I am a missionary. Wow

Sorry in advance for how short this email is going to be.  We were out with a recent convert all day shopping and just got back and don't have much time.  But, one thing first, these people out here treat me so well.  I think to myself, "How can I repay them..?"  They buy me groceries, they feed me, they offer to do my laundry, etc.  Then I think to myself.  They keep on telling me that they are so grateful for the missionaries that are bringing them this knowledge, this salvation.  I just need to keep reminding myself.  I am a missionary.  Wow!

This week was great.  I just want to share a couple stories and things that happened.

We have been going over to visit with a lady named "N".   She has been taught ALL the lessons before.  We decided to go try again with her.  She said that she loves when we come over and wants to be taught more.  So we have been going to teach her.  She has a hard time believing in latter-day prophets (that was a good thing to figure out) so we left her with a testimony and told her that we would bring the church magazine, Liahona, over for her to read.  We saw her and she didn't have much time, so we dropped off the magazine and told her how it will bless her family and how there are Apostles who give talks each month.  Just the other day we went back and she totally read the Liahona! :)  AH!  She loved the talk by Elder Uchtdorf on walking in circles..and then out of nowhere while talking about this wonderful talk, she said, "I want to go to church."  Okay, hold up.  I was thinking "there is no way I heard that right".  But sure enough she does.  She needs a ride, but we told her we could do it.  She is so excited!  She is progressing and we are so excited!  We see great things with her.  Such a miracle!

Another girl named "D" wants to be baptized.  She is a very smart girl.  She reads her scriptures every day and understands it.  She also prays daily.  We know she is young but she is going to be such a blessing in this church and will change lives.  She wants to go on a mission and wow.  She just amazes me.   It makes me think how God is preparing the children of the earth.  He has a plan.  They are so sensitive to the spirit.  We are going to kneel with her in prayer this Wednesday to pray if this is the right thing for her to do and set a legit date.  Hoping all goes well :)

Ha, funny story.  So one of our investigators called us over because she wanted us to braid her and her children's hair.  Yeah what?  How many sisters do I have? None.  Clearly I do not know how to corn row (or whatever it is called) peoples hair! HA!  So we let Hermana Hosking try.  So funny.

Do you want to know an even funnier story?  We were convinced that we all had lice this week.  This is no joke.  2 of the families we visit had lice, and we had all these little kids on the couch next to us climbing all over us, painting our nails, playing with our hair.  Wow.  Then the mom just casually says, "they have lice"....obviously I had no idea what the word "lice" was in Spanish, so I just smile and say "si" (like every other situation).  So after leaving their house, Hermana Serannno told us what she was saying and we were all freaking out and putting our clothes in bags.  We went to a members home and she checked us.  Safe to say that todo esta bien!

Hmmm, que mas?  This week truly was good.  Transfers are this Thursday, so pray for me and my companions.  Who knows what is going to happen.  I am thinking that I will be heading out to Argentina this next transfer, but who knows.  A lot of people left today for Argentina!  It's exciting!

Anyways..sorry this is short.  I just wanted to say that I love you all.  I am so proud of each and every one of you.  Thank you for all the letters and especially you mom and dad for the detailed emails you send weekly.  They make everything all worth it.  Hope all is well in the home.  Best wishes to Jackson with the MRI, Austin with final mission preparations, Brock and Crew with school, and mom and dad with just trying to stay sane ;)

Love you all,

Hermana McChesney

Shoutouts:

--Shout out to Austin for giving a killer farewell talk.  I knew you would do amazing!  I hope you liked the picture I sent you.  Reminded me a lot of you!

--Shout out to Garrett Fotu for arriving home from the mission.  Thanks for your wonderful example and for supporting Austin at his farewell.

--Shout out to Cami Fox for sending me a sweet package!!  Loved the pics from Africa.  Looked incredible.

--Shout out to Rori Hemming for the letter I opened today.  Loved that last sentence (if you can remember what you said...hahahahaha)

I don't want the Elders, I want the Sisters

Buenas Tarde!

Hello everybody.  Is it just me or are these weeks just flying?  C'mon, it can't just be me. Ha!  First of all, I want to thank both Aunt Erika and Crew for their sweet letters to me!  I opened Erika's last week and Crew's today.  I loved how Aunt Erika wrote "Sis McC"...such a rapper name ;)  Love my family!

