Halloween Lockdown

MOMMY!

The business stuff: No he did not give me anything. My Gall Bladder is draining 68% (or rather it was when we got the scan), which is normal, so we won't be taking that out. But this Wednesday I am eating some nuclear eggs and they are watching me digest. This doctor, Dr. Sheikh, is pretty awesome, way smart, and told me that there is not a lot of things that make a teenage boy sick every morning and thinks I have something called "stomach paralysis", whatever that is? I'm also getting blood work done that day.

So I have 2, maybe 3, warts on my foot. Should I freeze them off? Also, I have done a ton of sewing since I got here. I have done some basic repairs to a hole in my gloves, and to a small hole in my suit. I am also now prepared to give myself stitches if the time comes. I prepped myself mentally and skillfully for that day (which will hopefully never come). :) Along with that statement, I am in need of my UVU sweatshirt. It's very cold in the mornings, and it will fit well over my shirt and tie.

Yes, we will be home on Halloween (today). Normally we go out from 6PM-9PM on P-days just like a normal day, but today we're doing 3-6 and lockdown (no leaving the apartment) after that, so we can still teach and share the good word but not be in danger of pranks.

So I found out I can print emails here, but it costs $0.10 a page. I just would rather not print at all. Nah I don't need a copy of the emails, in fact I think I'm going to send some of my letters home cause I have no room for them anymore! Hahaha.

I would not oppose to some good low-fat recipes being sent to me, but simple stuff, like not crock-pot or long stuff. We only have 30-60 minutes depending on the day to eat so it's gotta be like something simple.

I'm a little sad to hear about Sister Aycock, she was a nice lady, but she's in a much better place now. This I know, the Spirit World needs people like her. There are just too many people there that need the gospel, and I know with all my heart she will be a catalyst in moving the work along there.

That's so great about Kevin!!!!! I'm so happy for him! That's so awesome! He will be a fine missionary! The Lord needs people like him, who will thrust in his sickle with his might, and harvest the fields. YAY! Along those lines, there was an ET (emergency transfer) that affected 14 companionships this transfer. Some missionary, I don't know who, decided the Law of Chastity didn't apply to him and he got sent home, so they had to move around a bunch of missionaries to even it all out and make sure the vineyard was all cared for. Sad.

So this week we had a Leadership Training meeting with two of the Brethren who worked on Preach My Gospel. President Littlefield, (I know his son, Joe), helped write PMG, and President Donaldson was the Mission President of The District 2. I am not sure if I told you about The District, so let me know in your letter and I will fill you in. They were amazing. Only Assistants, Zone Leaders, District Leaders, Trainers, and Trainees got to go, so about 40 missionaries of the 170ish in our mission. I'm glad I got to take part in it, and I learned a ton! We are doing well on finding people, but we need to work harder on teaching. We are also seeking referrals more.

Here are some statistics for you: 

• 60% of converts will go inactive within a year.
• 1/1000 people we contact will get baptized.
• People are 80x more likely to get baptized if we have some background information about them, such as their name.
• People are 660x more likely to get baptized if they have a friend in the ward.

These stats are what drive us to seek referrals rather than just tract all day.

This January they are showing a special 8ish part thing about The District. We didn't get a lot of info, so if it's new stuff we haven't seen, but y'all can watch it, and please do! Record it, too, please. I will give you any other info on it if we get anymore.

Yesterday President and Sister Holm spoke in our ward. It was nice they came on the day Michael was confirmed, so they could see we're doing our job here in Anderson. :) Our ward has been complaining we "baptize people too soon and that's why they go inactive" but President set them straight. He told them that we, as missionaries, don't have any part in activity, just baptism. It's the ward's job to keep them active once they are members. A lot of people came up to the Bishop and President after to say they were sorry for judging.

Look at the Word of Wisdom in Doctrine and Covenants and think about what the blessings of keeping it are. I have something cool to show you when we go to the temple about it. Remember that.

Doctrine and Covenants 89 

18- And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;
 19- And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures;
 20- And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
 21- And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.

2 Nephi 28:25 says we can't sing the song Come, Come Ye Saints anymore. 

  25- Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well! 

