An entire email dedicated to food...hopefully...

Aloha! 

I can say that now that I am an official resident of one whole week here in Hawaii. I am living on the island of Oahu in Ewa (Eva) Beach, and me and my comp. are loving life. My companion, Sister Iino, is from Japan and speaks very good Japanese. I love Hawaii and enjoy seeing pineapples growing out of pots in peoples front yards, surf boards atop every other car, and of course Hawaiian food like Lau Lau. Since being here I have had Hawaiian food, Korean food, Japanese food, and hopefully food food from one of the ward members homes last night. Still don't know what it was...

Last Monday Me, Sister Heath, Elder Maxwell, and Elder Owens all packed our bags onto a bus, said goodbye to our district *Sobs a little* and headed to the airport. At the airport a really nice guy bought us Cafe Rio, which was the last time I will eat Cafe Rio in 18 months. Sad Life. Then got on the plane and flew to Hawaii. The 6 hour flight went by so fast and was easily the best part of the trip. Once in Hawaii the mission president and his wife welcomed us, we got our bags and then we went to the mission home and got our assignments. I was assigned to Oahu, as was Sister Heath, Elder Owens was assigned to Kaui, and Elder Maxwell was assigned to Maui. It was super hard to say goodbye to them but exciting to finally be an actual missionary and start working! After sleeping over in the mission presidents home, I met my trainer Sister Iino and she took me to our apartment and let me unpack and then we went straight out and started visiting people. I love it. People here LOVE to "Talk Story" and so sometimes we can barley get a word in but I know so many people and it's only been 1 week. 

We run into crazy people, Anti-Mormons, and extreme cat lovers daily but I still love being a missionary and can't wait to see how Im going to grow over the next few months. In the last ensign I read what has now become my new favorite talk, "The greatest amoung you" By President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Go Read it. Seriously it's so good. 

Hope you are all doing good, I love hearing about life back at home, and I especially love getting pictures! Mahalo for everything you have all always done for me. This church is true I promise.

Until Next week,

Aloha

Sister Bowen