Dear Mom and Dad,
This week was really fun. Next week I will get some photos to
you. This week I forgot the cord so please forgive me. I really am
enjoying myself even though it was a little weird because I really
couldn't teach people. Anyways I ate 106 buuz (dumpling) That all in all is
actually a small amount for tsagaan sar. I did get a deel and I got a
fur hat. I really am having a pretty good time. Well we went to a
lot of families over the holiday which was nice but today I had to
start teaching English again which was not really fun. Oh well, it
does kind of help me once and a while. I am glad to hear that you got
to see some of my pictures. The Ford's are actually leaving this week
so you won't be able to see their blog really well. I am also sorry
to hear about the VISA's problems for Jacob or Elder Barrie now. I
admit that even though we didn't get temporarily reassigned the
thought process of it is sometimes kind of hard. By the way I did get
your package which I have really been enjoying and I also got Grandma
Rawle's package. The scarf she sent me is really a nice scarf. I
can't believe that Jordan is coming home. how is that possible? I
bet Aunt Bec is pretty excited. Also Jamie is coming home too? I
also can't believe that. I am really doing well right now due to the
fact that it is warming up. That really makes it nice. I love you
all and I hope you are all doing well. Mom good luck. Dad good luck.
I love you all. Love Elder Williams

Dear Sisters,
What is going new in Cedar City Utah? It sounds like all of you
are officially the rock climbers of the world. And Becky I know you
could have made it to the top but you probably saw a cute boy at the
bottom and decided to go down earlier. Well this week has been pretty
good. We really aren't allowed to teach so that was weird but we did
get to eat a lot of food. So I ate 106 buuz or the little dumplings
that they feed to us. The cool thing was I really learned how to chew
my food really well. I also got really good at chewing things that
didn't actually exist in my mouth. So this week I bought a deel or
the traditional robe thing I was wearing. I also bought a hat. I'm
not sure if you saw the hat that was mine. It was yellow furred and I
think my companion is wearing it in some pictures but it is mine. Well Caelen, I am really glad about all the stuff you tell me. Hey, don't worry about what you told your
teacher. It helped her and it made her day better so don't worry.
Also thank you for the camel picture. Rachel, you made it all the way
to the top. You are so strong. Before my mission I couldn't get up
the wall myself but now the wind could just blow me up. :) Well
Rebecca it is good to know that you are having a good time serving
people. Sometimes serving people does help others feel good but more
often yourself. I'm so glad of your example. Hey good luck and I
hope all of you have a peaceful week and enjoy the good weather that
is starting to come in.
Kristalyn,
I weight about 205 pounds. Yeah even I can't believe it because when
I was a freshmen in highschool I was weighing this much. I really am
glad you wrote me. Your letters just make me happy.Well another week
in this cold land that is becoming nicer everyday. I ate 106 little
dumplings but that is quite a lot for me. Well I thank you for praying for me.
Sorry I really haven't been able to write a lot about the stories.
It is just sometimes I kind of have to hurry and write because my
companion sometimes doesn't understand that I am almost half way
around the world from my home. Oh well, if I ever get with an
American I will have a lot more time. Anyway I love you and I hope
that your last semester is filled with fun and joy. Just remember the
good old days and look forward to the great new days. I love you and
good luck. Elder Williams

Dear Mom and Dad,
This week has been a really good week. I have had some really good
experiences with the language. So I went on an exchange with another
guy in my district so that means we both can't speak the language
really well. But I realized I can actually teach and speak much much
better than I thought. It is just that when I am with my really
companion I choke. So I learned that the spirit can work through me
through Mongolian. I am really excited about that. Well I am still
with my trainer and even after the new transfer we haven't split up.
I have only had two companions so far in the mission field and so I
really kind of wanted a change but now I realize it doesn't matter
what I want but what the Lord wants. I am hoping Mom is okay. It
sounds like the surgery took a lot out of her. I am really glad she
seems to be getting better though. So please tell everyone that is
helping pay for my mission how grateful I am for them. This mission
means a lot for me and I am really amazed at the sacrifices others are
making for little me. I sometimes feel I don't deserve it but I just
need to keep helping people. Well this week we really won't teach any
lessons which will be kind of weird because this week is a national
holiday. People will get offended if we even pull out our scriptures
so I will just get to eat the whole time which I guess will be pretty
nice until I am about to explode. I really am happy about the
language though, When I have to speak I can normally do just fine.
It is just when I am with someone that is a missionary and can speak
Mongolian that is tough. I love all of you and remember that no
matter what trials or pain we go through the Lord will be with us. I
am really taking that promise seriously right now because the Lord is
helping me and my companion and my district and I can feel it. I love
you and wish you all a wonderful week.

