Adios, mis amigos

Well... this is happening. This is real. 

I AM GOING ON A MISSION! 

I don't know if I've ever been this excited (and nervous!) my whole life. It's finally starting to hit me. I'm going to a place I've never been to, to be with people I've never met, to speak a language I've never spoken, with an accent I've never heard. Swell.

Yet, despite all this, I. AM. SO. PUMPED! I know it will be the adventure of a lifetime. 

I've gotten all kinds of great advice from people as I've prepared to serve.I think the best advice I've gotten, however, is to just be myself. It took me actually becoming a missionary to realize that missionaries aren't some sort of genetically modified superhumans that are practically perfect in every way. In reality, we are literally just normal people. Nineteen and Twenty year old kids. We don't really know what we're doing, we still haven't quite figured out adulting yet, and we're pretty clueless when it comes to most things. But we're determined, and that's what matters. Our individual quirks, personalities, talents, and strengths, are what help make us successful. 

I don't know what my mission will be like. I can guess that it will be scary, hard, fun, joyful, wonderful, depressing, lonely, yummy, busy, terrifying, and brilliant all at once. But then, so is life. Hopefully, I will be able to see my mission through the same eyes I see my life: with childlike wonder, gratitude, and joy. 

I'm pretty sure I can be Sunshine Scatterer in Argentina too.  

Now on to business...

My MTC address (until like the middle of January, ish) is:

Sister Kaila Keolalani Douglass

JAN09 ARG-POS

2005 N 900 E Unit 145

Provo, UT 84602

My mission home address (you can always send stuff here, or I *think* I'll get an actual address)

Sister Kaila Keolalani Douglass

Argentina Posadas Mission 

1243 Córdoba esq Roque Saenz Peña 

3300 Posadas 

Misiones

Argentina

Pouch Mail Address (this basically means someone hand delivers the mail. You can send postcards or one page letters. It doesn't require foreign stamps, just first class postage. Google Pouch Mail Instructions to see more details). 

Sister Kaila Keolalani Douglass

Argentina Posadas Mission

POB 30150

Salt Lake City UT 84130-0150

My mom will be posting up my emails every so often on this blog, so feel free to visit this site to catch up on what I'm up to. Until then, may God Bless you all!

<3, the Sunshine Scatterer

aka Hermana Douglass