December 21st, 2015

It sounds like you have had quite the week! I love yall so much!! My heart is real full today and I'm too prideful to cry in the library so this might be a short one. I love being a missionary. It's good stuff, it's hard sometimes and this has been kind of a hard week, but it's also the best thing ever. I have really been learning that anybody can find the bad in a situation or a person but it takes some real guts, humility, and Christlike love to see the good in things. I'm still pretty bad at it but I am starting to get more like my mama. And when I get mad and don't do so well you better believe that I've got a good arm like my dad and grandpa. I love Jesus Christ, he is my homie. We have a relationship that is personal and awesome and nobody can take that away. I am SOOOOOO excited to talk to you this week!! I keep learning more and more every day how lucky I am that a dirt bag like me could end up in the awesome family that I have. I'm one lucky duck! I hope Mama has an awesome Birthday!! Slap her bum for me too please! :) And I hope you have an awesome Christmas too! I'm excited to talk with you!! Love mud P.S. we had 18 at church this week, the other 3 elders gave talks and I taught Sunday school and it turned out alright! This is truly God's work and church or it wouldn't have been so haha

November 30th, 2015

My Familia! I'm glad to hear that things were good this week and that you had a good Thanksgiving! This week was pretty wild but we made it, and you know sometimes that is the best we got. :) Elder Shaddick and Elder Nichols my 2 companions gave me a run for my money this week haha It was a good challenge to get them up, feed, studied up, and get something done along the way. Elder Shaddick starting calling me Elder Dad. Thanksgiving was really good! I ate so much that on the last Thanksgiving I hit a wall like I have never hit one before and I got the "turkey sweats" comparable to the "meat sweats" it was terrible. I broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't stop sweating. So I prayed and went to the bathroom and there was no toilet paper. So we kindly excused ourselves and went home and I slept for like an hour and a half. I think that I am finally recovered though. I didn't want to eat for a few days haha We had about 28 at church this week so we were pretty happy. I had had enough for a minute this week so I followed the example of my mother and we went and had a quick icecream break at sonic. It was worth it :) I am super pumped for the Christmas season and for Christmas! Thanks so much for the packages and letters that you send you take really good care of me and I am very grateful! I am SO thankful for my family and friends, you mean everything to me!! Love Mud "Stressed spelled backwards is desserts" #diets are overrated