So this week, well, it's hard to remember everything that happened, but I will try my very best.  This week we had Noche de Hogar with an investigator who is going to be getting baptized.  He is the Elder's investigator, so we are so happy for them.  We went over and had a big dinner and then shared a spiritual thought with him, his sister (who is a member) and their mom.We have these new service missionaries in our ward so we have been planning and doing a lot more with the members, doing Noche de Hogar.  They also have been coming out with us a lot to visit investigators.  I love days with them because they only speak Spanish!  It's a challenge, but I miss challenges like that!

This Thursday was our temple day.  That morning we were out at the track.  I obviously was running a marathon because I was so pumped..and then it started to POUR!  Literally droplets the size of golf balls.  I loved it!  They always talked about how Texas poured, but I never saw it.  So, it was so fun to run and be in the rain for the first part of the morning.  We left to the temple and Wow, I just want to say the Temple is so amazing and so inspiring.  I want to invite you all to go who haven't gone in a while.  The new video...everything...WOW!  One thing that I learned from going to the temple is that even with a new video the words are exactly the same.  But how much more revelation you can learn.  It reminds me of the scripture and the gospel.  Each time we read the scriptures something different stands out each time, even if we have read that verse/chapter multiple times.  In church we go through the same lessons and teachings, because we do need to be reminded and things will stick out to us at different times of our lives to help us grow and become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ.  I loved the temple this week.  I missed that feeling and I loved receiving all new revelation.

Quick story:  We have a girl who wants to be BAPTIZED!! :)  YAYAYAY!  We are shooting for the first Saturday in September.  So excited.

Another quick story:  A bunch of people from my mission here just left to Argentina..maybe I'm next.  AH!

I went to the temple again on Saturday.  After the temple we all went to lunch.  As we were leaving and almost to the car, a lady came running out and said, "I have somebody that wants to talk to you sisters."... So we got pumped and walked back inside.  We started talking with 2 men and that same lady.  As we began talking we came to find out that both the man and the lady were members, but the other man was not.  Hermana Serrano stepped away and talked with the lady, as Hermana Hosking and I talked with the 2 men.  Long story short, we ended up teaching a lot of quick principles about what we do and our church.  We got the man's information and he wants the missionaries over :)  YAY!!  But...he said, "I don't want the elders, I want the sisters."  Ummm...yeah we ended the conversation there and told him that the Elders were more likely to visit him.  Raro! Ha!  It was hilarious though!  With that opportunity I want to say I am so grateful for people who act on the promptings of the spirit.  We, as missionaries, cannot talk to everyone everywhere we go, so having that man feel the need to talk to us was incredible.  And, who knows, his friend could now benefit because of the courage he had!

That Saturday night we had a baptism for a girl in our ward.  It was so beautiful and so great to have all the support of members, less actives, recent converts, investigators, etc!  I love baptisms.  There were probably 40 people there.

Thank you for all the prayers.  I can feel them all the way over here in Waller, TX.  Truly.  I'm so proud of all my little brothers and their accomplishments!  And mom and dad, you have raised a wonderful family.  I am reminded of that daily while I am out here.  Thank you for all your hard work.

This gospel can bring so many people happiness, I know it and I have seen it work here in Texas.  Even though things are slow here, I am learning each and every day and can testify that this gospel brings happiness to everyone, no matter the circumstances.  Love you all and be happy :)

Hermana McChesney

Shoutouts:
Shout out to Austin.  Good luck on your farewell buddy, I know you will kill it!
Shout out to Mikail Burningham.  I heard you gave an incredible talk on Sunday.  Ohio needs you!

Homemade Tamales!

Hello everybody!!  Thanks for all the wonderful pictures, packages, food, EVERYTHING.  I loved it all!  it is such a wonderful feeling to get a package in the mail. :)  Plus, all the pictures you emailed me were definitely highlights to my day.

I'm glad that everybody enjoyed the family reunion.  I miss those.  I remember that powerful testimony meeting with the McChesney family, and then with the Bird Family, I can't help but laugh at thinking how childish we grandkids were at playing "hide-n-seek" throughout the whole resort.  Oh the memories!

This week was fantastic.  After I emailed you, I went and totally bought 3 shirts at Good Will (aka D.I.).  I know, that sounds so not cool at all, but it brought me back to home and I loved it! :)  I bought another Taylor Swift shirt (oops...couldn't help it), and a shirt that says "On a Mission" (thought it was hilarious), then another that was a Houston Baseball type shirt.  Hey it was all only $6...why not, right?

