Letter FROM Elder K July 26, 2006
My Dear Mommy,
Well right now I’m at Atlanta International Airport, and it’s HUGE. It’s 3:20pm, and I don’t leave here until 7:55pm. I’m not excited about the wait. I love you guys so much. I would have liked to have been more mushy with you guys but I had to just go without looking back or I might have had a breakdown and I wouldn’t have been able to leave. I had to do the same thing to Dad also. Said goodbye and had to go. Love you guys.
So, on the plane, the lady doing drinks came by and I got a Coke without thinking about it. After a minute or two I realized what I’d done and didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t sure if I’d make a bad impression on the guys next to me. But, I drank it anyway. Good times. But the next time she came by I went with the non-caffeinated Sprite and made it clear that that’s what I was getting. Other than that it’s been an incredibly boring trip so far. I just have to remember what awaits me at the end of the trip.
I love you guys so much. Already miss you terribly. Please send me Jake’s, Kenneth’s, Robbie’s, and Josh’s addresses. I forgot them in my room somewhere. Please check in on Liz every once in a while. See how she’s doing and if she’s still waiting for me, because…I can’t worry about that, but you can, and you can let me know either way.
Okay, I need to take a break from writing because I’m starving but maybe I’ll add some more later. Love Ya’
--So! While on said food break I met Elder Green from San Jose. He’s going to England, Manchester. Cool kid…pretty excited. Then I ran into three Elders and a sister missionary fresh out of the Provo MTC on their way to Switzerland. Then, when I got back to the gate I met two Elders from Seattle going to England—one of them to London South. Next was an Elder from Texas. More updates to come.
--Okay, flying to England now. Since last update I’ve been bored 50% of the time and excited/scared the other 50%. There was a group of eight Elders waiting to leave when we were in Atlanta, and we thought that would be it. Then a plane from Salt Lake City arrived and about twenty other missionaries came and joined us. It sucked waiting in Atlanta for so long (I was there longest). But when we were all sitting there waiting, I knew more than ever that I was where I was supposed to be and that everything was going to be okay. Here on the plane I’m sitting next to a 16 year old kid from England who knows better than me what he wants to do with his life. He lives up north in Manchester. He was in North Carolina trying out for the NC college soccer team. At 16! School works differently in England. At 16, you have to decide pretty much what you’re going to do with your life. You can continue schooling or you can start working. This guy got great reviews or whatever so for the next two years he stays in school and the soccer org keeps and eye on him.
He was telling me that he goes to a Catholic school and, of course, we started talking religion. He asked about the differences between Catholics and Mormons. He didn’t really know anything about our religion, so I started with similarities first and went from ancient times to Joseph Smith. It wasn’t great, but it was something.
This flight is so stinking LONG!!!. It’s 10:30 Atlanta time, so I’ve still got 5 ½ hours to go.
Story for Jamesson—the kid I was talking about just said “Cheers, thanks Love” to the woman getting our trash. So funny! I miss you guys. Love ya.
Okay, to conclude this letter, I’m writing from the MTC. It’s 8:30 in the evening on the 26th. First day at the MTC has been quite an experience. I think I’ll keep most of it to myself. It’s already been really spiritual. I heard a really cool quote about baptizing people. It’s about how even if you only baptize one person, it will affect many more. “You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can’t count the apples in a seed.” Whoa, that hit me like a bag of wet potatoes. It was awesome. My MTC companion is Elder MacLee (mack-lee). He’s a really cool guy. He’s into racing cars. We were walking around the grounds, checking things out and we were talking about each other’s interests and he had to go back and explain 75% of the things he was saying, but he was excited to do so.
Well, I’m scared, excited, sad, and happy all at the same time. But I know I’m where I’m supposed to be. I didn’t have time to write down experiences and stuff twice, so I was hoping you guys could get a hold of Liz and set up some way of forwarding these messages to her. It can be by email if like or having her come over to read with you. Doesn’t matter to me, but please make sure she sees this stuff. Love you all so much. I want my whole family to know that I love them and that you guys are the most important things to me on this Earth and I’m so happy and thankful for the love our family shares. Love you.
