November 5, 2014
Hello Family!
It was great to talk
to you yesterday! My bike and package made it to the Mission Home! They didn't show up
until a couple hours after I got there so I had a bit of a panic attack!! Yes,
I got the gift card! I wrote grandma back and thanked her for the cookies and treats
but totally spaced about the gift card! Will you tell her thanks??
I'm loving it here!
It's really "hot"! It's only like 75 degrees but I had started to
acclimate to Utah weather before I came! President and Sister Mullen picked us
up from the airport. We spent the day at the mission office, going through
training, eating food, and being interviewed by Pres. Mullen! Both President
and Sister Mullen are really nice and I'm so glad they'll be my mission
president for my whole mission!
After dinner, we had a
testimony meeting, and then got our companions! My companion's name is Elder
Taylor. He's from Sandy, too! He went to Brighton High School. His brother
actually used to live in our stake on Hidden Valley but they moved out a few
months ago. I really like him! He's super nice and friendly. He's already
helped me learn a lot in the past day!
Last night we went
shopping, and talked to some people out in the parking lot! I was terrified!!!!
Apparently people in the parking lot REALLY don't want to talk to people! The
are I'm in is called Jurupa (but unofficially it's called "Little
Mexico". The crosswalk buttons at street lights have a button for people
on horseback too!) ! I'm in the Jurupa Second Ward! It's a biking area, but
there are actually a lot of cars in the mission and they're all really nice! We
have five investigators, and we're meeting with three of them today! Their
names are Andrea, Veronica, and Terry. We're going to have dinner with the Ward
Mission Leader, Brother McDowell, tonight!
I'm living in a
homeshare with Sister Smith. She's 81 years old and lives by herself. She's
super super super nice and always has a jar full of cookies! I really like
her!
Today, we exercised in
the morning after we woke up, studied for three hours, then went to the Stake
Center so Elder Taylor could go to his District Leader meeting. Then we got
lunch at The Habit and went to the library so the other greenie and I could
email home!
So I'm actually
allowed to email family and friends! As long as I email family first, then
President Mullen, THEN friends! Did you talk to Lauren Lambert and Maddie
Larsen yet? They had asked about my email and address but I had been set apart
before I could respond. President Mullen has also changed the rules about
music. We can listen to anything as long as it is uplifting, appropriate, and
invites the Spirit. So I'm probably going to buy a CD Player, and would it be
too much to ask if you could send me some CDs with churchy music on them? You
can email me pictures! I'd send you some of my companion and I, but I didn't
have my camera with me when we left this morning... whoops! Apparently the
mission was supposed to get iPads in September but they haven't shown up yet...
So they should be getting here soon!
I'm loving it out
here, and I'm missing all of you!! I'll email you again on Monday and
I'll include pictures this time!
Lots of love,
Elder Warren
p.s. will you yell at Ethan and Preston for me
and tell them that if they don't answer my letters I will track them down and
gut them like a fish! (Did you catch that movie reference?!) But seriously, I
want to hear from them! Thanks!!
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