This is Dana's sister and she is a little homesick:( All the other kids in her district are getting loads of mail and I think we can show her the love by sending a lot of mail to her and making everyone else jealous.
The easiest way is to go to Dearelder.com
Just put your name in, her name and mail box #92, her estimated departure date is 4/7/09 and then send her the love.
There is nothing greater than receiving mail as a missionary. Let's show our support!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
First email
Here is Dana's first email to the family. YAY! It is good to hear from her. I will continue to forward emails and letters when appropriate. She would love to hear from everyone. Missionaries love their mail.
We had to set up our e-mail and we are timed on how log we can be on here so we figured we needed a game plan. We would be my cute companion Hermana Meryl Call. She is from the Sandy area. She is way cute and way fun. We are always laughing and joking around; which we've learned is a necessity here. We are a ton alike which is great. I'm just loving being her companion and we are both nervous about other companions not matching up. haha.
I room with those two girls I was facebook friends with before Hna. Collins and Hna. Gibson. They are unique girls. They have totally opposite personalities from Hna. Call and myself. They are still way fun and pretty easy to get along with.
We did have a roommate Hna. Flores who left Sunday. She was supposed to leave before we got here but apparently her area had really bad ice storms and it wasn't safe to fly in or something. She was way cute, and we all miss her smiling face.
My Branch Pres. and his wife are way sweet. Pres. Ryskamp is his name they are from around the Provo area. My district consists of 1 boy 3 girls going to Texas (that is me included) and 4 boys and one girl going to Flordia (That includes my comp.) My district is just full of laughs. We are always laughing and building each other up it is great! There is Elder Barrington and Elder Holoway! They always have something to say and are way sweet. They make great kid brothers haha. Then there is our threesome; Elders Jones, Fish and Lowder. They are our more reserved ones, but that just makes it all that much funnier when they crack a joke haha. We do get a lot of work done. We've already taught lessons and just keep practicing. Which brings me to...
MY SPANISH SUCKS! Oh My! I would appreciate any material that you might think would help in that department. I am not doing too good, though starting next week I will be going to a tutor twice a week. I'm hoping that helps. I can kind of orar and give my testimonial, but that is still really rocky. I just keep praying for that gift of tongues haha.
Whoever said the CCM was great forgot to mention how hard it can be. The first couple days were trying for sure, though I will admit it is starting to get better. We have had some good meetings/devotionals.
I've seen Collin multiple times, and he just smiles at me and the lack of spanish I know. He is doing good and loves his letter that he got from Eric. Tyler is doing great too. His comp. is really nice and chatty haha. I see him most days at meal time. He looks way happy! Sam Christensen is also doing great. When I first saw him I yelled "Elder Sammy!" Then switched to Christensen haha I thought that was funny. It is nice seeing familiar faces around here I've seen some other people from back home as well.
Oh I have to tell you my comp and I lost our blue cards which is our key for meals, laundry and our residency. we lost them on the same day different meals. we were able to replace Hna Call's but mine was lost after the office closed for the weekend YIKES! haha don't worry they cafeteria found them and we got called down to the front desk at like 10pm the next night it was way funny. We took pictures at the big world map in our skirts and p.j. tops!
I'll hopefully be sending you some pictures this next week. Feel free to send my any pictures you guys want. I know I won't be there to take the pictures, but that doesn't mean you guys can't haha. I won't be on here again today, but if you send me something on Dearelder.com I'll get it tonight or tomorrow morning.
Tell me how things are going with all of you! I miss you all, and really hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe and keep smiling! I'll probably write more via old school mail when I get a chance. I Love you all tons and tons. Send me lots of letters they will make your misionara smile! :)
I miss you all and Love you tons!!
Love, DanaAnne
Buenos Tardes!
We had to set up our e-mail and we are timed on how log we can be on here so we figured we needed a game plan. We would be my cute companion Hermana Meryl Call. She is from the Sandy area. She is way cute and way fun. We are always laughing and joking around; which we've learned is a necessity here. We are a ton alike which is great. I'm just loving being her companion and we are both nervous about other companions not matching up. haha.
