Time flies when you are having fun! :) It has already been two weeks at the MTC but some days it feels like I have been here forever! I think that is what has been the weirdest for me. I am used to churching it for all week long with EFY but I'm not used to my weekends being the exact same as my weekdays. P-day feels more like a Saturday and I usually don't even really know what day of the week it is. Mostly, it has hit me that really 18 months is a pretty good chunk of time but honestly I wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here! It has been the ride of a life time and I can't wait to get out into the mission field. A big group of our zone just headed out Minnesota and one to Fiji. You spend so much time together so you get really close and it is sometimes hard to say goodbye again. These elders honestly feel like family. Minus the fact that both Sister Kunz and I have gotten secret admirers that are not so secret. I would like to state that neither Sister Kunz nor I led either of these boys on nor really ever talked to them but must have amazed them with the special spirit we have and good looks. :) The elder that won't leave me alone got a talking to from my district elders because he kept stopping by our class. I often heard the statement "Man, I wish I could hug you but I can't so I'll give you a hand shake." It honestly has been super awkward but I've gotten good at avoiding him. No worries mom, he got shipped out a couple of days ago and left me his contact information so we can be best friends for life. So awkward and I highly disliked it! It also brought about what we like to call the District DTR (Determine the relationship). The three elders in my district (Wilcox, Howells, and Shirrod) jokingly decided that the sisters were no longer allowed to talk to any elders but the ones in our zone. It has been the big joke since and honestly we really don't talk to anyone else anyways! We are too busy with the pilot program to even talk to anyone at all. But we did find out that there are about THIRTY missionaries shipping out to San Diego with me! It should be on April 12th still but we have not gotten our travel plans. There are TONS of sisters going with us but most of them are not assigned to the Battalion. It made us so excited to meet them and pumped to get out in the mission field. Things that make me happy: Model sisters. They are gorgeous even though they don't have any time to get ready. We pretended to be model sister for a day and took pictures of us with blow dryers blowing our hair back for the effect. You should appreciate that Mom and Dad since I did that with Kyrie. But I got a pretty sad letter from Mara in my Relief Society Presidency this week. I guess Meredith who was the secretary but now president since I left. I guess they found out her mom has cancer so they have been pretty worried. But just this last week her dad choked on his throw up in the bathroom and passed out. I guess he was having a lot of health problems as well and he went into a coma. There was so much damage that if he came out of the coma he wouldn't have a normal life anymore. So they took him off and he passed away last week. I can only imagine how rough it must be for their family so I fasted for them on Sunday and but her name and her family’s name in the temple today. It just makes me so grateful to know of this gospel and to have the knowledge of the Plan of Salvation. Mara said it has been a great comfort to Meredith as well and that she has had a lot of courage throughout all of it. I wrote them both today so I hope they get it. But we have committed some people to baptism with our fake investigators so it's been very good. Dad, Mom, and Jake thank you for your emails!!!! I don't have any time left or I would email each one of you personally! Jake, look out for my missionaries at the airport! A group left this morning at 4 that I love! Honestly Jake, it's not been to hard yet but I'm just always tired! I think a big part of that is that I'm sick all the time. But my branch presidency made me go to the health clinic so if you get a call from the MTC to panic. My foot has been sore a lot so they want my legit doctor to check it out just to make sure I am okay to get sent out on 4/12. It should not be a big deal but I'm afraid you are going to have to send me my boot or should I just get a new one at the doctor? It shouldn't delay me so no worries. You can breathe now mom. I just think I've pushed it a little too much but I'm being a lot smarter this week and my MTC doc has given me a strict workout. My stomach has been great since the package so thank you so much! Sorry I have had a lot of problems with the email today and I only get 15 instead of 30 so I am sorry if this doesn't make sense. My cold is also going away so honestly life is great here! Sister Burden and I tried to be vegan for a day but it lasted until lunch. Epic fail. I love you all lots and I'll hear from you soon! Letters are way better but I'll take what I can get!!!! I love you lots!!!
Sister Haggerty
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