Don't Count Your Bad Decisions

P-day on Mt. Trashmore

P-day on Mt. Trashmore

Spring Break!! How fun is that?!? Spring break is good for us cuz people are home and we can teach them about eternal fams and stuff! Pretty sneaky :) I was just thinking about Easter egg hunting at Grandma Poulsen’s on Sunday, kinda miss it! But we got a cute basket from Sister S and of course Mom’s package :) The chocolate was fab, and all those cute little things like stickers and stamps are totes adorbs! :) I feel ya, Justin.  I want to sleep for a few days too! I'm gonna buy me a new pillow today, my neck is just stiff every morning. Hopefully it will help! Keep up on those springy declutter projects! Maybe it will make the snow melt! I read the family history stuff that you sent, super cool! I'll have to share that with Sister Z and our investigators, they will love it! I love the spring clean bug :) Sis Brakey thinks I'm crazy when we have down time during a meal break and I clean. I can't help it! Good luck with all that, I can't wait to hear more! Keep up the scripture reading, looks like you are receiving lots of revelation and learning some good stuff!
This week started off really slow, then escalated very quickly! It is so important that we start off planning with a prayer. We were inspired to go and see an active family, the C’s, on Tuesday. Every other appointment we had scheduled fell through, so we headed over there earlier than we planned. When we got there, there were some girls outside of their house in a panic. We parked and noticed that the chihuahua was out. They were trying to coax it to them, but she's pretty timid. We got out of the car, and heard them say "We have to save it! Who's dog is it anyway?" I shouted "It's theirs." And pointed to the C’s, whose yard they were standing in. We told them we'd get her and tell the people they were out. One of the ladies said "Don't they know they could be hit by a car and killed?" Yes, I'm sure they were quite aware. We walked up to the house and casually picked up the dog (she knew us so it was pretty chill) and knocked on the door. No one was home. We noticed the other dog out too, and the gate was open. We walked to the backyard and no one was there either. Odd. So we locked them back up and got in the car. We talked to the C’s later, and it turns out they were at the hospital that night. So if we had not gone over, who knows what could have happened to their dogs. God truly inspires his servants. :) Even though it was a small thing, we know it was inspired.
Conference calls were Wednesday. That means all of us who flew over here together got on one phone call and talked about what we had been learning. It was super cool, and President Baker gave some great counsel. What an awesome guy :)
This is where the bad decisions started. We painted a ton on Thursday. We helped the T’s and the C’s. Our bad decisions so far had been not taking the light switch things off before we started painting at the T’s. We were telling Bro C about it, and Sister Brakey was so excited, she accidentally knocked over the paint can, getting paint all over the floor. Bro C is a cool guy, thankfully, and was chill with it. We cleaned it up and then headed home, counting all our bad decisions along the way. Turning at that intersection, saying dumb things, etc. We got home and someone was in our parking space so we just parked next to them, between two stalls. Bad decision number 7. We were kinda just too lazy to re-park later, so we went to bed. The next morning we get up to exercise. We walk outside and Sis Brakey says "uh, where's the car?" Gone. We were pretty freaked out for a minute. Then we remembered our bad parking job, and assumed that it had gotten towed in the night. We called the office when it opened, and got the towing number. Yup. Turns out that's not a smart thing to do. We had a hard time focusing on studies in the morning. Sister Brakey was so mad, because - What a stupid reason to tow a car. I was stressed cuz I knew our vehicle coordinator at the mission office would be very upset and disappointed in us. We got a ride to district meeting, then got another ride from the senior couple to go pick up our car. We were back in business around 4 o'clock that night. But we learned 2 lessons. One, don't park your car like that ever again. Two, The Lord wants us to count our good decisions, not our bad ones. And even though we messed up, He was there with us every step of the way to help us out. I know we both would not have been able to have the strength to get through that day without the Atonement.

