Hello Family that I love so dearly!
OH man, this week was AWESOME! Also, words that would be appropriate to describe it would be Crazy, nuts, fantastic, and loco. :) We had a TON of stuff to do in Gainesville to prepare everything for the Elders that got there Wednesday afternoon--from writing notes to updating records to telling people, it was crazy. Then Wednesday morning we got up bright and early to drive down to the Hurst Stake Center so that I could meet my trainee! We had a small breakfast there, all the trainers and trainees and a small training from President Ames. We also took pictures with our trainees and the areas we were going to--that should be found on Sister Ames' blog or the Texas FTW mission fb page or something. Fun stuff!
So Wednesday we took our car (red 2014 corolla with 6500 miles on it. quite the dream), filled it up with both of our suitcases and bikes, and drove down about 20 minutes to Arlington! We're in the southern part of the stake with a ton of the city of Arlington and all of Mansfield, so it's way different than Gainesville, a lot more city-slickers ;) but it's a super cool area. Tons of Hispanics and the ward is pretty big too! But, me and my companion are the only two that can play the piano, sooo thankful I can play more than 5 hymns now...hah.
SPEAKING of my companion, she is so cool! Her name is Hermana Ford and she is from Redmond (close to Seattle) Washington. She is 19 and just got into the nursing program at BYU. She took 3 years of Spanish in high school, but only spent 2 weeks in the MTC in provo, so she knows Spanish pretty well and she is so ready to learn and grow! I love her tons. She is more soft-spoken but for sure not afraid to open her mouth and just talk to people. We've been doing a TON of practicing and it's awesome for me to just go back to the basics of missionary work as a trainer. Something I've realized is that "I know stuff" (to quote Dwayne aka Dwight aka gpa sangre) but it's not enough that I have a years worth of experience, I need to share it with this awesome, ready to learn sweet missionary so that she can be a waaaaaay better missionary than me. :)
Another fun fact, the Zone Leaders used to live in our apartment (we split their area and they moved to another apartment when we came), and like a gazillion and a half elders have finished their missions in this area, so if anyone needs any old sweat-stained missionary shirts for whatever reason, we've got PLENTY :) But its actually a really good apartment, we've got a gym for the complex and everything and there are even computers in the office, so that's why we got a head start on emailing today.
new address is:
Hermana Kate Blood
1800 London Lane #808
Arlington, TX 76017
did I already send that to you? I can't remember...
This week we've just been getting out, walking, and talking to EVERYBODY. It's been awesome. Especially in 100 degree weather everyday. But for real, because then people feel bad for us. And I get a good tan ;) NO seriously, I promise you that I am tanning. For the first time in my life, it is actually becoming a reality. halleluiah amen and amen. But we've talked to some really cool people and it's just been all around awesome.
I'm glad Girls Camp went well! It sounds like it was a blast. I stinking love Girls camp. THat's soooo cool that y'all took Kelly to the Temple grounds/fireside! You are being such awesome missionaries, I'm so proud! :) I hope Jake's internship thingy goes well and I'll keep Michele in my prayers for her job interview! Are y'all making a list of all the movies that Caleb does the music for so that I can watch them at home? If not, don't worry, there's still time to repent ;) haha
I love you all sooo much, cuidense y portense bien, k? :)
<3
Hermana Sangre
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