Trip down memory lane…

I felt like I needed to preface my next post “Lehanos In Oki” with a quick trip down memory lane. Kulia, or as I once knew her, Sister Asakura-Muramoto, is one of my oldest friends. Really, she is almost 40! No, I’m kidding. I first met Kulia when we were in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, preparing to serve on Temple Square. I remember looking at her name tag and thinking, ‘That’s a mouthful!’, and then I nailed the pronunciation and I’m pretty sure she was impressed, lol! We have been friends ever since.

We went through all of our training together at Welfare Square

(Driver, Asakura, Zeh, Me, Jungfleisch)

Training at the Humanitarian Center

(Me, Driver, Wilcox, Jungfleisch, Asakura)

Meetings

(Jungfleisch, Driver, Mullie, Me, Zeh, Asakura, Wilcox)

Outings

(Driver, Me, Jungfleisch, Asakura)

(Grayson, Reeves, Me, Asakura)

(Booty, Asakura, Me, Jungfleisch and that might be my cute companion in the back, Cuvellier)

Christmases

(Me, Asakura, Grayson)

(Christmas dinner)

New companions and training. I’m convinced that we are still such great friends because we were never companions. I don’t know if I could have kept up with her pace!

(Asakura, Me, Jungy)

(Me, Gonzy, Asakura)

(Me, my sweet Yuey, Jungy, Asakura)

This crazy lady who stole my camera and camera case and took a picture of herself defiling my case is also in most of my pictures. That’s Wilcox, she’s gross.

Kulia and I even opened our field calls together.

Kulia: “They made some kind of mistake, we aren’t going to the same mission!”

She went to Colorado Springs Mission and I went to the Boise Idaho Mission

We wrote each other during our 3-4 months in the field…well, she wrote me, I can’t remember if I wrote her, lol! When we left Temple Square to go home she was the first person I called. In fact, I didn’t take into consideration the time difference between Missouri and Hawaii and when I called her, her sweet dad answered the phone and went and woke her up. It was 3am!

 

Anyway, I think it’s pretty clear how much this crazy girl means to me and that’s why her visit to Okinawa was such a special one. Love you, Kulia & fam!