Dear Mom and Dad,
   Thank you for the email as always.  It is so nice to hear from you every Monday.  So this week has been really good.  We met with one investigator like 4 times this week which has been really wonderful.  To be honest, this week probably had the most spiritual experience on my mission.  So we are teaching a young woman named Odmaa.  She is so good and hasn't burned us once yet.  So we were teaching her about how we need to read our scriptures and pray everyday because 1) it is a commandment from God and 2)more importantly it helps us live happily and be blessed.  So my companion finished his side of the lesson and then I decided to ask her a question and I asked her why did God give us the commandment to pray and read scriptures.  She answered me and told me because that we can get closer to God by doing these.  I than started bearing my testimony and that she was right but she also realized that another reason was because Heavenly Father wants to get closer to her and be able to bless her.  By the end she was crying and the Spirit was so strong in that room that we just kind of sat there for like 5 minutes in silence.  Then my companion asked what she was feeling and she said that she felt like Heavenly Father was closer to her than she thought.  This was an answer to my prayer because before her approach had always been like all of these things were healthy for her to do and that it could give her peace but I always felt she never quite had these connected with her Heavenly Father, but after that moment I feel it clicked in her.  These are not just some rules to keep our lifestyle happy and blessed but a path we all need to gain eternal life.  I am so grateful for me being able to see the Spirit work its wonders and miracles in people.  Without the Spirit missionaries would be absolutely nothing.  We would just become salesmen.  I am so grateful for the opportunity to see people become changed through the Spirit of the Lord and come to the knowledge of things greater than they ever could have imagined.  Well that was my week and she should be getting baptized in another 2 weeks.  I just hope I will be here to see it.  We also have an investigator getting baptized this Friday and that should be great.  So, that is life here in the mission.  Well me and Elder Woodward are doing fine here.   Unur has been a wonderful place to serve.  It sounds like all of you are doing fine back home.  Also by the way no one showed up for the first day of piano.  But it was actually nice to not have to teach it this week.  So Mom just keep on going.  It sounds like you are doing great.  Also I know your talk went really well and I am grateful everyday for the sacrifices our ancestors made.  Dad, it sounds like you are doing fine but you have to move all of Becky's stuff up in like three weeks.  That should be a wonderful trip.  That might have sounded a little sarcastic....and it was.  I remember moving Kristalyn up and that was just hectic.  Well good luck, know you can do it.  So thanks for everything and I hope you all have a wonderful week.  Love Elder Williams

Well, little Girls,
So this week has been really good for me and for you it sounds like.  You are all doing so well.  So this week I learned about the power of the spirit.  Always remember that you have a special gift and that through that gift you can receive "messages" from God.  How amazing is this Gospel?  Just think about it.  If you had never heard of this church and you learned all about it you would just straight up think that it was from some fantasy book or something.  We actually do have a spirit guiding us.  We have a father in heaven who watches us.  We have angels that actually come out of heaven.  We have a translated book that was taken from plates of gold given to a man by an angel. We can use a Priesthood power given to us by Heavenly Father.  How much more wonderful can something sound?!!  We just always need to remember that this Gospel is truly something amazing and something we need to share with everyone.  We are literally connected with the powers of heaven.  Always remember this.  If we didn't have this church where would we be in life?  I look at myself and just wonder.  Who would I be?  I just know that through this church I have grown so much.  Always remember to let Heavenly Father help you grow.  He is just trying to make you progress to where you can live with him again.  Well little girls it sounds like everything at home is going just fine.  I love you all.  Caelen, it sounds like you are just doing great.  Keep up the drawing.  We need to develop all of our talents.  Rachel, it sounds like those dogs were just loving you.  :)  Also the dogs in Mongolia are many.  But you don't pet these dogs.  When they charge you and try to bite you we normally have to throw rocks.  :)  But just keep loving those other dogs. :) Rebecca it sounds like your narrows trip was awesome.  Also don't worry about college.  No big deal, you will ace it just like you did back at home in highschool.  Well little girls I love you all and good luck and amjilt khucie.  Love ElderWilliams
 
