FULLER in FLORIDA: Adjusting to the Humidity of Florida

Family and Friends-

I dont know if I could have a crazier first day. We left the MTC on Monday at 4am and got to Tampa that afternoon. It was so sad to say goodbye to people from the MTC especially my good friend, Sister Miller. Or as my zone all said Seeeeter Miller. It felt like we knew each other way longer then 12 days and we became very good friends and are still writing each other! Monday night we had dinner and met with the President Summerhays. I love him and his wife. Tuesday-After shedding a few tears saying goodbye to Sister Miller, and having training from our president, we met our trainers and got assigned to our areas. My Trainers name is Sister Yardley. She is from Brigham City, and we are still trying to figure out how to fully enjoy each others company and work together. haha. but she is very kind. After getting my companion we found out that me and my comp would be WHITE WASHING an area. yikes. That is when we open a new area from scratch on the mission. We got dropped off to a different areas apartment because we didnt have one yet, the AP's gave us a cell phone, our luggage, and wished us good luck. We only had one bike between the 2 of us, so we started by walking to 3 miles to wal mart to get food. we figured that would be a good place to start. and dont worry, we prayed first. Oh ya, did i mention its humid here? haha yup. my hair will be in a bun or braid erryday. Tuesday- my bike came! its so pretty! Thanks mom and dad! my tube some how exploded, like literally. but i got a new one! Wednesday- we were able to meet some ward members and meet with the ward mission leader-he is so helpful and excited for missionary work! Thursday-we moved into our apartment.....ya, about that. smells identical to a casino and there are roaches EVERYWHERE!! shower, bathroom, couch, pantry...everywhere. we are trying to work with the landlord right now to get this taken care of. good news, there is air conditioning! I lost track of the days now, but we have been meeting ward members and some less actives. because we are white waching, it is a slow process getting started!! Ah I am running out of e-mail time!

There is over 800 memebers in our ward and only 200 are actvie, so there is a lot of work to be done. most people in our ward have never seen sister missionaries in their life so they are excited to have us here! They identify me as, "the short one...ya thats Sister Fuller." classic. We love the ward and are excited to slowly be getting on our feet and start teaching more people about the gospel! The church is true people! I love you all!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Fuller