January 26th, 2015

Oh my awesome family you guys are awesome! It sounds like you have had a pretty exciting week! Darn dogs always jump all over me too, it kind of makes you not want to have a dog haha Poor Josh he sure is a good guy!! It has been a pretty good week! It was a lot of fun to go on exchanges and have a little change of scenery for a couple of days. It was supposed to last until Thursday morning but Elder Trainer called and begged us to come back on Wednesday night instead cause he couldn't handle sweet ol Elder Porter any longer haha He is teaching us all a lot :) I hope you don't feel like I am always complaining about Elder Porter he really is a good guy with a good heart...he just is a different box of rocks. I know that God is still a God of miracles cause I haven't choked him yet hahaha And I have learned some lessons that I know will be good for the future :) I know I shouldn't stress so much I will work on being better. Things are going to be good this week I can feel it in my bones :) I love you guys so much!!!! Love Mud :)

January 20th, 2015

My family!!!! It sounds like you have had a busy week! I'm glad to hear that dad is feeling better!! My companion was sick with the flu this week too. I can't believe that Wade has lost 50 lbs. that is crazy! and that is crazy that they forget Seth too, poor guy. Yes I got my package thank you so much!! It is wonderful and Jessa did a great job on that pillow case! I kind of had a cool experience with that package. I was reading in Alma about how Ammon and his brethren bore their afflictions with patience, and I read this while I was sitting in our apartment trying not to go crazy. And I thought man it would be pretty cool if I got that package today, it would help me not go quite so crazy over the next few days and bam no sooner did I think that then the wonderful mail man knocked on the door and give it to me! Good really is in all of the details of our lives. It was cool to meet Elder Teh at Zone Conference he is a really cool guy. He talked to us a lot about exact obedience and he even quoted finding Nemo so after that I knew that he was my kind of guy. :) It was a pretty normal week here not a lot to report I just got to practice a lot on my nursing skills. and I learned that I am not near as good as mom or grandma! I love yall so much!!! I hope you have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Mud :)

January 12th, 2015

Hey my family! It sounds like you are doing pretty good!! I hope that yall are surviving school and that poor dad is still hanging strong in drivers ed. I can't believe that you guys got smart phones that is crazy! It seems like just yesterday we were helping mom learn how to use her very first phone! This week has been pretty good! We are having a ton of general authorities come in the next couple weeks so poor president Hansen is kind of stressing out. Elder Teh of the Seventy is coming on Wednesday, then on the 31st Elder Cook is coming, and then on Feb. 1st Presiding Bishop Stevenson is coming possibly with L. Tom Perry. He was talking to the Zone Leaders in MLC last week and he told them , "There are going to be so many General Authorities around here that you can't swing a dead cat in a circle without hitting one of them!" hahahaha You can tell that he is a good ol Idaho guy. Don't tell too many people that we don't want to get him in trouble, but I thought that was pretty awesome. :) Guess what I had for dinner yesterday? Barbequed raccoon!! I feel like a true Louisianan now. It was kind of like roast beef but it had a wild twang too it. It was also super greasy...but it was worth trying. Things are going better with Elder Porter, Maybe just because I am growing more patience... :) I do have to be honest with you though, yesterday I was eating some grapes and as I had one in my hand it just felt perfect to throw. My companion was clear across the room and before I even realized what happed there was a grape sailing across the room. haaha And it was so much fun that I threw the whole bag at him and we had a grape fight, it was pretty awesome! I'm sorry that I always throw things I need to work on it :) I hope that yall have a wonderful week!! I love you so much!!!! Love Mud

January 5th, 2015

Hey my family! I'm glad to hear that things this week were pretty good! Sorry that you had to go back to school today, I better get praying that you can have a snow day too. I hope that Jake and Melissa get feeling better soon. Jake needs to get healthy so he can get exercising haha I'm just kidding I'm getting fatter too. This week has been a pretty good one. New years eve we went and ate with a family,"the Haltermans" they are pretty awesome! We had prime rib, homemade French fries, and Chocolate Chip cookies. It was pretty awesome! Elder Porter didn't want me to wake him up at midnight, so I set an alarm for midnight woke up said happy new year and went back to bed. It was pretty exciting stuff haha I would like to tell you that I am proud of my patience this week but I am not. It is still a work in progress :) Me and Elder Porter had a "come to Jesus talk" and I wanted to hit him, but instead I went outside and threw a couple rocks and then it was all good. I'm not sure why throwing rocks makes me feel so good but it really does. Elder Porter is doing a lot better and Elder Dye is working on not being such an impatient slug, thanks for all of your prayers :) cause I need all the help that I can get! One of our investigators Mallory that had kind of backed off came to church yesterday, it was awesome! It is so much fun to be a missionary! I am sorry to hear about Sister Rossi she is a sweet lady. I hope that you guys have a great week!! I love you so much!!!! Thanks for being so amazing!! Love Mud :)