Dear Kristalyn,
So this week has been good for me but you can read all about it in Mom and Dad's email.  SO it sounds like you are having a good time.  I can just imagine you screaming in your cute little pixie voice all the way down.  But I am very impressed you did it.  Good job!!  Also I am so jealous of you going to the narrows.  That sounds like it must have been a blast.  SO I can't give you a lot of advice but let me talk to you a little.  Kristalyn, though it may not make sense us being missionaries and all, we actually take a lot of hard discouraging blows from Satan all the time.  He constantly tells us in our mind that we can't do the Lord's work or we can't actually help somebody here.  Kristalyn, the only way to overcome this is first pray to Heavenly Father.  He will help you.  Second, Kristalyn, I just want to say that you are being a good young woman.  You are doing everything right.  You are a wonderful daughter of our Heavenly Father.   I just want to tell you that you will be blessed and you don't need to worry about it.  Just relax and have fun.  If you constantly look for the things that could go wrong you will always find them.  I have been told that the person you want to marry is the person you can have the most fun with.  But it is really hard to no that if you can't have fun because you are worrying all the time.  SO sit back, relax and just let life go.  Just be happy and don't worry.  There is no point in worrying.  Worrying gets us nowhere and doesn't benefit us at all.  Well just remember this.  Be Happy.  I am not just trying to inspire you.  I am 100% serious and I want you from here on out to never forget this.  Life is a beautiful chance to grow.  So just let it be that.  Just enjoy it.  I love you and I wish you all the luck in the world.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Mom and Dad,
   So this week was the great week of Naadam.  We had a great yet boring time all at the same time because we went and got to experience naadam but at the same time every body goes to the country and so it is pretty much almost impossible to meet with people.  So the first day of Naadam me and Elder Woodward went over and had fun with a whole bunch of missionaries at this little amusement park.  Even though we aren't allowed to ride anything we took a lot of pictures and had a little fun game of live checkers.  I really enjoyed that even though I didn't do a thing.  I decided to just sit back at let the sisters order me around where to go.  The Mongolians are really competitive and just times that by two with the sisters.  So it was really fun to just kind of watch all the missionaries have fun.  So after that a few elders and me went over to Sukhbaatar square where they were doing a whole bunch of cool things.  We took a few pictures and left because we were all starving at this point.  Next, we went and all made chicken khuushuur which was really good.  So that was the first day of my Naadam.  But Mongolian holidays take a long time to end sooooo the next day we went with all the missionaries in the city to the country and made a kharkhuk.  What it is, is that you kill a sheep and then you cut it up and put it in a milk can or something like that.  You throw onions carrots and potatoes in it and then you put it on the fire.  It sits for like three or four hours and then boloo you have a great feast.  The picture of me is me with part of my wonderful sheep.  (I carried it in a box half way there)  It actually was some of the best meat I have ever had.  You may also see the picture of me drinking out of a bowl.  Well, let me just tell you what that is.  That is airag.  It is the fermented mares milk.  Let me just say, that stuff is actually pretty good.  It does have a funny taste to it and if you try hard enough you can taste a little bit of......well it isn't against the word of wisdom and I had no side effects from drinking it so I won't really say much more.  Anyways that was fun to drink.  Well after that we played some games and then we left.  It was really a blast and it made me come to love Mongolia even more.  Well the rest of the week was really nothing much except trying to find people in this new area.  The cool thing is that one of our investigators had a baptismal interview and he is ready.  I am so happy for him and his baptism is coming up.  He is twelve years old and some of his family is already in the church so he does have the support.  I can't wait.  So also we have another investigator that should be ready for baptism in two or three weeks.  It should also be really cool.  So it sounds like everything at home is fine.  It sounds like girls camp was quite the experience also.  I am so glad all the girls are growing so much.  So anyways that was my week and it was a really good week to get to know Mongolian culture.  I have really enjoyed it.  Well Mom don't work to hard and Dad just keep watching so manly movies so you don't have to see too many girls movies.  Also get Shylo to walk a little more so he doesn't get too fat.  So I love you all and I wish all of you good luck out there.  Love Elder Williams



Dear Little Sisters,  
I am so glad you had a great time at camp.  SO my week was pretty good and it sounds like you all had a great muddy week.  The one thing that was weird was well you can read that in the big letter.  So the one thing that sounds cool was your testimony meeting.  It sounds like you all had a great spiritual experience.  So I will just tell you that the one cool thing this week was naadam.  that was fun and Caelen I'm sorry but I didn't shoot a bow.  So other than that it was great.  Rachel, I saw a picture of you and you have grown up way to fast.  STOP!!!!!  You really look so much older.  I don't know why but it was a little weird for me.  Well Caelen, the stars are the same here as in America and I haven't seen the northern lights yet but if I do I will tell you.  There is actually a place in Mongolia in the winter that allows you to see 8 suns.  I haven't been there but it is true.  Or so I have heard.  Anyways Rebecca,  just keep up the great work.  You are sounding more like a college student everyday.  Anyways because of sending 26 pictures I wasn't able to write very long to you but I love you all and good luck.  Love Elder Williams