So, that's not why the week was fantastic...This week I went on exchanges for the first time.  I was so nervous because I always heard how awful they are.  So, I was terrified to leave my area and go sleep with some stranger. Ha!  But to my luck, Hermana Hosking got called to come with us.  So that was a blessing.  We had the most INCREDIBLE experiences.  We were in an area called Bear Creek.  It's so easy to just find people out there and talk.  We taught all new investigators pretty much---I think it was 4 times teaching the first lesson, the Restoration.  I taught the First Vision for the first time.  Definitely a moment I will never forget.  It was such a great day in Bear Creek.  I loved it so much!

So this week we had a Zone meeting.  On the way there Hermana Serrano was speeding and we totally got pulled over. Ha!  I'm so glad it wasn't me driving because I know I probably would have either broken down or been uncontrollably laughing...so that's a bummer she needs to pay an expensive ticket.  Zone meeting was great.  I'm telling you though, I swear I have a big red arrow constantly pointing at me saying "PICK ME" because without a doubt I am called to give talks, prayers, etc.  It's great practice though.  I do enjoy it!  I was asked to speak on "finding new investigators".  I'm glad for these opportunities.

We ran out of miles this week on our vehicle.  We get 350 miles each week to use and we went over because we had to travel to Houston, zone meeting, Katy, etc.  So I got to experience the real mission life and walk, and walk, and walk.  It was only for 2 days so it wasn't too rough.  I actually really enjoyed it!  Preparing for Argentina.

This morning was probably the best day ever!  It started out with me running bleachers.  It was so hot and humid that I was drenched.  I pictured myself on a Gatorade commercial where the girls/guys are dripping sweat and drinking Gatorade.  I truly could have been and actor for that.  Anyways...we didn't have water so we ran quick to the store...bought the water and then out of pure inspiration we decided to go visit one of our English class members who works at the BBQ next door.  She said she always is there for breakfast so it was great!  We went in, wished her buenas dias, and then she offered to buy us breakfast.  Such a sweetheart.  She's not even a member.  I love people like that.  As we ate, she came back and talked to us and just expressed how she feels something different when we are with her and how she loves how we pray before and after each class.  She also said how she feels good when she is in our church (we meet in the primary for class) and just keeps on going off and how she may want to come and try it out!! AH!! Literally it was so hard for me not to scream!  We talked to her for a good 30 minutes just about what we do.  She loved it!!

It reminded me how much people look up to me and appreciate what I am doing.  Waller is not very big so a lot of people know who we are and see us often.  I need to always be an example because people see me as a representative of Christ--for I am a disciple of Christ.  The work is growing, people are becoming interested!  We have a new investigator who came to church on Sunday with another 5 children who want to be baptized.  The work is amazing!  The gospel is amazing!

The church is so true, I know it  I am so lucky to be here serving and bringing people closer to Christ.  There is a lot of work to be done here...a lot!  But, each day I strive to help somebody become more like our Savior Jesus Christ.

Love you all,
Hasta Lunes

Tu Hermana,
Hermana McChesney

This picture is at an investigators house making tamales.  YUMMY!


Shoutouts:
--Shout out to Cami Simons for the wedding!  So excited for you!! :)  You looked absolutely
stunning!
--Shout out to Andrea Barney for making it to Argentina!  Can't wait to get there!

This last picture is us walking...ALL DAY.  Our bags killed our shoulders so we decided to put them on our heads and be Lamanites!  Ha!  Hermana Hosking is so mad I'm sending this..she says, "I'm usually not that ugly". ha!!

Happy 2 months to me!!!

This week we had Zone Conference.  I don't know why, but when all the missionaries would talk about going to Zone Conferences, I thought there would be 200 or so people there.  Yeah no.  I was wrong.  There were around 70 or something.  So for all of you out there who are like me, oblivious in everything, zone conference isn't full of thousands of missionaries.  Ha!  But that's not important at all...sorry.  One talk that I really loved at our conference was by President Pingree.  He is absolutely incredible.  He talked about love and how to better love your companion.  He said "love is our greatest motivation---love for God, investigators, members, companions, etc.."  That is so true!  I am out here serving a mission because I love God and I love this gospel.  And because I love God and this gospel, I want to bring it to others....and the only way to do that is through loving others as God loves them.  I know sometimes it is hard to love everyone, but if we pray for that love..."ye may be filled with this love which He hath bestowed upon all who are the followers of His son, Jesus Christ..."  Moroni 7:48
was the talk by President

So, this is something I am working on.  Learning to love like Christ loves.  I know that as I develop love and teach with love to everyone, I am building a stronger relationship with my Heavenly Father.

