November 18, 2013 ~ It's another good letter from Elder Merrill who tells about getting to open his birthday box (finally!) and getting to meet an Apostle! What great leaders we have, who travel constantly to uplift and teach Saints all over the world!
I know my family has
been blessed! I really do. I´ve seen a lot
of things on the mission that I just can´t help but think that God really is
here helping all of us and especially his missionaries. I know that sacrifice
brings blessings, but the mission doesn´t feel like much of a sacrifice; I get
a subtle joy everyday while working, so I enjoy this work a lot. It feels
natural and I´m happy to do it.
Overjoyed really! I know that
this is what God wants me to do, because it´s helping others come unto him
through the gospel.
It´s good that it´s cooling down in Tucson. It´s getting hotter here. Not a lot but enough to make me wish that we
had air conditioning. In our apartment,
we don´t have a fan at the moment, so it´s kind of uncomfortable right now. We need to go buy one this week because like I
said, it´s getting hotter. But the
weather in itself is really weird. It´ll be sunny at one moment, then the next,
pouring rain, then sunny and hot again and then cold in the night. The weather here is really insane. No consistency at all.
I
opened the box last Monday when I got home from working! Thank you for the
Twix, Doritos, cookies and fruit snacks! The 2 ties are awesome and those 2
games are fun! I like phase 10 but my companion likes the frog game more. (we sent him a silly little game where you
try to get these plastic frogs to leap around by pressing down on one end of
them – but when you are limited on what you can send, sometimes silly is just
what they need!) Thanks for having everyone sign those cards for me! It was
pretty heartwarming to see everyone´s signature. If you REALLY want to send me
a package you can. :) Just be sure to send it before the end
of this month. I don´t want it to get lost and stay in the mission
forever. But I think that it´s going to
get here fine if you send it. I don´t have anything specific in mind, at this
point but I´m not too fussed at this point. I´ll leave it up to you. If you
want to send Christmas related snacks or something, and Doritos too. I never get tired of Doritos. You choose what you want to put in.
We went to a conference where D. Todd Christofferson came to meet us. It was
awesome! Not only was I about 10 feet away from an apostle the whole time, but
I actually got to shake his hand! It was a pretty cool experience, but it
didn´t last for long, it was only like 2 hours long and there were 4 different
speakers. I still enjoyed it though.
I hope Kyle is doing well. Stuart and Jess
and Brad too. That´s good that Kyle is working still. It´s fun and a good way to build up money. I
think I´ll take your advice and get a job first when I get back.
Thanksgiving is in exactly 1 week right? I´m gonna miss you guys (and the food)
so much! But there´s always 2014.
I laughed at the story that you told me about Kyle and Stuart eating the super
hot salsa. Things aren´t spicy here in Argentina, in fact, it almost doesn´t
exist. I´ve never tried tamales before....I´ll have to try some when I get
back. But I´m not sure if I´ll like them, spicy or not.
I hope that you guys are doing good, I´m fine here, just taking it one day at a
time. I can´t believe that I´m seeing you guys so soon! I hope that we´ll see
each other in what feels like a short time! I love you lots and I´ll see you
all next week! See ya then! Bye!
-Elder Ethan Merrill
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