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HELLO!!!!FROM THE MTC!!
  Well, not much has happened this week... just the same old same old... we  are starting to do a lot more in russian... we taught for the first time in  russian on wednesday and all our meals we now are speaking in just
  russian... we realized that you can say a lot with just a few words. hahah I  think its going to be so funny when i actually get to russia and i cant say anything except "i know that God lives and we are his children" haha no no i  know more than that but they will answer me and i will have NO idea what they are saying... our teachers speak russian to us but they know we are basically incompitent and so they speak super slow...
  Funny story though.. they other day i was sitting there in study time and I was reading out of the book of mormon in russian... and i thought "what? never in my life did i ever think i would be reading out of a russian book of mormon..." haha no, i could not understand it all, but it was just soooo funny... its kinda crazy where life takes you i guess... Oh, i guess another thing is that me and my companion, sister trottier were made the coordinating sisters..  nothing too cool we just get to welcome all the new sisters when they come in tomorrow! i cant believe it, we are now what they call "the older districts"... i know sounds weird, but we had two districts that reported 6 weeks before us speaking russian and now, that us... i cant believe ive been here 6 weeks... my 7th week starts tomorrow...mom, you said that its gone slow but also fast.. i hear ya.. honestly, the days here feel like weeks and the weeks days.. its the craziest feeling ever!!! But ya, so being coordinating sisters will be super fun for us because it kinda breaks up our schedules for the next few days and lets us
  takes them on tours and stuff...so i am sooo excited.

  Well thanks for the letters!!! seriously they help so much... i know it sounds so cliche that a missionary loves getting letters, but its sooo  true... its like the only thing that is a surprise to us!! EXCEPT... we ate at the temple today and it was sooooooooo good! REAL food! and i know ive been complaining about the food here, i would still like some bars but i got it covered... so basically... in the morning i eat hard boiled eggs... ew i  know but it gives me protein then for lunch and dinner i will have veggies and friut and maybe some soup or cereal.... ive kinda gone on a vegitarian diet.. which is ok i gues.. then when night comes we all just like binge on candy and junk food which is horrible!! thats probably why im getting huge here! haha thats why i dont want any candy! and im partially surviving cause the girls in the barbershop bought me diet coke... hahahaha yes... ONLY cause it gives me energy... i dont even drink one a day and if i do drink> its just one... which is fun... i can still live without it..

  Well it sounds like everything is going good! tell katie congrats on her baby please! i dont have her address or else i would have sent her something! (well a card at least) and please send pics!! of her baby and of
  christmas...it sounds like everything is going great at everyones houses!  grandma got a haircut? haha i hope it went well! and GRANDPA WENT TO CHURCH! haha thats soooooo awesome! i would love to hear what he thought about it... also i have another kinda weird request... so being out here in the mission,  and having to figure out peoples concerns about the church and what keeps  them from believing or even being interested... its really hard.. and i know  without a doubt we have an answer to everyones problems or concerns... but i would love to hear from the family.. like grandpa and jeff and jerry and Tami... not why they havent joined cause honestly,im not trying to convert them.. but they reasons for not being interested or the doubts they have....as my family i would love to know where they are coming from.. i know i am going to be confronted with problems daily out in the field and to just hear from the people closest to me why they dont accept the church or what they questions they have concerning the gospel would actually be a really big
  help... I know that could be slightly awkward and i feel bad asking that,but i think as a missionary it would help me better understand my purpose and help me once i get to russia... so if its at all possible... maybe they
  could send me a letter or an email about the questions and concerns and  reasonings for their decisions... its can be as simple as "we have a religion already" but some of me thinks that they might have some
  questions... i know again.. super weird but ive been thinking about that a lot lately... Oh! and tell everyone i say hello! i hope jamie is doing well in school jackie isnt back with marcus hahaha... tell her to stick to the
  normal boys! tell tami jeff ruth jerry eliza will and brenner hey! i hope they are all doing well....
  Dad, make sure you tell grandma west i love her too! and maybe you could get her address? i dont know if she gets mail.. or maybe if i send a letter home  for you to give her that would be great.... i would love that.
  Mom and jess... tell the boys to keep reading the book of mormon! the part where Nephi cuts of labans head is pretty sweet... theres a part where i think ammon? cuts off the arms of a bunch of people in like alma 17 that would be fun for them to read too haha... they you can always go to 3rd nephi where christ wants all the little children to come forth and he> blesses them... they would probably like to here that part too...

  Ok sorry this is so random! i never have any time to think about things...but i just want to say again i love you guys and they support you give me. i appreciate it more than you know... i know that i am supposed to be hereat this point in my life right now... honestly... i have learned more in 6 weeks than i could have possibly imagined... i have a LONG way to go i know that but i can say without a doubt in my mind that this church is true and i couldnt be doing any better work right now. Yes, its super hard... honestly i cant say this enough, its the hardest thing i have ever done... but i know the blessings that will come along the way are for eternity. This mission will change my life forever and it already has... I love this work and the message we get to share. I love knowing i get to bring people to come to know their christ... they one and only person who could save them. He is everything... If you guys want... 3rd nephi 11 talks about when christ came  to the people in the americas and its a pretty powerful chapter. Its kinda crazy that Isaiah prophesied that christ would go to the other sheep.. which were not of the same fold.. and that chapter is that being fulfilled. So
  just a side note... ALSO i hope you guys are trying to read and also go to the temple... even if
  it is just initiatory... they work we do in the temple is amazing and what better way to prepare us for the millenium.. thats ALL we are going to be  doing hahah  so i encourage you to do that... let me know how its going! I love you sooo much! WRITE ME SOOOOOOOOOON! i will write a letter in
  russian soon