20 February 2013
Hey Family,
   Hey David!  Happy Birthday!  Write me, Mom!
Love, Mb
Hey everyone! 
   I just want to say first of all that I really love love love getting your emails.  Everyone´s personality comes through so clearly when you write.  I feel a lot of love from you all.
  Doug and Dani!  Congratulations!  Yay!  Another boy!  I love the name David.  Hudson is a sweet middle name.  But Tew is the best part. :)  So, this baby was born Sunday morning!  yay!  He looks oddly familiar.  I don´t know if it´s because he looks like scotty or adam or doug or dani, or just like a baby, but he looks familiar.  Thanks for sending me pictures!  I showed my family picture to a couple of people this week, and when I said I have 4 neices and nephews I kept thinking, or five! 
  Cheryl!  I loved your email.  It sounds like the family is doing really well.  Good job losing weight.  Try to feed Paul lots of butter.  That´s what mom always tried to do. haha.  I am really impressed by how patient you are in everything you do.  It sounds like the munchkins are sponges and soaking up everything.  wow.  I miss you and Kevin and Nani and Tanner a lot.
  Kyle, have fun on your trip.  Are you and Carrie still dating?  Say hi to her for me and tell her to write me again or else I´ll call her an intruder when I get back.
  Kevin!  Hey!  It sounds like you´re working hard and doing really well with your dissertation!  Good job!  I hope you´re enjoying school and work and the kids!
  Dad! I love you!  thanks for being a good Dad.
  Mom, uh... the scripture.  I will try to think of one before I go.  I don´t have my scriptures with me so it´s a little hard. Sounds like English class is a success if it gets investigators to the church.  I really like being a missionary, but sometimes I just think of how great it will be to just be a member. haha  I keep on thinking on how I can help the missionaries when I get back to Gillette and how I can share the gospel at BYU.   
Maybe Faith hope charity and love with an eye single to the glory of god qualify him for the work.  That´s fine.  I really like that verse.
   I entered the MTC 7 months ago!   what?!
   We are going to have a wedding this week!  Dimas and Ivania are getting hitched this wednesday.  Yeah!  Dimas really has the desire to change his life, and Ivania understands everything that we´ve taught her.  She wants to begin a new life.  She is only 17 years old. 
   We only had one investigator in church this sunday, Ivania.  We are working hard, but maybe we´re just not doing something right.  We need to work more with members and with references.  We received a reference last week that looks pretty positive.  We put a baptismal date in the first lesson.  She accepted the date but said that she would really like her husband to be involved too.  We were like,  well.... yeah... we would like to teach your husband too.  haha.  She has a friend who is a really pilas member of the church.  We have an appointment with them Wednesday night.  
   Time passes so quickly.  I already have almost 4 weeks with Hna Zapeta.  She´s my favorite companion so far.  She is just really chill. 
Bah!  I have to go!  Pray for my investigators to just GO TO CHURCH!!!!  and pray for me to have more faith and patience.  I pray for you all and I know that you are praying for me.  Thanks, really, thanks for your prayers. Thanks for teaching the munchkins to pray for me.  That makes me smile and makes me happy.  I sent a letter last week.
Love, love, love,
Marybeth!