Women's Conference

Thankfully, the rest of the week was great! Exchanges were on Saturday. I was with Sister Hatch and Sister Marstella. Being in a trio is weird, but kinda cool at the same time! I learned that even though they are in a different area teaching different people in a different way, we are still all doing the same thing - crying repentance and bringing souls unto Christ. Super cool! The General Women's Broadcast was super good! It talked a lot about service, especially helping refugees. I'm excited to hear conference and if the theme will be the same!
Easter Sunday was wonderful! Everyone looked so springy and nice, even though it was cloudy and rainy that day. In the opening prayer in class, someone said "we are thankful for the rain, help it to bring forth the spring flowers!" So sweet :)
T and R (married couple with the big dogs) are progressing wonderfully! Slow, but steadily improving and growing! T accepted our invitation to get a priesthood blessing to help her migraines! That is going to be such a cool experience!
Thought for the week: Don't count your shortcomings. Count your many blessings! God will not help you if all you see is the negative. He knows you are worth it, and He wants to build you up! But, you have to build yourself up first :)
Anyway, Kinda long letter today! But we had some miracles happen and I had to share :) Have a blessed week (as they say here in the south). Love and miss y'all!!
Love, Sista Poulsen

"The Spirit of God like a Fire is Burning"

Howdy y'all! This week sounds like you guys had lots of fun! That's cool that you got to see the temple dedication! We didn't get to see it - not sure why.
We are all busy in the work over here :) This week I learned that missionary work is fun! The biggest highlight was Zone Conference, how awesome! We had training's (aka lessons) about planning, the atonement, and more about teaching with the BofM. President Baker is just such an inspired servant of the Lord, I gained so much personal revelation and answers to my concerns as he and the other leaders taught! Our zone leader Elder Dudley said something super cool: "Heavenly Father doesn't expect you to make every point of the game. All He wants is for you to show up and try your best." Love it! Do your best, and give God the rest!
Our song for Zone Conference went well! I just went up there in did what we practiced, and it was good! That's something else super important: preparation! That's why we have 3 hours scheduled out on Thursdays to plan and PREPARE for the upcoming week. So good :)
Thursday was also my 1 month mark and Sister Brakeys 15th!! Wahoo! Crazy that it's already been a month! I hope it can continue to go fast, but at the same time, enjoy every day :) I would not have said that last week, I'll tell ya that!
Wanna know something crazy? I've heard more cars honk in one day here that I have in years of living in Utah! These drivers are cranky, and every night, without fail, sirens go off. Most of the time cop cars. I pray for those poor people. We met one the other day actually. She told us she was going to jail for a year to 4 years on Monday. We showed her the new Easter video and told her that through Christ she can find new life and change. We then gave her a bible and a BofM to read while she is locked up. She totally said she would! Glad we could help her out! She was also glad that we weren't the cops when we knocked on the door. :) Super funny!
The ward members here are really warming up to us, and doing some great missionary work! Members are so important, and they really help us out a lot! So if the missionaries ask for help, they mean it!
We are getting so pro at painting! No worries about painting clothes, I've already got my black Les Miz shirt almost white! That's why I brought it :)
We had some traditional southern/Irish meals this week. Corn beef and cabbage with potatoes. Twice. Man, it's good, but salty and the meat is super fatty! If you guys get a chance, try it out! It's not on the top of my list, but it's not bad.
Sister Brakey told me something important. “Say yes!” If they offer you something, you take it. Southern hospitality. I'm gonna get so fat, cuz people offer us sleeves of Girl Scout cookies... and we take them. Thank heavens for exercise time!
The atonement is so real. Every Sunday, we go to the LDS Addiction Recovery Program. It is so neat to hear people talk about how the current step they are working on has helped them. One of the Elders struggling investigators came too, and you could tell he just felt the spirit, and the love of the atonement. We encouraged him to keep coming, and that we and the Elders are here to help :) What a cool dude.
Thought for the week: Trust in the Lord. I've had lots of opportunities to just simply trust in God. Not all I took, but some I did, and I saw the blessings. We taught T, the lady with the big dogs, and our new investigator (her husband, R) a little about the Plan of Salvation and followed up on their reading... They are actually reading it!!! How cool is that?!? They are just loving it, and I really felt the spirit as we talked and taught. Listening is important, cuz that's when you know their true concerns and can really help them.
Other than that, this week was just filled with the feeling of the spirit as we visited active members and less-actives. I truly feel the spirit with me at all times, such a cool feeling!
Challenge for the week: Make it to the temple. Sister Harding spoke on temples Sunday, I miss it so much! Truly, my heart hurt because I can't go. So try to make it there, because it is such a blessing! Even if you are just on the grounds, The Spirit of the Lord truly dwells there.
Hope you all have just a fantastic week! I know I will :) Pray for the spirit to be with you, because it is just so cool! Good job with praying and reading! I know you will see the blessings come :)
I love ya, Christ loves ya! Have a wonderful Easter Sunday! "Christ beateth, so you could be unbeatable."
Till the next time, Sista Poulsen

Week 2 Down, Next to go...