Elder Kaupanger (Rhonda)
s/Big J
Well right now I’m at Atlanta International Airport, and it’s HUGE. It’s 3:20pm, and I don’t leave here until 7:55pm. I’m not excited about the wait. I love you guys so much. I would have liked to have been more mushy with you guys but I had to just go without looking back or I might have had a breakdown and I wouldn’t have been able to leave. I had to do the same thing to Dad also. Said goodbye and had to go. Love you guys.
So, on the plane, the lady doing drinks came by and I got a Coke without thinking about it. After a minute or two I realized what I’d done and didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t sure if I’d make a bad impression on the guys next to me. But, I drank it anyway. Good times. But the next time she came by I went with the non-caffeinated Sprite and made it clear that that’s what I was getting. Other than that it’s been an incredibly boring trip so far. I just have to remember what awaits me at the end of the trip.
I love you guys so much. Already miss you terribly. Please send me Jake’s, Kenneth’s, Robbie’s, and Josh’s addresses. I forgot them in my room somewhere. Please check in on Liz every once in a while. See how she’s doing and if she’s still waiting for me, because…I can’t worry about that, but you can, and you can let me know either way.
Okay, I need to take a break from writing because I’m starving but maybe I’ll add some more later. Love Ya’
--So! While on said food break I met Elder Green from San Jose. He’s going to England, Manchester. Cool kid…pretty excited. Then I ran into three Elders and a sister missionary fresh out of the Provo MTC on their way to Switzerland. Then, when I got back to the gate I met two Elders from Seattle going to England—one of them to London South. Next was an Elder from Texas. More updates to come.
--Okay, flying to England now. Since last update I’ve been bored 50% of the time and excited/scared the other 50%. There was a group of eight Elders waiting to leave when we were in Atlanta, and we thought that would be it. Then a plane from Salt Lake City arrived and about twenty other missionaries came and joined us. It sucked waiting in Atlanta for so long (I was there longest). But when we were all sitting there waiting, I knew more than ever that I was where I was supposed to be and that everything was going to be okay. Here on the plane I’m sitting next to a 16 year old kid from England who knows better than me what he wants to do with his life. He lives up north in Manchester. He was in North Carolina trying out for the NC college soccer team. At 16! School works differently in England. At 16, you have to decide pretty much what you’re going to do with your life. You can continue schooling or you can start working. This guy got great reviews or whatever so for the next two years he stays in school and the soccer org keeps and eye on him.
He was telling me that he goes to a Catholic school and, of course, we started talking religion. He asked about the differences between Catholics and Mormons. He didn’t really know anything about our religion, so I started with similarities first and went from ancient times to Joseph Smith. It wasn’t great, but it was something.
This flight is so stinking LONG!!!. It’s 10:30 Atlanta time, so I’ve still got 5 ½ hours to go.
Story for Jamesson—the kid I was talking about just said “Cheers, thanks Love” to the woman getting our trash. So funny! I miss you guys. Love ya.
Okay, to conclude this letter, I’m writing from the MTC. It’s 8:30 in the evening on the 26th. First day at the MTC has been quite an experience. I think I’ll keep most of it to myself. It’s already been really spiritual. I heard a really cool quote about baptizing people. It’s about how even if you only baptize one person, it will affect many more. “You can count the seeds in an apple, but you can’t count the apples in a seed.” Whoa, that hit me like a bag of wet potatoes. It was awesome. My MTC companion is Elder MacLee (mack-lee). He’s a really cool guy. He’s into racing cars. We were walking around the grounds, checking things out and we were talking about each other’s interests and he had to go back and explain 75% of the things he was saying, but he was excited to do so.
Well, I’m scared, excited, sad, and happy all at the same time. But I know I’m where I’m supposed to be. I didn’t have time to write down experiences and stuff twice, so I was hoping you guys could get a hold of Liz and set up some way of forwarding these messages to her. It can be by email if like or having her come over to read with you. Doesn’t matter to me, but please make sure she sees this stuff. Love you all so much. I want my whole family to know that I love them and that you guys are the most important things to me on this Earth and I’m so happy and thankful for the love our family shares. Love you.
Elder Kaupanger (Rhonda)
s/Big J
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