May 14th 2012

Hey Mom and Dad, Thanks for the great email this week! I LOVED it :) It was so good seeing all of you guys on Saturday! The rest of the night my companion and I couldn't stop talking about different things that we talked to our families about. Just to update you on what we did after we had dinner and then we studied some more language. Sunday was pretty busy. We went to church in Sliven and then went to Yambol for another sacrament service. We go to Yambol every week and it is only about 30 mins away. then we had to hurry back because we had an appointment to teach someone. We got back with time to spare...but he didn't show. Sadly, this happens a lot but it's ok. After, we had a newly baptized family coming to meet us at the church and the Sisters who are currently serving in Starz Zagora came and had a lesson with us. Later, we took some pictures with the family because this would be the last time they could see Sister Child since she is leaving in 2 weeks. Finally around 8 :30 pm we headed back to our apartment for some dinner. It is so much fun having the other Sisters here for P-day today. We woke up this morning and we all went running in the park next to our apartment. Then we made some delicious french toast for breakfast. After we email we will go up Carindilla mountian and have a birthday bash. There is 9 of us this p-day because the Starz Zagora Elders came as well. We are celebrating Sister Campbell's birthday (May 11th), Elder Hubert's Birthday (May 13th), and Elder Rowdan's birthday which is today! We are gonna go up the ski lift and have a picnic up there and play some games. Everything here is getting so pretty. Everything is so green and there are rose bushes all over the place. It is so beautiful. Now I know why Bulgaria is famous for rose oil. Plus the gypsys get paid to pick up trash in the spring and summer so everything is getting much cleaner. Everything is good here! I don't have much to say since we just skyped but... I Love You. Thank you for being amazing parents.I hope you have a great week! Love, Jodi