Love Elder Williams

Dear Sisters,
Thank you so much for all your wonderful letters. SO I got my new
transfer information a couple days ago and guess what!!......Well
nothing changed. I admit being with one companion for this long is a
surprising but I will make the best of it. I am so glad all of you
are doing well back at home. So Beppy, you made it into BYU?!!!! Of
course you would you little physics girl you. Just think about it.
By the time I get back you will have done more college than I have.
That is really weird to think about. So my favorite food here is what
is called hoorshoor which is a fried dumpling pretty much. It really
reminds of the food dad had in Argentina but I can't remember the
name. Also my favorite drink is called herum and it is made up of
salt, milk and well that is pretty much it. It really is
actually quite good. So my golden investigator went to the country
for a while but should be returning and she really wants to learn.
Rachel it sounds like you are doing wonderful. I admit I could use a
little St. George heat myself. But it is almost warm enough to not
have to wear my scarf all the time. Caelen, you go and tackle Mt.
Snowmore for me. You should take a picture for me and if you don't
send it just keep it for later. Well, I'm so glad for all the
wonderful girls you all have been. Right now the biggest holiday of
the year is coming wear I could up eating 200 dumpling or more. I am
really grateful for all of you and pray that my stomach will not
explode. :) I love you and just keep being the wonderful little
girls you are.
Love Elder Williams

Dear Mom and Dad,

You don't know how much weight it takes off my mind to learn about mom. I admit sometimes it gets kind of hard but now I do feel a lot better. So this week has been pretty good. We met with a golden investigator and she is really coming along good. She has a baptismal date and that is really cool. She really seems to want to know if this gospel is true. Me and my companion are doing fine, and I guess the language is coming along. I know that I just need to trust in God more. My problem is that I really haven't opened up my real personality to anyone yet and so I am still shy. I will promise you that this next week I will make at least one person laugh whether it be a funny comment or whether they are just laughing at my grammar mistakes. Also Dad I'm glad you can get a CONCRETE!! I admit I really do miss those. If you want to post the girls emails you may. Sorry today my companion and some other elders kind of wasted some precious time not anything disobedient but the fact was we had other places to be. Well, so this email might seem a little shorter than others. So it is getting warmer somedays but the problem is that the wind has kind of picked up and so that makes things a lot colder. Well this week I saw some water actually dripping off of a roof. That was quite an amazing sight. We have in all honesty had a pretty good week. We are really wanting another baptism though. But it isn't about the numbers. I really this week have tried to develop my Christ like attributes. That is the more important thing to me right now. I am really actually beginning to understand a little better but when someone asks me a question it gets a lot harder because I get a little flustered. But I will overcome. I love you all and I know that the lord is with you because I can feel the spirit through your emails. I really enjoy reading your emails every week. And thank you for the package. I love you and I wish you all the best of luck!!!
Love, Elder Williams
Dear Sisters,
I am really touched by all of you and how much you care about people in general. I would write a little more but today I feel like I want to just share a little message with you. Last week I was thinking about how annoying my emails to you might seem some time. I always say the same thing and that is oh just be yourself. I always say that and for a second I really wondered why I always wrote that. Well I found the answer. The answer is that in this life we are always trying to perfect ourselves, always trying make ourselves like Christ or just being a better person. Well the quest in this life is not to try and find something new and become it. We are trying to become who we really are. Who are we? We are all God's CHILDREN. This quest in life is not to become anything new it is to remember who we once were. Obviously we grow with new experiences but we through these experiences become more and more like the children of God who we really are. Little Girls, I want you to always remember that you are daughters of God. God remembers you and he know you with a perfect knowledge. He knows you and cares about you and he will always help you. It reminds me of the scriptures in 3 Nephi 14 where it tells us that God knows the things we need and he knows us with a perfect love. Girls, you are God's daughters. Remember it and always keep that title sacred. I love you and I pray for you and I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