As missionaries, I guess it is our job to make birthday cakes for every investigator's birthday.  I have been here for 3 weeks and have already made I think 4 cakes.  WOW!  I love it though.  Seeing how excited they get when we bring them a cake just brings the biggest smile to my face.  A lot of kids don't have birthday parties and don't get a whole lot.  So, they are grateful for the cake we bring.  I am happy I can bring them joy :)  It was one of our 12-yr-old investigators birthday.  She is the sweetest!  She was so excited we brought her treats.  While we were there, her mom started asking me why I decided to serve a mission and what my family thought.  It was great to reflect and bear testimony why I knew it was right for me and my whole process.

Ohhh!!  This week there was literally a lizard, yes, a lizard, in my apartment.  Here I am, sitting in my usual spot at the table studying in the scriptures, when I see this thing scurry across the kitchen floor.  I look down and don't see anything...but I knew something was there...so I go back studying and next thing I know, under my legs goes this lizard.  AH!  I screamed and I couldn't remember what they were called...so I scream, "AHH...it's uh...uh...uh SCORPION!"  Next thing I know, both my companions are yelling..."SCORPION?"  So here I am laughing trying to hunt this lizard down.  So we end up getting it with a cup...sadly chopped off its tail doing so (and if you didn't know, the tail still wiggles after it's been chopped off..yeah I learned that).  We then set it free outside.  I don't know if it lived.  But I think they can live without a tail...right?

We have been teaching English class.  Since when was I ever licensed to teach English..?  I don't know.  I guess because I speak it that is good enough right?  It is a miracle how many students we have!  We started with 3 and now we are up to 9!  It's so great.  We start every class with prayer and they are asking questions!  We hope something comes form it!  We also dog sat our neighbors dog these past couple days.  I am learning some great skills out here ;)

All of our investigators are doing so well.  Most of them are young, so we are working with their parents to get them to support as well so they can all come to church together.  Most of the moms are willing, but the dads are hard to get.  I am excited for all of them!  They are all so strong.  One of the girl's who is 9 volunteered to give the talk in primary next week.  These kids are young but have the strongest testimonies.  They read and pray together every night and share with me their favorite parts of the scripture stories each time we visit.  I am so blessed to have them as examples!

Well, time is ticking.  Best be on my way.
Love you all so much!!  Thanks for all the prayers and letters!  Love them all so much!

Les Quiero!

Hermana McChesney

Shout Outs:
--Shout out to Hermana Cydnee Squire for arriving home from Argentina!  YAY!  Can't believe you are already home!! Hope all is going well, and that you aren't too awkward ;)
--Both the Bird and McChesney families...hope the reunions went well.  They sounded like a blast!


Funny quotes of the week:
---"They should make a fat and furious Texas addition."
---**While passing a huge, huge cow statue after a lunch appointment**Might as well put me out there on my hands and knees.  That's how huge I feel...nobody would even notice it's not a cow"--Hermana Hosking

The work must go on!

Hola Familia!

Thank you to the trillion emails I get each week.  I cannot express enough gratitude to everyone who takes time to write me.  It is truly such a blessing to have wonderful friends and family who care so much about me.  Because I have gotten so many emails, I many not get a reply to everyone..but I'll try the best that I can.  This hour time limit is a little frightening...ha!  So, if I don't get back to you, know I read it and I am so grateful.

This week was definitely a testimony builder.  I learned many things.  As I was reading my scriptures this morning I came across a scripture that says: "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down."  Nehemiah 6:3

I think President Uchtdorf gave a talk on this a couple years ago in the priesthood session that I learned about in Seminary.  This scripture helped me realize that this is the Lord's work, and if I am obedient I will not fall.

I am a messenger from God and things are going to try and stop the work from progressing, but I am doing what is right and I will not break!  My companions and I were talking and we said, "I know I am doing what is right when everything goes wrong."  The adversary is working harder than ever today. We cannot let that effect us, any of us, not just me as a missionary.

This knowledge came to me when we went to go visit an investigator who works at a retail store.  Let me share a quick run down.

(Investigator J) works at (retail store) so she can help with her family's income.  She has been taking the discussions for about 2 months now.  She is a very religious lady.  We were talking with her and she finally started to open up to us about how she felt something different at our church, and how her church pastor only calls her when she needs help or needs something done.  She feels like her church has forgot about her and is using her.  So she expressed how great it is to have missionaries teach her at her house when she cannot make it to church because of work  She really was opening up, and we were feeling so great.  This whole conversation was in English...then out of the blue comes a Hispanic man and (Investigator J) asks if he needs any help.  He replies in Spanish saying he heard us talking about God.

