Wednesday, July 25, 2012

July 24, 2012



Hola Mama! Thank you so much for your email! Ok so Tuesday is my P-day, so I will have thrity minutes to write to you every Tuesday on the computer. I have an idea though so I can use my time more wisely for the comp, there is this thing called dearelder.com, it is pretty easy to use. I was thinking that if you wanted to you guys could write that and then I could email you and I would already know what to say because I had it all planned out! If not, then I can totally have time to do it all in thirty minutes, it just might not be as detailed as you like :)
Well it sounds like your trip to Jackson was so much fun!! I want to hear if that girl embarrassed Joseph or not!!! That would be so funny! I am gald you were able to spend time with Rick and Claudia too! That sounds like a blast!
So basically all day, e'ryday all I do is STUDY!!!! We wake up around 6-6:15, depending on what I have to do to get ready. We need to be in our classroom at 7 everymorning for daily planning, and then we have breakfast at 7:45. After that we have classroom instruction, until usually 11:25. Depending on what we are doing our teacher will be there. Sometimes we are teaching our investigator so he isn't there. When we aren't teaching during that time, we just study, study, study!!! Then after that, we have personal study time for an hour. That is my personal favorite, because we are able to just study the Book of Mormon or Preach my Gospel for a whole hour and not have to worry about the language. Then we have lunch. After lunch we have gym time, then language study. That is just where we study the language (jajaja). Then something else, I can't really remember, then dinner. After dinner we have class until 9:10, and we can't go back to our residence until 9:30, so we just study some more and stuff like that. Usually by that time we are pretty slap happy, so we just laugh a lot. Then we go back to our room, get ready for bed and write in our journals. Lights out at 10:30, even though I wish it was 9:30. I think I am just going to be tired for the next 18 months because it is just so exhausting. But every day I find the enerygy to do the things that I need to, which is definitely the Lord helping me. So that is basically it for regualar days. It is just a ton!!!!!!!!!! of learning. Sunday's are the BEST! I love them so much! You get to walk up to the temple and it is so nice! We also have different meetings, and that is really great and spiritually uplifting too!
So Sister Stapp is one of my companions. She is so great. She is the one from California. She actually worked with Lizzy at Disneyland. So ask her is she remembers her. Her first name is Julia. She said they would go to church together, she worked in janitorial. Then Sister Evans. She is from New Zealand. She is really great too! She kind of talks a lot though! But it is still good for when i am done talking, she can just talk and talk and talk. My district is really awesome. It is just my companionship and then three sets of Elders. They are really great. Sometimes they really remind me of Joseph, just because they are all that age, but they are awesome. My teacher's name is Brother Ah Muh and he is really awesome. I didn't even know he spoke english until probably Friday or Saturday, so it was quite the shock when we spoke english to us. But he is really great!
As for the language, it is hard!! We have taught three lessons in Tagalog so far. Our next one is tomorrow. It gets better each time, but it is still really hard to communicate. But I can totally see the Lord's help with it. I can pray, say my testimony, ask some questions, and say some things about the gospel in Tagalog. I can also intorduce myself and my companions and stuff like that. It is really amazing how I have learned all of that and I have only been here for almost a week. I would not have been able to do this if it wasn't for Heavenly Fathers help and the atonement. In Relief Society, the guest speaker (we don't have lessons, just speakers) said to wear out the atonement. I can already feel that I have a little bit, but I need to wear it our more!
Ok my time is almost up, but one funny thing before I end. One of the Elders when they moved in on their mirror there was a sticky note that said "Hey baby, you are look good in that tie!" hahahahaha jajajajaj it makes me laugh every time!!
Alam po ka na totoo ng Simbahan ni Jesucristo.
I love you so much! Tell everybody Hi for me, and to use dearelder!!!!!! You guys are the best! Thank you for your prayers and thoughts. I will try and write you a letter soon. Mahal kita!!
Sister Palmer! 

First Day!



Here's most of a letter from Caitlin on her first day in the MTC. She is still her same hilarious self.

Hola familia,                                                        July 18, 2012
Kumusta po kayo?  That means how are you...just for your fyi!  Then you would respond "Mabuti" something something something I can't really remember.  But "mabuti" is my fave word b/c it sounds like "my booty".  Pretty funny!!

But the MTC Pres. gave us permission to write a quick letter and let you know that we are totes awesome!  Just kidding, but seriously.  Today has been super crazy busy, but Awesome. I am in a threesome with Sister Evans and Sister Stapp (I think those are their names jajajajajajajaj) The language is pretty hard but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon  But basically it has just been really awesome.

Funny story to keep you laughing.  I was talking to a girl in my zone and we were walking outside and I totes ran into a pole!! It was so funny!  We were laughing so hard.  I was wondering what she was looking at all concerned like,
but I found out shortly after.

I think I packed too much but at least I'll be extra extra prepared for anything that comes my way!!

xoxox forever,
Sister Palmer

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Introduction

Hello to Caitlin's friends and family! My name is Kristin and I will be updating this blog with e-mails and news from Sister Palmer. Stay tuned!