First 24 Hours in the MTC

July 28,2012
Dear Family,

I love you sooo much! And I miss you a ton! Thank you so much for the card! It is seriously so amazing here! The Spirit is so strong. We did a role play last night which was pretty intense, but I learned a lot from it and it made me excited to get out to Florida. One thing that was super neat was yesterday at the welcome meeting. We sang the Army of Helaman song only we changed the last words to "We are now the Lord's missionaries..." I have been looking forward to being a missionary for as long as I can remember and now I am one! :)

My first companion, Sister Nicoll, has already come and gone. She had to wait for visa stuff and now she is probably still on her way to the MTC in England. She is going to the Ireland/Scotland mission. Now I am part of a threesome with Sister Sanders and Sister Markowitz. We get along really well. We were laughing so hard (over something really dumb) I was crying. (Partially because we had also just gotten our mail, and you know...)

I hope you are all doing well. Kyle, I hope you are feeling better. I hope you are having fun with baseball, boys! And mom. :) Happy Birthday on Sunday, Tyler! I miss you little brother! Ryan, I miss your big hugs! It's a good thing I got a lot of them!

I have already felt such a change! Crazy, huh? It has been just over 24 hours! Thank you, Mom and Dad! You have prepared me so much for this. Thank you for everything! I love you so much!

Love,
Janielle

p.s. I will have more time to write you on P Day if you send me letters through Dear Elder. :)
p.p.s. Dad... I have your white shirt. I hope you haven't gone to Spencer looking for it. I will send it as soon as possible. :) I love you!
p.p.p.s. That's funny right there. :)
p.p.p.p.s. It's weird sleeping in a bed...
p.p.p.p.p.s. Mom, I love you!