Dear Mom and Dad,
So this week was pretty good. I'm glad you had your last Chemo.
I am praying for you and hope and know that everything will turn out
okay. I am really cold but there are signs that the weather is
warming up. For instance today I saw a little water on the ground
instead of ice. That is a miracle on its own. I just can't wait for
the process of beginning to take layers of clothing off instead of
just keep piling them on. thank you for sending the package. That
will be wonderful and plus my companion will really like it. So this
week I bought a nice little dictionary and a book full of idioms. So,
this means I won't get a deel or in other words a traditional robe
thing for the coming holiday. To be honest I just want to use my
money wisely and other missionaries aren't getting one so I will wait
until they are cheaper. I am so glad that you are enjoying
yourselves. SO language learning is really a battle of the heart.
Sometimes I feel great about it and other times I feel terrible about
it. I am still just on the problem that I don't feel like talking
much and this is a problem. I really right now am looking to Grandpa
Williams's example of how he overcame his shyness. I am doing better
for the record. So right now I don't have to teach ENglish. They are
off for winter break for three weeks so that really makes it nice.
Guess what, today I made another pizza. That was really cool to eat
even though I didn't get much of it. These Mongolians really know how
to eat. In about 2 weeks the holiday of White Moon is coming up. I
could end up eating up to 300 dumplings during three days. That seems
to be the record but also seems fairly common. I just hope and can
handle eating that much because if we don't eat we are disrespecting
them. Maybe I will gain some weight. Well I am having a good time
teaching. I am just learning how to talk. The funny thing is that
the more you talk the better Mongolians think you are at speaking so I
just have to step out of my comfort box. We had some really good
lessons yesterday and I think that we can get far with this family.
My area has been pretty hard so far but I just have to exercise my
faith and just keep moving forward. To answer some questions yes I am
still in the ger districts. They are fun but sometimes the dogs get a
little scary. Also I do have summer break so that should really be
nice for me to kind of relax. Also Dad, just keep enjoying the
blessings of shopping. ha ha!! :) I am so glad that you are all
doing well. I know that all we have to do is turn unto the Lord for
help. I love you all and just keep up the good work. The work you
are doing is just as important as anything in the church. Just the
little things members think they do are actually huge things in the
eternal perspective. I love you all and I wish you all the best of
luck. Love Elder Williams
Dear Kristalyn,
Thank you so much for your writing. I really enjoy it. that sounds
wonderful that you were able to spend time with Grandma. I am also
glad you so wonderfully relished that time. Thank you for all the
sacrifices you have made for me. I know that sometimes I was a jerk
but I really do love you so much. Also baptisms are wonderful aren't
they. I'm glad you can feel a renewal of those feelings. So for the
record right now I am really starving because you told me about Chuck a Rama.
Let's put that on the things to do after my mission list. I
love you and I wish you the best of luck with your tests. I am
looking forward to telling you some funny stories and sending some
pictures but I forgot the Camera cord this week so next week I will
send some more I love you and bayartaa. I love you
Mouse, Elder Williams and Richie
Dear Sisters,
The house?!!! Sorry to start on that but that is absolutely
crazy!! Those poor little boys. That is a terrible thing to do but
you are right those little boys are in a better place. Sorry I was
really surpised about that. So enough of that. Sonin Saxan you ban
we? that is pretty much what is going on in your life. It sounds
like you are all doing awesome. Caelen is sounds like you are having
a wonderful time in seminary. That puppet show sounds awesome and yes
I did go by the name stretch. Before it was a little incorrect but
now since my weight loss it is more correct. just keep on watching
wrestling and worrying about whether starwars will come to our
theater. So Rebecca, you little physics nerd you. THank you for the
advice. It really is true. The one thing I learned also is sometimes
if you put your head up instead of looking at the ground it really
makes things better. I don't get to play the piano much so I will
really have to catch up after my mission. Just keep being that happy
sister you are and don't look at boys. :) Rachel, have you been
taking physics lessons from Rebecca. You really learned well.
Congratulations!! and you need to really enjoy eating that candy bar.
Keep watching star wars the clone wars for me okay.? I love you all.
So this week was pretty good. One day it was really pretty warm.
yeah it was so warm that it actually got up to negative 10. It felt
great :) Well for the record it really is starting to get a little
warmer. I appreciate all the fun things I learn about you every week.
So the thing I learned the most this week was just how Christ like we
need to become. Lately I have really made it a goal to try and
develop these wonderful attributes. If you want to learn just look in
Preach My Gospel chapter 6 and it has some really good ideas. We
should have another one at home so that is no problem. I love you all
and just keep being you and I know that you are being blessed for your
faithfulness in the gospel. Love Richie

