Kelsey, the day we dropped her off at the MTC. Now it’s time to come home!

We are so happy and proud of our girl.

18 months and 3 weeks!

Returning with Honor on Thursday!!!

Yesterday, Hermana S. (the Relief Society president) had Sister P. and I get up in Relief Society to bear our testimonies, because we are both leaving. I thought I would be okay, but I got like 3 words out and then started crying. I love being a missionary, and I am going to miss it SOOOOOOOO much! I was thinking back about the time when Sister Q. was going home, and she got up to bear her testimony her last Sunday, and I cried for her because I knew that she wasn’t going to be able to do this anymore. And now I am there, so instead of crying for someone else, I am crying for me. It’s been tough. But I’m sure I’ll survive. It’s just hard.

Mom: I am so excited to get a mom hug!!!!!! Sister P. and I were talking about it the other day, how like everytime you feel sad or upset of something, you just go hug your mom and everything is okay. So I’m excited to be giving you a hug very soon. And I will hug you first! 🙂 It’s crazy that I’ll actually be seeing you soon. It still feels surreal. It probably won’t hit me until I am actually seeing all of you. It’s gonna be CRAZY!!! Anyway, I’ll see you soon.

Dad: I love talking about faith. Faith is one of the most simple things there is in the gospel, but for some reason it is on of the hardest things for people to understand. In every religion there is a different understanding of what it is, how we have it, how we show it, etc. I love that topic though, because like you said, there are a TON of stories in the Book of Mormon and the Bible about faith. Today I was reading in the Bible and Elijah and when he healed the son of a man. It was by the faith of the the kid’s parents and the faith of Elijah that he was healed. It was a super cool story. I don’t really know what else to say, so I will talk to you later. 🙂

Well, I think that’s it for now. See you soon!! 🙂

Love, Kelsey

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How are all of you doing? I am good. This last week was a little crazy. The spanish elders in our area had a baptism on Saturday. That was really cool for them. It was Elder A.’s first baptism of the mission. 🙂 He was super excited and happy for that. We asked him after how he felt, and he told us when L. went into the water and came out, Elder A. realized, “Wow, this is my purpose!” It was super cool.

Just a couple stand outs for the week (because I am low on time): On Thursday, we helped paint a house, and the elders were telling us movie plots in spanish, so that Sister P. could practice her spanish. They are super nice with her, because they know she is struggling with her spanish. We also met a really cool girl on Thursday. She is super interested. Also, on Friday, we tracted a TON, because we were low on miles, and we felt like we shouldn’t be in that area. Not like a bad feeling, like we were in danger or anything, but like that we were needed in another place at that time. So we went to visit this lady who is kind of an investigator, and in that area we found 2 new really cool ladies. One of them is her daughter, and she is super interested in what we teach. 🙂 We’re stoked for them. 🙂 Saturday was a really hard day. Everyone was rude to us and nobody wanted to listen. Then some drunk guy chewed us out. We were basically done with people by the time 9:00 came around. But at the end of the day, we decided to stop by Sonic and get the elders a “Congratulations on your baptism!” milkshake, and then we felt better. They really appreicated it, and we did something not for ourselves. 🙂 It was all okay in the end.

Yesterday I finished writing my final letter to President! Sooooooo weird! I still can’t believe it’s really happening. I am still in denial. Today I might be sending home a few packages of stuff that I’m not sure will fit in my luggage to go home. I’m still not sure though. I might send them next p-day. It’s seriously so strange. I don’t really like it. I want to skip this whole awkward phase where I am trying to still be amissionary, and knowing  in the back of my head that I will not be a full time missionary VERY soon. I just want to skip ahead to like a month after I get home, so I don’t have to deal with all these adjustments. It’s gonna be a crazy ride!

Mom: I’m so glad you when you went to church, that you felt of God’s love for you. Sometimes it really is hard. But I love those times when something happens and you feel like it was just for you, and that God knew you needed that at that time. Mommy, just remember that everything will be okay. Heavenly Father is in charge, and he knows how to help us. I have been a little worried about what will happen with me when I get home, but I feel like I am now more prepared to handle things that come my way than before. You will be okay, because all of us are going to be okay. 🙂

Ha ha, yes I will probably email next week. It might be short though. I’ll be seeing you on Thursday, so I probably won’t have much to say. But I’ll write something, because I’ll have to be in the library anyway for Sister P. to email.