Hey y'all! Glad things are just dandy :)
Last P-day we shopped and such, then went home and cleaned up. Well, I cleaned while Sis Brakey slept. She was wiped out, so it was fine.
Everyone keeps pronouncing my name "Sister Paulsen"... I just let it go now.
At a lot of our less active member lessons, people just won't stop talking, and it's so hard! We don't even get through our whole lesson before we have to stop them and say "We are late for our next app. Sorry. Can we end with a prayer?"
We did lots of tracting this week... but with success! We got one new investigator and 2 potential investigators!! It's hard, and sad, and a big let down when folks don't want to hear our message. But we are doing all we can. It's their agency. But yeah! Our new investigator is a super sweet lady. We knocked on her door and her 2 big dogs greeted us through the storm door. Now most people use their dogs as an excuse to not talk to us. But she pushed them right our of the way and stepped out to talk to us. We got to know her a little bit, found out she had chronic migraines and was having one right that second! But she wanted to talk to us anyway, so cool! We taught a quick restoration lesson. She kept saying "That's so cool!" We said the first vision, and asked her if she would be baptized by someone holding that priesthood authority. She said "That would be so cool!" Then followed by tears. She said she feels the spirit through crying (Sound like anyone we know?). So basically she is awesome, felt the spirit, and we are teaching her about the BOM today!!
We had to reschedule with our potentials, but that's okay, we'll get to them eventually!
This Wed. is zone conf... Which sister Brakey and I have been asked to sing a duet in!?!? Holy cow! We couldn't say no, it was President Baker! So, we are singing "Abide With Me Tis' Even Tide." Accompanied by the amazingly talented Kempsville elder, Elder Hansen. Basically he's just making up this awesome rendition of the song. It's pretty cool! And both of us are getting sick, so pray that we have our voices on Wednesday!?!
The ward here is just so awesome! We had a RS party Saturday, it was fun to hang out with those ladies! And dinners are always good :) We really haven't been fed anything strange yet. It's all pretty standard meal stuff. Yesterday the Polas fed us pork, but Bro Pola brought out his hot sauce collection. He dared me to try them. One was made with ghost peppers, and warns that you should only take one drop! I tried it... and it actually wasn't too bad! Granted, I slathered it all over my meat so it was distributed evenly. It was still hot, but the after taste was actually pretty good!

Here's some fun things about Virgina so far:
Lots of people personalize their license plates. Some are just crazy funny like "Granny 1" or "Mombear" Just funny :)
So apparently it is extremely offensive to call the black people here African American. So yes, it is socially acceptable and much preferred to call them black. Gotta get used to that one! There are so many just cool, chill black kids in these neighborhoods too. So funny to hear them yell out stuff like "yo girl, you ride that bike!" or "Yo bros, look at me hold down Anthony." all in gangsta voice. So funny. #squadgoals.
It is actually illegal here to pull up to the pile of crap [in the middle of an intersection when making a left turn in your car.] Glad I found that one out before I started driving!
Since the humidity is like 804%, mold is everywhere. Lots of people have brick steps, and they are just covered in mold. It's pretty normal. So when we shower, we have to make sure everything is out to dry. Or else things will get real stinky real fast.
I saw a cardinal!!! Granted I just saw it's redness fly by, it was still there! And there are lots of other interesting birds here too! I'll try to snap some pics, and let you try to figure out what they are :)
Happy St. Patrick's day this week! Sis Brakey's mom sent us some green boas and headbands to wear... probs not missionary appropriate, but it was still super cute and nice! St. Patrick's day marks Sis Brakey's 15 month mark... and my 1st month mark!! #twiningiswinning
Thought for the week: "You can take it to them. But only the spirit can take it into them." I'm trying really hard to teach with the spirit! I gotta be honest, I get pretty nervous when we go to teach someone, or even just role playing! But I'm just trying to remember that we can only say what we know, and then they will have to feel the truth of it for themselves.
Challenge for y'all this week: Read your scriptures every night this week! I want a report next week, so get on it! Also, don't forget to say your morning and nightly prayers. It is such a help to open and close with Christ in mind each day.
Well, there you go, that's my week, from what I can remember! Peace and blessings, have a fantastic week!
Love, your fav missionary, Sista Poulsen