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm so relieved to hear the news about Mom. I admit when I was
in the MTC I felt that everything was going to be okay. My companion
did also, so I guess we both had some sort of witness but the fact is
that doubts still crept into my mind. It wasn't until I learned about
faith and sacrifice that I felt fine. I personally believe it is not
my being here in the mission field that has helped you all but the
fact that you have sacrificed your time, effort and many things to get
me out here. The Lord blesses those who sacrifice and I know that
sometimes you may have worried about you "little boy" getting out in
the field but know that your work is very appreciated...by me and more
importantly Heavenly Father. I know that it is this sacrifice that
you have made that has helped you very much. Well, so today I weighed
myself in the mission office again and guess what. I have lost more
weight. So right now I weigh 208 (also with a few extra clothing so
it is probalby more like 205) and so I have lost 42 pounds since the
MTC. The last time I weighed 208 was when I was a freshmen back in
highschool and maybe even before that. I don't feel like I am eating
bad or anything but for some reason I keep losing weight. Infact
Sister Ford is making me go and get my suit tailored. Just kidding
even though she does keep insisting and I do realize I look really
baggy. But Mongolia is just coming Well the funny thing is that
right now I have no idea if I'm good in the language or bad. I had
one missionary tell me I am really good at Mongolian and another told
me that I really needed to learn better. I guess all of my district
is going through this right now. I just have to speak more. They
really seem to judge it by how much you speak so that is the key. I
just need to speak more (which is really hard) Well, I have noticed
my English teaching skills increase which is a good thing. Yes, I
can't wait for the weather to warm up. I really want summer which I
guess isn't as bad as all the Mongolians say. I heard from another
American missionary that the summer is actually quite nice while all
the Mongolians think that the world is about to burn. So I do get
enough bread that I can survive which is a good thing. By the way I
would love some brownie mixes and stuff like that. I can get all the
things that is needed to cook them so that shouldn't be a problem. I
have realized that in the mission field I have become a little bit of
a saver. I am saving everything including my pudding mixes. I have
to find a good time to make them but please do send some mixes if you
can and you have to promise me the package will not be to expensive.
The mission field has also made me a bit of a saver with money. Well
I am grateful for all your spiritual thoughts and guidance that you give
me everytime. It makes me realize just how much time you are
constantly with the Spirit. I know that the Lord is trying to help us
everyday and often we just forget to ask. Good luck and I love you
all.

By the way, I just got Brother Barrie's letter and I will write back.
I just finally figured out how to send mail. Please send me some
forever stamps in my next package if you can. I think I have some but
I'm not sure.
Dear Sisters,
I really do enjoy reading your emails every P-Day. I am so glad
that all of you are writing me. Caelen, that is so awesome that you
are doing 3D Animation. I really would like to keep pursuing it after
I get home because I was pretty decent at it but that is for later.
Also just keep making all those cool star wars stuff. You are
definitely my little sister. Rachel, I'm constantly amazed by your
strength. I am so proud that you are able to quit something you love
so much so you can feel the Spirit more often. The truth is, is that
many things in the world aren't bad but they don't draw us nearer to
the Lord. I know this really clashes with my last sentence but keep
up the good work on starwars battlefront. Rebecca, now you are a
physics nerd?! What are you doing?!!! Just kidding. Yeah you always
were really smart but you just never though about it. Keep being the
bright and intelligent girl you are. Also thank you so much for
giving me little spiritual thoughts. Please keep giving me them.
They really help me and if you are following the Spirit, your thoughts
will always be just what I need which so far have been. Girls, I love
you and I hope you never forget the wonderful times we have had and
are going to have. The one thing I realized is that the only way our
family is this close is because of this Gospel. I realize that the
peace you feel at home often is the Spirit. I noticed a difference
here and when I go into other families homes. Just always appreciate
and relish that peace because sometimes in a world of craziness like
this that peace of a home grounds us and helps us overcome. I love
you and just keep being. Elder Williams