We visited a referral yesterday, (he's not interested though), who had 2 mustangs. A '65 C that was all restored, and a 60something GT as well. They were sick and I took pictures to show you when you get my card.

Basically that's it for now. Oh, I have another idea for a Christmas present. At the sports store in the mall by the food court, whatever it's called, they have Under Armour ninja masks. They are for like skiing and stuff; one kind covers your whole head and the other kind just covers your mouth. I'd like one of the mouth covers. I don't want to cover my hair so it stays nice. :)  It is getting colder every day. Today it was 37 when I woke up. Exercising in that was not pleasant... Oh, by the way, I have been doing push-ups to exercise and today I did 200. I switch every 10 between diamond (where your pointer fingers and thumbs touch and make a diamond with the negative space between them), wide-outs (where my hands are farther out than my shoulders), and normal. It wasn't all in one go, but in the 10 minutes we were outside I did 200! My arms are getting so ripped :p

I got my own dishes this week. They're kinda childish, colorful plastic, and a cup with the straw built into it, but I love ‘em!

We met a family of 4 from Burma this week. They're not really ready for the gospel, but it was cool to meet them.

I saw a trailer hitch that had a big pole hooked to it and a barbeque on the end. It folded up right next to the tailgate, and it could fold out so you could sit on the tailgate and still barbeque your 'gater and chitterlings (pronounced chit'lins by the good ol' Southerners). 

Chitterlings or pork intestines are a favorite among Southern families. Traditionally, they are prepared during the holiday season, but deep freezing makes them available year round.

I saw a police SUV and I now know why they call cops "the heat". The SUV had painted on the back "Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic" a.k.a. the H.E.A.T.

F.Y.I. it takes about 4 days for me to get a letter from you guys.

I can't wait to get home and show you all the cool stuff we do as missionaries. Role-play, the Kikonke Method, and so on.

I love y'all! God be with you till we meet again!

Hurrah for Israel!

Elder Seaver

Grantastic

First of all, that's so funny about Zack. Haha I love him, and I'm glad to hear he's serving and all those other kids are, too. I'm 99% sure his friend he was talking about was Clint Madsen, but correct me if I'm wrong and you remember.


Dad, I'm so glad you're having opportunities to serve like that! It really makes me less homesick when I realize how many blessings are coming from me being here.


So about the baptism. M. A. got baptized! I was in da wata doin the dunkin, and it was ICE COLD, but the Spirit was so strong and it was an awesome day! C and M postponed because M isn't all the way recovered from having her baby yet, so we will get to that later and it will be grantastic! I will send pictures soonish. If you send me a new card, I can send mine home no problem. I just don't want to be cardless for 2 weeks yknow?


On that note, it takes about 4 days to get mail. Y'all send em on Monday and I get em Thursday.


So this ward is kinda messed up. There are a few cool families, like the B-, the A-, the 

H-, the W-, and the H-, but there are a ton of people that don't like missionaries. They don't trust the program, they don't trust us, and they aren't getting to see any baptisms come around. We can stomp Homeland Park all day and get maybe 1 new member every 2 months. We need them to trust us and bring us their family and friends so we can get solid referral baptisms. It's just not working how it's supposed to. We're trying, and we have made some progress with a few people, but not nearly on the scale we need. If we had more than one ward missionary that would help... This place is just about to burst at the seams with people ready to receive the gospel, but no one is helping us pick the stitches, so it's slow work. We'll see how it goes by the time I leave. However, one lady, Sister M is having a neighborhood Halloween party. We were invited and President approved us going cause there'll be like 80ish non-members! Cool beans.

This Wednesday we had Elders Ray and Wilcock, the Zone Leaders, come up and do a special District Development Meeting (we have one as just a district every Tuesday). Elder Ray was a wrestler on the USA team before he came out, and as a sophomore in high school took nationals against an undefeated senior. He's a stud. He also went around doing motivational speaking for a job, too. He had us write down things stopping us from being the missionaries we wanted to be, like homesickness, and so on, on a 1" board. Then after that we learned the stance, learned the fiery "YES!" we shout when we hit, and we karate-palm-thrusted straight through the board. Yes, I'm awesome. Not everyone they've trained in our zone broke their boards, but our whole district did. Sister Robertson did as well, so I figured we all would ;) It was really awesome, and I'll send the board home after transfers. Also, no I won't be with a companion for 12 weeks always. Transfers are every 6 weeks, but we have a 12-week-training program, kinda like a 12-step program haha. After that I could be with a companion for 1-3ish transfers.

