Letters!

Why have we forgotten about the postal service? It is a wonderful thing! Really! There is nothing better than getting the mail and seeing letters addressed to you. Am I right? Maybe not when those things are bills ;) but I have yet to experience that! Who doesn't love a magazine, a wedding announcement, a thank you letter, a birthday card, or even junk mail addressed to you?! I have really come to appreciate the postal service, especially at this age when so many of my friends are on missions and it is the only means of communicating with them.

I mention the greatness of letters because this week has been full of them. I got 4 letters in the mail   this week! FOUR! And I got an email from my brother on Wednesday so technically I can count five :) Definitely made my day. They were all so interesting too! One on Thursday was from Elder Rupp and he typed up the letter on an electric typewriter. Definitely unique. The next one was on Friday from Elder Pottle. He sent his letter in a strange envelope with a puppy on the front and back...but here's the weird part: It was the Carlsbad Mission's envelopes! I was like...why?? Oh and he also had to write his letter on a post-it note! Apparently it was all that he had on him. Haha. Mm...here are some pictures:

Love the ending!

Alright. The next two came in the mail today and they were from Elder Rainbolt and Elder Eyre who are both still in the MTC. Elder Rainbolt's was on purple paper so that was pretty unique. Nothing was too uncommon in Elder Eyre's letter except I think he asked more questions to me than I did to him!

So the point of this whole story is is that getting letters is awesome and getting letters from missionary friends is even better. Not just because they are unique sometimes, but because they are all out having wonderful experiences teaching the gospel in different parts of the world whether it be California, New York, Africa or the Philippines.

So this was my "something better" for this week. I just started my full-time nanny job and was already getting worn out, but I can always look forward to getting letters in the mail and these four really brightened me up. And each time they will come in the future, the letters will only get better as these great missionaries grow and develop in their knowledge and experiences with the gospel and teaching it to others.