Tuesday, July 10, 2012

July 10--Dear Elder: Reply to Matt's Email, Disney Report

Dear Matt, Dad paid $10 for twenty four hours of internet so that we could see if you emailed us, and you did.  Hooray!!!  It was so nice to wake up and read it this morning.  It was funny to read your conversation with the hermanas about lunch.  Sounds like they’re feeding you well.  I just read some letters from Jacob.  It seems that they don’t really eat meals where he is, they just snack a lot.  He also says things  are going well and that they are doing lots of teaching.  I’m so glad that the Mexican people love God and their families so very much and that you are learning to love them.

Hey, Matt.  I know its hard for you to remember all the questions we ask and to answer them, but if you remember, will you please tell me more about the oraciones specificas that you give in your mission.  That sounds intriguing.  I’m guessing that means you all pray for the same thing.  Is there anything more to it?  What did you pray for? 

Woah, its almost time to wake up and leave for another grueling day in Disneyland.  I’m sure glad we emailed you all those letters since you rarely get pouch.   Email is hard, because you end up having to read so much that you end up with very little time to write.  I’m hoping that you are also sending us letters in some way.  We’ll just have to wait and see.  Whatever you can do is good enough.  We love it!

Yesterday we pulled up to our hotel at 11:00, parked, and headed for California Adventure where we had a very inefficient day by Dad’s Disney standards.  We looked at the new cars land, but didn’t go on any rides because they were long—we plan to do that on a day where we can get there earlier.  We split up often so that the kids could go on things like Screamin’ and Tower of Terror, and Dad left up around 2: 00 to check us in to our room.  The kids all bought themselves hats to wear.  Thomas got a Perry the Platypus Mickey Mouse hat.  Miriam got a Tinkerbell Mickey Mouse hat, and Katrina got a tiny Mad Hatter hat that perches on the top of her head at an angle.

We all went on the ferris wheel, and it made us all sick, ha ha, so we had to buy peppermints and after that we all felt better.  We watched Goofy conduct music and dancing water and that was pretty funny.  We ate lunch at rocket ribs and dinner at the Carnation Café.   Miriam now has shin splints, Katrina has blisters, and the bottom of my feet are killing me.  Like I said—grueling.  Don’t worry, you know we love it. 

Dad and the kids got to talk to Jon, and Katrina bought him something for his birthday.  We’ve been looking at cute little stuffed animals for Lily, too.  We saw a shirt with Briar Rose from Sleeping Beauty that Dad wanted to buy for me.  Luckily it turned out to be a night shirt, because it cost $42!

I tried to follow my goal yesterday and notice the people around me.  We had some nice conversations with others.  I am embarrassed to admit that there are times we have gone to Disneyland and not spoken to another human being outside the family unless they were helping us on a ride or selling us something.  Pretty sad, really.  I read more about the value of scripture reading and hope that I can  continue to live and speak the Word. 

Well, Katrina is in the shower, and Dad is waking up.  Gotta go.  Thank you so much for the email.  It means the world to us!

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