This is from Kari- Kelsea's mom

Sadly, this week we had a a problem with our Charter email (the family account) and so we didn't get the group letter from Kelsea.  I think it got lost in cyberspace while the email was down.  So sad for us who waited all day for it!  Luckily, she sent us emails to our private accounts.  But in those letters she told us that she was going to give all the details in her group letter.  So we will have to wait until next week for the details!

But, here is what we have based on the info she gave us in our emails and the letter we got from her new Mission President.  She got to her mission in Santiago on Tuesday.  She stayed the night in the mission home and then on Wed. got to meet her new companion.  Her new President said this  "Her trainer is Sister Camille Loye Hunsaker from Rexburg, Idaho.  She is an excellent missionary and will take good care of your daughter.  They are assigned to the Jarabacoa A Area in the LA VEGA Zone."

One exciting thing is that a lady from the ward I grew up in is serving a mission there with her husband.  They serve mostly in the Mission Office.  But Kelsea is going to the area where they are so she will get to see them each Sunday.  Linda Carroll has really taken her under her wing and is being a "grandma" to her.  That warms my heart!

Kelsea told Eddie that her area is in the mountains so it is a little cooler.  Here is what Linda said about that  "When we say "cooler in the mountains" that is relative. Right now it's not cool except in air conditioned areas. There is no evening cooling off like in Denver. It's not as bad as Phoenix, though!"

So, that is what we have pieced together so far.  Kelsea is so excited about all of her friends that are leaving to go on missions, too.  Thanks for all the support you give her!

Kari

Ps.  Kelsea's mission President's wife has a blog.  Her last 2 posts were all about the mosquito disease that has struck the Dominican Republic.  This last post tells some very uplifting experiences the missionaries have had dealing with the people who have Chikungunya.

http://beckydouglasparadise.blogspot.com/