oh time flies ..

2 YEARS!

can you believe it?!

i cant.

August 13, 2008

the day i went into the MTC.

oh how i loved the Missionary Training Center!

so many memories!

the day i officially became ..

SISTER WARNER

for the next 1.5 years!

[and started the journey of meeting SO many greats! SO many its hard to name!]

just go back and read my old letters! 

i said goodbye to THIS lovely bunch and said hello to a whole new world!

what a wonderful AND tough world that was.

the MTC is a refiners fire [as said by my sarai!]

i knew the Lord would take care of all them while i was in His service.

He kept to His promise as i labored in His vineyard.

my heart ached for them everyday

BUT

the Lord blessed me in His little tender ways.

one time i REALLY really REALLY missed my sisters.

the whole day. i was new yet to the mission life.

i was in green bay. it was the fall. i was with sister hood.

we came home for lunch.

what a tender mercy! i had 3 letters from my sisters!

Heather tended to write letters. all at diff times. BUT mailed them at the SAME time in DIFF envelopes!

loved it.

1 YEAR AGO!

August 13, 2009

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

i was JUST transferred to this GREAT area the prior week.

i fell in LOVE with the Kozlosky House!

they became instant fami!

ALSO i got put back with my SISTER BLACK!

AND

with SISTER BEHRENDS!

TRIO NATION i dubbed us.

i wrote rhymes and raps on the bathroom mirror for Papa K.

i felt like b.c. i was in the MKE i needed my LA skills to come through!

[i dont have much though! dont tell Papa K!]

Papa K lit a fire this day for me.

to BURN something for my 1 year mark as Sister Warner!

what did i choose?!

oh just my beloved PANTY HOSE!

[thanks lisa jane .. btw!]

we the TRIO NATION also had the wonderful opportunity that day to go to the 

CHICAGO TEMPLE!

[thank you lauren major for driving us!]

they had a RC [recent convert] go for the first time!

what a blessing!

what a good day!

now to ..

AUGUST 13, 2010

this is today.

now i am home. 

i miss Wisconsin EVERYDAY!

TIME FLIES. 

it really does.

i just really like dates and memories.

this is me now. 

i work. i spend time with my mom. i go out with YSA in LA.

i speak in acronyms.

i text again.

a lot.

but not as much as before.

ok. that might be a lie.

either way. texting or not.

I LOVE LA.

but really ..

I LOVE MY MISSION.

i will NEVER get tired of saying it.

i will NEVER forget it.

or anything associated with Wisconsin.

and i am happy about that!

just like my Sister Hood [Jones. Wife of Nic. Mother of Ruby]

said to me ..

i will be that one crazy lady who always says ..

ON MY MISSION ..

yep thats me.

24/7/365

serisously.

and i love it. 

hope you get use to it!