Hi, this is Caitlin’s Mom and she asked me to update her blog.  Wish me luck!

Caitlin made it to Mexico City on August 26^th  and was immediately immersed in the culture and the language as well as surrounded by a lot of 19 year-old missionaries, many of whom are away from home for the first time.  She has become the “madre (mother)” of the district, because anytime someone needs something she pulls it out of her purse, Band-Aids, scissors, sticky notes, you name it she has it. 

Her travel to Mexico City was typical Caitlin, At 4:15 am  the morning she was to leave I found her throwing up.  Ugh, you've got to be kidding!  Trooper that she is, it was determined she didn't have a fever, so with a bottle of water, anti-nausea medication and a "barf" bag off  to the airport we went. She had survived cholera, she wasn't going to let a little nausea stop her. So after delaying the start of her mission twice, she finally made it to Mexico City.  The pictures below are from her first week in Mexico City.

Caitlin at KCI airport at 5:30 am and she's smiling.  If you know Caitlin, she's not a morning person

Missionaries at Mexico City Airport with all their luggage waiting for the bus to the MTC

Caitlin with her companion Hermana Kneip

Caitlin and her "district"

Living quarters for the next six weeks

Yes, she has bottled water.  They must have known she was coming.

The fence around the training center and their living quarters