that:s sad that the clarks are leaving. i:m sure the party was awesome. tell them goodbye for me! also, send me pictures of snow and our christmas tree and the family please!!!!! my headaches arent bad, i:ll get them occasionally, but they:re nothing like they used to be. my apartment is a `mansion` hahha. that:s what they call big apartment buildings. I:m on the 5th floor (:

hahah i:m sure there are computers with cameras, but it:s my mission presidents: rule. i:m sososososoosooooo excited to talk to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 also, tyler says happy birthday to jessica. tell her to email me about her birthday!!!!!!!!!!

this week was way cool and way sad. Being a missionary is sososoo amazing because you do see people coming unto Christ! we just started teaching two girls who are Shinto and believe in 800 million gods or something like that. We taught them that they are daughters of God (after we clarified who He is) and it was the coolest thing ever in my whole life. We prayed with them for the first time ever and the Spirit is so strong and they feel it!!!!! They recognize it as a `warm idea and feeling` and oh my heck it:s so cool. But also, Satan works really hard on these people that we teach. He knows they:re trying to build a relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and it actually breaks my heart when he throws antiMormon information or sickness or anything at them and they get scared and he:s the scum of the earth. But it:s okay because Heavenly Father won:t allow satan to tempt His children above what they can:t handle. They just don]t know that they can handle it yet. Ahh and that is why faith is so crucial every day.

I have to leave, but i promise i:ll write a letter and send it home. i:ll explain more then (:

i love you all!!!!!!!

you:re in my prayers

meg