New Year- April 16

Hello Family!!! Well this week was CRAZY!!!! sooo 1st off, i moved! ahhh!!! i have mixed feelings about it... i am going to miss my last branch sooo much! But I am super excited to serve in my new branch in Sinakarin!!! I am opening the area with my trainee and 2 other sisters here! So all 4 of us are new here and there are NO ELDERS!!! WOOOOO!!! hahaha so it's going to be fun/interesting/ i don't even know!!! hahaha just the 4 of us sisters in a brand new apartment! opening an area that none of us are familiar with!! and 2 of the sisters are greenies!!! hahaha its going to be an adventure that's for sure!! As for what we call it here... my luug or my child aka the person i am training... guess what!??!! I KNEW HER ALREADY!!! It's Emily Steele!!!!! we were in the same ward freshman and sophmore year... and Yup she's the one i wanted to set up with Jason!!!!!!! CRAZY RIGHT??!?!?! hahahahahaha we were both soooooooo shocked when we got assigned to be together!! i knew she was coming in so i sent her some mail while she was in the MTC but we thought there would be NO way that we would be companions b/c she came in with 11 other sisters!! but i guess there's a reason!!! (i guess jason will have to wait another year and a half to get married... ahhahaha) But i am sooooo excited to be with here! Anyways as far as the week goes it has been crazy b/c 1. we just moved into a new apartment and literally have NOTHING so we are trying to get things organized with that... and also it is Songkran... or New year's here! WOOO!!! So it's basically a big party for 4 days!!! Thai people know how to celebrate new years thats for sure!! it has basically been a 4 day water fight here!! oh my goodness it is soooo fun! this was the closest to swimming we can get here on our mission!! hahaha but we bascially just went with the branch and had water guns and buckets of water and cars would drive by and they would have the same and we would just throw water and then they have this paste stuff they put all over you too! SO FUN! i cant even explain it very well! but this week was a great week! I hope that eveything is good at home! love you and miss you!!! Love, S. Itri