01-03-11 To Mom:
Haha yeah I have been reading the BOM like mad haha. I really do want to make this challenge real and I know that it is possible cuz dad did it and now you can and you can start reading it in Spanish and get your spanish great again so we can have secret conversations with dad hahahahahaha. I cant wait :)~(: whatever that means. Well this week was great. We had a great first Sunday of the year -the most people I have seen in our tiny ward. It was amazing and I got to confirm the little kid I baptized - it was sweet and it was just a good week and I am happy that you get to see Shayanna and Steven. I wish I could be there to see the cute little kid but oh well - another year really isn't that long but I cant wait to be an uncle haha. It's great. How do you feel now that you and dad are going to be grandparents hahaha? I bet that is kind of a shock huh? Well I got to get going now but I love you with all my heart mom and I wish I could just give you a huge hug right now but oh well -another 16 months :() bye mom

To Dad:
Well - it is on then dad haha. I am reading a lot but I really do want to complete that challenge of six times read and I know that it will be such a huge blessing for me and my spanish. Well this week was good and a little long but Sunday was amazing. I had the opportunity to comfirm the kid that I baptized so it was good. And then the testimony meeting was way spiritual and me and my comp both shared ours. I didnt even get nervous at all and i just had the thought for half a second to share it and i just walked right up without even thinking about it but i was glad that i did do it. Well that is all I got that I can remember for now but I hope you and mom can keep up with me on the reading hahahaha. I love that book. now I wish I would have read it a lot more when I was home. Well I got to go now. I love you dad and I told mom that I wish I could give her a hug and I would love to do the same for you and just thank you for being such a good example for me and keeping me on the good path mostly and I know that I have slipped a lot but I am glad for yours and mom's support. It really showed me how much you actually love me. Well got to go. Love you. adios dad

12-27-10 To Mom:

Haha that's what dad talked to me about as well and thank you but I don't want to get me into trouble in the mission. But I thank you for all the advice that you all give me on my mission so I don't get into trouble haha. But I will also be working on getting better and I am praying on getting better cuz I know that I can not do it on my own. But I still know that satan is going to try and hurt all of us cuz he wants to be miserable, like it says in 2 Nephi 2:27 but I will do my best to not let that get me down. And congrats on being in the RS again haha. It is where you are meant to be haha. Well I got to get going soon and I think we covered just about everything on Saturday when we talked except that I did baptize a kid and it was awesome. I loved it. I was excited but that is all that was different and thanks again for your support mom. I love you so much. Well adios mi mama

To Dad:

Thank you very much dad. I figured you were going to send me something to help me out and I promise I will do my best. And I know that Satan knows me as well and I will not let him win but thank you again. And I know that I still have forever to go on my mission but I also know that it will fly by so fast and I will be home before you know it - as long as I am focused it will go faster I think haha. Well it was great to be able to talk to you on Christmas and I hope you all enjoyed skyping with Marshall. We found out yesterday that like 4 members have skype haha and that we would have been able to use it. Oh well life goes on right? Well the baptism went great last night. I was way excited to be able to perform the baptism. I will send the pics with this email. Well after I got done talking to you we went to a member house and they loaded us up with stuff cuz they wanted to be Santa for the missionaries, so they were haha. Well it was a good Christmas away from home. I loved it. Well I got to get going now. Love you a ton and thanks for everything again. adios dad