Here is Cassidy's first email.  Miss her but I am excited for those in Nashville whose lives that will be changed for the better for knowing her.
 
Hi Mom Hi dad! I love you guys! How are you? Is the family doing good? Is everyone happy?
Well Monday's are my P days and I forgot to tell you that in my letter home (which you should of received on Saturday I hope) So that is okay that you didn't write me but that means I can't read your email until next Monday so I hope that means you will write me a letter this week!
I ran into Sister Gerke, Sister and Brother Jolly and President Pinegar yesterday. That was pretty neat to see people that I know and love and to get hugs, I love hugs.
Oh man I just don't know what to say in this email.
So remember when I wrote you and said that Wednesday was a hard day, well all that has changed. Mom I cannot even describe how happy I am now. I know this is what the Lord wants me to do and its not even hard! I mean missionary is hard work but its not hard to be a missionary. Does that make sense? I know I can do it. I am sure there will be hard days, but I can do hard things! The hardest part about being a missionary is staying focused. Every time I see an elder that I think is cute my companion makes me recite our purpose. But I get distracted or self centered and just think about my self. I really want to master thinking about others. Saturday in one of our classes our teacher told us about a talk he heard from Elder Nelson of the quorum of the twelve. Elder Nelson said that it took him 20 years of higher education before he actually performed sergory on a heart. 20 years! And he said that he was only working with physical death. We as missionary's and really just human beings are in the work of spiritual life or death. And spiritual loss is much greater than physical. I think about that a lot. I HAVE to be the best missionary I can be because I need to save souls. I need to do all I can for my brothers and sisters in Tennessee because they the message that I have to share! They need Christ.
We have interviews with a member of the branch presidency every Sunday to insure that our experience here at the MTC is going as great as possible and yesterday the second counselor asked how my testimony has grown. I thought about it and realized that I know the gospel is real more than I ever have. I always knew it was real but now I know it even more. It's not just true, its real. We REALLY do have a Father in Heaven, He REALLY did send his son to die for me, He REALLY does know me and my trials. We REALLY will have to stand in front of Him at judgement day and account for our sins as well as the good that we have done. It isnt just a beautiful message it is so much more than that!
(My computer is acting crazy so I may not get a lot more written because it keeps freezing on me and I am on a timer)
My companion is incredible! Her name is Sister Obando. She is half Nicaraguan and half Quebecian. She speaks French and spanish and English as her third language. We try to work really hard and she always tries to think of ways that we can be studying more. She brings her french books to lunch so she can read as she eats. She is really funny to but she has a hard time expressing herself in English. She speaks great English but doesn't always remember the words she wants to say. I asked her her hobbies and she said she is a GAMER haha like she loves video games which made me happy. She tells me I am weird but funny and laughs at all my jokes. She also loves it when I try and speak french she laughs so hard she almost falls out of her chair sometimes. She tells me she loves me and hugs me all the time and that is so good for me because I need that love. She hasn't been confident in her English when it comes to teaching lessons so we fasted together as a companionship for her yesterday and let me tell you I am starting to learn the importance of fasting. we had the oppurtunity to pray in the new sister meeting after Relief Society and that was an answer to our prayers because while she was praying she could here herself in the speakers and she sounded better than she hears in her head. Then she started teaching me a lesson and she felt so good about it. I got to teach her her first prayer in English on Thursday because she didn't know the right terms to use (thee, thou etc). She says simple, humble, beautiful prayers. We are praying constantly as a companionship. I mean we could pray more but I feel we are equally yoked as companions.
I love my district too. They always save us spots at lunch, they stand when we enter the classroom, they take our trays. they are really good Elders. They are easily distracted which makes studying hard because I am that same way but they are entertaining and full of deep insights. All the elders are going to nashville but the other 2 sisters are going to Missippii Jackson, oh and my companion is going to Toronto English speaking. Which is weird because we arent even serving in the same country but I know that the Lords hand was in our pairing. She said to me the other day, "I know that I was to be your companion and you were to be mine so we could be there for eachother."
Oh mom I found the cord to my first camera! Ill send it back. Also yes could you pay 10$ of tithing on that money I had you deposit? Have you gotten the pics from Meridith yet? Id love some family pics if I could.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELTZIE!!!! I will send her a letter.
AHHHHH I ONLY HAVE 2 MINUTES left!!
I love you Mitch, I lvoe you Holly, I love you blake, I love you keltzie, I love you gen, I love you madz, I love you mom, I love you dad.
I miss you guys but in a way that isnt sad.
Be yourself and be good and become better people and write me.
Love Sister Oldham!