel is for their life. The reason I know that the gospel is true is because without it I wouldn't be happy. Without it, I would be a totally different person. I would probably hate life, be depressed, and who knows what. But the gospel, the Savior, helps me to realize to find the good things in life, to always be happy no matter the circumstance, to find the good lessons from the hard times. With Him, I know who I am: a royal daughter, his spirit child. And I know that he is there, through the blessings He has given me. Anyways, I should probably get going. Oh! Here's the address of my current place of residence, so you can write me here and it will get to me quicker:
Sister Kristi Walston
6904 Walnut Ave.
Orangevale, CA 95662
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June 1, 2011
Sorry if I gave you a heart attack yesterday Mom, when the MTC called. So newest story of my eye's life: Saturday night as I was going to bed I felt as though something was in my eye, but nothing was working. I blinked a million times... and just went to bed. I woke up Sunday and my eyes were slightly pink. Monday came and I had vampire-like eyes. There were really red!!! They were really irritated-feeling. Sister Fairbourn was concerned, so we went to the clinic, but it was closed. So we went to the front desk and I talk to a doctor here... I didn't really like what he said, so I thought my eyes would just endure. But my branch president stopped by that night and asked about them. On Tuesday I was paged and told that I had an appointment at the clinic. Apparently my branch president and called making sure that my eyes would be checked. So, that's why they called you. Tomorrow morning I am going to see an ophthalmologist .... I really have no idea how to spell that. The doctor here at the MTC said that we should up my prescription, so I don't know if you want to tell Dr. Hogue that ... I guess we'll see what the doctor says tomorrow and see whether or not about the stuff Dr. Hogue is prescribing me. Anyways, that's the most exciting thing of my life! Ha... not really. OH!!! GUESS WHO GETS TO CALL HER FAMILY ON TUESDAY!!!! Yep! That would be me. Tuesday, 5 in the morning we are meeting to be carted off to the airport, where I get to call my family and then get to fly to California! Yep. It's finally arrived... weird. But yeah, you should expect a call from me 7-8am UT time... 8-9am OK time on Tuesday morning. Except I don't know which phone number to call since no one ever answers the home phone. So tell me which one you'd prefer me calling asap. :D Oh! And... if you really want to... I need a calling card. I don't know if they have any of those here, and I don't know how to buy a good one... so if you really want to you could send me one... :) Oh and I have a favor to ask someone, possibly Trevor. So I just realized the other day that I'm missing part of the camera charger. It should be in my blue basket. It's the part that connects into the wall. I have the part I put the battery in, but apparently there's another piece to it and I remember seeing it before I left, but I didn't realize that it went with the camera charger... so can you send me that por favor? Sorry I'm so forgetful. So I got Trevor's, Mom's, and Dad's letters yesterday. Thank you so much!!! I love getting all of your letters. Especially thank you Mom and Trevor. You two are the reason I get so much mail. :D And Mom. I loved your spiritual thought of yesterday, so much so that I shared it with my companion and two elder's from my zone. One of the Elder's really liked that and said, "I'm stealing that thought," and wrote it down. You are so wise. And wonderful. And thank you for everyone else for their wonderful letters of love and comfort. :D So last week on Wednesday, we had 2 new girls move into our room. So there's a total of 6. They are both spanish speaking going somewhere in CA. One of the Sisters (Allsop) and I were talking about where I lived. She asked where in NY, I told her Ithaca... and then she asked if I knew the Samuelson's. It took me a moment and then I exclaimed, "Kelsey?" She and Kelsey had been roommates the last year. Weird coincidence? Huh? And then she's from Mapelton and knows Heather Williams who I met at the Hill Cumorah Pageant the last time we went. What a crazy world! It's great. I finally was able to see my FHE brother Christian this last week too. He teachers here. I was just about to start my service by mopping/drying the floors with my companion when he walked into the building! That was great being able to see him. And I've seen 2 people here that I knew from the Testing Center. So cool!!! Anyways, and who's and ha's. How's life with the family? Oh, and I don't remember if I asked last time, but I want to know more about fifth disease... if I am permitted to know more. The MTC is going great. Yesterday I had a good experience at the TRC. It was a sweet old man who lost his wife 1 1/2 ago. He was inactive, but was always dragged to church. The spirit was great as we spoke to him. It was a marvelous experience. I love my teachers and everything they are teaching us. They really know what we need. I'm really nervous about going to the field, excited, but nervous because I still don't know everything... and we've only learned the first 2 lessons. I know I will have lots to learn in the field. It will be great... scary, but great. Man, my mind gone's blank... this morning we were able to go to the temple. That was nice. Oh, and I think I've gained most of the lbs. I lost before I came. Every morning (Trevor would be proud), I've eaten a old fashion doughnut. You know how I don't normally like doughnuts, well these are divine! Yum.... so good. And... life is continually going good here. And I love you all so much!!!!! I hope you are all continually doing well. I think about you often. But not so much that I get distracted. :) I am really sorry, I have about 6 minutes left and my mind is totally blank. I guess life is just the same for me. Eat, zone teaching, class, eat, class, study, gym, and ect. Yep. That is the life of a missionary in the MTC. And there is the unlimited supply of food. Ha. But it is good. I have taken pictures... maybe one day I'll actually print them and send you some of them... but Sister Dodge's didn't turn out so well when she did them, so maybe I'll wait until CA. We'll see. Oh! I fell in love with the Japanese language! Last week some Japanese missionaries sang a song and it was beautiful!!! It's such a pretty language and I never noticed before. Anyways, I love you much!!! Have a good week!!! And I'll TALK to you on Tuesday!!! And let me know about what phone to call... and whether you want to give me a calling card... and about that charger.
Love always and forever,
Your loving daughter,
Sister Kristi Walston
Love always and forever,
Your loving daughter,
Sister Kristi Walston
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