This weekend was Stake Conference. Saturday morning, before the baptism, we drove down with Brother A and the Seneca Elders (Benson and Tompson, the only others in our district) to Simpsonville (where our Zone Leaders are from, I think I told you wrong last time) to have a meeting with Elder Gaye of the Seventy. He's awesome, lots of good advice. He also spoke at the adult session, which blew my mind. It was so awesome. He also spoke at the session on Sunday. He is phenomenal. I also got a chance to talk with President and Sister Holm, our Stake President President Kunzler (from Orem) and Elder Gaye.  It was nice.

During the Sunday session we sat in the front row in the middle. Members of our ward were sitting there so I sat by ‘em and Elder Greear followed.   The coin I talked about in an earlier letter was mentioned by Pres Holm. He looked at me and asked, "Do one of you Elders have your coin?" When we got em way back when and he asked us to always carry it with us, so I had mine and handed it up to him so he could show the audience.  I was glad I had it and I'm glad President knows he can trust me :)

So on to the random stuff I wanna mention. First of all, can you send me my long-sleeved and short-sleeved black under armour shirts? It is cold in the mornings and it was way cold a couple of days, and it's only gonna get colder. Also, maybe a compass too, cause I'm sick of not knowing where North is. :/ Also, please buy Lion King. I saw it was out and I don't want to have it go back into the vault and never see it again!

The word "Utah" means top of the mountains. Originally the Saints wanted Utah to be named Deseret, but the President of the United States (can't remember which one) named it Utah after the Ute Indians and also to spite the Saints. But it just goes to show how revelation rocks, cause Isaiah 2:2 and 2 Nephi 12:2 say And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.  haha! 

Today I was reading 2 Nephi and I realized that 19:6 is identical to Isaiah 9:6. Jacob is quoting Isaiah for most of 2 Nephi, so I started to compare them to each other. They are almost word for word the same but for a few critical differences. For example: Chapter 9 in Isaiah says something like "Ye have multiplied the earth and NOT multiplied your joy" and 2 Nephi 19 says "Ye have multiplied the earth and multiplied your joy." It's a fun activity and I suggest doing it. The movie Radio was filmed in my area, and the real Radio goes bowling every Tuesday with a member! I'm gonna meet him and baptize him soon, or at least that's my goal :) Clemson University, which I had never heard of, is DOMINATING football this year. They are undefeated and stomping big teams.

Last couple things. I'm on my last hole in my belts. :/ I have learned how to make a spit bubble on my tongue and blow it out like a bubble :)

I love you guys.

Hurrah for Israel

Elder Seaver

Splits with Zone Leaders

Dear Mom,

I am gonna try and not get surgery while I'm on my mission.  I'd rather deal with being sick every day than have to have surgery out here. I point blank refuse to have it done here. No I can't print off stuff from here. You'll have to send me whatever I'll need, minus the stuff you were gonna send about surgery. Also, I just barely got my medicine on Saturday, so you can hold off on sending me more. I'm good for a month. Yes, I have an insurance card. Well, 2 now actually. Haha. And thanks for sending my license. They check it every time I use my Missionary card at Walmart and they almost didn't accept it last week. Now I won't have to worry!

So B will not be getting baptized. R has not even tried to call and find out about getting a divorce so we are dropping them for now. They aren't keeping commitments, and there are others out there who could benefit from those 2-4 hours a week we spend with them. It's sad, but it's what we gotta do. We're also dropping K S. She ditched out of church last week and yesterday, and she isn't reading. BLAH! We're also "sifting out the hearts of men" to find what investigators we have that ARE ready.  M is gonna be tough. We'll have to visit him about 4 times this week if he's gonna get in, and he lives in a city further out that's too far for us to drive on our mile limitation, but we have 3 rides lined up and hopefully a 4^th. We'll see how it goes.