December 29th, 2014

Hey my family! Things are going good!!! It was so much fun to talk to you!! It makes emailing today seem lame compared to talking with you and seeing your faces, but I'll just be grateful to talk with you whatever way they will let me. :) It sounds like the Christmas party was fun! I hope that you enjoy your week off of school that will be sweet. What did owen and Spencer have to tell you? Christmas really was one of the best days of my whole life! I could dare say that looking forward to skyping you guys was one of the things I have been most excited about my whole life. I loved every second of it too! Sorry I am kind of a big baby. So this week we ran into a guy named wayne and he gave a pretty good description of what missionary work is like in his neck of the woods he said, "You guys should know that in this part of town you have more respect than the cops, at least people run away from you." haha I thought that was pretty funny, and it really is pretty true. It has been raining like crazy the past couple days. The darn rain really makes me miss the beautiful snow at home. It has been raining so hard that we couldn't bike so we had to walk, but as we were walking it was neat to notice the finger of the lord in the little things, and it made me really grateful for my bike. I hope that you have a great week!!! Thank you so much for all of the Christmas stuff that you sent me! I am spoiled rotten, it was a really humbling Christmas for me to not be able to really give back very well to all the people that sent stuff. I really am super grateful! I love you guys so much!! Thanks for being willing to talk with me the other day and every Monday :) I love you!! Love Mud

December 22nd, 2014

Hey my homies! I'm glad to hear that things are going good for you! All the Christmas plates delivered, tithing settlement done, and school almost out, that has got to feel pretty good! Heavenly Father must have wanted our Christmas's to look the same cause that is like the exact weather that we have here right now. We went caroling the other night in the pouring ran, it was fun but not quite as fun as the snow. I'm sad that I missed dads singing, I like it when he sings! I am very proud of Jessa for beating dad in ping pong too, I'm hoping that all this biking will improve my ping pong skills somehow. :) This week has been pretty good! Nothing too wild and crazy happened just a pretty normal week. I am super excited to talk to you guys on Thursday!! We are going to go to the Ory's for most of Christmas day so I am really excited! They are an awesome family, we have family home evening with them every Monday night and they are a ton of fun!! Sue came to Church with us yesterday so we were really excited! She is coming along slowly but surely. She finally agreed to say the closing prayer in our lesson the other day and I can't tell you how happy it made me to hear her pray! It was awesome!! That is crazy that the Idaho Falls Temple will be closed for that long but on the bright side when it is open again I will be able to go to it with you!! I hope you have a wonderful week and a Merry Christmas!! Happy Birthday in advance my wonderful mama!!! I love you guys!!!!!!!!! Love Justin

December 16th, 2014

My family!!!!! Ya'll are awesome!!! Thank you so much for the Christmas packages I am super excited! And tell Richard and Jon thanks for the Christmas card and the money I got it yesterday they are awesome!!! And Aunt Tammy sent me and Elder Porter a sweet package will you tell her thanks too? :) You'll have to tell Heidi hi for me I can't believe that she is back already. Jessa's party sounds like it was a good time! Things here are going pretty good! We got transfer calls yesterday and they are keeping me and Elder Porter around for another one. My friend Sister Widdison is getting transferred we are sad to see her go. It seems like this week has been forever long I don't even know where to start.... One of our investigators Sue gave us a 8 foot fake Christmas tree to put in our apartment it is awesome!! It took a little rearranging to fit it but it was totally worth it. If our apartment had any more Christmas stuff in it I'm pretty sure it would be illegal haha We also had a sweet Specialized training were we had a big Christmas party with President and Sister Hansen they are amazing! It was a lot of fun to spend some time with them on a more relaxed level. Joe Dirt 2 was being filmed again just down the street from Sue's house so we went and we were like 20 feet away from David Spade it was pretty awesome! I was wishing Zach and Jake and Dad could be there with me, his mullet is pretty sweet in real life too. We get to skpe with you guys on Christmas so next week I will get you a few more details. :) I think you guys are awesome! Thanks for letting me be a part of your family!! Love ya! Love, Mud