Hi mom, thank you so much for the Valentine's that you have sent me!!!!! The package was wonderful! Thank you for the movie and the Candy. Ha ha I laughed hard when Jaylen said that she didn't like the Valentine's card that you sent out. (She didn't like them because they were all just pictures of her and her sister.)
So the Baptism was amazing and she asked me to baptize her. It was such an amazing experience. Like nothing I have felt before. She was confirmed yesterday and is now a Mormon. She is so amazing and so strong she is going through such a tough time right now but she still made it through.
Something else that will make your day also is that I have been stretching every single night for a month and a half now and can almost touch my toes and I haven't had any back pain at all. Bro. Kiester the doctor who found the cure for scoliosis in my ward took a look at my back and told me that if I stretched every day I wouldn't have any problems and I haven't. You can say I told you so now....
The weather here has been 60s-70s now pretty steady. It gets kinda boring sometimes because is doesn't ever change. When it rains it is actually fun but it rains like once a month if even that. ha ha
I hope Mikey goes that would be so awesome. I know that some missionaries out here with me have more problems than he does so he should be able to go no problem. That is crazy that Matt has parasites in Ecuador. I am uber lucky that I don't have to deal with that out here. ha ha.
Jaylen is a tough girl but she needs to learn to hit back. She is too much like me and just sits and takes it and internalizes it. One thing that I have learned out here is that you have a problem with your companion you need to say it because if you let it sit then the Spirit can't be with you because you are angry. I do remember Belton also don't remember what school they are didn't really pay attention when I went on those band trips.... gosh I hated marching band ha ha.(I was telling him about Jaylen's soccer games at other schools.)
Cori is going to watch Kate ha ha, that is crazy.
I have had a lot of sad moments on my mission. Elder Catmull would get on my case a lot but I would get over it. Maybe one thing that was really hard for me was when I first got out in the field was worrying about home. I read a scripture in 3 Nephi I can't remember the chapter exactly but it was 19 or 18 around. very last few verses. It made me stop and think because in it, it talks about how you don't need to worry about where you are going to eat, or what you are going to wear tomorrow, it says to trust in the Lord and that the evil in the day you have is enough and you don't need to worry about things you can't change. That made me realize that I can't change anything that goes on back home, so I just have to pray that the Lord will take care of the people that I love and that will have to be enough.
Thank you again for the wonderful package I love you guys so much and miss you. Take care and share the gospel with someone.
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