On Thursday we did splits with the Zone Leaders. They came over from Spartanburg to interview C&M, so they spent Wed night and all of Thur with us. Elder Ray went with Elder Greear and I went with Elder Wilcock. Man Elder W is the best missionary out there. We taught 9 lessons and set 3 people on date for baptism. Thats HUGE. We usually hit 9 in a week and 3 in a month, and Elder Wilcock and I did it in 1 day! It was awesome beyond belief. We also went to Goodwill and got a bunch of ties. It was 50-cent tie day so I got 8. It rocked :)

So now I have just a few things I want to say and they probably won't make sense in any order, so I'll just say em.

Mitt Romney and his "cult" is turning out to be a huge tool. Everyone wants to know what "Mormonism" is.  Noah's Ark was built in South Carolina, or rather, what was to become present day South Carolina. On Thursday I long-snapped a basketball from half-court and made a basket. I have a wart on the side of my foot that's been there a while and I want to freeze it off. Think that's a good idea? I need a set of headphones, but I don't want to buy them out here cause wandering to that side of the store makes me homesick. I need them for use on the computer to watch videos for training. Every car out here is crap, but they all roll on sick 26" rims. It looks so dumb! Haha. I saw a monument dedicated to "Our Confederate Dead" but we were driving with a member and I couldn't get a picture. When we went to C & M's house one night with Brother Washington (C&M weren't home) we think we heard a gunshot. Ooo...  When a word in the Bible is in italics it is because there's no English word that translates from what the original was and the italic word is the closest thing. You don't see that in the Book of Mormon because it's perfectly translated :) Yesterday at church I gave a talk and also taught Gospel Principles class. It was awesome. I'm trying out a bunch of different cran-fruit combo juices. Cran-blackberry rocks fyi.  Those hero cards are sweet, and the rest of the package rocked! THANKS!!

We are allowed to make a mormon.org profile while out here, make your own too, so I can check ‘em out on Friday! We get to use the computers for an hour every Friday for mormon.org.

When Joseph Smith was in prison with all the other guys (not Carthage, the one before that) they had the following experience:

     The men were given meat to eat one morning that looked particularly dark. One of them tried to cut the meat, but dropped the knife and fork. He picked them up and tried again, but again dropped the silverware. As he reached down to grab them Joseph said "Do not pick them up. Do not eat that meat, for it is human." They later overheard the guards bragging that they had "cut the meat off a dead n****r's thigh."

I think that's all I had to tell you this week. I'll try and get those q-lists filled out and sent home today. I'll also see if I can't print some pictures when we go to Walmart in a few minutes.

Love you all dearly, and looking forward to seeing you all again!

Hurrah for Israel

Elder Seaver

God Speed the Right

Dear Mom & Dad

I love you guys.  I wish I could write you every day to tell you all about my mission, but that is what a journal is for I guess.  There’s one thing I’ve learned while out here 

it’s this:

Where, when my aching grows?
 Where, when I languish?
 Where, in my need to know?
 Where can I run?
 Where is the quiet hand to calm my anguish?
 Who, who can understand?
 He, only One.

Or, in other words:

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
 He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
 He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
 His truth is marching on.

So, with Him, His will, His way, through His fateful lightning, miracles will come forth in

South Carolina:

Be that prayer again repeated,
 God speed the right;
 Ne’er despairing, though defeated,
 God speed the right.
 Like the great and good in story,
 If we fail, we fail with glory. 

God speed the right.  God speed the right.

Hurrah for Israel!

Love,

Elder Seaver

Bishopric is Awesome!

Mommy

Well first of all, the library computers block the pictures in your emails so I can't see em :(

Thank you for the advice. I just needed a boost. And you're totally right about my relationship with Heavenly Father. I never thought of it like that, but you're absolutely right! Sheesh, do you just know everything or something?!

I'm so glad to hear you are all doing well, and that you are all safe and sound. I haven't gotten your letter from Indy yet, but I got one from Sean. That was cool. It was actually 2 letters, he just hadn't sent em yet. He has his own return address label with a football and stuff on it.

I am super excited to get your letters and that package! The policy is that you have to send stuff through the post office so they can forward it. Dumb, but oh well... Thanks for sending stuff already though! I might be able to get it at the end of this month if we have to go to leadership conference in Irmo.

