Aloha Family,
Okay, here's one more thing. I just found out that Elder Kaufusi knows Ira. Ask Ira if he knows someone with that last name. Elder Kaufusi was saying he worked out with Ira at school. He is Tongan. I took a photo of us and I'm in pink and he is the Tongan. This whole time he never knew that Ira is my brother. Today I was showing my photo book of the family and was telling him, Elder Kaufusi, that he needed to meet my brother when he comes to Hawaii. And I didn't know that they knew each other. Elder Kaufusi is a cool guy and makes me feel at home. I thought that was cool. Let Ira know that he is in my district and we are the only Polys in the district. Tell Ira Elder Kaufusi helps me a lot and he just knows when something is going on. So look when I send the SD card to you guys. I thought to tell you guys this. And the whole time I never knew they knew each other. Elder Kaufusi is like my brother. Well I miss and love you guys so much. And tell Amy Happy Birthday. And can you finish the family calendar and send me one. Thank you, I got the laundry bag. And my blessing too, if you can. There was something else I was going to tell you but I just forgot.
<3 Always, Sister Casey
Oh yeah, the photo on the SD card you can put on the blog.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Letter #6: MTC 01.23.13
Aloha Family,
Today is my P-Day.I had to get up at 5:00 to get ready for the temple. It was so good. I love the temple. This is my 2nd time here at this temple. The Spirit is so strong. I just feel so good. It's a good way to start my day. Can you tell Timbre, Li-Ke and Jarom thank you for everything and I got their card. Everyday goes by so slow and P-day feels like only 20 min...hahaha. Well the first week took forever. It was so much good work and the 2nd week went by so fast. I'm going to be so sad to say goodbye to everyone in the MTC. Our nights are so funny.
Today at lunch, an older sister saw me and I had a flower in my hair on the right side and she was saying to me that I have it on the right side...hahaha. So she was like, "Where are you from?" I was like, "Hawaii." Her and her husband served there. I forget where they are going for their 2nd mission. It was pretty funny. Here in the MTC I get asked a lot about being single from my flower and because I'm on a mission. I think it is so funny that they ask me that. Well I do not know what to write. I love you and miss you.
<3 always, Sister Casey
Today is my P-Day.I had to get up at 5:00 to get ready for the temple. It was so good. I love the temple. This is my 2nd time here at this temple. The Spirit is so strong. I just feel so good. It's a good way to start my day. Can you tell Timbre, Li-Ke and Jarom thank you for everything and I got their card. Everyday goes by so slow and P-day feels like only 20 min...hahaha. Well the first week took forever. It was so much good work and the 2nd week went by so fast. I'm going to be so sad to say goodbye to everyone in the MTC. Our nights are so funny.
Today at lunch, an older sister saw me and I had a flower in my hair on the right side and she was saying to me that I have it on the right side...hahaha. So she was like, "Where are you from?" I was like, "Hawaii." Her and her husband served there. I forget where they are going for their 2nd mission. It was pretty funny. Here in the MTC I get asked a lot about being single from my flower and because I'm on a mission. I think it is so funny that they ask me that. Well I do not know what to write. I love you and miss you.
<3 always, Sister Casey
Letter #5: MTC 01.19.13
Aloha Mommy/Family,
There is something that I wanted to tell you that happened yesterday. The fire alarm went off at lunch in the caf. So all of us who were in the main building, which had the caf in it, had to go outside to the front of the MTC and the firetrucks came and the ambulance too. Well, when it went off, I was at the front office. We gave our coats to our companions to save seats in the caf and I had on my blue short sleeve on. We were outside in the cold...hahaha. Well in 20 min, a sweet elder in our zone but a different district just put his suit coat on me. We were out there for 1 hour. But the cool part was a different elder that I had never seen before said, " Hi, are you from Hawaii?" I said yes. He was like, "I knew I had seen you before" to me. I was like, "what?" He was like, "You spoke with your brother in your ward and he just came back from Japan." I was like, "ya." He was saying that he was
visiting our ward and my talk stuck with him. So he was like, "I knew I knew you."...LOL. I was like cool and he is going to Japan, Tokyo too. I thought that was cool. Oh yeah, the fire thing was all good.