Riley: You are a horrible communicator! And you owe me a letter! 🙂 Love, Kelsey

Emily: I’m glad you got my letter. I’m also glad you are doing okay.

 Ha ha I loved when you talked about me flirting. I said that for your benefit. 🙂 I still don’t know how to do that. 🙂 And…YES I totally want you to buy me a Zeppes and put it in the freezer. One of the blue ones, and the biggest size you can get! 🙂 Ha ha, also I am glad that you are okay with being Mexican. It’s the best. I sometimes claim to be from Mexico, and people usually laugh, because I’m basically as white as they come, except I speak spanish. They think that’s pretty funny. Anyway, I’m excited to see you soon! 🙂 I’m going to kick your trash luchando! 🙂

Dad: We’re gonna have lots to talk about when I get home. I have turned into quite the talker. You probably wouldn’t believe it, but it’s true. I’m becoming my mother. 😉 Not that that’s a bad thing or anything, I just talk a LOT more than I used to. Sometimes Sister P. and I get super distracted talking. It’s kind of crazy. But we’ll see what happens.

Man, that stinks you couldn’t have your volleyball tournament. But that’ll be fun next week. Hopefully you win. 🙂

Alex: That’s cool you are at least taking classes. I am going to need your help to kind of help me be normal again. You best be preparing yourself to do personal and companionship study again! 🙂 I won’t have a companion to do it with anymore, so I’ll have to use you. 🙂 Anyways, good luck with everything, and I’ll see you soon.

Well, I think that is all for this week. I will be getting back to all of you soon. 🙂

Love, Kelsey

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Oh my goodness! How are all of you? I’m doing pretty great. This week was super legit! We had 3 investigators at church yesterday, which was like a miracle, because we haven’t had investigators at church in a pretty long while. We also talked to TONS of people. It was pretty awesome! I LOVE being a missionary!!!!

Anyways, a couple things that happened this week:

Monday: I got a call from my district leader, Elder R., who gave me a talking to and basically told me that I can’t get trunky my last few weeks and just give up, because that is what his last companion that went home did. So he talked to me for a little bit, and reminded me that my companion will still be here, and that I need to leave the area in good shape for her, etc. It was super funny, because I really was a little trunky last week, so I feel like I didn’t give it my all, and I felt really bad. But I had already gotten a talking to in the scriptures and from the Spirit, so I already had recognized that I needed to do better. It was just really sweet that he cared enough to call. 🙂

Tuesday: We taught L. about tithing. It was amazing! She was totally willing to pay it! We talked about how sometimes it is a sacrifice and a challenge to pay tithing, but we really receive blessings for it, and then we are okay. We also taught P. That lesson did not go as well. She is kind of stuck right now, so it’s been kind of hard to teach her, because her mind is thinking in circles, and she can’t find the end of it to figure out where she needs to go. But we’ll still continue working with her. Also, we had little D.’s baptismal interview and he passed! Woo! He is getting baptized next Saturday, the 25th! 🙂

Wednesday: We had zone conference with President S. It was super good. It was my last zone conference, so I’m glad I enjoyed it. Anyway, while we were there it was crazy because President totally sucker punched me. I’ve been trying not to tell people when I am going home, because I just don’t really want everyone to know, so while we were sitting in zone conference he was talking about giving talks in the mission. Like if the bishopric asks us to give a talk, what we should and should not do. So he says, “Sister, if you had to give a talk…oh wait you aren’t going to be here!” My mouth just dropped open, because I was so shocked. I’ve never heard him call out somebody like that before, and it was just so unexpected. He totally ratted me out! So then everyone looks at me with all these different faces (some of them looked surprised, some looked like they felt bad for me, some just kind of smiled sadly, because they are going home too, etc). It was crazy! Then he just continued on like nothing had happened. And then later, on President did something he hasn’t ever done before. He had me, Sister W., and Elder B. (we’re all going home at the same time), stand up and bear our testimonies. So I started to bear my testimony, and then it started to hit me. I’m really going to be going home. And I just cried. I DON’T WANT IT TO END!!!!! I’m not ready yet! But also at the same time I’m excited. It’s so weird because I remember watching people when they were at where I am, but I couldn’t understand how they felt. But now I do and it’s freakin’ crazy!!!

