I AM HERE!!!

dear family,

 

do not worry, i am fine! johannesburg is a BIG city. the plane ride here almost killed me, i don't know how long it was but it was llllloooooonnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg! there are going to be 37 missionaries in the MTC tomorrow (the biggest group in the South African MTC EVER!), the first group of us got here today, all are from america save 1, he is from madagascar. pretty awesome and humble man. his name is elder rokootoogamongalangoo or something like that. there are 14 of us from america and we are expected to have 37 total by tomorrow. there was one sister who met up with us in Atlanta, she is pretty neat, she grew up in Ririe on a farm.

 

the MTC president and his wife are very wonderful, they were talking about the rest of the missionaries that will be joining us tomorrow, they are African natives and from what i can see from elder rokootoogamongalangoo (that is not his real name, i just can't remember it or pronounce it for that matter) that we are in for a special treat. i am so stinking excited to learn all i can about the people here. my companion will be coming tomorrow as well

 

i will be writing you on Saturday so forgive that this is so short, *also, i forgot what mom and dad's email addresses were so if you could let me know what those are that would be wonderful.*

 

i love you all, thank you for the prayers and i hope you are doing well

 

Sister Blum