Dear Matthew,
Hi! How are you? How is life in La Paz? I just looked up La Paz on the internet and I
see that it is a very clean and safe place, and that the standard of living is
quite high by Mexico standards. I also
see that it is probably about 75 degrees at this time of year, and that there
are plenty of tourists in La Paz, but that is probably close to the beach. How do you like it there? You say that there is a very low activity
rate in the church in La Paz. Why is
that, do you think? I’m glad that you
and Elder Trejo can work to help members come back into activity. Tell Elder Trejo “hi” for us, and tell him I
admire his commitment to be a missionary even though the others in his family
aren’t members.
This morning I helped to train the leaders of the young
women in two different wards, and then I also taught the relief society lesson
as a substitute teacher. I basically
just read amazing quotes by the prophet George Albert Smith and asked questions
so that the sisters could share their insights on the subject. It went pretty well although I’ve since
thought of a million ways that I could have improved the lesson. Tonight we are going to Katrina and Thomas’s
Thanksgiving choir concert in American Fork, and I really look forward to
it. The concerts are always so
inspirational!
Last night we went to see Katrina in the Ensemble of “Annie
Get Your Gun,” the MMHS fall musical.
Katrina did a wonderful job.
She’s an amazing actress even when she doesn’t have any lines, and she
looked so pretty in her costumes, especially her ball gown. We got to sit on the very front row and
enjoyed the entire play immensely.
On Friday, I worked on an ABC book that Katrina is making for
Lily, and I am helping her. Then on
Friday night, Dad and I went to see the movie, Lincoln and we really enjoyed
it. Do you remember that edited movie Cassandra had, the “Last of the
Mohicans?” The main character, Hawkeye,
was played by Daniel Day Lewis, the same guy who plays Lincoln. He did an amazing job! I felt like I really got a glimpse of how
Lincoln actually looked and acted.
Anyway, we had a nice time.
Thursday was basically visiting teaching day. My visiting teachers, Sis Mathis and Sis
Fjerstad came to visit teach me, and then later, Emily and I went to visit our
visiting teaching sisters. We had
wonderful time catching up on what they’ve been up to since we saw them last
month, and Emily gave them a message from President Uchtdorf’s talk in general conference. Did you get to hear that talk, Matt? It was basically on lessening regrets in life
by 1) Spending more time with family, 2) Working on becoming the person God
wants us to be, and 3) Letting ourselves be happy and enjoy the journey of
life. It was a wonderful talk.
Later Brother and Sister Zhart came over and
helped me with some family history. It
was a very nice day.
Wednesday, Dad came home early. Katrina was at play practice and Miriam and
Thomas were out at the malls buying Thomas a coat. Dad and I enjoyed puttering around town just
the two of us. It seemed like a
wonderful reprieve from the hustle of weekday activities.
Tuesday evening, I went to a meeting and Dad worked. Earlier in the afternoon, Jon called me and I
went to Costco and picked up the turkey he got for being a Costco employee. It will sure be nice on Thanksgiving, and I
look forward to having him and also Don and Renee here to celebrate it with us.
Monday we played Mormon Bridge as planned and
we had a very fun time! That’s really
all I remember about Monday except getting your letter, Matt. Remembering back that far sure strains my
brain, ha ha! Anyway, that was our
week. I hope that your week was as good
and that this week is even better!
Love,
Mom
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