Hermana Kelsey 11:2 -email-

Dear family……..

Feliz Ano Nuevo!!!!!

Today is a very sad day in the life of Hermana Kelsey….because she is now getting transferred from A. 🙁 🙁 🙁

We got our transfer calls this morning, and I am going to H., which is a really great area from what I’ve heard. But I love A. I don’t want to leave. 🙁 I heard that I was leaving this morning, and I just cried. I love this place, and the people here. But it will be okay I guess. The Lord knows best. My new companion will be Sister W. She was serving in A. right before I came here, and we basically just switched areas when I got transferred up here, because she went down to my last area. She’s pretty cool. I think it will be good.

1-How many members are there in your ward/branch?

1. We probably have a couple hundred, but we also have a lot of less active/inactive families.

2-What is the church building like?

2. The church building is like all the other church buildings that I have been in.

3-Is your companions family LDS?

3. Yes, Sister A.’s family is. She has an older brother that is less active, but he is getting involved with the church again.

4-What do you usually do on P-day?

4. On p-day we usually clean our room, wash the car, go the Walmart and do our shopping, go to the church to email, play some sports, and write some letters (if we have time). Sometimes we do other things, but that is usually about it.

5-Do you have to deal with roaches or other small bugs?

5. I haven’t had to deal with cockroaches since I was in my last area. We live in a really nice house, so we don’t ever see them at our house, and we only sometimes see them at investigators’ or members’ houses.

6-How are your clothes holding up?

6. My clothes are doing okay. I’ve had to hand sew a couple things, but for the most part they are good. I’m just getting really sick of all the clothes I have. 🙁 I was used to having a lot of clothes to wear before the mission, and now I only have a few, so it’s weird.

7-What is the area you are serving in like? Flat, rolling hills?

7. It’s kind of city, like home, but with more businesses, and also there are areas where it is like suburbia and neighborhoods. It’s really flat, like most of Texas.

8-What is the best thing about 2012?

8. The best things about 2012 is that I get to spend a good part of it serving the Lord. 🙂 Not that I am counting or anything, but as of today I have 254 awesome days left on the mission. 🙂 Then I get to see you!!! 🙂

So anyway, this week was really fast. We have been so busy this transfer. We have had so many people to visit, it is like unbelievable. On Monday, we played soccer which was really fun. I get a little crazy in soccer sometimes, so it’s a good thing we don’t play it too often.

Tuesday: Elder R. gave a really cool training about his top 10 lessons he has learned from his mission. It was really cool. It’s so weird because I have now served with him for 4 1/2 months, and he is going home now. It’s always weird when people go back to the real world.

Wednesday: We had a really cool lesson with C. (the 15 year old that we have had a lot of problems with her family). She really is making steps again, which is awesome. I really am going to miss that girl. 🙁 We also have been dealing with a lot of drama with this recent convert family, because the dad is acting crazy and drinking and stuff. So we went to visit her, and gave her some hugs and stuff.

Friday: We had a breakthrough with one of our investigators, J., so we are thinking some really great things that are going to be happening. Also, I had a dream about Natasha. I was sad because she was getting big and she didn’t want me to give her kisses anymore. 🙁

But that was basically my week.

Hey Dad:

Sorry you didn’t have snow. We didn’t either. And it has been like 50’s and 60’s for the last week or so. So it doesn’t even feel like winter, or the holidays. We stayed up until midnight on New Years Eve (don’t worry, the white handbook only says we have to be in bed by 10:30, not asleep), and then Sister A. starting naming off all the things that were the first things of the new year. “This is the first clap of the new year…this is the first hugging of Pikachu of the new year….this is the first dance of the new year…” It was so funny. I laughed really hard. That’s cool though that you just got to chill for new years.

Emmysaurus:

You should definitely work on those grades little Chickadee! What school are you thinking about going to? You should go to a good school, but remember you can only get in if you are going to be an asset for their school. So if you can get in for sports, or grades or something. But that is really cool. Just remember, also, to keep the Lord involved in your decisions, because he won’t lead you astray. He’ll show you where you need to go, and what you need to do. Who was the kid in your grade that died? And how did he die? That is really sad. It’s always hard when someone dies young. I think that is basically all. Love ya.

I love all of you a lot!! Be good.

Love, Kelsey XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX