Missionary Letter #4 (October 25, 2010)

CANTERBURY!!!! i was so excited. we got to the mission office, we had some orientation stuff for a while and then they brought us to this room where we had a couple people talk and we hadn't met our trainers yet and i'm just like freaking out. then they tell me and my companion-for-the-day to sit with two seats in between us, and then we each had a seat on the other side. click. i'm gonna be in a threesome! didn't know how i felt about that. but then we were singing called to serve, and on the second verse all of the sudden it was way way louder and we turn around and all of our trainers come walking in!! my trainers find me and hug me while we're singing and then we finish the song. i was just smiling like the biggest idiot for the next like three hours. especially when i was like, "where are we going???" and sister j told me canterbury! yaaaaaaaaay. so i live in canterbury now! as in the canterbury tales as in chaucer as in i see the cathedral everyday. i told her last night while we were tracting that it was the city set on a hill that can't be hid because it was all lit up!  i really really like both of my companions. this is sis j's last transfer. she's actually leaving a bit early to be home for thanksgiving, so not even a whole transfer left. she's not trunky at all and i've learned so much from her just this week. sis g is from hawaii and she's only been out two transfers. it's the best because we go out contacting and somehow i end up hardly stopping anyone because there's two of them...oops! i am trying to work on that though...but even when i do stop someone, i say a couple of things, ask a couple of questions, and then sis j comes in and makes things actually relevant and helps them understand why this is possibly something they might be interested in. haha! it's pretty funny. but anyway, i like do nothing but both my comps are so nice that even when i do the tiniest little thing, they're like telling me how great of a job i did. haha!

sis j asked me last night what my biggest surprise has been since i left the mtc. i guess it's that people actually do listen to us. not like a ton, but we meet a few people everyday who actually do care about this stuff, who actually have been searching and actually do want to know. it's so weird!

thank you thank you i love you so much! it's been a really good week. thank you for all of your prayers.

love you!

cheers!

sister emma

ps it's freeezing here. not even that rainy, just sooooo cold. okay, don't say anything cam and lauren. hahaha