There are a lot of good and sweet people and elders here. I love it so much. I can DISCERN! It is so cool and a lot of fun. I think that I did it even a little before my mission, but now it is on full blast...LOL. My teacher, Brother Elton, is the best. He is the perfect teacher for me. THe missionaries that are from Hawaii are not going to my mission. But I know them from school. One is the one that wrestled with me. Helam know who. Ammon is his name.
Today I had the Spirit with me all the two weeks I've been here and it's so strong. My last class today it was strong but a small incident happened and everyone lost the Spirit. I do not like that feeling at all and it made me realize that I can have the Spirit with me and in a second, it could be gone. I'm working hard to get it back up to where it was. I do now want that to happen again at all. So my testimony has gotten stronger just because of that. AndI'm trying harder to keep it strong with me because it's up to me if I want to lose it or not.
01.20.13
Me and my companion were asked by our president to teach a lesson in our district meeting and the person higher then our mission president was sitting in. Our topic was "Faith in Christ." (Oh yeah, the president's name is Pres. Oswald.) There is so much that happened today at the fireside, relief society, and the video. So good I have it all in my notes. But I only have 9 more days left in the MTC. I have 2 teachers. They both are awesome, but Brother Elton is the best. He is so open with us and we are helping him right now with planning a lesson for a girl that he is just starting teaching. He told us that we are his best and fave class so far. Such a cool story that he tells us. It is funny because after he is like, "I do not know why I told it to you guys." Just an update on my day until P-day before I forget.
01.22.13
Today we got our missionary checkout instructions. But it still hasn't hit me yet...hahaha. I'm meeting so many elders and coming friends. One of the districts in my zone left today. It was sad to say goodbye, but we gave info to each other. So now in our zone we are the old ones because the 3 new districts are here almost a week. But the cool thing is, there are 4 elders going to Hawaii for their mission so I will take a photo with them and sent it so if you see them you can say hi. One of them is Tongan but lived in Hawaii for 12 yr then moved to Utah, and his grandfather is the one who gave me my patriarchal blessing. I thought that was cool. I'm doing good and I love it so much. I only have 7 days in the MYC, next Tuesday I will be in Tacoma. :) Remember everything is THROUGH CHRIST! This is our motto in class :
Everyday is the 1st day-
Goal 1) Remember why you're here.
Goal 2) Remember who you represent.
The food is okay here, but I miss the local food.Today at gym I was playing volleyball with the Tongans. It's so much fun playing with the Polys. I love you all and miss you all. I'm happy to say that some days I do not think of you guys cuz I'm doing a lot of the Lord's work. But some nights I look in my photo book you made me Mommy. We got a commitment to baptism in TRC and the person was a non member, but that was the only time we've seen them. Now some other missionary serving here is going to teach them. They were a volunteer TRV and the cool thing is they play the role but sometimes you get a real investigator and you don't know until after. I'm singing in the choir tonight for the devotional. I was thinking to do something new. It's a lot of fun.
<3 Sister Casey
There is something that I wanted to tell you that happened yesterday. The fire alarm went off at lunch in the caf. So all of us who were in the main building, which had the caf in it, had to go outside to the front of the MTC and the firetrucks came and the ambulance too. Well, when it went off, I was at the front office. We gave our coats to our companions to save seats in the caf and I had on my blue short sleeve on. We were outside in the cold...hahaha. Well in 20 min, a sweet elder in our zone but a different district just put his suit coat on me. We were out there for 1 hour. But the cool part was a different elder that I had never seen before said, " Hi, are you from Hawaii?" I said yes. He was like, "I knew I had seen you before" to me. I was like, "what?" He was like, "You spoke with your brother in your ward and he just came back from Japan." I was like, "ya." He was saying that he was
visiting our ward and my talk stuck with him. So he was like, "I knew I knew you."...LOL. I was like cool and he is going to Japan, Tokyo too. I thought that was cool. Oh yeah, the fire thing was all good.
There are a lot of good and sweet people and elders here. I love it so much. I can DISCERN! It is so cool and a lot of fun. I think that I did it even a little before my mission, but now it is on full blast...LOL. My teacher, Brother Elton, is the best. He is the perfect teacher for me. THe missionaries that are from Hawaii are not going to my mission. But I know them from school. One is the one that wrestled with me. Helam know who. Ammon is his name.
