Family-
Hello! How are you all? How's the weather there? I think I am finally adjusting to the cold here. Everyone laughs at me when I am cold. They figure since I am from Utah, I should think that it is still hot!
I love my new companion! We get along so well! We have too much fun together. We laugh a lot. It feels great! Sometimes we don't feel like missionaries though because we both got so used to being miserable that we started thinking that it was part of being a missionary. But I'm very glad to have a new companion.
Well, I wasn't planning on saying anything to you all, but if you can't tell your family, who can you tell? It's just a silly story, but ... As I told you, in the MTC my district leader, Elder Miller and I got along really well. We were good friends and enjoyed each others company. But being that we are both missionaries and the fact that he is engaged, nothing came of it other than friendship, of course. Anyhow, we have been writing back and forth, nothing more than "this is how things are in the mission" etc. (He is serving in Las Vegas) But, see, I have this insane Mission President. He encourages us to have boyfriends and girlfriends at home. Seriously! And if you don't have one, he tries to set you up with someone. Crazy! His reasoning is, if 50,000 missionaries are writing to 50,000 other young adults, imagine how many young adults will be exchanging powerful testimonies and encouraging each other to live righteously. So, anyhow, every interview he's been asking me about boyfriends or perspective boyfriends. I kept assuring him that there were none. Then he started getting specific about the "young men" who I write or who write me. I eventually told him about Elder Miller. To make a long story short, he got completely excited about the whole thing and made me promise to make a commitment to him. I finally did and the commitment was to write to Elder Miller and tell him my feelings and tell him in Pres' exact words "My Mission President sees the light in my eyes when I talk about you" CHEESY!!! I about died! I couldn't figure out how to write this and disguise it to not sound so stupid! But it didn't work. So, little obedient me, followed the commitment. I wrote it almost 2 weeks ago. I'm sure I will never receive a reply but that's alright, it's not any great loss. But I thought I would share that experience with you all, just to let you know how funny my Mission President is. He's whacked! :)
Well, things are going really well. I'm happier than I have been on mission yet. I love the area where I am working even though everyone thinks it's the hardest area to work in the mission.
Hey, that's sad that you had to get rid of your cat. I was excited to have a cat when I get home. I've started to like cats a lot more since I've been on mission, even though one attacked me last week and hashed my hand. I was cross!
It was cool to get Matt's wedding announcement picture. It was really weird though! I can't believe he is actually married. It's weird. His wife looks familiar to me. What's her name? Did you go to the reception? How was it?
Well, I had better go! I love you all!
Love,
Michelle
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