March 9, 2015

Dear Family,
  Sorry I didn't tell you guys this earlier but I was 100 percent
sure about it. I am going up to the Washington D.C. Temple with the
youth in the branch I am serving in. The branch council, branch
mission leader, and us were working with two of our recent converts to
go to the Temple. My mission has a rule that if you have a recent
convert going to do baptisms for the dead. As long as they have around
five names to take to the temple (family names). We also have to get
permission from our mission president and tell him who is going, the
time for the baptisms, etc. If we go to the temple it counts as our
pday. So you guys can still email for like on Monday but just know
that I won't be emailing you back. Sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I
wasn't a 100 percent sure and I didn't know all the details about it.
  I went on exchanges starting Wednesday morning with my sister
training leaders (Sister Twitchell and Sister Nielson). I went with
Sister Nielson to their area and Sister Udall stayed in my area with
Sister Twitchell. Guess what! Molly's grandparents are in my sister
training leaders area so I could have seen them if I wanted to.
Usually exchanges last only 24 hours... well this one didn't on
Thursday we got snowed in and couldn't head back to my area so
exchanges were a day longer then it usually is. But it was still a lot
of fun. We found two potential investigators and two with a baptismal
date. I got to got to their ward correlation meeting and it was the
funniest one I have been to!
  Well other then that we didn't really do much since Monday. I hope
you guys have a wonderful week and I love you! If I get back before 6
EST I will try to send you pictures if I take any.

Love,
Sister Paige Bluemel