Hola,

     How`s everybody? Excited? I`m pretty excited to see you guys this week. Not going to lie, I`m scared and nervous, but I feel better knowing that my family will be there every step of the way. 

     First of all, I am NOT getting on Facebook and I don`t know who would be doing that. I haven`t been on Facebook my whole mission. So, that must be a mistake.

     Second, Paige...GET YOUR PAPERS DONE!!!!! Go on a mission! Get it done! Now that you can go earlier, just go and get it done. Take advantage of it, there is a reason why this has happened, so do it.  

     My week was really good. Final interview with President, General Conference, and goodbye parties from the members. I`ll be sure to show show you pictures when I get home. 

     If you could, maybe you could put the fifty dollars in on thursday, so I know that I won`t have to wait for it for friday. Because sometimes, it takes a while to use money recently placed on my card.     

     Well, this is my last letter to you as a missionary. I am filled with mixed feelings, joy and sadness, excitement and fear, certainty and insecurity. I can`t believe that I have come to the end of my misison experience. I remember growing up and everything I did was to prepare me for my mission, priesthood activities, studying Preach My Gospel, and leaving with the missionaries on teaching appointments. Now, I am at the end of my own mission. I can`t believe that it went so fast. I have planned what I want to do when I get home, now we`ll just have to see how those plans carry out. But I know that if I do what Heavenly Father wants me to do, that he`ll help me always and I`ll be able to accomplish what he wants done for me. I hope to go home a man, grown up and mature in the gospel, ready to prepare himself to be a husband and father and to raise a family, righteous and obedient in the gospel. I hope that you are proud of me as I complete this two year experience and I want to thank you for always being there for me. I want to thank you for everything that you have done for me, for the words of encouragement that have made me who I am today. I go home with many traits that I will be able to use to prepare me to be a man in the eyes of God. I have a testimony of obedience, that if we are obedient, we qualify for all the blessings of God and he is obligated to bless us. I go home with a testimony of this gospel that I know its true. I know that Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us and hopes that we just do the right thing. I hope to look back on my mission and say what the Apostle Paul said, "I fought the good fight, I finished my course, I kept the faith". I share this testimony with you with my love, appreciation, and gratitude in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I love you and we`ll see you soon!

Alo!

     Alright, well this week I have way more time than last week. I want to apologize for sending such a short letter last week, I was a little rushed, but now I`m okay this week. 

     

     I got all your money and I`m going shopping today. I have your lists of what I`m going to get you and you guys are going to love it. Gavin, I already bought your soccer jersey. Thanks for sending it and I look forward to seeing your faces when you open them!

     First off, Mom....if you could....could you sign me up for subbing over there? It would be awesome if you could. I would totally do it with zero problem. If you want to pass me the Coughanour kids for teaching, I would do it, but I would do it at about 15 per lesson. 60 per month, not a bad deal. But, we`ll talk about it. 

     I do want to go straight off to school, I don`t know what I would do for almost a year without it. I think I can go to U of I in January. I just need to find a job down there, which I think I can with spanish and all. Mr. Murphy seems to think that I can survive, and if he thinks that, maybe I should go. We need to complete my application to that University by the way. I don`t know when the deadline is. Dad, if you could find that out, that would be awesome. We need to go down there almost as soon as I get home, because I need to talk with Mr. Murphy pronto, and he`ll be expecting me. I just want to study. I`m already behind on schooling and I don`t want to wait another year. Besides, Daniel and I will be going to the same school, so we`ll be able to help each other and all. But, we`ll talk more. At least I can go to NIC or something to get some studies under my belt.

      I look forward to seeing you real soon and talking about my mission in the family room with air conditioning...and...carpet...and a couch...and then a nice, warm, big, bed...oh man haha.

Well, our week less than eventful. Our convert Hector is doing great. He´s such a stud and he´s now getting invovled in family history. The ward is throwing a party for me next week and I`m getting really sad to leave. We had zone conference on Tuesday and President talked about a succesful missionary and it made my day. It was a really good week. On saturday, we had world service day and we planted like 75 trees along a river. So, I sent pictures of us in our helping hands pennies. Manos Mormonas que Ayudan. Anyway, I`ve gotta go. I love you guys and I look forward to seeing you next week! Chau!