It's another incredible chance to chat with Elder Merrill as he is at a computer writing letters. It is such a joy to have these moments; to feel like we are talking together despite the great distances.
Mom: Hi son! Your letter just popped up, I'm so happy!!! I will go read your letter now but first I wanted to say hi, I'm here and I hope you are having a good afternoon. Love ya! Mom
Elder Merrill: Cool, I'm gonna write dad and Andrew Stockton and then you again. love you! -me
Mom: Sounds good son! You take your time, I'll be here. :) wow, from what you say, I'm glad it is just cloudy and not rainy! Season-wise, you are about half-way through fall and we are half-way through spring. Yeah, it is definitely getting hot. I used to just turn the AC on for about 2 hours, from like 5-7pm. Now I have to start turning it on around 1pm because it is too warm. We haven't had rain for quite a while too, we usually don't during the spring. The little g round squirrels are out in droves right now though. They are so funny to me. And I'm glad you are still taking pictures regularly! :) Love you! Mom
Elder Merrill: Well cool. I'm all finished here, I have a half hour more or less to talk, so if you run out of things to talk about, don't worry. LOL
Mom: Nope, I'm good! I'm your mom, I can chat forever!!! LOL. Stuart in fact is always teasing me when I'm going to Sis. Bahr's because she and I can chat for hours! I'll be like "Hey, I'm going to Sis. Bahr's" and Stuart will say "Ok, we will see you on Thursday" and I'm like "HEY! It's only Monday! We aren't that bad!" But we are, lol. We are babysitting Jessica's cat Roo and so Sparky is on the warpath! She still doesn't like any other animal. Roo is sooooooo sweet! He loves to play and is crazy soft and silky. He does this thing where he runs (and I mean runs!) up to you and flops on your feet like all of his bones have totally disintegrated and he can no longer move! So you have to pet him. Well, he is downstairs and I'm up here now with Sparky at the computer and she feels like she has conquered her world by meowing very forcefully at Roo and so now she is purring up a storm because she is the Ultimate Queen once again. So silly. LOVE ya! Mom
Elder Merrill: LOL, the stories about the cats are funny. I wonder what made Jess & Brad decide on the name Roo. I wonder if they got it from Winnie the Pooh? That's the only reason I can think of. I see a lot of cats and dogs here. I usually get one of two responses from them. Dogs: 1. they will back at me and follow me around with this threat-like look in their eye or 2. I pet them and they sit there happily. Cats: They'll sit there and let me pet them, then they run away. Animals sure are weird sometimes. I just got the picture of Kyle's graduation announcement!
Mom: Yeah, animals are odd at times. I don't remember why they named their cat Roo, I'll have to ask them. So what did you have for lunch today? In your first area, you talked about getting pizzas, are they different from the ones here in America? In turkey, they were more like cheese and sliced tomatoes on flatbread. They had these mini-sized ones with very spicy beef that you and dad used to eat constantly!!! Love You! Mom
Elder Merrill: For lunch, funnily enough, I had hamburgers today. The pizza in Turkey that you described sounds weird and I don't think I'd like it now. I think it's funny that I like hamburgers now. I remember back at home, I didn't like them much. I just took a bite and thought, "huh, this hamburger is pretty good." I bought them and ate them again today, lol.
Mom: That is great, that you like the hamburgers! Our tastes often change as we continue to get older. I hated tomatoes until we moved to Turkey and then one day (because they eat tomatoes with everything!) I tried one and loved it! Stuart came back from his mission eating salads (instead of just carrot or cucumber sticks) and I was just chatting with dad about what you would eat after your mission that you didn't before. Funny! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Oh yeah, I better remind Kyle to look for the picture collage when he is at Project Grad then. Good advice! LOVE ya! Mom
Elder Merrill: That's funny - I still don't like tomatoes but they eat that a lot here. Mayonnaise too. Heh, I wonder what'll be different about my tastes too. I don't know, some things are slightly different here, but are similar still to something in the states, so I know waht I'm putting in my mouth most of the time. I'll miss a lot of the foods here...I have to go now, I'm sorry I can't wait for a reply but know that I love you and the family! I miss you lots and I can't wait to call home to talk to you all!! See ya! Have a good week!
Elder Ethan Merrill
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