Our first letter FINALLY

Oct. 15 2011
Joshua is now at the MTC and dearelder.com becomes my favorite friend and website. I think Joshua told me he had more letters then days he was at the MTC.

Yep I think some days I wrote twice. I am such a nut! I missed the kid all right! I wanted to have a letters there and waiting for him and be the first to write. I didn’t get them done as fast as I thought I would. I am all excited to write to him and we get talking about it the night before he left and his friend Brandon tells me.

 Ummm Mary Sue I have already taken care of it. Brandon wrote to him first little stinker… haa haa In all honesty I think that was actually pretty cool. I guess I can be second. Well I was second no choice about it! Thank you Brandon haa haa (haa haa a few words that texting gives us all the privilege of using and to get very annoyed with but we all still do it without thinking)

I just have to say Dear Elder is about the coolest when you think your letters are getting to your Elders almost as fast as you write them. When you have been with him daily and texting him every second and bugging them to death I guess dearelder was the next best thing.

Joshua’s first letter that we received was through email and I thought I would die for that day and minute to come to hear from him. I just had to know everything I mean I am his Mom, but it finally came.

Hey so I’m doing my laundry right now and they had computers for us to use. I sent a letter this morning so yeah this is extra. The showers here are so cold. Like worse then shotgun cold... but this morning i found the shower that works so that was nice. After today my p day will be Friday.... Man, I always have so much to say until i get to where I’m writing and I forget everything! I’m having a great time but there is at least one challenging time each day. So pray for me like I’m praying for you guys. I said this in my letter but i can pray, testify, and introduce myself and my companion in Spanish. I still feel way behind though. I feel like everyone knows more then me haha it’s really hard... The food isn’t that bad but its hard to get used to the food schedule. Ill try to write everyone when i can but it’s really hard to get time... Sorry mom, I haven’t had time to even take the camera out once but hopefully ill have it on the temple walk tomorrow... That reminds me, I have to write a talk in Spanish for tomorrow, I’m way nervous. Everyone writes a talk and then the president chooses someone from our zone to speak during sacrament. So I wont know if I’m speaking until just before. Well I don’t remember what I was going to say. I love you all, miss you all. My departure day is.... sorry you’ll have to wait for my letter which is probably Monday haha. ttyl! Joshua

So about this time I wanted to kill him, wait until Monday just like Joshua loves to have that last word, keep us guessing & having a little fun with us. But then I get this email…

ok fine... I leave December 11!

Wait he never told me....Who is your companion Joshua? Who how wait... I guess I will wait! O I love that kid.