Friday, August 8, 2014

Estoy en la ciudad de Dalton, Georgia

Yup, you got it, she's speaking Spanish!  Well, at least introducing herself and praying in Spanish for now!  We got the email from her first area of Dalton, GA.  It looks really nice from pics I've seen on the internet.  She got put into a "zebra" companionship (her word :)  and is the only non-Spanish-speaking missionary in her district. But she is serving in an English-speaking ward.  So they are requesting Spanish materials from the MTC so she can learn.  HS Spanish may pay off just a little after all!  Senors Carrillo and Vogt would be so proud!  You'll see from the pics that she and her 1st companion look alike and are both from here, she is from Bountiful and went to BYU last year as well.  They're enjoying being together, and are both new to the area.  She already has a baptism scheduled.  A couple that was being taught and got married this past week so they could be baptized this Saturday!
  That is wonderful!  Here are some excerpts from her email and pics:

 Her MTC district outside the Provo Temple; Sisters all going to Tennessee and Elders to Houston, TX

Monday night was a busy one! We said goodbye to our MTC district and got back to our residency around 10pm and still had to pack and clean. Needless to say, we did not get to bed by 10:30 :) In fact, we got to bed by 11:30 which may not seem bad; however, we woke back up at 12:30 to shower, eat breakfast, at make it to the travel office by 2:30am! whew! 
So on one hour of sleep we drove to Salt Lake. It wasn't bad, but that might have been one of the most difficult parts up to that point (probably only 1 hour of sleep contributed to that). (I told her that she should be used to that as a veteran college student!) We drove past the Marriott center, the UPC, Wyview and other areas of BYU that have many dear memories. We then drove to Salt Lake - the same route I would take as if I were going home. And then we headed west to the airport when I was only 45 minutes away from my home. It was sad, but I was so excited to be flying out to Tennessee that it didn't last long :) 
At the Salt Lake airport
Our plane departed from SLC late, so by the time we got to Dallas, Texas, we had to rush to our next plane! We arrived in Tennessee and finally met our mission president and his family. We were the first group they picked up from the airport and the first group they will be over for their entire mission!


 Some tired Sister Missionaries before going to their first areas
Her first companion in the mission field, Sister Horrocks

They are sharing a car with 2 other sisters so every other week they are on bikes!  Now that's a picture I'd like to see :)  She'll look like Maria Von Trapp with her skirts flowing through the streets of Georgia!  

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