Sigh. Where to begin... this is the only issue.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I LOVE YOU!!!!
THANK you for your correspondence and love! i'm grateful from the bottom of my heart. i can't express it. hearing from you gives me great joy. it's miraculous, really.
i wish i had more time to give more detail this time, but i spent most of the time carefully reading your beautiful words :) you know how i have to read so slowly and carefully and treasure every little bit--it's even more so with your letters than in any great novel i've ever read. you mean so much to me!!!
dad, thanks a bunch. and i would say that with all the sarcasm with which you praised scamper except that i really am grateful :) you big bully. including becca's insanely adorable letter like that. i stand out enough here in the Philippines, i don't need to sit bawling and laughing out loud in the internet cafe on the corner to do that. so thanks. lol but really, thanks!!! you make me laugh so much :) and i love scamper, so you be nice! i am so happy for you, dad. i want you to live your dreams. i want you to achieve your goals. i'm so proud of you. you are the greatest dad ever. i'm so glad i can call you dad. i met someone here in the bishopric who is like the Philippino version of you. he's shorter, though. and it's not so much in humor, but really in sweet and humble nature. i really love his family. they're so great. he's a good guy and i really respect and admire the way he loves his family and does his calling.
mom, you were so right! i had the song pop in my head right away! lol! i've thought of linda a few times lately as i was trying to remember the spanish word for beautiful bc her name means pretty or beautiful. and she's so right! i love that! and tagalog is replacing most of the spanish i used to know :( i miss my little bit of espanol. but its otay bc there are random words that are the same every now and then, or similar with diff. spelling.
thank you for the quote! that's soooo good! i love it. it's very true. and it's a challenge for me as a missionary to act on those revelations when i'm a trainee and less experienced, but i need to learn bc what Pres. told me is right: we are all missionaries and all entitled to revelation for the people in our stewardship.
aaron, thank you for the recipes!!! and the letter i just received :) i'm trying to write ppl back and still write you, too, since i've received loads of handwritten ones from you. i don't want to jip you at all. i'm getting caught up, i promise :) and i'm so excited for you and your experiences and your plans! you're doing so well :) don't worry. i know you. i know you're capable of every challenge you come up against. you're so awesome! thanks for tellin lou you love her. keep reminding them! they're so great! and your dad's letter is done, now i gotta send it. in case i can't find your address on that recent letter i have somewhere... can you email it to me?
ashlynn! you're next, sista! i love hearing about your babe and seeing the pics aaron sent from fb. so cute! you're a great mommy! i knew you would be! thank you for being so super supportive. you're so awesome! i've told my companions about you lots of times, in the mtc and here in the field. i love you so much. i know you'll find an internship that's best for you. Heavenly Father will take care of you as you put HIm first. you're a great family :)
tell boo of course i remember her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i'm excited to talk to you all! how was the temple joseph! i can't believe you're all so big!
Pres said we can skype. if worst comes to worst, i'll email you next week before calling or skyping, but i hope to be able to skype from here at about 10:30 am monday the 14, which should be 7:30 pm sunday the 13 for you. i hope. you may want to check the internet for that. i don't want it to be too late for you and i want you to be home. if there are any probs, please email me or pres. i can check email before we skype and give you a heads up. deal? don't panic if it's not til almost 8. if it's after 8, start panicking. haha... jk? :) i love you bestestestest!!!
can't wait.
oopsh. forgot to tell you that angry birds are huge here. crazy. and aaron, the bag is great and all the missionaries ask about where i got it. and mom, were you able to talk to anyone about my journal at the mtc? did you get all my clothes and stuffs i sent?
i wanted to tell you that isabel is an awesome girl we're teaching and sister gupta and i taught the word of wisdom when we realized she drank ice tea. she said no matter how delicious it was, she wanted to obey the commandments and wouldn't drink it anymore. and when sis. gupta asked if she had any other concerns with the wow, she said " yes. i'm concerned for all the people who don't know about the commandments and who aren't doing good things." WOWOWOOWW! she's amazing. 17 and determined to serve a mission. sis g has never seen anyone else quite like her. so cool.
more later!
love sis r
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