Today I had the Spirit with me all the two weeks I've been here and it's so strong. My last class today it was strong but a small incident happened and everyone lost the Spirit. I do not like that feeling at all and it made me realize that I can have the Spirit with me and in a second, it could be gone. I'm working hard to get it back up to where it was. I do now want that to happen again at all. So my testimony has gotten stronger just because of that. AndI'm trying harder to keep it strong with me because it's up to me if I want to lose it or not.
01.20.13
Me and my companion were asked by our president to teach a lesson in our district meeting and the person higher then our mission president was sitting in. Our topic was "Faith in Christ." (Oh yeah, the president's name is Pres. Oswald.) There is so much that happened today at the fireside, relief society, and the video. So good I have it all in my notes. But I only have 9 more days left in the MTC. I have 2 teachers. They both are awesome, but Brother Elton is the best. He is so open with us and we are helping him right now with planning a lesson for a girl that he is just starting teaching. He told us that we are his best and fave class so far. Such a cool story that he tells us. It is funny because after he is like, "I do not know why I told it to you guys." Just an update on my day until P-day before I forget.
01.22.13
Today we got our missionary checkout instructions. But it still hasn't hit me yet...hahaha. I'm meeting so many elders and coming friends. One of the districts in my zone left today. It was sad to say goodbye, but we gave info to each other. So now in our zone we are the old ones because the 3 new districts are here almost a week. But the cool thing is, there are 4 elders going to Hawaii for their mission so I will take a photo with them and sent it so if you see them you can say hi. One of them is Tongan but lived in Hawaii for 12 yr then moved to Utah, and his grandfather is the one who gave me my patriarchal blessing. I thought that was cool. I'm doing good and I love it so much. I only have 7 days in the MYC, next Tuesday I will be in Tacoma. :) Remember everything is THROUGH CHRIST! This is our motto in class :
Everyday is the 1st day-
Goal 1) Remember why you're here.
Goal 2) Remember who you represent.
The food is okay here, but I miss the local food.Today at gym I was playing volleyball with the Tongans. It's so much fun playing with the Polys. I love you all and miss you all. I'm happy to say that some days I do not think of you guys cuz I'm doing a lot of the Lord's work. But some nights I look in my photo book you made me Mommy. We got a commitment to baptism in TRC and the person was a non member, but that was the only time we've seen them. Now some other missionary serving here is going to teach them. They were a volunteer TRV and the cool thing is they play the role but sometimes you get a real investigator and you don't know until after. I'm singing in the choir tonight for the devotional. I was thinking to do something new. It's a lot of fun.
<3 Sister Casey
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Letter #4: MTC 01.23.13
ALOHA Family,
I'm doing good and I love it here in the MTC so much.THANK YOU for all the letters and boxes. Yes Mommy I got all the boxes: brownies, chips, krispy kreme, & heattech. Mommmy I love the heattech so much, but it is not that cold here...hahaha. Most days I do not use my coat...lol. Everyone is like, "look at that hawaiian girl." Tell the Fisher family thank you for the homemade pie. Everyone in my district is like, "you are so loved cuz every time you get a box it has food in it"...hahaha. I love you all so much and miss you. I'm happpy to say that I'm starting a little everyday to not think so much of you guys because I'm doing the LORDS work. Mommy Sunday is not a break for me its just like everyday, but I was in the choir. I was thinking to do somthing different. So we sing for the devotional and David F. Evans of the 70 spoke to us and his wife. It was so good. The Sunday fireside was also good; I talk about it more in my letters to Mommy. But on Sunday we watched Elder Bendnar talk to the missionaries. I loved it and it is so funnny. One of the things that Elder Evans talked about is to everyday ask the "Q" WHAT HAVE I SEEN THE LORD'S HANDS DO FOR ME TODAY? and "A" WHAT YOU AND THE LORD DID FOR THE DAY. I hope that everyone gets better. Tell the kids I miss them so much and do good in school and that I'm trying to be a good example to them just the way everyone was for me in my life. You all got me where I am now. THANK YOU <3.