Ever since that moment, we were in a 45 minute long bash on God, religion, Mormons, etc..  I did not catch it all, but the man was saying that we are in an apostasy right now and that the true church is not on the earth.  When he figured out we were Mormons we got everything from bashing Joseph Smith, to secretive temples, to honestly everything.  All during this time (Investigator J) is listening in.  Finally, this man and (Investigator J) exchange emails and phone numbers....so frustrating.

We ended up saying we needed to go, and so we left.  As we were all heart broken and terrified for our investigator, we see a man almost crash in his little scooter cart thing.  I helped him out of the way and after talking with him I figured out that he was in the process of moving.  So, we offered to help him.  He said he would love help, but we should call his wife to make sure.  So, we talked to the wife and expressed how as missionaries we do service.  She said "Forget it, and don't call back again!"  The old man apologized and said he wished we could help him.

While we were inside helping this man, a member walked by.  After checking out, he and his wife called us over to his car and expressed their gratitude to us.  After all of the mess and struggle, it made me realize that people are watching my actions and do look up to me.  Even when things are going bad, it is my attitude to either dwell or work harder.

Like I said, the adversary is working on those who are strong.  But I am motivated and know that there is work to be done.  Waller is about to explode.  There is so much work here, and I feel the work spreading so so soon.

I love it here and am learning every day.  I wish I spoke more Spanish, but God is watching over me..truly.  I pray every day that my tongue will be loosed...and sure enough my Spanish flows.  We went to a members house yesterday for dinner after church.  They are full Spanish speakers.  They asked me how long I had been here and I said for about 2 weeks.  They asked if my family spoke Spanish.  I told them nobody did.  They were very impressed with my language and how quick I picked it up.  I tried to convince them I was Hispanic, but clearly they didn't believe me! Ha!  God truly is blessing me.  I know it!

Well, I am running short on time but i just wanted to say that there is work to be done.  We all can play a part in it, even if you are not a missionary.  Help somebody, share a spiritual thought with a friend, whatever it may be..lift somebody up and be an example.

Love you all so much.  Thanks for all the love you show to me!

P.S.  I totally spoke in church on Sunday! HAHAHAHA!!!

Shoutouts:

--Shout out to Hannah Hyde for writing me the first letter I received here in Waller, TX.  HOLLA!

--Shout out to Hermano Sagers for heading out to the Mexico MTC.  Best wishes.  Remember you can touch so many lives there--especially my brother.  YAY!

--Shout out to Kaitlin, a sweet member who found my blog and wrote me thanking me for touching her life.  It was such a pleasure to read her story and spiritual thought to me.

--Shout out to Mom and Dad for teaching me how to work..and when I mean work, I truly mean work.  Thank you!  I knew it would pay off some day :)

Funny lines that happened this week:

--A daughter of one of our investigators: After giving the family a picture of Jesus, she says, "Aw thank you.  I will cherish this after my mom dies." HA!

--Hermana Hosking:  "I'm getting fat off food I don't even want to eat."

Mailing address while serving in Texas:

Hermana Mikayla McChesney

16623 Hafer Rd

Houston, TX 77090-4401

Howdy y'all

Well everybody,

I have officially made it to the campo.  I can't even believe I am here in Texas, like what?  So, to give you a little update about my adventure.  Yes, I realize my Spanish is not nearly where it needs to be...like at all.  For example, at the airport a man overheard me say that I "speak Spanish" and then he goes off asking me questions and I literally just sat there and signaled for help.  Yeah...It doesn't get any better.  I'll update you on my first lesson in a few.  So at the transfers it felt like Hunger Games. President Pingree calls up a trainer and then later calls up his/her trainee as we all sit in anticipation.  Now picture this...everybody but Malmrose (my travel buddy) and me have been called up, so there are 2 companionship's left.  We shake hands and the whole "may the odds be ever in your favor" type thing.  Sure enough she gets called and I am the awkward hermana sitting there.  Why does this always happen to me? HA!

I walked up with my 2 new companions and didn't get the whole anticipation thing.  But it was still fantastic!  I am in a trio, with 2 hermanas named Hermana Serrano and Hermana Hosking.  They are both from California and super super sweet.  Hermana Serrano's native language is Spanish so that has been a big help.  We drive a Jeep and are in the country!  You know I love the country so I feel right at home.  I am in a city called Waller.  It is full of cows, and corn stalk things, and just a lot of land.  I really love it though!

