Wow One Week Down

Okay wow. Sorry I had been writing ya'll a letter for 16 minutes then it just booted me right off of the computer. I got permission for a new half an hour of email so that is good. I hope all is going well at home. What is new? anything? How is grandma doing? I hope she is doing very well and that she is loving being home once again. Please let her know how much I love her and miss her and I hope she gets feeling better. Also can you please get me grandma Anderson and grandma and grandpa Apostol's addresses? I forgot to get those and have two letters to send to them so please get me those today.

So wow one week down. It kind of seems crazy to me that I have been here a week already. The first 4 days were the longest days of my life, but I learned a lot about myself. I learned to trust in the lord. I also learned how important prayer really is. God does hear and answer our prayers.

So I will tell you a little bit about my companion first of all. His name is Elder Wolfley, he is from Star Valley, Wyoming. He weights 300lbs and had to lose 200lbs to come on a mission. Yeah he is a big boy. We have nothing in common at all. He loves video games and I hate them. I love sports and he hates them, but I love him. He is an amazing companion, he has taught me so much. We have pretty much been learning the first lesson so far. I have taught it 4 times now and it is getting better and better everytime.

Thank you everybody for your love and support and for your prayers in my behalf. Today I am starting to finally fill a little bit better. I was pretty close to coming home a couple of days ago. I was feeling not good at all. I had probably the worst head ache I have ever had in my life. I couldn't concentrate on anything, it was just bad. I got a priesthood blessing from a couple of elders in my district and it helped so much. The power of the priesthood is real. I also went to the hospital and got an mri on monday. It came back that the brain itself was not bleeding, but that my sinus was really bad. I have a really bad sinus infection that they could see on the mri. The dr here is pretty sure that's what was causing the head aches to be so bad, but i am starting to feel better. He has me on lots of drugs so that is nice, but hard at the same time because I am always tired now, but don't worry about me. I am doing fine.

Thank you everybody for the different letters and packages I received this week. You don't realize how much it means to get a letter in the mail until you get them in the mtc. You will be feeling really down on yourself then you will go to the mailroom to pick up mail and there are a couple of letters for you and it makes me cry everytime I read them. So keep sending them. I love them and love to hear how you all are.

I am the district leader. Pretty much I am just the leader and in charge of my district. I have 11 other elders in my district. We have grown so close to each other over the last week and I love all of them.

Well I hope to hear from all of you today.
Melissa, Tommy, Suzy there are letters on the way.

Suzy and Melissa thank you for the packages. you both obviously know me really well to send me two of my favorite things in the world.

Thank you everybody for your love and support
oh and mom yes I want Alma 26:12 as my plaque

I love you guys and miss you horribly, but I am here to serve the lord and I love it!
Have a great day