p.s. One more funny thing, we have to drink out of water bottles, cuz the tap is okay, but not preferred. You know how much I hate the taste of bottled water. I miss my mountain water :) Maybe you could send me some? haha jk, I'll just have to live with it for 17 more months... Loves!! SP

First Hello from Virginia

Hey hey!
Well hello y'all! Seems like a life time since I've written last. Let's just say it has been a very long week! Man, where do I start. I've been assigned the Virginia Beach mission, Kempsville area! We are actually no where near the beach, but during our transfer we can leave early and go see the sunrise! Super cool. It will be a 7 week transfer. The change in length for this transfer is because they are extending the MTC time, so that makes us add on an extra week so we stay in the right order of things.

Tell us about your trainer.
Sister Brakey (20) is my trainer! Super sweet girl! We have a lot in common including a love for musicals and nerdy stuff like Dr. Who. She's helping me take it slow, and not throwing me into lessons unprepared and what not. I feel bad that she is talking most of the time and I just sit there and nod. She's great.

Lisa Says: A sweet member of Tara’s new ward, Sister Brimhall, was so kind to take pics of Sister Poulsen and her companion, Sister Brakey, at some ward activities and church and text it to me and Sister Brakey’s mom. It was such a neat surprise to all of the sudden get a text from Virginia and know that Tara was standing right in front of that phone at that exact moment. The first time it happened, my eyes brimmed with tears… right in the middle of Kohl’s! Thank you sister, Brimhall! The super neat thing is that Sister Brimhall has a missionary, Elder Ankey, who is serving in the Logan Area mission; currently he is in North Odgen. They just traded places! Sister Brimhall sent photos from a Ward Baby Shower, a quick hall pic after Sacrament meeting, and during a youth activity called "On Fire For Jesus." It is a monthly mission prep class for all young women and young men in their ward about being missionaries now. They role play talking about the gospel. It was started by a recent young convert and they invite the missionaries to help out.
I also found Sister Brakey’s Facebook page, ya I'm a missionary info hound, and made contact with her mom. They are a neat family from Riverton, Utah and Sister Brakey will be serving until July 2016.

Haha that's so funny that you decided to stalk all my companions! And about Sister Brimhall. I really wanted to write you first before she just instantly send you a pic of us. You must have been so confused! I see where she's coming from tho, and I love it. I wanted to rip the phone out of her hand and text you right back!

Do you have a gym to exercise in?
As for exercise, we either run around the trail that goes around all the apartments, or stay in. There is a gym and we can go, but almost 100% of the time there is the same dude there, so we just don't. The workout cards are fabulous! Got a great workout today :)

How’s the weather been?
It has been pretty chilly here. The sun is shining, but that breeze just bites at ya. I can barely feel the humidity. When we first arrived, I could feel the water in my lungs, but that's about it. My skin is still dry as a bone all the time, and my hair HATES this place. I think it's the soft water, but it's just stupid and frizzy as always. So that was disappointing

How’s your feet?
My feet are great! We have do some tracting, but it wasn't for long. But really, they haven't bothered me at all! My no show socks are a little tight, and when I wear my buckle shoes, they hurt at the end (I'll send ya a pic of my feet after taking the socks off.) It's just because of the tight shoe I think, so don't worry about sending me other ones or anything :)

