My Companion's First "Trainee"!

Sister Dudding is from Ohio.  She is way nice, reminds me of Mom, and I am the first missionary she is training.  She is super spiritual, so compared to her I look really not spiritual...

All I've ever wanted...!

The area I'm serving in is right on the Gulf of Mexico.  We are staying with the Branch President and his family.  When the Mission Office finally locates the landlord and signs the lease of our apartment, we will move into a complex that is right across the street from the beach. :D  It is super warm here and we get to drive a red car!

The beach, a red car, and warm weather all year round...This is pretty much all I've ever wanted out of life.  ;)  Needless to say, I am very excited for this area.

Zone Training and More...

President and Sister Trayner took Sister Perez and me to Corpus Christi for a Zone Training.  We were without an area or our training companions.  Everyone kept telling us that we had been dropped into the weirdest situation to start off our mission.

Thursday afternoon, we finally got our companion and area assignments (normally they're given within the first few hours of getting off the plane).  My new companion is Sister Dudding and we are assigned to North Padre Island.   It is in the Corpus Christi Stake. Our area was opened the day we arrived so that is a fun situation to begin with.  I am really nervous, but we've already had miracles in the short time we've been here.