The Morrill of the Story

Well, she made it!  I was thinking her mission president and wife must be really tall...but she assures me she is just shorter than I remember.  She's only been gone a couple of weeks...did she shrink?? Sounds like she had a great first week.  Here is what she had to say her first P-day: "I'd say the mission pres. and his wife are about average height, you might have just forgotten how short I am haha. They're really awesome though, Sister Christensen and I got to stay in the mission home the night before transfers and they took good care of us. Texas is awesome, and everywhere haha, it's like they're afraid you'll forget where you are. My companion is Sister Bangs and I love her already. We have similar family situations and like almost all the same food and I think it's going to be good with her. She's only been out three months but she's so awesome at it. I hope I can get like that soon. We're driving in a car here, as the jr. c...

Wednesday January 8th was a cold snowy day, as you can see from this picture!  It was really hard to say good bye and watch her being escorted off.  Bittersweet.  Here are some excerpts from her first 10 days in the MTC. Friday, Jan 10th: "Okay, now the important things. I feel like I've been here for weeks instead of 2 1/2 days. The first day was pretty overwhelming. Right away I went and got my name tag and other paper work stuff. Then I dropped off my stuff and was taken to my classroom, where I met my companion. Her name is Sister Christensen. She is so awesome. I love her already. She's one of the best possible people I could have started off my mission with. She's from New Castle, Utah, which is down south by Cedar City. I'll try to get pics uploaded to my blog soon. After class went to devotional and listened to the MTC President. Then we went to a teaching workshop with real investigators and got to help teach them a bit. After that we met our zone lea...