Kaliana : Week 2 & Pictures

So! in the MTC we had several people that asked my district to sing for their class rooms, and at our zone conference things, so we sang for people several times and it was super cool!

I already told you that my investigator Carla is going to be baptized. It was funny cause when she agreed to be baptized, it was the 2nd time we'd brought up baptism, we just hadn't asked her the first time because it didn't feel right at the time. On the day that we actually asked her to be baptized, my companion and I hadn't even planned on asking her, but my heart started pounding and my hands starting sweating in the middle of our lesson and I knew it was time to ask her, (and my companion was giving me an odd look as I started talking, but she figured I knew what I was doing) and voila! Carla said yes! That was extremely hard to contain my excitement in front of her.

My last Sunday in the MTC I played the opening hymn and even though it was fast sunday I completely forgot that I was fasting that's how nervous I was! It was crazy!

I believe I told you some false information on the phone the other day! So on the day we were supposed to leave the MTC, we were supposed to meet at the travel office at 4:00, and we got there and they said that our travel itineraries were all incorrect and it was actually supposed to be 5:30. Well we waited around for an hour and a half and took crazy pictures in the dark...Then we hopped on the bus and headed down to the train station, missed our train since the travel office hadn't given us tickets, then hopped on the next train. Then we had to switch trains in the middle of our journey. On the 2nd train, we met a man and we gave him a book of mormon.

I didn't realize until that night that, that man was the reason we had everything going supposedly wrong that morning. We found out that the bus we were supposed to take at 4:00 that morning, had left as was planned, and it took those missionaries straight to the airport. The reason we didn't have tickets for the train, was because we were supposed to go straight to the airport. But the Lord wanted us to meet that man, and you could tell that he had been prepared for a long time for this meeting. It was super cool! The Lord definitely knows each one of us and knows our needs!

Now time for the actual mission!

We got off our plane and our mission president and his wife were waiting right at the gate, and they are super nice! We went sight seeing right afterwards for about an hour, then we drove to the mission home and ate dinner. The next day we would have our transfer meeting and meet our companions!

We got to the meeting and we watched the movie the Saratov Approach! Such a crazy film! and yet it was super amazing and you could tell the elders really had a ton of faith that the Lord would strengthen them in their trials. I would really recommend watching it, although mom might have a balling fest;) It's a great movie though. My trainers name is Sister Richardson! She is absolutely fantastic and I swear we have the same brain! Shes my height and we have a ton of fun together. I accidentally walked in on a random sister in the bathroom....I don't think she had locked the door.....awkward turtle.....

Sister Richardson and I have unintentionally matched our outfits for the past three days. Its been an adventure! Last night while we were out tracting we looked down at a door mat and saw that the letters looked crinkly...so at the same moment sis richardson and I reached out our foot and touched it, it was pretty hilarious!

I'm doing super super great! I'm so excited to be out in the field! My apartment is cute and small and I work out to disney music in the mornings, while I'm half asleep. I finally was able to pick up some things from the store today and I've come to realize that I love pumpkin pie and grapes. I have a yummy recipe for pumpkin pie that I tried at a members home last night, you'll definitely have to try it!

Anywho, love you all!! :)

-Sister Kaliana Quinton

(Kali will have to correct me on this later if I get the people tagged wrong)