September 24, 2010
Dear Mom & Family,
Thank you so much for consistently sending me letters and taking time out of your day to forward all the info about what is going on. Also, thanks for saving my e-mails, I think it will be fun to look back on these sometime. I’m sorry they’re short. I literally sign on and try to type as much as I can straight for the 30 minutes. Last time I was lucky since I finished with about 20 seconds left and pressed “send”, which is usually instantaneous but for some reason it was taking awhile and then it just kicked me off without sending it!! Luckily a missionary near me said he still had a minute left and let me sign on using his time and I got to send the last saved “Draft”, but unfortunately not the whole letter, so I don’t even know what all you got! Pretty frustrating! I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to read e-mails, I guess I’m just too slowL. It’s pretty hard thinking back over everything that happened over the last week, which is a lot, since every minute is schedules from 6:30-9:30, 16 hours every day! I try to give you a feel for how I’m doing personally, what I’m learning, Spiritual experiences, etc. but it’s a lot to fit in.
Anyway, yes I did hear about the choir and I signed up for it literally an hour after I showed up at the MTC. Luckily they accepted me since a lot of people filled out the form and a bunch didn’t get in. I didn’t realize we were singing at General Conference though until I got the acceptance letter. We’ve had practice at 6:30 A.M. the last two days and it’s so awesome to be in a choir again with a real choir director who’s a professional J Unfortunately I’ve had a sore throat the last two days in spite of getting 8 hrs. of sleep, and trying to stay healthy, I’m getting worse! Keep me in your prayers, It would be so sad if they didn’t let me go to General Conference because I as sickL
Also, I still haven’t received anything from LaDawn’s or Whitney, like my winter clothes. Whit, Aaron, Verlan & Katherine wrote me letters, (THANKS) but I still haven’t heard back form Aaron or Whit. Maybe they e-mailed me but I didn’t even get to look at my inbox. So if you could try to make sure I get my stuff. I really could use more normal T-shirts, I don’t like just wearing those plain white Tees over my garments when we’re in our P.J. or for gym, and I only have 3 shirts which get gross if I ever go running, or get all sandy (volleyball PDay). Also I really need my other suit. Aaron’s advice about wearing slacks way more than suits is probably true, especially in the field, but here we wear suits all of Sunday, for Tuesday Devotionals, temple session/walks, Firesides, Zone/District Conferences. Etc. My suit is taking a lot of wear & tear since I can’t ever give it a rest or wear another one. It’s also getting colder here already so at least before the end of October I’d really like to get my Sunday Sweater, gloves, beanie, etc.
Well thanks again for all you guys do for me, forwarding my glasses, the Memory card. Etc. I really am so lucky, no, blessed, to have been born in our family. Being surrounded by such a variety of members I’ve found even among the Mormon society we’re pretty rare. Thank you, thank you, so much for helping me prepare for this mission, financially, physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. It has been such a blessing and made the transition so smooth, I feel bad for all the elders who are struggling.
I’d love to get Parker’s letters and get Robert’s address if you could. It’s been great to see Ben (Elder Carlisle) at all our meals since we’re on the same meal schedule. I’ve loved seeing so many of my friends and already witnessing the maturity and changes in them, preparing them to better fulfill their purpose as missionaries. The Lord qualifies those he calls. That gives me a lot of hope for myself.
The MTC is great, it really is a once in a lifetime opportunity, no other like it. I Love you all! Can’t wait to get your next letterJ
Love, Elder Lewis
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