So I have a sticky note here with all the stuff I want to tell you. I'll start with the temporal things (stuff I need, and so forth) and then tell you about all the church stuff. I need a couple new ties that are polyester. Silk ties get wrecked by sweat, or so I hear, so I'll need a couple polys before summer. The suit policy was wrong in my call packet, too. I have to wear a suit coat every day between conferences in the winter unless it gets over 75. So I've been wearing my old one (divine inspiration to bring that along hahaha) except on Sundays and to mission meetings. I'll be fine I think, I was just wondering if I could get another black suit jacket to wear with my pants, or just next winter a new grey suit. Whatever works, but I don't have to worry about that till next winter, I'm ok for this one. Today it has been raining a lot, and my jacket rocks. Every other missionary got one at Mr. Mac and it's all churchy and whatever, but I like mine a lot more. Good thinking whoever thought of that. Also, did you give the bishop my tithing I had filled out? I was thinking about that the other day. I also was wondering what you thought about me buying my own plastic bowl, plate, and a spoon, knife, and fork, and a plastic cup that are just mine so I don't have to use the stuff in our apartment. I just would rather have my own stuff and not worry about it. What do you think? I'll wait till next Monday to decide though.

So our bishopric is awesome. Bishop Park, Brother Helm (1^st ), and Brother Hobbs (2^nd ). They are all great guys! We went to the Helms' house on Sunday. They have 3 girls and a boy. The oldest, Elizabeth, I haven't met yet. Emma, the next one, is my age. The last girl is Jennifer; she's 15 and their boy is Rockwell (Rocky is what everyone calls him). They're a cool family. Matthew and Kimberly are the parents. And they have a dog they think is an  Australian Rat Dog or something like that that they got from someone Bro H works with. She's kinda ugly, but way fast and agile and awesome.

Yesterday was my first time legitly in Elders' Quorum at church. It's pretty cool I guess, but not nearly as good as the nursery :/ The Ward Mission Leader (Brother Addison, who is way awesome and nice and his family rocks. He even invited us to lunch after church with one of our investigators, T, which is awesome AND gave us a ride to Seneca last Monday so we could carpool with the Elders there to our training and interview with Pres Holm in Greer the next day) teaches Gospel Principles class and is awesome at it! There is also a guy in our ward named T W who was converted by a senior couple from Orem. Their name is Hendricks. I think it was Sister Hendricks in our old ward! Did she serve a mission in Seneca? If it was her, he wants to know if she's still alive. I can't remember, so can you find out for me?

So I wanted to tell you a little about some investigators. C and M are getting baptized on the 22^nd  and they are so ready! They just got married and had their 3^rd  baby and all that. I can't remember if I told you about them last time or not. Also R, J, and B. B was gonna be baptized this Saturday the 15^th  but her parents won't let her do it without them. R needs to divorce his current wife whom he has been separated from for 10ish years so they can get married. I doubt it's gonna happen, so we're gonna sift ‘em a bit and if they don't get a move on in the next week or so we're dropping ‘em. Also a lady named K  is gonna get baptized on the 29^th . I'll tell you more about her later. She's just cool and ready. And T wants to get baptized. We need to teach him stuff, but he's ready in heart. No date yet though. M A is gonna dip in the wata on the 22^nd  as well. His wife is a member, so she got him ready for us :)

So I wanted to say a bit about the doctor. I'm assuming you talked to him, and so I'm going on the 25^th  to a gastrologist in Anderson. I have dropped 3 belt holes from being sick the last 3 weeks. But I'll be ok. I'm glad to suffer in the name of my Savior. I'll be ok, He'll take care of me :) I'll let you know how the appointment goes.

Well that about sums it up. I'm taking a lot of pictures, and I'll try and find a place to print some off soon. Love you!

Hurrah for Israel!

