First week in the Field

TO: Madre
AH! So I'm like a real person now. All missionary-y. I don't know what I'm doing. Boy do I need to work on like a lot. Missionaries can't be shy lol or tired. My trainer is Sister Sacher! She's a sweetie, actually we have a ton in common. A lot of the ways we think and work are similar and our personalities and junk. She likes Supernatural too. Good times. We're white washing our area, so neither of us have been there before, and our area book has not been updated in the last 6 weeks or so, so we there's no one to contact from there. We are covering only one ward (Mountain Vista) and it has just recently been split. The only investigators there have been split out lol WE HAVE NO ONE TO TEACH. It's OK I guess, we're working on really getting to know the members. We are a no tracking mission so we have to work through members for referrals and investigators. No bikes either, at least not in my area. Our car's name is Dean, of course. Ummmm, the weather is amazing right now and I'm loving all the cactus! But I don't understand their purpose. Like...do the give oxygen, are they food, what the weird are cacti for?! I got sick coming in on Tuesday for a couple days from pure exhaustion and I think the climate change (being all dry and whatnot) but it got betta. YAAAY! I 

TO: Padre
 Let me think...I am with my companion Sister Sacher and we're almost exactly alike...so that's interesting, I gotta learn almost how to be my own friend and stuff. Well we're different in many ways obviously but we function the same on lots. lol  I'm working on trying to be not introverted and be bold and have more desire to be here. All the meetings we had on Sunday were like...have more purpose, don't be lazy, be a better missionary, why are you here. And I was all like...why the heck am I here? It'd gotta be more than "God told me to come" because I won't be effective if I don't have the desire and it's equally as slothful as if I hadn't come. I'm getting there. The Atonement works a lot faster on a mission than it does in real life. lol  I've mostly met with members so far and they're all just amazing.  They're great and I hope to open up with them quickly. Another thing I'm also not use to. But everyone is nice and I'm trying to be myself. But the myself God wants of me, not the myself the world has shaped me to be. I'll find it! Maybe lol

To Danielle:
How are the kiddos? I talk about them all the time and everyone thinks they're sooo cute, probably because they are. and by probably, I mean definitely. Ummm things are cool here! Just working on a brand new-ish ward. I loveee the people so far. We've got some oldies. Lots of them. I've already been hugged be two old men and I'm all like ahhhhh, I don't know how to reject this grandpa's love! So I didn't. They're cute. My companion is Sister Sacher and she's great! She's making me be unified with her. Is good! I'm not used to it lol I've only had mexican food once. It's hard to believe I'm a real missionary. Like...what am I doing?! GAH!