8-12-13 Juggernaut suits

Dear Family,

Those sound like some fun farewell’s.

My talk was nothing special, but speaking of talks, yesterday my companion gave a talk in sacrament meeting and did unreal. It was so good and all the ward could talk about was him. It was really good. He was the last speaker too, and the other people left him 22 minutes for a talk he was told that would be only 10 minutes long...but he handled it like a champ! 

8-5-13 Bump Week!!!

Dear Family,

Well I am glad you liked the video. I am not going to lie; I was surprised that I didn't hear from Brother Felix on my birthday, I thought for sure you were talking to him. I was definitely surprised on Saturday evening though. Thank you.  I am going to miss being 18, but I guess there is a time and season for everything. 

7-29-13 Birthday Week

That is cool that the Spudman was so fun. I wish ours had been a cooler temperature. Yea I would do the Spudman, just get me a cool bike! Hopefully I am in a bike area before I come home so I don't get fat. 

7-22-13 Dog Days of Summer

Dear Family,

[Brother Felix sent a picture of Michael with his new companion, Elder Benedict.]

I am glad that the picture wasn't too weird. I don't get to see them before he sends them, so I hope I don't look weird. I am not very photogenic... His family is doing well and he is back at work, eye patch and all. Hopefully it starts to recede. They continue to be a huge support to us. Sister Felix just got called as an Assistant Ward Mission Leader, working specifically with the sisters. So now there are 3 WML in our ward. No excuse for us to have any disconnect from the ward now. 

6-15-13 Fly the Flag

Dear Family,

We got a call last night that there was a lady about to go in for emergency surgery and wanted a blessing. I think I have spent more time wandering around that hospital than I have spent total times at baptisms. It is always an interesting experience at the hospital. They amaze me, but I feel so stressed when I walk into a hospital. But I am glad we get so many opportunities. We had to leave our dinner appointment shortly after getting there, so we are going to make some brownies for them today and take them by to apologize. They were nice enough to drop dinner by after we got back.

7-8-13 Fourth of July

Dear Family,

We spent the fourth of July unloading the biggest U-Haul truck you have ever seen. It took alllll day. Then we had to load some things in for them, including a washer, a dryer, and 2 refrigerators which were still full of food. We got a message that we were supposed to be in by 7 PM instead of 9, so we got to go to bed early. It was the first time in the last five months that I woke up and wasn't exhausted! It was wonderful! I didn't see or hear a single firework. 

7-1-13 New Companion

This week was crazy, we got something all figured out and then got a call from the AP's and they wanted us to change everything and do it differently. It all worked out, but was insane.  [Michael originally had to arrange a ride from a ward member down to Antelope to pick up his new companion.]