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July 16, 2012

I am running out of clever names for subjects. Oh well. You get the point.

This week was a nice week. We had some ups and some downs like usual, but AWESOME learning experiences out of it all. On Monday night we went with the S_____'s and the W_____'s to the park and we drew out the Plan of Salvation on the sidewalk. This park has a track around it so we were able to go and draw it before the rush of people come to go walking at night. B_____, one of the W_____ boys drew out the San Antonio temple and it was AWESOME! He is so talented! I will send you pictures! Because it was so successful with people coming up and talking to us about it, we are going to do it again, but we are going to use more members, draw more things, and invite more members to invite their friends and family to the park to see it all. We told President and Sister Trayner about it this morning and they want to come too. We're excited for it! Hopefully it will just all turn out perfectly! I will keep you updated on that.

Mom, there are a few things that you could do for me. 1) I have a talk I want but it is on BYUI's website. It's called Dare Great Things by Elaine S Dalton. 2) Call Sister VanDyke's parents and get together for dinner and show them the recorder too. 3) This is going to be weird. Will you look up on IKEA.com and see if they have finger puppets. A member said she got hers there and if they aren't too much, can you send me some? They work WONDERS with the children at church. 4) When Dave gets his call, you should call or text President Trayner and tell him and tell him that he can decide if he wants to tell me or not. I am banking on the fact that because it’s mission related, he might just tell me that night! OJALA! I think that is it as far as things go.

Yes I did get the card! AND THE PUMPKIN BREAD! I opened up the box at the office and I immediately knew what it was! I could smell it and I almost died! SO YUMMY! Sister VanDyke doesn't like pumpkin bread so I get to eat it all! My waist line thanks you!

The Lord is in the details of our lives and He cares so much about us! O man, I love this work!

Wait-I just remembered one more thing. And you might not like it very much. Would you mind looking into what one would have to do to get residency in Texas and looking at the requirements for UT Austin and Texas A&M MBA program? I know I know I know. I'm not saying anything yet. Just looking into one tiny suggestion. Mainly I just want to know what I need to apply and when the deadline is. I think I need to take the GMAT though so I am pretty sure nothing would happen too soon. Don't worry. Bishop B_____ said I could come work for him in the hospital though. That could be cool. Mom! They're trying to get me to stay!

David-I took your graduation picture to church yesterday. I was showing everyone my little brother and telling them that he is putting in his papers soon! SO EXCITING! Everyone thinks I'm just a tad bit crazy, but it works because they think Sister VanDyke is even MORE crazy. She was making faces at the Bishop in the Spanish ward yesterday and he kept laughing, then he would look at me and I would just shake my head and he would laugh harder. O man. The two of us together...Wow...

So I also had a realization this week that when the Lord calls us to speak a language, it isn't just for our missions. He expects us to use that language and continue to perfect it because he will have another use for it later on in our lives. We have to be prepared with the gifts God has given us at all times because He will need to use them and how sad is it when God needs us to use a gift he has given us but because we haven't developed it, He can't. We need God to trust us in all times, things, and places! If we have the trust of God, what more do we need?

Also Dad-don't pick a topic for me for my homecoming, I already have something in the works. I'm not getting trunky, I just have a topic I am studying and it is super in-depth and I can justify it more if I have a reason beside my pure curiosity. :)

Well, I think this might be one of the longest emails I have sent you guys. Sister VanDyke is taking forever so she told me I had to write more. You may thank her later. :) I love you all so much and I can't believe I hit halfway this week! This is officially the last time we will talk about time. I'm super good and handling it as I am counting up but now that it is more of the counting down side, ITS FREAKING ME OUT! AND even worse! People keep talking about marriage. I thought I would be able to handle that more maturely but I have realized screaming and plugging my ears and hiding under tables is not a super mature way to handle it, huh? O well, they deserve it. DON'T TALK TO MISSIONARIES ABOUT MARRIAGE! (GAG)

Love you all!

Kate

P.S. Remember that one week you didn't get my email because I pressed compose instead of send? I just did it again, but this time I realized I did it. CLOSE ONE!