November 11, 2013 ~ We usually get Elder Merrill's letter around 11am Tucson time. His letter was a bit late today and we were a little anxious, but not seriously…anxious in a good way as we always are when we wait for his weekly letter.
Hi mom. We
had a meeting with the mission president today. We went and listened to him and that was fun. But we don’t get the chance to relax during this week, so
that´s kind of a downer. But we´ll be
fine. I hope you weren´t too worried
about getting this late.
Well happy Veterans day
to you then! Yep we got some rain. The mud that we get out here working in the
fields is HORRIBLE. We are slipping and
sliding all over the place. I’m grateful that we didn´t fall. Cleaning up mud can be seriously hard at
times. At least it´s sunny back home
Oh. So Bishop Bahr
is still the bishop. That´s good. He´s a good bishop. (there was some confusion-he thought the bishop not the bishop’s
counselor had been released) That´s nice about all the people sharing
their testimonies. I never get tired of hearing about the faith that people
have in the gospel. Again, thanks for all the inspiration that you send my way!
Hey, the package
arrived! I haven´t opened it yet, but I´ll get around to that later on this
night. I can´t wait! Things are good here. I can wait to see you all again! This
week marks 20 months for me! The big 20! That thing about ordaining Kyle
an elder sounds awesome! (his brother has said he wants to wait to get
ordained until Elder Ethan Merrill returns home, so he can participate in that)
I’m fine with that, I´d like to see him off.
That´s
pretty crazy about the hurricane! I´m glad that Dakota wasn´t hurt. (his cousin Elder Dakota Roy who is serving
in the Philippines currently and luckily wasn’t in the path of the massive
hurricane) Yeah, Argentina doesn´t have any natural disasters of any sorts
as far as I know. Maybe a tidal
wave....but I doubt it. (funny enough, moms tend to worry about
things like this and so I might have looked up info and discovered that
Argentina does not get hurricanes – hooray! – but we won’t talk about
earthquakes, volcanoes and flooding….)
Yeah, I don´t
much care for the rule that we can´t play sports, but people here can get
pretty heated with the sports. Also, long
story short, the washing machine wasn´t broken, just turned off. What doofuses we are. I have to live in a
house where there´s enough space for 4 elders, but that´s about it really.
Thatś funny about the granny cottage story! I never heard that term
before. (I was telling Elder Merrill that
in Hawaii, the little house behind the main house that he and his companion are
living in is referred to as a “Granny cottage” because it is often used for a
grandparent to live in so they can be somewhat independent but also taken care
of.)
I
miss Eggnogg French toast! I haven´t had anything to remind me of home in such
a long time! But I bet I´ll find something good in my package. Hey, I
sure love you guys as well! I´m doing well here and I hope that you guys are
the same! I´m sorry if this is shorter than usual, I’m in a hurry today! I love
you lots and I´ll write more next week, I promise! Love you lots and I´ll see
you around! Love you! Bye! Elder
Ethan Merrill
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