First of all i miss the mtc so much, i never thought that i would miss it so much since i wanted to get out to texas so badly. But on last monday morning we had to wake up at 3:30 am, yes thats 3:30 in the morning, so we could say goodbye to the 4 elders in my district that are going to arizona cause they left for the airport at 4. Then we started getting ready for our departure. our bus to the airport left at 5. there were only 5 of us, counting me going to texas because the 6th elder, my companion, hurt his shoulder so he had to stay in the mtc for an extra week!! My district in the mtc was the best and i already miss them a lot. When we got to the aiport everyone kept staring at us cause now we totally stick out cause we are missionaries with the black name tags!!!!! I loved talking on the phone to people when i was waiting to board my plane!!!!! there was a total of 19 of us going to the texas dallas mission. 14 were spanish speaking and then the five of us are english speaking!!! we were greeted by president and sister durrant at the airport which was so cool and then we went to the temple to take pictures!!! then we went to the durrants house and we had lunch and orientation which was a lot of fun!!! Then after we had dinner we were told that we were going out teaching with some of the other missionaries that have been out here for a while!! i was like WHAT?!?!?!!?!?!? i just got there and i already had to start teaching!!!!!!! These two zone leaders took elder flitton and i out to teach!!!! I was in a trio going to texas cause my companion had to stay at the mtc. Well i went with elder olvera and elder flitton went with the other elder. elder olvera and i taught a lesson to this black guy. even though i was SO nervous, the lesson went SO well and the guy made a return appointment and said he was going to read the book of mormon!!! then when we got back that night we slept at the ap's apartment which has so many beds and then in the morning it was TRANSFER MEETING!!!!!!!!! time to meet my companion!!!! they announced me and my companions name and then of course we hugged and then it was time to get to my area!!!!! my companions name is elder sullenberger and he is so great, i love him!!!! he is such a great trainer and he helps me out so much!!!!! we finally got to my area which is called the melissa/farmersville area. we cover the melissa ward and the farmersville branch!!!!!! right when we got to the apartment we dropped off our stuff and went tracting for 4 hours!!!!!!!! it is so hot here and you HAVE to drink a lot of water or you'll pretty much die!!!! The week has been great!!!! we got 12 new investigators and set two baptism dates which elder sullenberger said is the best week he has ever had!!!!!! One of our investigators is this family and they are so nice and when we met them they seemed mormon!!!! they came to church yesterday which we were so stoked about!!!! another one of our investigators is this couple and the girl is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! she is so crazy and outgoing and i love her!!!!!! she says the funniest things and she is from brazil!!!!!!!! they didnt come to church yesterday but we are hoping they come soon!!!!!! i love my zone leaders, they are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im in a trio now because elder parker needs to wait for elder child to get here from the mtc. elder parker is so cool and i love him too. so far the first week has been great!!!!!!!!!! yesterday at churcha all of the members tried talking to me but i couldnt cause i had to go to so many meetings!!! and i had to talk to my investigators and ask them how they liked church. so it was really hard to talk to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love tracting and i love teaching, it is so cool to be able to talk to people about the church and the investigators love my enthusiasm!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you are doing well!!!!!!!!!!!! write me letters!!!!!!!!! you cant write letters to the mission office and then they will forward the letters right to my apartment!!!!!!!
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