Family-
Hello! I keep wanting to write some to you in Zulu, but I don't know how to write it, I only know how to speak some words. I'm going to buy a book in the next couple of weeks that will help me learn more and learn how everything is spelled.
Well, things are going pretty good here. The teaching has been really slow this week because of Easter, everyone is on holiday. We haven't been able to see too many people. Hopefully things will pick up a bit this week.
Funny story: we were at a family home evening with a bunch of the members here and my companion decides to tell a story. She's telling about Sister Pickett (Monica, my old roomate from Jackson Hole) and how one night at about 11pm she remembered that she needed to go out to the car. She was in her night gown, but decided to go out anyhow, like she was. She went and she was bending over getting something out of the boot (trunk) of the car, when another car pulled up behind her. But the funny thing is that Sis. Tolman says "she was standing there with her fanny showing" Well, fanny has a completely different meaning here (it's another part of the female anatomy) The ward members all turned about 6 shades of red and trying to explain to the children that she meant butt. Sis. Tolman didn't even realize. I even told her not to use that word. She just smiled and went on with her story. It was really funny when 2 days later I realized that she didn't even know what it meant and explained it to her, she about died. She was having a ditz moment. She is really funny!
Hey Mike! Claudia is going to write to you! She is SO RAD! You need to write back. She is cool.
Oh, I guess it might be good to talk about Mother's Day. I hope you'd get this before then. But if you'd like to call me you can! :) The best time to call would probably be, well, I don't know what time you get out of church, so maybe we should just say 7pm your time on Mother's Day. That would be 4 am here, but Monday is P-day so I'll be fine with sleep and stuff. But if you call then, I'll be awake waiting. The # here is 031844600. I don't know the country code or anything, but I guess you can figure it out. If there is a problem with this time (or if you don't even want to talk to me! :)) just fax me and tell me what is better. Dad should have the office's fax # from when I faxed him this week.
Sorry, I didn't wait until Easter to open my card. I haven't gotten anything else in 4 weeks so when I got that, I waited a few days and then gave in and opened it. The post is just really messed up right now, more than usual. No one is getting post.
Well, not too much else is happening here. Hey! I've decided that you need to be rich so that by the time I am ready to come home you can afford to come over and get me! I would love for you to be able to see South Africa. It would only be $3000 per plane ticket or hey, Erik could work a deal with his little travel agent thing. I think you need to work on it! :) No, but I would love to have you see this area! :)
Well, I had better go! I love you all very much! I think of you often. I hope all is well at home. I'd love more pictures of Kaity-Shel! :) I'd also like to see the family picture we took before I left. Can you like make a color copy of it or something? I don't have a family picture to show people.
Take care!
Love,
Michelle
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