Missionary News - Kelly

Conference was good.  We had a few investigators attend some of the sessions.  And the only food we had was the cake I made for the birthday of our nine-year-old investigator who turned 10 yesterday.  He was pretty excited... about the cake that is. lol

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

Bad news:  We are once again waiting to hear what will happen for transfers tomorrow

Good news:  This is the last time I will have to wonder what will happen for transfers. :)

Only 5 more weeks... I hope everybody already asked for the day off cause I hope to see all of you there at the airport.

If I give you my password can you put an ad on my facebook for me?  I want you to put my flight plans (just the times) of when I´ll arrive in the airports

São Paulo 19:00-21:55   (Cause I have Brasilian companions I could see there)

Atlanta      06:45-11:05   (Not really expecting to know anyone there...but it could happen)

Phoenix    12:21            (Everyone I know)

If you manage to Google translate it into Portuguese for my brasilian friends... that would be super

Lots of Love

Kelly Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

yeah right... that would be a fiasco... I think you must be Brasilian at heart.  Here they don´t send there kids off to get their own apartment and live their own lives. they just build a house for them in the backyard or the front yard or on top of the house or on the side of the house. So basically it´s wall-to-wall houses and everyone on the same street is related.  

The Gordon Family is Grandma Nettie right?

I don´t know why I haven´t learned yet... but I need to start carrying that photo album you sent me cause EVERY area people ask... do you have pictures of your family?  Wait you have a twin... I don´t believe you. where are the photos?  but in the mission bag everything get crushed or wet or dirty so I don´t carry it around with me everywhere. And everytime someone asks.... I don´t have it lol

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

Well we had the mission conference and it was really really good.  But Elder Costa didn´t come...:(  He´s coming next month after general conference to do a mission tour. :)  At the end of every conference they give time for the missionaries leaving to bear their testimonies and Sister Scisci called me up there even though I´m not leaving before the next conference.  I think she´s trying to kick me out early...but President Scisci asked if I was "being transfered home this transfer" and I said no and he told me I could go back and sit down.  lol  But then I remembered that I would have to bear my testimony in front of Elder Costa the next conference and I stopped laughing.

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

This week we have mission conference where I heard that Elder Costa would come and speak to us...but then I heard that it was Elder Fernandes and I got super sad ...cuz he already did a mission conference and I wanted someone new...but he is a good speaker so it will be good either way.

We have an investigator who is afraid to stop drinking coffee because her doctor said that it helps prevent cancer.  I am not a doctor but I do not think that that is a true statement.  Just saying.

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

Well that just stinks...that means when they dedicate the Phoenix Temple President Monson probably won´t come...bummer.

I don´t remember if I told you about the transfer...I´m in Capanema a small town really far from Belém.  My companion has been here for 2 transfers already so my last transfer I´ll most likely get a new companion.  That will make unlucky number 13 that will kill me off lol.

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

Missionary News - Kelly

Every transfer has a surprise. This time they are sending us both to different areas and we are to prepare it to recieve 2 other sisters. I´ve already opened 2 areas for sisters but I´ve never closed an area just to have more sisters arrive. There´s going to be a lot of questions. Usually this only happens when there is a problem really serious. But we don´t have a problem. A lady in our ward saw us carrying a box at the bus stop a few weeks ago and she thought I was being transferred. When she saw 2 other sisters the same day she told them she thought that I was transferred. And now the whole mission will think that my companion and I got in a fight and we were both sent to different areas. lol

Lots of Love

Sister Mendenhall

 

I also had asked Kelly what she wants for her first meal when she gets home.  This is her answer...

 

Real pizza, real milk, and of course the ranch dressing.

 

Makes me wonder what kind of milk she's drinking now? :)