Thursday: We had a no car day, so we walked a lot. It was super fun. 🙂

Friday: We talked to a recent convert, J., and she was telling us about all this crazy drama and stuff that was happening in her life, and I was so not jealous. Then I was thinking about it and I realized that she is only like a year younger than me, and she has 4 kids (ages 5, 4, 2, and 1), and she had to grow up super fast because of it. Aren’t y’all glad I don’t have 4 kids right now? That would be nuts! Also, we saw this really funny sign that said, “I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.” Ha ha ha! Super funny! Like the joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Man, I’m not sure if y’all thought that was funny, but I sure did. 🙂

Saturday: We had some thunderstorms which are really fun. Also, we were going to take our car to Pep Boys, becuase we need to get the tires rotated., but they told us that it was a 45 minute wait, and we told them nevermind. We have souls to save and that would be a waste of 45 minutes! But we didn’t tell them that last part. 🙂

Sunday: Sister P. almost got attacked by a little dog. It was so funny, because we walked up to the door, and it just sat there looking at us. Then while we were standing there waiting for the door to open, we pet the dog and played with him a little. And then we talked to the people for a minute, and then we were walking away. I walked away first, and Sister P. was behind me. Then all of the sudden I hear her screaming, and the little dog is growling and nipping at her feet. So she is running away, and trying to protect herself from getting bit. I couldn’t help it, I just started laughing. It was so funny! I mean, it’s not like this tiny little dog could really do any damage. Ha ha. She told me after that she thought she was going to die. She’s a little bit dramatic. 🙂 🙂

Mom: Wow! I can’t believe Colin is in the MTC! Woo! That’s so crazy. Well, I am planning on writing a letter to him today. I started one last week, but because I didn’t know where to send it, I didn’t finish writing it. But I’ll send it off for sure today. 🙂

Man, Bryce is leaving too!?! When I saw him, he was so big. I couldn’t believe those kids are the ones I grew up with down the street, and now they are like grown ups and going on missions and stuff!

Emily: I am doing great thank you! 🙂 How are you my seester? Things are good. Wow you went on a date with someone besides Keaton!?!?! Woo! That’s great! How was it? Man, I am not excited for that. I am probably going to take dad with me to all of my dates! If he’s okay with that. 🙂 Ha ha. I’m just going to be so awkward! Ha ha. 🙂

Riley: I wrote you a letter on last p-day, but I forgot to sent it until Saturday morning, so it will be arriving soon. 🙂 Sorry!

Dad: Ha ha, that is crazy about not getting breaks at your work. I remember there were days when I was working at Pepsi at night all by myself (like when I was working a shift for someone else), and I would be so busy I wouldn’t get to take any break for like 6 hours, or more. Good times! Ha ha. That was the life. 🙂 Well, good luck with you volleyball thing. I’m sure you’ll be great!

Janet: Hey! Como estas? Estoy muy bien. Como esta todo? Mi companera y yo estamos trajando bien duro. Tratamos de ser ocupadas siempre. 🙂 Y si por seguro vamos a hablar en espanol juntas!! 🙂 Woo! Que raro que voy a tener alguien con quien puedo hablar en mi casa cuando regreso! Estoy bien emocionada for eso! 🙂 Pues, hablamos luego entonces! Cuidete! 🙂

Alex: Hey little buddy! How are you? Your emails are still just at lame as before! 😉 I guess some things never change right? 🙂 Jk jk. That’s cool that you are going to be going to school. I miss that a little. Sometimes I see the college students here and I get a little trunky, because I am excited to be in school again. Also, what video games are you playing? Anything good? 🙂

Well, I love all of you SOO much. Be good! I’ll see you later! 🙂

Love, Kelsey

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This week has been tough. 🙁 I feel like a lot of things are not working out for us. We are struggling finding new investigators, we are struggling with getting members to come out with us, we are struggling helping our investigators progress. I just feel like it’s been one of those weeks where I just wasn’t on my A game, and we suffered for it. But I got a pretty good thrashing in Doctrine and Covenants section 33 this morning during my personal study, so I have repented, and I’m gonna go to work and get it done. 🙂 It’s just one of those things that happens every once in a while. When you aren’t progressing enough, the Lord lets a little tough spell come by to humble you and help you to do better. So this coming week is going to be awesome! I can just feel it! 🙂

Anyways, I don’t really have much to report from this week. Most of our days were spent trying to find people to talk to because almost all of our appointments punched (just weren’t home when we came by) or cancelled like an hour before we were supposed to come. But other than that nothing really cool happened. Well, actually a couple things did.