Elder Seaver

Hurrah from South Carolina

Wow I am finally here! P day got moved from Wednesdays to Mondays so sorry it took so long to write. I've almost officially been out for a month. It feels like a year. President and Sister Holm are awesome! They are fantastic. Very nice. They have a handbook we got in addition to the mission one that clarifies rules and has a ton of great tips to be effective! We also got a cool coin they made that we get to keep, unless we come home early, as a reminder of why we're here and to help us remember we can make it. I'll take a picture of it for you. We also have "Standing Quotes" that we recite every morning and in every meeting. They're cool. I put one of em at the bottom of this email, The Standard of Truth. They are awesome. Sister Holm gave me a journal to write in cause it's a rule apparently to write every night. I'm keeping it nice and detailed with all those emotions you were talking about.  The first few days here I hated it. Still don't quite love it but I'm getting there.

The first morning we were here President Holm took us to the forest a little ways away. While we were there, in our own "sacred grove" we sang Hymn #26 and pondered for a while. When we were done, each on our own in silence after thinking, we walked out of the forest through a trail they marked. When we came out, guess where we were. The Columbia Temple! It's so beautiful! We got to go in and talk to the President for a while, and he was awesome. It was a sweet experience!

Ok so I am in Greenville Zone. I'm in a city called Anderson. My companion is Elder Greear (Greer but it's spelled weird) and we have 4 people on date for baptism this month. C and M just got married the Saturday before I came, and they are on date for the 22nd. They have 3 kids, I think ages 2 1/2ish, 1ish and newborn the Tuesday before their wedding. They are awesome.  There is a family who's 8 year old daughter is getting baptized the 15th. Their names are R and J, and their daughter is B.  B is ready and excited to take a dip in the holy water, but her parents aren't. They want to, but first J and R need to quit smoking (we got her a quit smoking kit with a bunch of cinnamon stuff in it) and R needs to get a divorce and marry J. He's been separated for a long time, but never did the divorce papers. Wow! The last person on date is named M. A., whom I haven't met yet. We were also visiting a man, but his family is way messed up and the bishop (Bishop Park, who is awesome) asked us to not teach him anymore. We need to let things blow over with a troubled family situation first, as well as he feels we are in danger (drugs are involved somehow...). This is the first time the bishop has ever asked missionaries to stop visiting, but I agree with him on all counts. I felt weird being there.

The ward is way awesome, and there are a lot of faithful members. 215 members to be exact! A lot of inactives we get to visit as well. 2 of em are so funny. Sisters named Renee and Wanita (I don't know about spelling, but they say em ren-A and wan-E-der HAHAHA (AND those are their middle names, too! we don't know their first!)). They came to conference on Sunday and it was cool. They're in their 60s I think, Way old looking from smoking, and Renee has no breasts from some surgery and Wanita is probably gonna die soon. She's on oxygen and doing horrible. It's sad, but they're awesome and I love em!

Well I'm writing everything down in my journal that I remember, and everything here I can, but I'll send you the journal when it's full to fill in the gaps.

I can't write letters anymore but on P day, so I'll try and send out what I can today.

Yes I would love letters!!!!!! Send them to the mission home address (the Irmo one) and they forward it to me. I'm not sure about packages, but I think they're forwarded too. Either way I'm headed to Irmo December 21 for transfers anyway.

I had a horrible last few days being sick. I think it's my gall bladder acting up. I called Sister Holm, who is in charge of medical, and she had me call Dr. Liljinquist, who then called you guys yesterday at home. He left a message and wants you to call him back.

I think I covered all your questions. But we have 2 years so I'm sure at some point I'll get them all! :/

I'm taking lots of pictures (lots for me anyway, since I started from 0 :p) to try and get everything for you!

I want you to know that I was terribly home sick, and still am, on top of actual sick. It's horrible. Especially after watching conference. It reminded me a lot of home yknow. Half the ward members I've met lived in Utah at one point, too. That helps and doesn't at the same time yknow? I also got excited and longing when they announced the old Tabernacle was being rebuilt into the new Provo Temple. But I know that I can't come home.

 "The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing. Persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, [I may want to go home,] but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done." ~Joseph Smith, Jr. 

So I'll be here, no matter how hard it gets, cause I'm a finisher. I love tough things. I am first to do tough things. I do tough things first. I'm a finisher. And I know dad'll kill me if I came home early :p

Well, I think that's all for now. Please write me letters, it will help a lot!

Hurrah for Israel,

Elder Seaver