Sister Jessica Jamison

Well hello family!

I'm guessing you have been wondering why I haven't written to you yet! Well my P-day got switched so I didn't get one last week! But that's ok all is well! The MTC is so GREAT!! I am having such a good time here! I am learning so much it blows my mind! And crazy I have literally seen over 20 people I know here! It's so weird almost but way cool! Well the first day I got here they already had us teaching!  There are theses "mock investigators" that come to the MTC and those are the people we teach, and we teach about 3 times a day, it's crazy. My companion's name is Sister Thomson (yes, without the p) she is from New Zealand and she is so cool! She is so sweet and nice and a spiritual giant! But she is also silly and has a good sense of humor! Being with her has been really really fun! My roommates Sister Parker and Sister Ackley are really awesome too! We are always laughing together and just having a good time! My district is the coolest too! There are us 4 girls and then 4 boys, Elder Green & Rodreguiez, and Elder Peterson and Hatch.  We all get along so well and we do everything together, we eat and study and of course have class time together, and we have grown really close together which makes it a lot easier to be here!  My schedule is always so packed, we are just non-stop all day, and it is sooooo tiring! I have never worked this hard in my life and been so tired! We sit in class for hours and hours a day! Yesterday we had in-field training and it was a 9 hour rotation type thing. Holy Heck I wanted to die at about hour 5!!! But it was helpful because it gets you really excited to leave to your mission! Oh and kinda cool the Elder from the district the blond guy Elder Christansen I think it is, is one of our teachers here, so cool! I also saw the poly Elder from those videos, but on my first day and I haven't seen him since.  Our other classroom teachers are amazing too! They know so much and really are so helpful! Not to mention they are pretty cute, the Sisters in my room and I always joke about it, but we are missionaries so we don't like boys!;) The food here is pretty good, Sister Thomson and I usually eat a salad and a banana, but a few days ago we got brave and were sick of eating salad so we are now trying the lovely they make in the cafe, it's not too bad, kinda makes you feel sick though. Which by the way I still have a cold which is the worst!!! I am always coughing and I hate it! It's making it very hard to sleep as well as just not being able to sleep in general, but hopefully I get over this soon. One nice thing is they give us an hour of gym time everyday, we usually go to the fitness center which is really nice for me to relieve stress! The MTC is pretty cool though, it's nice to be around thousands of missionaries! And guess what!!????!! As of this last Wednesday there are more sister missionaries in the MTC than elders, can you believe that!! the ratio is about 52 to 48. Wow it's amazing to see so many girls! And guess what else is cool! The new Young Womens General President, President Oscarson came and spoke to us girls for relief society as her very first assignment! It was way cool!  Then later on Sunday we got to go on a temple walk and walked up there with the zone. It was so fun, the weather was perfect! But it has been so cold lately and the coats I have do not keep me warm at all, but good thing I will be in Florida in 2 days!!!!!! Whooo! I am so excited! Being a missionary is the coolest, I am having the best time and learning so much! Thanks for all the Dear Elders, it is so nice getting mail especially when you are having a way hard day. Sounds like Claire is being a little bit fussy, but I would be too if I were getting teeth! Thanks for the pictures and letters, keep sending more, and tell that bald brother of mine to write me already!

Sister Jamison

P.s. Samuel do you remember Elder Kitchen form your mission? He is one of my teachers! Crazzzy....