10/8/13

Hola Familia, Ok so this week was awesome, I had so many great experiences. It is good to hear you all are making it through life, even if it is hard at times. I know that when we bear our afflictions with patience the Lord will bless us. First off, I am sorry to hear about all of Mom's appointments and stuff, it sounds like its turning into a big deal, so I hope all goes well with that. Next, I am not sure why dad said "of course" in his email, I had no idea the government was shutdown, I had heard it might have been but that is it, but it is good to hear that he is back in work. It is good to hear from Ryan and Brittany, and sounds like they are doing really well. I enjoyed all the pictures from everyone, and I liked the faces that Easton was making in the pictures, they put a smile on my face. And it is good to hear from Grandma and Grandpa, sounds like their trip was good and I look forward to hearing more about it. So I have alot of pictures to send home but I might have to do that next week. I recieved my package this week, It was awesome, and I was super excited because we are now officially in suit season, when we have to wear our suits, but the same day I got my package with sweaters, we learned that our Mission President said we can wear sweaters and sweater vests in place of a suit jacket, so that was perfect timing. I also loved everything else in the package. And I don't know why Sis. Close and Katie were asking, but Elder Lee likes pretty much any candy as long as it doesn't have coconut or almonds (Almond Joy) and it is probably a safe bet to stay away from most nuts unless it is Snickers. Ok so now I will tell about my awesome week. On Monday after Emailing we went up to the top of Sandia Peak and got some awesome photos. It was really cool up there, the elevation was only 10,000 something feet but it was still really cool. Ok so on Thursday I got my package which was awesome. Then Friday we had Zone training, which was very helpful. Then on Saturday and Sunday we had General Conference and we did Exchanges on Saturday. I went with an Elder from Canada whose name is Elder Snow. He is a really good teacher. General Conference was amazing, My favorite talk was in the first session, President Uchtdorf's talk. So on Monday we had our temple trip, which was awesome, we got to see the new video and it was way cool. We also had a devotional after in one of the sealing rooms where President and Sister Miller talked to us and also the Temple President, so that was really awesome. So after that we went to Deseret Book and looked around for a little bit. Then we went back to the temple, because our temple cleaning got rescheduled from Saturday to Monday, so we cleaned the temple and afterward got to have a tour of the temple, so we got to see any part of the temple that we wanted which was awesome, They took us to the Bride's room and the Groom's room (the handicap changing stall) and also the youth waiting room, which I remember being in one when I was a child. They also took us to the bottom of the baptismal font where the oxen are, and it wasn't like the D.C. temple where there is just a staircase down, we had to go through all the electrical rooms and what not so that was super cool. One of the coolest parts though was walking around with just a small group of people and no one else being there. Well that brings us to today, which is our Pday for this week because of the temple trip yesterday. Oh and by the way, My P-day is on Monday and ALWAYS will be, sometimes we don't have time to do everything because we have to give rides to elders on bikes, so we have been given permission by our mission president to Email on Tuesdays for a limited amount of time, if we don't have time on Monday, so It is safe to ASSUME I will be emailing on Mondays, so Sundays are the best time to send your emails. Anyway that was my week, Have Fun, Good Luck, and Do Great Things. I Love You All Elder Lee