Tuesday: Sister P. and I had to go to the doctor, because when she was in W. just before she came here, she broke her pinky playing chair soccer, but then she got transferred up here, and so she had to get it checked out up here. It turns out she does not need to have surgery as far as we know. She is wearing this weird little brace thing on her finger for the next 6 weeks, and she has to go in to see the doctor again in like 2 weeks to make sure everything is okay.

Wednesday: We had a zone training thing. Elder B., who was the assistant to the president for a couple transfers, asked me to do a training. It was super crazy, because I have gotten so used to teaching gospel related things in spanish, that I struggled teaching in english. It was the weirdest thing. Anyway, he asked me to do the training because he and I are going home at the same time, so he wanted me to be able to do one more before I go. In fact, we are flying home on the same plane (I don’t know if you knew that). Anyways, so on the day of transfers we saw him, and he came up to me and was like, “Sister, are you ready for the best transfer ever?” Anyway, we are just super excited that we get to go home with someone else, and not all by ourselves. 🙂

Sister P. is seriously so cool! We get along so well. I’m trying to help her with her spanish, so that’s coming along. Sometimes we just get carried away talking to each other. It’s kind of bad, but we both just talk a lot, so then we talk…and talk…and talk…and talk. But we are trying to work on it and focus more. 🙂

Mommy: Man, I almost got a tear when I saw that first line of your email. I miss all of you a lot! I’m trying really hard to concentrate and focus myself in the work, but it has been really hard this week. I don’t know why, but I’ve really been missing all of you. It’s really hard when you are close to the end, and you want to work really hard, and be a missionary, but you know that at some point in a few weeks, you aren’t going to be a missionary anymore. It’s just really weird, and really hard. Pero asi es la vida! (that’s life) You just have to build a bridge and get over it.

Oh my GOODNESS!! I can’t believe Colin is going to the MTC on Wednesday! Please send me his address so I can write him there! 🙂 Also, I don’t have very many letters to write this week, because I haven’t gotten very many, so I’ll try to write one to Vickie and Megan too. 🙂 That is just so exciting and cool.

That’s so cool Uncle Keith did that organ donor race thing. Sister P. and I were talking about that the other day. I don’t really remember why (we talk about the most random things), but we talked about how amazing it is that we have technology and the capabilities to do that.

I love that quote you sent me. Here’s a great quote: “Live in such a way that people who know you, but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you.” -unknown, quoted by Bishop H. David Burton. I love it. It’s going up on the fridge. That is actually one of my favorites as well, especially as a missionary. Every single day you put your name tag on, and you are literally putting on the name of the Savior of the World. It reminds you to live in such a way that people will see Him through you. LOVE IT!

Dearest family…

How are you all?! I hope things are good. I am doing just great. I am adjusting to having to do a lot of the work here. We are really struggling to find new investigators, and Sister P. has only been out for like 4 months here in Texas, so she doesn’t really know what she is doing, and the people we are teaching, because she is new to the area. But she’s a way cool! Sister P. and I have been talking TONS!! We sometimes get distracted, because we just love talking to each other and telling stories and stuff. It’s kind of bad. But anyways, things are good.

Now for events of the week:

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Monday: We had our last p-day of the transfer. We went to the church for an activity, and got to hang out with the other people in our zone. We said goodbye to some missionaries that are leaving on Wednesday as well. Also, I got spiked in the eye with a volleyball. It was awesome! I was hoping I would get a black eye, but it didn’t hit me near hard enough. Ha ha. Anyways, it was a crazy day because Sister M. was packing and stuff.

Tuesday: We had an appointment with our investigator, D., and we taught him about tithing. Their little family (his mom, older brother, and two older sisters), who are all members, are living right now off of what the oldest son makes at his part time job. He is also going to school. Anyway, they are super poor. They live in very humble circumstances. So, we taught them the law of the tithe, and E., the mom, told us that she would pay tithing! It was so amazing. She has such great faith, and she has taken huge steps to change her life for the better. I am amazed at the changes that I have seen people make in their lives, and how things have just improved so much for them. The gospel is amazing!

