An Example

I was at Young Women Camp this week so Bruce and Taylor held down the fort. They actually got on line with Hayden and talked back and forth through emails. It was kind of an unusual day for Hayden in the fact that he was talking to Taylor, Bruce and Jordon Duke (His good friend serving a mission in Chile) all at the same—real time. Because of the time it took for this —he did not write a regular letter this week.

I have included Hayden and Taylor's corispondance because I thought it was cute.

Elder Welch,

How are you man? Dad said your online. We've been waiting for you to e-mail back so me and him can go golfing:) I hope you don't mind, but i'm going to use your golf clubs, haha. So I just wanted to tell you how much of an example you are to me, and i sure am glad you went on this mission. It's helped me alot to decide on if i'm going and i am pretty sure i am going to go on a mission. Thanks man I love you!

Juice

Hey! You can use them! But you better get a hole in one with them to pay me back!!! hahaha And you´re darn right you´re going on a mission! Haha and don´t you be sayin ¨pretty sure¨...It is the best man! And you will never regret it! It really is the greatest!

Hayden

Haha ok! I AM going on a mission:) and i ALWAYS get hole in ones. Well ever since you've left;) so dont worry about me payin you back:) and oh me Mccabe and Ben are going to go golfing on thursday and then go riding (4 wheelers) and then see midnight showing of harry potter for my b-day on thursday:) aaand i'm going golfing four young mens on thursday:) haha LOTS O' GOLF! :) well luv you man and hope you have a great week!

Juice

Haha right on man!!! Tell ol´ Ben and McCabe I say hi and to stay outta trouble! Hahaha And you better not be kickin my butt in golf by the time I get home!!  

Hayden

Will do...will do with EVERYTHING you said. AKA I WILL be kickin your butt 20 times over:) haha ok well you probably are busy(and i wanna golf) :) haha so cya bro talk to you next week!!!

Juice

Haha alright, seeya bro. have a good day! You´re the man. thanks for everything! Love ya man. Talk to ya next week

Hayden

I am so grateful for Big Brothers and their wonderful influences....it makes my job as a mom so much easier! Hayden also told his dad that his baptisms are "ON" for today— so— somewhere in Guatemala people are being blessed by Hayden's efforts and sacrifice to bring them the happiness that the gospel brings. What a wonderful example he is to all of us.

Hayden seems to be doing well. Changes are this Monday so we should know where he is going to be for the next while. I will post his letter when he sends it. 

Carol Anne

And the fleas finally win the battle....

Hey everybody!

So, first of all, don´t worry about last week mom! Haha It is totally fine. I thought that was going to happen before I even got here last week. Idk why. So don´t worry. (He wrote at a much earlier time than usual and our letters did not get there until he had left. It made me feel so bad that he did not have any letters from us.) And Lexi wrote me two letters!!! Ha ha— so that made up for it!  

I didn´t get a chance to read your guys´s letter from last week so I'm going to print it out and read it later. But I did get the pictures! They were the best! I can´t beleive how much Avery has grown up! I miss her a ton! And it is so weird! I didn´t even really put two and two together that today was the fourth of july! It definitely does not feel like it! Idk why. But it looks like you guys are having an awesome time! The Hub! Geez what good times! Ha ha! And I´m sure the fireworks tonight are going to be the best like always. 

But anyway, This week has been pretty good. I did get to meet Presidente Watts the other day. We had our interviews with him and Hermana Watts. They are the best! I really like them a lot! And Hermana Watts reminds me of you kinda mom. And she even told me her favorite thing in the world to do is gardening just like you! Ha ha!  But yeah, they are going to be awesome! 

And so last week we did divisions and I stayed in the other elders´ house and a couple things happened...first of all, I had my first real run-in with fleas!!!! It was the worst! I didn´t even realize it untill the next morning when I took my shirt off to get into the shower and I saw all these little dark spots all over it like on the back and sides. I was like what the heck?! So I looked in the mirror and my whole back and sides were COVERED In flea bites! The spots were spots of blood from all the flea bites! And I still have them all over. All over the insides of my arms, all over my legs, everywhere! Hahaha and they still itch like crazy! Idk how he sleeps like that. And he has never said anything about having flees ever. His companion yeah, but he says he doesn´t have any. But that was the one thing. 

The second, I learned today. We went to pay our rent and the owner of the house told us that the next time we ¨have visitors¨ to let her know beforehand, because the last time they were up so late being so loud and she and the other people that live there were trying to sleep. My companion swears that it was just him and the other elder playing monopoly all night untill four in the morning, but idk if I buy that...but whatever. So everything other than that is going really well! I´m still loving it here. This change is almost over and I can´t believe it! Eight more days and I´m a fourth the way done! What the crap?! Alright, I gotta go though. I love you so much and thanks for writing always!

Love,

Elder Welch