March 4, 2010

Hello Mother & Father & Family,

Today is Thursday and so far things are going great. Wednesday was a little slow and I was exhausted but everyone here has told us that once we hit Sunday that the days just fly by and kind of just start meshing together.

Well the flight up here was nice. There were about like 7 other missionaries going to SLC which was crazy. Sat next to a nice Canadian woman who ate peanuts! Oh No! And she wasn't a member but we talked a lot about Canada and such. Also a nice Australian LDS couple sat to my left and introduced themselves. And we talked a little bit which was pretty cool.

Met TONS of elders at SLC. As you know they took us on the shuttle and I made it to the MTC without dying. Ha. But so far its been a great experience. Everyone here is nice to us (because we have the orange dot). But that should be going away today. Our district has 3 sisters and 7 elders. Our district is pretty awesome. Unfortunately, no one is going to Colorado in my district. The guys in our zone are awesome. And there are two elders going to Colorado. And also our zone leader is from Kansas and was telling us where we might be. And how I would meet his family and they would treat me well.

It's pretty much a party up here which I never would have guessed. Yesterday night some elders brought me and my companions (trio) into our room and pretty much tried to scare us. They brought this hugs Samoan and he was staring me down the whole time and I couldn't stop laughing. I knew something was up. Those guys are all awesome Elders.

My companions are Elder Struthers, who is an awesome guy. He was normally going to go to CO Springs. But he has a walking condition where he wouldn't be able to do what was needed. So he got reassigned to Texas. Then the other Elder's name is Elder Pzirson. He is from Canada and didn't get in until late last night. He is going to Mesa so look for him in two months. He is a great guy. Speaking Spanish though.

Well it's going great up here. I'm loving it. We had a great teaching practice that helped us try to get to know the investigators. Well, I love you guys!

Love,
Elder Kingsley