Wednesday: I got to go down to the Hurst building with Sister M. to drop her off, and to pick up Sister P. I was so excited because originally they told me that I couldn’t go. But then they said that I could. I was so stoked. I got to see a lot of missionaries that are going home, for the last time. It was super cool, but also really weird. They kept telling me, “Man, you only have 6 more weeks! You’re almost done too.” And then it hit me for a second, and I kind of panicked and freaked out for a little bit inside. But then I was like, “No! I don’t only have 6 more weeks! I get to have 6 more weeks!” And then I was okay. 🙂

Thursday: We had an entire day planned, and everyone punched (just wasn’t home when we got there), or called us to cancel. So we tried to get some work done, but it was kind of hard. But it was all good.

Friday: I had a really bad stomache ache like all day. I think part of it was stress, and part of it was nervousness. Ever since we had transfers, and I saw all those missionaries going home, I’ve kind of been scared inside. Like I know that everything will be fine, but at the same time, I don’t know how to live in the real world anymore. I love being a missionary, and I don’t want it to end! 🙁 But I’m now doing better so, it’s all good.

Saturday: We finally got to see our recent convert, M. We hadn’t been able to see him, or talk to him in like 2 weeks! So we finally sat down with him, and gave him a little pep talk. He is struggling with a lot of things right now, so we were teaching him to help him get through them.

Sunday: We got to eat pupusas! I want to find out how to make them so that when I come home I can make them for all of you! They are so delicious. 🙂 🙂

So… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!! (I wish there was a song or something to go along with it that I could write out, but there isn’t 🙁 ) Anyways, that is super cool. Y’all have been married for a while, right?! 🙂

Mom: Ha ha. Aww Coco! She is a stinkin crazy dog! I remember she bugged me, because she would always jump on me and lick me and stuff, and one time she was licking my face and she licked in my mouth! It was so gross.

Wow, I’m super stoked for family temple day! I love to go to the temple! That would be super cool to be able to all go together. Also, I want to go to the Brigham City temple dedication after I get home. That would be sweet! 🙂

Dad: I’m super glad you had a good b-day! That’s cool you got to do iFly! I really want to do that sometime. I remember walking by and seeing those like professional people in there doing it, and I was always like, “That is so cool!” Man, my mom is the coolest, isn’t she? 😉 Ha ha. Anyways, I’m glad you had fun.

Emily: Hey seest! I’m doing good. How are you little chica? Man, you are working a ton. Sister P., my companion right now, used to do emergency transportation, like ambulances, and she said that she used to work 72 hour shifts! Not the whole time, because when they were at the station they could sleep and shower and stuff. But they were basically on call, and at any moment they had to be ready to leave and save someone’s life. Crazy huh? I don’t think I could do that, but she loved it.

Alex: Hey buddy! How are you adjusting? I’m glad you are staying busy at work. You still didn’t tell me any of the people you work with. I want to see if I know any of them. 🙂 Ha ha, anyway, keep trying not to lose your mind, that is something really important to have. 🙂 Just remember, you adjusted to being a missionary, you can definitely readjust to being a normal human being again. 🙂 Just keep on keeping on! Also, remember that you are going to have to help me adjust to being a normal person when I get home, so by the time I get home, you should be a normal person. You still have a little bit of time, so keep working on it. 🙂

Well, I love you all a ton! Be good, and keep doing the best you can!

Love, Kelsey

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How are y’all doing? Okay so the big news of the week. We got transfer calls this morning…and Sister M. is getting transferred to W.! What, crazy! So she is going to be companions with Sister A., who I was companions with for a minute in A. (well, more than a minute, but it felt like just a minute). And her greenie, Sister P. is coming up here to D. to be my companion! 🙂 And she’s going to “kill” me! Pobrecita! Sister M. thought for sure that she was going to kill me (send me home), but I guess not. It’s okay though, I am ready for some change. Sometimes I get bored in areas with companions, so change is good every once in a while.

So some other things that happened this week…

Monday: I already told you a little about this day.

Tuesday: Also this one.

Wednesday: We taught a less active girl, L., how to study the scriptures. It was so cool, because she and her whole family have been less active for like 7 years (basically since she got baptized), and they are now just starting to come back to church. But during their inactive period, she studied a lot with other religions, and now she is confused. We showed her how to look up topics (in the index and topical guide and stuff), of questions she has to help her find answers to her own questions. She loved it! We studied with her about the Word of Wisdom, and a lot of her questions about that were answered. Super cool! 🙂 We also visited whis really cool couple in our ward. They are white, but they both served missions spanish speaking, so they come to our ward. They just had a baby like a week and a half ago, and he is the cutest little tiny thing! I wanted to hold him so bad, but I resisted. 🙂 We stopped by to visit them, because the bishop wanted us to see if they needed any help with anything, but they told us no, and then we just talked about mission stuff with them. It was a pretty cool visit though.

