Sooooo...
I didn't post anything last week because Elder Williams only wrote like 4 sentences TOTAL in his email. Needless to say, Mommy was a little miffed! In this week's letter I told him that was NOT acceptable and we got a little more! Elder Williams is a District Leader and has many more duties with that calling and so it takes away time from writing letter!!!!! Hmmmmmm...
"With all these new responsibilities as DL I didn't have much time [to write] last
week. Plus the internet was super slow like today. I'm really
frustrated with this CyberNet. But it's the cheapest one and the one
that has the most CPU's. Being DL is a bit crazy especially the Monday's. I have a lot of Data
that I have to put in and print out and such. I've been having some
crazy experiences with trying to keep Elder Romero the newbie to stay
here. I actually had a very powerful spiritual experience with him. A
little about my testimony of the Plan of Salvation. With my experience
with Brady Jensen. He is now staying. I've been feeling a lot of pressure to do everything right and I feel a
lot of pressure with E. Romero. I really hope that I can keep this
Elder [to] stay strong in the mission. Still 6 missionaries."
"Elder Poblete is still with me and I think he's sick of me being
sick.... I got parasites this week..... hahahahahaha. But they're all
gone now. hahahaha" (Mom is not laughing!!!!)
"We
haven't found any new people to teach but we had all 3 of our
investigators at church. Nancy, Guadalupe, and Ivancito. They are
really progressing. Keep praying. "
"I did get a phone call from the Secs and they asked me what airport I
want to go home to. hahahahahaha they killed me in that instant.
WOW!!! So crazy that it's so close. I will be getting home the first
of September." [Only 61 days!]
"I can't wait to see you again. Oh and just so you know I might be
playing the guitar with a hymn as I walk through the terminal singing
with Elder Quinton. We still haven't figured out the bugs yet though.
I love you and I can't wait to get a hug from you again."
As you can see Elder Williams is working hard! We are finally starting a count down! For little brother Brennin we are even going to make a chain that he can rip off each day! Wow, I can't believe it is so close and yet so far away. We are so proud of Elder Williams in wanting to serve our Heavenly Father! Some one asked me just the other day, "Are you so excited for him to come home?" I thought about instead of just answering right away and I answered with, "I am ready for him to be back home!" It's a Mom thing, but after a certain amount of time away from your children, there is just a time that it feels right to know that it is time for him to be back home! I wonder if this is the same way our Heavenly Father feels when he knows it is time to call us back home, too! I can't imagine how Hannah felt in the Old Testament when she gave Samuel to the Lord for his whole life! We know it is the right thing to do, but we sure miss them and their presence in our home!
Elder Williams' 21st birthday is August 18! We are not sending him any packages because he never got his Easter package AND it will most likely not get to him before he leaves anyway AND he would have to pack it all in his suitcase! So instead we are asking all of you to send him a comment or Happy Birthday email on Sunday the 17th so he will be flooded with birthday messages on his P-day that Monday the 18th! Include pictures, videos, funny sayings, anything to make this birthday so far from home special!
Yay! Home on the 1st and school on the 2nd??
ReplyDelete(You do know if we flood his inbox with birthday mail he will have less time to write you that week, right? ;-) )