3 Weeks

Hey mom (everyone),

How are you guys doing? how is school going for you guys? how is work? i hope everything is going well for you.

This week wasn't to eventful. we had a teacher leave and we got a new one his name is hermano paz soldan. he is really good i love the way he teaches he made me feel better about my spanish and my teaching skills im really excited to learn more from him.

my new companionship has been a little rough beacuse one of my companions is like.....tanner. yeah thats right tanner. thanks for preparing me for this tanner haha i love you. things are going to get better i just have to be used to it. it took me two weeks to get used to elder jensen so give it one more week and i will be used to being in a trio.

Oh everyone in my zone thinks that alli is a hottie. elder hansen is writing her already and three more people want to write her. i think that it is really funny. i constantly have people coming in my room saying sonso said that your sister is cute do you have a picture. so alli if you get a few letters this week, its beacuse elders think you are really cute.

i loved hearing from everybody this week dont be afraid to write me alot because mail is better then christmas. you know how i hated getting up early for christmas....well i would get up at four if the mail came that early. it is so wonderful hearing from you guys. knowing that you are ok comforts me big time because i miss home alot.

elder hinckley came last night. (gordon b.'s son haha) i loved his talk alot. he gave nine tips in becoming a good missionary and being safe as a missionary. one thing he said that stuck to me is this. "you are going to chase away darkness. you are going to chase way sadness. you are going to be the light on the hill that cannot be hid." just thinking that i will be walking into homes where sadness dwells or where anger rules, and chasing those feelings away. wow i cant think of anything better.

three weeks down in the mtc 5 to go. it has gone so fast here each day feels like forever (probbaly because i get up at 6) but each week feels like a day. It kinda feels like there are 3 days here the first day here and driving here getting ready and what not, everyday after that is the second day and day three is today. so before i know it i will be in mexico, next ill be out a year. and at that point all my teachers say that they prayed for time to slow down because they cant keep up. im so excited.

thank you so much for the packages i have been getting. you have made it really hard to lose wait in the mtc. last week i was down eight pounds!!! not that im not eating i just havent had a soda in three weeks i dont eat three plates of food like everyone else and not eating at 11 at night has probably helped alot. but if you send me anything send me pictures there is nothing better then seeing the things and hearing about the things you are doing. i love it that way i dont feel like im missing out on it so much.

Anyway, i just want you to know that this church is true. why would it not be. god loves us so much. why wouldn't he give us his gospel. why wouldnt he want total happiness for us. dad wants the best for us why wouldnt our heavenly father? i love this so much i have never been so full of gozo (joy) in my life when it comes to the gospel. i am pumped everyday knowing i get the next 16 hours to read pray study something that is vital to my eternal life. i cant wait to get home and share my knowledge with you because not only am i inviting people to come unto to christ by helping them receive of the restored gospel thought faith in jesus christ and his atonement, repentance, baptism, recieving the gift of the holy ghost and enduring to the end. i am coming unto christ. learning more then i ever thought i would. learning to love him more then i thought i could. please strive everyday to come unto christ it is so important. he loves you and is there to help you return and receive of the blessings that heavenly father has for us. i love you guys so much. you are the reason i am here. through your examples, the lessons you have taught me and all the love you have for me. i would be nothing with our you guys. (i look funny crying at the computer in the laundry room by the way)
i love you guys be strong have faith in jesus christ and the love that he has for you. he knows you better then you. he will carry your burdens if and only if you come unto him and ask him plead with him to help you carry the things you ahve to carry. i love you guys. remember you are god children, hiers to everything he has so be worthy in this life to recieve it so we me be together forever in happiness

Love elder paskett