Email received Aug 24, 2009

It's so nice to hear from y'all! I'm also glad to know letters are on their way, sometimes it feels like eons since the last communication from home. (Personal note removed) On that note (laaaaa) Danka, Danka, Danka for the music! It arrived just in time on Sat for us to rehearse and sing it on Sun; I don't know if you made copies or just grabbed the whole stack, but we had the exact number of copies for our two districts to sing together; everyone loved the arrangement and a few people even asked for copies. Golly, that all seems like another lifetime and I've only been in the field for two weeks. I've met many wonderful people here; we're teaching a few people who want to get baptized and helping a lot of people who haven't been to church in a while and want to come back. Sis Moreno and I are bonding over music and a dislike of tracting in Las Vegas (there are times when I forget what its like to be cold!) It rained on Sat and Sun - it was so wonderful, this morning's heat was quite a rude reawakening - has it rained in Houston yet? How about that tropical storm Bro Seibert predicted? (Editor's note: Bro Siebert from our ward is the weatherman on our local Fox channel.) The blog looks alright, I'll try not to let fear of personal details roaming the internet hinder my correspondence :0) I did receive both cards (the ketchup took much explaining but was greatly admired.) (Editor's note: We sent her a birthday card with her name spelled out in ketchup packets. She likes ketchup.) I'll write more next week and see you in 17 months!
S. Cloward