5 Days Before

Dear Sister KariElle Thalman , Congratulations on your call to serve!  We are excited about your arrival at the Provo  Missionary Training Center next week and are grateful for your decision to serve the  Lord.  We would like to share some important information about your stay at the MTC. This will be your MTC mailing address: Sister KariElle Thalman MTC Mailbox # 248 CA-OAK 1228 2005 N 900 E Provo, UT 84604-1793 Please share this address with those who may want to write or send packages to  you while you are in the MTC.  Please pay particular attention to the following items: 1. Your service begins the day you check into the MTC.  Remind your family that  complete separation from loved ones is part of the sacrifice that families and  missionaries contribute to the work.  For this reason, you should ask your family  and friends not to attempt to see or visit with you while you are at the MTC, not  even during your temple walks or at other places near the MTC. 2. All missionary mail must come through the US Mail or commercial delivery  services.  These services should not be used to send pizzas, fast foods, ice-cream,  or any items that will spoil if they are not refrigerated within 24 hours.  Missionaries  are not called out of class to receive packages, nor do they have access to a refrigerator.   For security reasons, we cannot accept any items delivered by hand. 3. Communication with family can be done through your missionary email account on  your weekly Preparation Day.  Communication to you from friends should be through  letters mailed to the above address.  We cannot accept telephone calls for missionaries. 4. Families and friends should not visit missionaries as they depart to their field of labor,  whether at the MTC or at the airport. Please do not reply to this email.  If you need to communicate with the MTC,  please call 801-422-2602. Sincerely, Provo MTC Presidency