A cool thing last week we got 3 new districts in our zone and 4 of the elders are going to Hawaii on their mission and one of them their grandfather is the one who gave me my P BLESSING. I will take a photo with them so if you end up seeing any of them say HI for me. I will send my SDcard be4 I leave the MTC. Yesterday I saw Sami here for the first time. It was so good to see her. Oh, before I forget to say this, Mommy and Papa, can you check how much money I have on my card cuz I have to pay at the airport, but I think I have. Just want to be safe. A few days ago I got my MISSION CHECK INSTRUCTIONS.... I have made so many friends with all the POLYS. They make me feel like I'm at home. So we all are giving our info for after the mission. It is so much fun playing with them at gym time playing vollyball. Everyone in my zone is white but me and elder Kafusi, but I love them all. We all call ourselves the MTC family. And I'm teaching them how the speak like me...lol. I love my president. I got to know them the MTC presidency. They alll are cool. The talkes on Sunday went good. Everyone loves to listen to me speak. I do not know why...lol. Well my time is coming up soon. I'll write you a letter. OH I went to the temple today. It was so good. I love that feeling so much. I'll tell more about it later. Next time, I will email you guys I'll be in TACOMA.
"GOD DOESN'T CALL THE QUALIFIED, HE QUALIFES THE CALLED."
LOVE <3 SISTER CASEY
miss you like crazzy...hahaha I know my spelling
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Letter #3: MTC 01.16.13
Aloha Family,
I'm so thankful for all that you guys do for me. I love you and miss you so much, Everyone is a great example to me in every way. I'm so happy to have everyone apart of my life. Ammon did you teach Hereiti to cook for you? The MTC is so good, but it is so hard. I'm trying to do my very best here. The first day everyone told me "if you can make it to Friday, then you will be good" and that Friday is the hardest day. But from today that is not true. Everyone is different. Today is our P-day and this hit most of the girls. Now I know why I'm here- to help my companion and the other sister.
I love it. The spirit is so strong when we all went to the temple this morning. I love you guys. I'm growing up. Just want to thank you all for all you do. Every little thing you guys do helped me get to where I am now. Sorry for the bill on my tooth but I think it would had happened anyway. He told ("he" is the dentist) me I will be in pain for a week but the night before, I asked the elders to give me a blessing so that was Tuesday the 15th. Right now, I'm not in pain and it is looking good, the swelling is going down. I'm fine. Guess what?! Three of the sisters that are also going to Tacoma have red jackets...hahaha. I love you papa and miss you so much. But I am so happy that the elders can give me a blessing. They all are like my MTC family. I have a phone card so I can call you guys at the airport. And I have to speak this Sunday, the president asked me :). I leave 29 January 8:30 AM--Seattle,WA 9:44 AM. We just got our travel itinerary.
Love always,
Sister Casey
I'm so thankful for all that you guys do for me. I love you and miss you so much, Everyone is a great example to me in every way. I'm so happy to have everyone apart of my life. Ammon did you teach Hereiti to cook for you? The MTC is so good, but it is so hard. I'm trying to do my very best here. The first day everyone told me "if you can make it to Friday, then you will be good" and that Friday is the hardest day. But from today that is not true. Everyone is different. Today is our P-day and this hit most of the girls. Now I know why I'm here- to help my companion and the other sister.
I love it. The spirit is so strong when we all went to the temple this morning. I love you guys. I'm growing up. Just want to thank you all for all you do. Every little thing you guys do helped me get to where I am now. Sorry for the bill on my tooth but I think it would had happened anyway. He told ("he" is the dentist) me I will be in pain for a week but the night before, I asked the elders to give me a blessing so that was Tuesday the 15th. Right now, I'm not in pain and it is looking good, the swelling is going down. I'm fine. Guess what?! Three of the sisters that are also going to Tacoma have red jackets...hahaha. I love you papa and miss you so much. But I am so happy that the elders can give me a blessing. They all are like my MTC family. I have a phone card so I can call you guys at the airport. And I have to speak this Sunday, the president asked me :). I leave 29 January 8:30 AM--Seattle,WA 9:44 AM. We just got our travel itinerary.
Love always,
Sister Casey
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