Letter to Mom on Friday, October 24, 2008

24 Oct 2008

Hi mom!

I'm glad to hear you still miss me :). Is my picture still on the wall? :) I'm not able to view attachments here, so I couldn't see your talk, or the picture you sent of Monique in the name tag, however, I am curious to see both, so if you could send those, that would be great.

Yeah, it was fun to teach Brother Chase. I run into more and more people everyday it seems.

Well, on Sunday I had the opportunity to accompany Sister Keller, and Sister Kenney on a song for Relief Society. It was definitely a good experience. Also, this Sunday, I'm going to be accompanying someone else in our zone with their musical number for the new missionaries. It's been a great opportunity to play the piano still.

Well, flight plans are supposed to come today, but they weren't in the mail as of yet, I'm hoping they're still on their way today, I'll be sure to email again later if they are.

Well, this week, Elder Utley and I taught the 2nd lesson in Spanish for the first time. It went pretty well, still have a bit of work still on it, but overall, not too bad. We're talking most days completely in Spanish, and class is completely in Spanish now. 1 1/2 weeks! It's starting to feel real, and that I'm actually going to be in Texas soon.

Well, yesterday, playing volleyball, I rolled my other ankle, what luck. Oh well, this one isn't as bad, it's a little swollen, but with time it'll heal.

I'm probably going to have Sister Kummer (the one that called you) drop off letters to the house. These are some of the older letters that would just add weight to my luggage.

Well, I'm officially down 10 pounds. I'm hoping to lose another 3 or so in the next week and a half. It's been super nice to get the daily exercise.

Thank you for the family picture, it's been really nice to have.

Life has been great here at the MTC. I've had some really great personal study sessions. I have learned a lot, and am super excited to keep learning more. It's definitely something that I'll miss once I get to the field, but it will be good to teach the people of Texas .

Well, I'm going to save some time for later if the flight plans do come today, so I can email you more later. Also, I need the calling card information so I can call if that's alright. (I'm assuming that's the best way to do it).

Well, I'm doing well, and I love this opportunity that I have. I pray for you all nightly. May the Lord bless you all.

Con amor,

Elder Meservy

PS I have my flight plans now, I'm going to write a snail mail letter home as well, to make sure you get it. I'm sorry to hear you hadn't gotten this. I sent it quite a while ago.

Flight plans are as follows.

LV: Salt Lake City 8:20 AM

AR: Dallas/Ft. Worth 12:05 PM

LV: Dallas/Ft. Worth 3:35 PM

AR: McAllen 5:10 PM

I have a couple-hour layover it looks like, so either before my first flight to Dallas , or during my layover I'll be able to call for a bit. I love you guys so much!