It is so hard not to miss Elder Merrill as we get ready to celebrate his 21st birthday. But even though we miss him fiercely, we wouldn't want him to miss this time to serve a mission. He has definitely grown in wisdom and experience and after all, we get him for eternity! What a blessing!
A special week indeed. (I said in my letter to him this week, that
it was a special week because we are celebrating his birthday!) I
still have that card that you sent me off with. It says ´´don´t open until your
21st birthday. I´m excited to see what
you all wrote me 19 months ago. As always, thanks for giving me support and
love in your letters! I can´t believe that I´m turning 21!
Yeah, I figure a small get-together on Monday with some of the other
Elders in my zone and pizza and ice cream sounds good.
Conference was pretty good. I liked what President Monson said about this
one being one of the most inspiring conferences that he´s attended. I thought
so too. The things that they said were really uplifting and important to the
way we should live our day to day lives. I can´t believe that this one marks
the last one in the mission for me. Time is slipping through my fingers like
crazy.
So, the house is all repaired? That´s good. Just putting everything back in its
place is all that´s left. Do you want to put everything back where it was or
move some decorations and furniture around or something? Elder Holmquist told
me that it´s good to change some things around so it´s not always the same thing
for 3 years in a row. I find new a little refreshing sometimes, but I don´t
want to come back and find that EVERYTHING is different. Tell me what ya think.
Huh, end of the first quarter already then? The second one ends in
December right? It seems like such a short time away from my point of
view, but I bet it´s forever for the students. Well, good luck getting all the
stuff set. Seems like just yesterday I was getting report cards. Weird.
Hey Hey! You found the box! Well, like I say, I´m not worried,
just so long as it arrives really. I can´t wait to see what´s inside this box
and inside the birthday card that I have. LOL, I´m getting all trunky thinking
about it. Again, DON´T worry about it not getting on time. I´ll enjoy it the
same as if it arrived on time!
The weather is pretty good here as well. The only thing is that
it´s warming up instead of cooling off. It´ll begin to get a little crazy when
November rolls around. But I´ve survived 2 summers already, I´ll survive one
more. They have Halloween here in Argentina, but it´s kind of low key. I´ll see
if I´m still here on the 31st, but maybe with a bigger city, It´ll be a bigger
deal here. Take a picture of the yard, the way you describe it makes me want to
see it. (new neighbors across the
street have turned their yard into a very cool but not super scary graveyard)
Hey, as always thanks for helping me with all the support that you send
my way. I want you guys to know what a blessing you are to me while I´m serving
here and that I´ll always give it my all and serve the Lord as best as I can.
I´ll see ya around next week and I´ll tell you how my birthday was! Love you
lots! See ya later! Bye!
-Elder Ethan Merrill
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