I room with those two girls I was facebook friends with before Hna. Collins and Hna. Gibson. They are unique girls. They have totally opposite personalities from Hna. Call and myself. They are still way fun and pretty easy to get along with.
We did have a roommate Hna. Flores who left Sunday. She was supposed to leave before we got here but apparently her area had really bad ice storms and it wasn't safe to fly in or something. She was way cute, and we all miss her smiling face.
My Branch Pres. and his wife are way sweet. Pres. Ryskamp is his name they are from around the Provo area. My district consists of 1 boy 3 girls going to Texas (that is me included) and 4 boys and one girl going to Flordia (That includes my comp.) My district is just full of laughs. We are always laughing and building each other up it is great! There is Elder Barrington and Elder Holoway! They always have something to say and are way sweet. They make great kid brothers haha. Then there is our threesome; Elders Jones, Fish and Lowder. They are our more reserved ones, but that just makes it all that much funnier when they crack a joke haha. We do get a lot of work done. We've already taught lessons and just keep practicing. Which brings me to...
MY SPANISH SUCKS! Oh My! I would appreciate any material that you might think would help in that department. I am not doing too good, though starting next week I will be going to a tutor twice a week. I'm hoping that helps. I can kind of orar and give my testimonial, but that is still really rocky. I just keep praying for that gift of tongues haha.
Whoever said the CCM was great forgot to mention how hard it can be. The first couple days were trying for sure, though I will admit it is starting to get better. We have had some good meetings/devotionals.
I've seen Collin multiple times, and he just smiles at me and the lack of spanish I know. He is doing good and loves his letter that he got from Eric. Tyler is doing great too. His comp. is really nice and chatty haha. I see him most days at meal time. He looks way happy! Sam Christensen is also doing great. When I first saw him I yelled "Elder Sammy!" Then switched to Christensen haha I thought that was funny. It is nice seeing familiar faces around here I've seen some other people from back home as well.
Oh I have to tell you my comp and I lost our blue cards which is our key for meals, laundry and our residency. we lost them on the same day different meals. we were able to replace Hna Call's but mine was lost after the office closed for the weekend YIKES! haha don't worry they cafeteria found them and we got called down to the front desk at like 10pm the next night it was way funny. We took pictures at the big world map in our skirts and p.j. tops!
I'll hopefully be sending you some pictures this next week. Feel free to send my any pictures you guys want. I know I won't be there to take the pictures, but that doesn't mean you guys can't haha. I won't be on here again today, but if you send me something on Dearelder.com I'll get it tonight or tomorrow morning.
Tell me how things are going with all of you! I miss you all, and really hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe and keep smiling! I'll probably write more via old school mail when I get a chance. I Love you all tons and tons. Send me lots of letters they will make your misionara smile! :)
I miss you all and Love you tons!!
Love, DanaAnne
Buenos Tardes!
Friday, February 6, 2009
MTC
Alright, our Dana is officially residing in Provo. She will be there for 2 months, her anticipated departure date for Texas is April 7th.
I wish I could give ya'll a play by play on her day entering the MTC but I was home in Idaho and only my parents took her in. I do, however, have two pictures my dad was nice enough to send on to me.
With Mom, first companion!
Here is the cutest sista, with the classic MTC pose.
With the parents.
Look, she has her name tag! Yes that is her "dork dot" letting everyone there know that she is new to the MTC.
If you want to let Dana know that you love her and support her, I am sure she would be thrilled to hear from you. Her address in Provo is:
Hermana DanaAnne Burnham
MTC Mailbox #92
TX-HOUS 0407
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793
I wish I could give ya'll a play by play on her day entering the MTC but I was home in Idaho and only my parents took her in. I do, however, have two pictures my dad was nice enough to send on to me.
With Mom, first companion!
Here is the cutest sista, with the classic MTC pose.
With the parents.
Look, she has her name tag! Yes that is her "dork dot" letting everyone there know that she is new to the MTC.If you want to let Dana know that you love her and support her, I am sure she would be thrilled to hear from you. Her address in Provo is:
Hermana DanaAnne Burnham
MTC Mailbox #92
TX-HOUS 0407
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793
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