How's everyone doing? I'm doing great here in very sunny and very hot California! Everyone is saying that this is the hottest San Jose's ever been. So that's...great. I feel like I haven't been going in-depth with my emails, just because I can never remember what has happened during the week. Oh and mom, I'm not sure why you sent my phone charger, but thanks I guess. I'm assuming you couldn't find my camera charger?? That's alright. Anyways, my mission president is great. He has 5 daughters, so he has a special place in his heart for sisters.
So I found out the Winchester House is in my area! We might go there on a P-day! Our mission president said that if he calls us on a P-day and we're not doing something fun, he'll be a little upset. So we're planning on Santa Cruz soon.
Being in a YSA ward is a lot of fun. We get to meet the most interesting people... Tracting isn't allowed in the mission. We do mostly referrals and street contacting, which is actually pretty fun. We talk to a lot of drunk people and people that are high. Its a little bit funny. Service has been fun! We got to help out at a Senior Center, a HUGE community garden, and today we're going to a soup-kitchen type place. It's been great.!
Last night, we ate at our home-away-from-home, the Leslies. They have two daughters in our singles ward, so they have us over a lot. They're very nice people and they have a really cute dog. Everyone has a dog here. And 90% of those dogs are little dogs. Everyone is just so ridiculously wealthy. The other day we atre at a restaurant next to Apple, so that was cool.
My trainer is awesome. She says she doesn't know what she's doing, because she's only been out 6 weeks, but she's great. She can quote movies like nobody's business. She quotes "What's Up Doc" all the time! Haha! She was thrilled when she found out I had seen it too! She's great. We're very similar and we have a lot of fun. We also work very well together. Being the Junior companion is great. I get to back the car out, send texts, and man the GPS. I haven't eaten anything weird here, we just eat a lot. We had two dinners again last night, and I'm getting better at pacing myself. It's still hard, though.
The people here are wonderful! And Danny, you're right.Everyoone says, "Las Gaddis." Haha. When you guys come here to pick me up, I nees to take you to this hole-in-the-wall place in Las Gaddis called Oriental Garden. The best Chinese food ever. Oh, and di I mention how many Asians there are here? We were contacting at DeAnza College, and the Vietnamese elders had to rescue me a few times because the people I was talking to didn't speak English. In fact, it was hard finding people who DID. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a different country. In the trunk of our car we have copies of the Book of Mormon in at least 20 different languages. it's crazy. Anyway, that's the update.
Love from Sister Julie Catherine Harris
p.s. the letter you wrote me with stories about the kids in it was hilarious! Jordan and Kaiya are so funny! Send pictures! I love y'all so much!!
Sister Harris's new place in Santa Clara!
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