Finally in Scotland!

HELLO all, well, I'm sorry to report I haven't put anything up because we really haven't heard from her. Sister McBride, She left the MTC and into Scotland on her Pday so she didn't get to write.  We were able to briefly talk with her on the phone and I mean very briefly, about 1 minute. Yes, really, one minute before she left New York to Scotland. Just enough for her to say everything was good and great and that she had to go because their connecting flight was an hour late and they only had 20 minutes to check in and get on the plane to Scotland.

We were hoping to have heard something upon her arrival in the mission home.  But we had no word. Bishop finally wrote the mission home Friday and asked for an update on Sister McBride and if she she had made it. This is the picture we received with a brief message saying she was with Sister Wilkinson as her trainer. They didn't say where her first area was so I wrote back thanking them for the picture and other information (instructions for mailing packages etc) but that we weren't sure where she was serving and if they would let us know. All they wrote back saying was she was in the Dundee stake and weren't aloud to give out addresses of missionaries. (kinda wasn't looking for an address just a town....haha... but that's ok) So, here is the picture! Looks like she is wearing a SIM (Scotland/Ireland Mission) scarf and her name tag! I love that! There's my missionary!!!

 

We were hoping to get a letter today her P ay... but, I don't think she was aware of a time limit on her computer and this is the letter we received... so sorry it's not much BUT, I contacted someone from the mission home through the Mission FB page and they said that she was feeding her tonight and will check in with her to see how she was. All we know is we will get to facetime Christmas day I will have more for everyone then I hope! we only get to face time 40 minutes. I was really hoping for an hour... But I am really grateful I get to! so I wont complain. Here is her letter.

Hiya!

That's how people greet each other here. It's cool. So I'm in a place called Kirkcaldy (pronounced Kirkcaudy) The weather is cold over here but it really hasn't been raining too much. It drizzled a lot yesterday afternoon but we were on buses a lot. They have buses as transportation here. Lots of people don't have cars. It's been an adventure figuring out how they work. I rode the top level of a double decker one! :D Dream lived! It was AH! the computer is telling I have to get off in 50seconds! so ok.... i love you all sorry I don't have longer. My companions cool people are great fun fact!

Not a long one. Darn... it sounds like it was going to be a great letter too...haha... I did find out that the mission president  writes all the missionaries and expects a letter back on each p day that they have to write during their time to write home and they only get an hour to read everyone's emails, and the mission president, write the mission president and then write everyone else. Someone on the mission FB page said they they had halved their time to write today because they were calling on Thursday so that also may have been a factor. SO.... till Christmas you will no more  I promise!!

So she is in Kirkcaldy Scotland which is in Fife along the sea. I'll update you when I know more! until next time! Keep the gospel!