So there are all your "quick questions" Now I'll talk about my week:
We landed in Georgia, grabbed a bite to eat, and then got on our next flight to Virginia! I was super crazy though, seeing just how many trees there are! We were landing in Georgia, and I just remember looking out and seeing a sea of trees, with little towns here and there. CRAZY! Same with Virginia, but lots of the trees are dead and brown, so it wasn't as cool. But the flight was good. We had a bumpy decent into Georgia, I think everyone wanted to throw up. But all was well.
As soon as we started approaching the baggage claim, there were President and Sister Baker as well as Elders Brown and Mclearen, our zone trainers. We said our hello's and then got our bags! We put them all in a trailer that was attached to a big white van, and headed to the stake center! We ate dinner, and then did some orientation. I honestly don't remember anything they said. So sorry Elders! Then we all talked with the mission nurse, and then a quick interview with Pres. Baker. Love him and his wife a ton! They are just sweet, and love the work and us! It will be sad to see them go in the end of June :(
Then we went and slept over night at a hotel. Hotel pillows are just the worst... But at least we had a bed to sleep in :)
The next morning, we ate breakfast, sang to the attendant lady at the desk (awwww) and then headed back to be assigned our trainers! There I was introduced to the areas in the mission, talked about mission cars and other rules, and then met my trainer!
From there we grabbed our lunch, and headed to the apartment! We got to go through that under water tunnel, super crazy! I didn't even know until we were in the tunnel and my ears started to hurt. Sis Brakey loves it :)
After arriving we ate our subway lunch, and then headed right out do some service! We went and helped the Krums, they are members who are preparing to go to Cali on a seniors mission! So cute. Then we ate at the Olsens (another member) We had honey/mustard ham... I had to stop myself from eating too much, it was delicious! We get fed great over here! Sister Baber is in charge of making sure we have places to eat, she's pro :)
The ward is just fab! I'm trying so hard to get all their names down, I'm really close! But holy cow, some of these names are just crazy! Zoobergs, Teerlinks, Boomenlog, Zondler... and more! Just crazy. But the ward unity is great!
You kind of know the rest of my week, thanks to sis Brimhall. The baby shower was for 3 ladies in the ward who are ready to pop. But there are actually like 5 more ladies who are prego too! Basically the whole ward is prego, so we are about to have a very noisy sacrament meeting! Super nice though, love 'em.
Other than that, our week has been knocking on doors and trying to visit less actives. I've really only been in a few houses, none of them from tracting. And all our other lessons have been teaching members after dinner. We usually just talk about how their missionary work is going, and encouraging them to make a plan on how to do it better!
We only have 1, maybe 2 investigators. They are hard to get a hold of. Pray that we can see them soon and that they will feel the spirit!
I love our Kempsville Elders! In the most professional way possible... They are just so nice and truly caring for the people they teach. Their names are Elder Garcia (district leader) and Elder Hansen. Both just all around good Elders. They are such good sports about being on bikes, go them!
Speaking of transportation, we do get a car! We are in a 2016 Toyota Corolla... Super nice and brand new! We are very lucky, count your blessings!
Fun stories:
As I was unpacking, I noticed that all the Junior Mints I had bought at the MTC had spilled out. Every last one. I got really scared that it had ruined my coat and my shoes and all my electrical stuff. But God was watching over my Junior Mints, and almost all of them spilled into my empty backpack, safe, clean and un-squished. Some got stuck on the bottom, and one on the back of my winter boot, but all was well! There is one miracle I have seen this week :)
Next fun story, if you can see in my pics, the trees here are super tall! They totally look like the jungle trees from Minecraft! Super funny :)
There is one "mountain" here, it's called Mt. Trashmore. It's made from trash... but is now covered nicely in green grass. Everyone is so proud of it.
Thought for the week: "When you talk about Christ, where can you go wrong?" I'm just a greenie, and don't know much. I haven't developed super great people skills yet, and I don't know exactly what to say. But I know we are speaking about Christ. And calling repentance. That is our purpose. I'm so excited to learn more and hopefully become the missionary Heavenly Father wants me to be! "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." The spirit also plays a huge role. I know when He is with me, I'll be able to be clear and speak like a normal human.
Thanks guys! I love your letters, and am so excited to hear about all the fun things you are doing! Keep it up :)
Here's a challenge: Make sure you are reading the scriptures everyday. Start with a prayer and then just read! You can feel the power from it! So that's my challenge to you this week.

Love you all and miss ya. XOXO
Love, Sista Poulsen

Photos
Fun Fact, Virginia has wild bunnies!! Here is a picture of some in front or our apartment.

About Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach is the most populous city in Virginia and the 39th largest city in the United States, with approximately 440,000 residents. Virginia Beach’s strategic mid-Atlantic location and superior transportation network provide swift access to domestic and foreign markets. More than two-thirds of the nation’s population and marketplace are within 750 miles of the city.

The City encompasses 307 square miles with 38 miles of Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean beaches.
Source: http://www.yesvirginiabeach.com/

Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship, a beach soccer tournament. It is also home to several state parks, several long-protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, two universities, International headquarters and site of the television broadcast studios for Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, and numerous historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists, who eventually settled in Jamestown, on April 26, 1607.

The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the longest bridge-tunnel complex in the world.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia


 Lisa Says:
One the things that I found out about while researching Sister Poulsen's new area is that there is a 165 acre park there called Mount Trashmore.  It was a former city landfill that was reclaimed by the city and established in 1974.  It boasts miles of walking trails, hills, and grassy picnic areas.  It includes a giant skate park and also numerous courts for basketball and volleyball. There are even 2 lakes that folks can fish in.
My favorite feature, however, is the Kid's Cove.  It is a giant playground that was designed  by the Virginia Beach JR. Women's Club with input from local children that would use it.  It was built completely by local volunteers and is handicapped accessible.
In 2010, the playground was upgraded to the structure pictured here.  In addition to updated equipment the new Kid's Cove is twice the size of its original.
Learning this fact about the community of people that Sister Poulsen will be rubbing shoulders with fro the next little while makes me feel really great about where she is at and the caliber of her new community.  Way to go Virginia Beach.  Keep up the Awesome!

The Arrival

Sister Poulsen with President and Sister Baker

Sister Poulsen's Trainer, Sister Brakey

Lisa Says:
We got an email from Tara's Mission President.  It reads:


     "Sister Baker and I were delighted to welcome Sister Tara Poulsen to the Virginia Chesapeake Mission on Tuesday.  She arrived in good spirits and has been assigned to labor in the Kempsville Ward of the Virginia Beach VA Stake.  Her trainer is Sister Kaitlin Brakey.  I have attached two photos of your missionary: one with her trainer, and one with Sister Baker and me.
Thank you for sending us such a fine missionary,
President Baker"

I was glad to hear about where she is specifically and even more glad to see smiling pictures of her.  Now on to find out everything I can about Virginia Beach and the Kempsville Ward.
~ Lisa

Leaving on a Jet Plane

More from Sister Poulsen's Mom:
So we got an early morning call from Sister Poulsen today.  It was pretty emotional to hear her voice - mostly because she was emotional to hear ours.  It was nice tho and we got a little bit more information about her time in the MTC.
I was glad to hear that she was in good health.  She didn't catch a cold, like was predicted and aside from fluttery stomach this morning from nerves, she was doing well!
We found out that while the sisters in her district are all traveling together to the Virginia Chesapeake Mission, the elders (who are all from southern states) will be serving close by  in the Ogden, Utah mission.  The western sisters are swapping places with the southern boys.
We also learned that one of the elders, with his southern drawl, kept teasing her about dropping the "t" out of the word 'mountain.'  She would say "moun-in" (like we do here) and he would say, "It's mounTain."  *laughs*  He is going to have to get used to that around here I think. Jerry thinks that it is because in the south they don't have real mountains and so they have to enunciate the T to make them seem taller than they are.  There is a thought.  Anyway,  Tara sure liked being around such good young men. Keep your eye out for these neat elders serving next door to us.
She was nervous and worried about the flight - not the flying part really, but just making sure that she knew what to do when, where to go,  and all of that.  She was worried about the weight on her luggage and the size of her carry on too. She is just thankful that her companions know what they are doing and can help her figure out all the airport things. I'm grateful that she has them to watch out for her. Thank you sisters!
I hope that she can get some sleep on the flight, as they were up and out of the MTC at 3:30am.  She grabbed some snacks for the plane and is looking forward to the layover in Atlanta so that they can all grab some lunch.  The good news is that she is losing 2 hours as they fly East and so they will all get to go to bed early tonight and catch up on some of that lost sleep. oh but wait.  I just realized that they will have to get up 2 hours earlier than their bodies are used to in the morning.... oh well,
We are excited for her and are looking forward to meeting her new companion and to find out more about her first area.
Godspeed Sister Poulsen!
~ Lisa