Letters #13 and 14: 3.18.13

Aloha Family,

I love you all and miss you so much. Tell the kids I love them all. So we went again to see the Oleolen's but no one came to the door. So I called them. His wife was on the phone with me and I was talking to her and seeing how I would know them. Brother Oleole is in the hospital with pneumonia. So we are going to check on him again. I was able to talk to his wife about the gospel. SO that was good :).

So on Tuesday I had Korean food. It was so good. We had a family home evening with them. Yesterday, Wednesday, we had dinner with a ward member family, the Covey's. They feed us every week. And Brother Covey gave me a can of Spam and Vienna Sausage to make me feel like at home. I love that family. Next month they will be going to temple for the first time. They love the sister missionaries cause we help them in life, but their daughter is not a member so we are working on her, but she is so stubborn.

My mission is going by so fast. I'm almost up with my second transfer. I got your letter Mommy. It was sent to my apartment but I think to keep on sending the boxes to the office. Just keep on looking for the book of mormon manual-the newest one up to date. I love you so much <3. Guess what, we ran the Narrows bridge again. So I have been sore. I'm loving my mission so much. Today (3.17.13) we should be having 4 investigators and one less active and her family coming to church. I'm so happy. I've been at work and doing my hardest. I want at the end of my mission to know that I did all that the lord wants me to do and be done with on my mission.

Oh when we run the bridge we go with most of the missionaries in the zone. It's a lot of fun but that means I wake-up at 5:30 am to go running. So every morning we go running the Narrows bridge or go to the Y fitness. So I got the SD card and that's okay, I can deltet them on my side. Just upload them and then send it back. I will be sending the next SD card. It has the video of us dancing hula. So today for p-day, we all as a district went to the beach. It is so pretty here in Tacoma.

With much love and aloha,
Sister Casey

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So yeah, we went to the beach for p-day...It was so much fun. Over here is so pretty. I love my zone so much. We are one big family. My comp goes home this next transfer. So far I'm doing my March Madness. March Madness is an assignment from President and Sister Weaver to do every week. If we want, it's from Preach My Gospel and if you do it, all the assignments far the month of March, President will do or have something fun for us. 

How is everyone doing? How is everyone feeling? I know they were all sick. Thank you for everythign you do for me in my life. Every little thing got me here in the WA-TAC mission and I would like to thank everyone <3. Tell all the kids I miss them so much. Mommy and Papa, you must miss the kids...ha. The funny thing about being a missionary in the WA-TAC is I know every kind of smell of smoke from just walking by apartments or homes. Mostly the apartemtns cause everyone we have is ghetto...LOL. But I love my mission so much. I'm going to have a lesson with this lady we met finding (5-7). Well, I'll tell you more about her and what happends and how the lessons go in the next letter. I love you and miss you so much.

"And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."

~Mosiah 2:41 (It's a new fave of mine)

Always with much love and aloha,

Sister Casey

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Letter #12: 2.28.13

Aloha my best friend,

So I was thinking of a best and fun way to write you this week. For everyday that something happens to me, or something fun happens, I can fast kind write it down. I will # it too...haha:) So this past week I forgot to tell you I...

had, or ate, cat fish for lunch...It was so good :). Just yesterday on Wednesday, you know the family that the boys got baptized on Saturday, well the family celebrated by going to a rollerblading rink and we went. It was so much fun...but I fell down really hard. Only once, but my butt is hurting so bad now...hahaha:).

Today is my first walking day...ALL DAY...We have a walking day once a month to save on our miles on our car. And its the last day of the month. So everyone on the mission is walking or busing or biking it today. I'll let you know how it goes...Love you so much and miss you my friend. Have fun reading it...

So it was the park day that is when we walk, bus or bike it all day. It was so much fun. We walked all day and the first appointment was on the opposite end of our boundaries. Then we had to walk back to see families...we walked so much today. Oh yeah and it was raining all along and we are a little sick...but it was all good. It was my first Park day.

So transfers are coming up this Tuesday and I'm staying with my comp here in Skyline cuz she dies {goes home} next transfer meeting. So I think I'm going to be here in Skyline for at least 3 transfers, this one, next, and the next cuz I will have to show around. So I will give you my apartment address, but the office address is good too for my family and friends.

But you can send me letters to my apartment address. I love it. I had some miracle with families in the ward that are LARC. And we got to meet with them and have plans to meet up and do a lesson with them another time. It is our stake conference this Sunday and on Saturday...

I was asked to dance the hula for a ward cultural thing, but it is not our ward, its for some other sisters in our zone that asked us to help them out. And we are going to dance this Saturday. This is fun to read...LOL.

So yeah, I gave you the address to my apartment so right now I'm playing soccer ball with the missionaries. It's a lot of sun. How is everything there back at home? So I had so much fun writing this for you :)


{Sister Casey's latest letter came on 8 star shaped post-it notes. Each paragraph was a star. She really must have had a fun time writing it and imagining us trying to read it.}

Letter #11: 2.25.13

Aloha Ohana,
I'm doing so good and I love you all and miss you all. I'm loving my mission so much. So yeah, what I had said in the email is that we are getting 2 new missions made out of Tacoma. That just says how much the mission is growing. The time is going by so much. So yeah, we are in our new apartment. I get the box with the songs in it. So do you want me to make a copy of the songs so you will have it? Thank you for all the goodies and thank you Helam for the books and the drawings. I love it so much Helam. Everyone is like, well most of the elders say, "You have another box. You are loved"...haha. So yeah. Did I tell you that my mission pres. got an email from the 1st presidency saying that you are going to start getting missionaries randomly, not only on transfers. That's just saying how big the mission is getting. Mommy, what is the name of the mission that Ira served in in Korea? There is a lady that is Korean. Can you type out the story of my name...Thank you :). So thank you for the hula song. SO now we can start hula classes. Yeah, the way you guys did the english class in Japan is the same idea. Can you ask Lana to send me Tahitian songs and beats also on a CD? Some o the missionaries want to learn Tahitian and hula. That will be good...THANK YOU :). Tell Aunty Marv thank you, I got the package. I miss my little class with the kids. Tell everyone in the ward I miss them and love them all. I love you all. I'm doing the Lord's work.

<3 always, Much love and Aloha,
Sister Casey, your baby girls <3

~Tell all the kids I love them very very much and miss them all more.