Thursday: We had a crazy day, that felt really really busy, but when we looked back at it, we didn’t really do all that much. It was just really rushed.

Friday: We taught L., who is like the sweetest, coolest lady ever! She wants to get baptized really bad, but her husband is kind of not really interested in the church. But anyway, we taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ, and she just got everything really well, which is one of the small pleasures you get as missionaries. Some of my favorite small pleasures are:

-When someone prays for the first time ever

-When an investigator keeps their commitment (i.e. they read from the Book of Mormon, they pray as a family, they start living the Word of Wisdom, etc)

-When an inactive family comes to church for the first time in a long time

-When someones just “gets” what we teach them

There are also a lot more, but those are the ones I can think of right now.

Saturday: We had a MOTR (missionaries on the run), which is where us, as sisters, because we can’t go on exchange with the district leader, have companionship study with them, so they can help us in areas we are struggling. So we went to that in the morning, and our district leader is super ADD, and couldn’t focus to save his life, so it was kind of all over the place. Then immediately after we went to a clothing exchange where people donate clothes they don’t need/want and then other people come in and they get to take what they want for free. Anyway, we went because we were looking for some church clothes for some investigators we have, and also we were trying to find new investigators. We did get some potentials so that was cool. I also got a super cute new dress…for FREE! 🙂 Also, we drove all the way to G., which is like 60 miles round trip! That is a ton of miles for us, especially because we are limited on our miles, but we got a media referral from the MTC, so we decided to drive up there. It was a fun little road trip, even though they weren’t home when we went by.

Sunday: Y’all know what happened!

Mom: Ha ha. Yeah I did have some visitors yesterday. It was so weird. The Hales kids are so big and grown up. I remember when they were just little sprouts. It’s so weird. Everything is going to be so different when I get home. But anyway, that was super cool they came and saw me. I don’t think it was super inappropriate. It didn’t make me trunky either though, and I think that is the main reason that they don’t want people to do that is because it’s hard for the missionary to refocus themselves after someone visits them.

Anyway things are just trucking along here. It’s all good. 🙂

Wow, Bob is 80!? Wow! Man, I love that guy! He is just such a sweet little old man. He reminds me of an apostle. 🙂 I’m super stoked that I will get to see them after I come home. 🙂

Ha ha, yeah I almost didn’t recognize the Hales at all. I was super surprised they were there too. It was so unexpected. But I really enjoyed it. It was a nice little visit. 🙂

That’s awesome you played football. We will definetely have to do some of that soon. 🙂

That is cool you are still sharing stuff with Adam too. I really love Henry B. Eyring. He is just such a great speaker.

Flexy: Yeah things are good here. Ha ha. You would be checking out all the cute girls in the singles ward. 🙂 Just make sure you don’t try to get youself hitched with one of them before I come home and approve! 🙂 Jk jk. But really! 🙂 Anyway, cool beans you are working on the can line. That was the first thing I did when I worked there. And also that is where I broke my toe, and sctrached my back open ducking under the conveyor belt. Good times! 🙂 Do you have any battle wounds? Ha ha.

Emerny: Don’t you worry your pretty little face, you will get to see me soon enough. 🙂 Ha ha, but yeah I’ve been trying really hard to get my hair to grow out. I really haven’t cut it for a really long time, so it’s getting a little bit bad on the ends, but usually I just cut off the split ends. Ha ha. So for my prize…I would like a big hug! 🙂 Jk jk. Maybe I’ll think of something closer to then. Ha ha.

Man, that is crazy you were having tummy troubles. Sometimes I have stomach aches and stuff, but when I want to complain about my tummy issues I think of this spanish sister in my mission who is allergic to basically every food except some fruits some vegetables, and fish. If she eats anything else, she gets really sick. And she has to eat what people feed her, so she is sick a lot. So anytime I feel a little bit picked on I think of her. 🙂

Riley: Hey buddy! Man you really do need to write me! Ha ha. But that is good you have a lot of work. There are some people around here that are struggling to find work, and make ends meet. So that is really good you are working. 🙂

Well, I love you all sooooooo much! Be good! 🙂

Love,
Kelsey

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 Dearest family,

  Hermana Kelsey 17:4 -email-