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March 12, 2018 from Gray

Yo momma! that is awesome i cant believe i have a new little baby cousin! oh my goodness zelda is baddddd lol, but zel is much better even if its still a little odd. im so happy for kevin especially after getting that email from him. he finally is getting that happiness that i think everyone deserves so that is so cool. i miss our fam so much!! I cant wait for more family dinners and sundays/holidays with everyone together. its crazy that she still isnt home but im glad she should be home soon and her health seems to be improving. what hospital was she born in? and ughhhh c section is kinda weird to me lol. well i guess all forms 
of birth are weird hahaha. its cool you guys can watch her and she is a cute baby! i love the pic of kevin and erik together and the pic with abby and the baby.

Hahah have fun sleeping in. At the beginning of my mission i slept in usually on mondays. but ive decided to be obedient even if i dont see the reason why. so i still wake up at 6:30, do an hour of study, and then sleep again for like an hour and a half. but honestly im tired usually but its never like a crazy tired. its soooo awesome and something i was very worried about for the mission. so to see that the lord has blessed me with energy every day is awesome. alvarenga sleeps a lot of the mornings like 
during his study or something. i just try to show him an example. i promised that it would be tough at first but the lord would pro
vide him with strength. but it will also be nice at home and school cause i know i can live off less sleep so i wont sleep days away. I love how we can learn so much from war chapters in the book of mormon. Nephi says in that one scripture that the purpose of scripture is to apply in our lives. so truly the whole book of mormon we can find relations to our lives. your right when you say i have put absolutely 100% trust in HF right now. He has helped me a lot and Im glad ive had to learn to do that. 

well we planned on baptizing ari yesterday but he smoked all the way up to saturday. it was tough to hear but we will work with him again this week to help him be baptized saturday i think. but he still has a really great desire idk he jsut seems a little flaky sometimes. ketelyn was really good at the beginning of the week but we went back to check on her on saturday and she said she couldnt go to church and kinda made up an excuse why. she has a bf who literally looks 26 and she is 14. its soooo weird cause shes like this perfect little girl and totally the person not to do that. idk if its something with him but we will talk to her again on tuesday to see whats going on. i think she will still go to church this week tho. it was a tough week finding new people but i think thats just the ways of the interior. but im liking the area still. me and alvarenga are still cool. anyone will get on your nerves from time to time but hes definitely a friend. we talk a lot and help eachother with english/port. then idk just other random stuff but also a lot about the scriptures. sundays church is 9 to 12 and then lunch from like 1-2:45 (its longer lunches always on sundays) then usually we stop by the house to relax for like 15 mins cause you eat soooo much on thursday and then you leave to go work until 7. then sunday night you do weekly planning and get to relax a little bit which is nice. 

im not going to the mission office but we have a multizona and they will bring packages from the office to us. so i should be getting it. 

feeling a little stronger with every week. its just tough mom. but i definitely dont let it affect my work. we work hard all day and i never really think about it. i just have to keep that 100% trust in my HF and his plan. i just think "everyone gets married to the love of their life". yeah divorce comes later for some people but i have no doubt that i will find the love of my life and be so happy with her. 

love you so much mom. dont go a day without missing you guys and thinking of you guys.
elder g

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