So, back to my first lesson.  For the first lesson we showed the Restoration video.  After they were all talking about it, in Spanish obviously, and I caught maybe 20 percent.  But you will all be so proud of me...first lesson..I invited the family to be baptized!!  Yeah!  They all said they would but they need to approve it with their dad (they were young).  So we are hoping for a yes!

This family comes to church every week and they love attending all of the meetings.  Yesterday was my first day in church.  The little 8 year old girl came and sat by me.  We were singing the hymns and she shares the book with me and I help her sing along.  She sang with so much heart!  She kept on looking up at me and smiling.  Such a sweetheart!  I couldn't help but tear up as she was so dedicated to be there in church and to learn.

Waller is a fairly new area with not a whole lot of members (branch of 30).  So it is my job to find the lost sheep.

I was reading in my personal study today and I read a scripture, I believe it's D&C 1:29 and it said God calls his weak to preach to the nations (something like that).  I looked at the footnote for the word "weak" and is said "STRONG".  If we humble ourselves our weak things will be made strong.  That is one thing I am working on...giving up my weaknesses to the Lord.

I has been an amazing week.  I love it here.  Miss my MTC family, but wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here in Texas where the stop signs are horizontal and the people aren't exactly what I thought they would look like from all the western movies.  HA!  I love it here!

Hope everyone is doing so well back home.  I will share more stories about investigators later...but just know that I love them all and they love me, too.  Even though they keep on saying, "Oh, you have a new missionary...Where is Hermana Auton?" ...and "Are you sad to have a new companion??"  I should probably walk into every new house and say, "Hi, I am Hermana McChesney, yes I am new, yes my companions miss Hermana Auton, I am from Utah, and I don't really speak Spanish."  HA!

The Lord has performed miracles for me this week, real miracles.  I know without His help I would not be where I am today.  I love this gospel and I love the work.  I encourage you all to be a member missionary.  The missionaries need your help!

Shoutouts:

--Shout out to Austin for going through the temple this week.  Love you buddy!  Have the best day ever!
--Shout out to everybody and their grandma who got engaged this week!  Congrats to all my friends.  I couldn't be more excited for you!
--Shout out to Zach Mortensen for heading into the MTC next week.  Best wishes buddy!

REASSIGNMENT!!

Familia, la diversion a llegado (THE FUN HAS ARRIVED)

I have officially been reassigned!!  Can you believe it?  2 missions para mi, es muy raro! Pero, guess where I am going?

Headed to HOUSTON TEXAS!! AH!!  Dad, I'm headed to your neck of the woods.  I could not be more excited!  It is such a great opportunity for me.  I truly am so excited!  To be honest, I am scared to go out into the "real world" and teach "real people" in "real Spanish" but I am ready to get out there. :)  I head out the 17 of July, so on Miercoles (Wed).  I leave at 3:30 am...yes, you heard right..3:30 am.  Going to be a zombie that's for sure.  Who knows how long I will be there, hopefully as long as they need me, but I am excited to get to Argentina nonetheless.  There is only me and 1 other girl traveling the same time.  Her name is Hermana Rebecca Malmrose.  She is the Hermana also going to Neuquen and she knows Bruce Bird!  How exciting!! We are going to get along just great...I mean, we are going to have to figure our way around airports, so I am sure after this experience we are going to be best buddies.  Ha!! I fly from Salt Lake to Phoenix, have an hour lay over, then fly from Phoenix to Houston.  I will arrive there at 1:42, so just enough time for me to probably tract that night.  AH!

I will probably have time to call you that morning.   I don't know what time.  It will probably be super early...so maybe I just won't call you.  HA!  UN CHISTE!  I am sure I can send you an email or call you or something (I don't know the rules on that yet) but if not, be expecting a call early Wednesday morning!  Can't wait!  You all better be there so I can talk to you all.  Be excited!

All of us Hermanas opened our reassignments today.  Hermana Hafen and Hermana Stanley are headed to Anaheim, CA, then Hermana Albright is headed to Richmond, VA.  How exciting huh?!  Poor Hermana Albright is the only one on her flight.  I know she can do it though! :)

Well, I guess that is it.  Write me or something to tell me your reaction!!

Love you all and could not be more excited to go serve in Texas :)