Dear Kristalyn,  SOOOO, you are dating somebody.  I knew it!!!  by the way if you are talking about my pictures just to let you know I sent 26 to dad.  Where are yours?  SO this week was great and it was fun to experience naadam.   I really had a great last week and if you want more specific details please refer to the Mom and Dad email.  Anyways so it does sound like you are having a good week.  The weirdest thing is something that just happened.  So I saw the picture of Mom and Rachel and Mom looks so cute.  But it isn't mom that weirded me out but Rachel.  Has she really grown up that much?  I just can't believe it.  She just looks like a young woman and it is kind of freaking me out.  So anyways just good luck with you and your friends.  I feel like you have been placed in a soap opera (except G-rated) and just remember to not really get involved if you don't have to.  It is no fun to get burned from somebody elses argument.  So just good luck with that.  So the thing about the Book of Mormon sounds great.  That sounds like that is so exciting.  Chi chadna.  (You can)  SO good luck and I really hope you and best of luck in anything that you are doing.  I love you and good luck.  Love Elder Williams 

Dear Mom and Dad,
I am fairly excited to see that you found out all about the
Mongolians handcart trek in the Church News. I want you to know
that one of the girls is the pictures is one of the girls I met with back
in the Sukhbaatar branch. She is the girl with the white shirt and is
cutting like meat on the cutting board. I met with her after (her Mom
is a little inactive) and I told her all about my trek experience. It was
really a spiritual lesson and the fact that there is a picture of her is pretty
cool. So now you know. So this week has been hectic.
 So the whole mission did a rearrangment. So me and my old
companion were both moved to a new area and we are just trying to
learn about it. I finally entered a different side of the city and it
was really fun to be out there. The new area I am in is called unur
and it is a great area. Yesterday we had 3 investigator lessons and
(Elder Boyd says Hi) both of them should be getting baptized in the
next two weeks. We also met with a really funny old family that the
husband used to be a famous wrestler/weightlifter. That was an
interesting experience. So also the new area is quite a ways from the
middle of the city but it also has some wonderful huge apartment
complexes that we have to teach in. Well there is also an American in
my ward. He was just called to a branch missionary and even though he
doesn't really speak the language really well, he understands really
good and he is excited to come out and help us in the area. So
everything just keeps changing over here. My language is coming along
and it is now to the point where I can understand old woman when they
are speaking through false teeth (Which is still really hard to
understand). Don't ask me about that story til later but the area is
really beautiful. So I am now officially in a ward and not a branch.
It is fun to see and the youth in this other ward are so active and
fun to be around. So lots of change is happening over here and now I
still have a small (mind I said small) of still being a trainer. But
to be honest though it sounds kind of fun I still don't think I would
be the right man for the job yet. So anyways I am just having a good
time out here. So it sounds like the cabin was lots of fun. If there
is any huge news from the family just send it this way. But it sounds
like it was fun. It is also fun that you could all see Jamie and
Jordan. They may not know it but they were a great example to me in
going on a mission. Thanks for all the happy birthday stuff. It was
fun to see and for my birthday I went and got a (not to real) American
hamburger. (Here a small meal like that is a rich man's food and it
costs about 12 dollars depending on where you go) So it is really
cool you got to see some of my great Mongolian youth on the internet.
It sounds like you are all having a blast at home. Well I love you
all and good luck with everything!! Love Elder Williams

Dear little girls,
So how is life? Well this week has been pretty crazy. It sounds
like all of you are having a great time out at the cabin. by the way
next week I will be teaching piano. It is kind of weird but I will
ask for the Lord's help. So it sounds like all of you are just
getting ready for girls camp. Rachel, hmm hmm hmm, (me clearing my
throat) Happy Birthday to you!! Happy birthday to you!!! Happy
Birthday dear Rachelllllllll!!!!! Happy Birthday to
yooooouuuuu!!!!!!! I can't believe you are 14!!! (This is a little
early) That is so cool. I am so weirded out. You are not supposed
to be 14 yet. Anyway have a great happy birthday. Well Rachel just
keep being you and just keep progressing. That is what life is all
about. Progressing to the point to where we can return and live with
Heavenly father again. Well Caelen, sorry about your head. It will
get better and just keep making those wonderful doilies? Well good
luck. Rebecca, you are going to have a great time in primary. It
will be great for you. Also have a great summer. Well little girls I
need to send some pictures so my email is a little short but good luck
and I love each of you. Love Elder Williams


Dear Kristalyn, So thank you for sending me a birthday card.  Also I
will send pictures either to you or Mom and Dad.  So I forgot to write
it in Mom and Dad letters but this next week I will be teaching piano.
 Every Saturday at 11 o'clock.  Don't miss it!!!  :)  I hope I made
that cheesie enough.  So I haven't sung a lot but believe me Mongolians
also sing normal.  SO Rachel does turn 14 and that is weird to believe
but it is just life.  So a guy friend huh?  What does that mean?  JK
So you may have noticed that there are not many trees in the city of
UB.  Well you are absolutely right.  There really is not that much
green here.  But other than that it is great.  Send me pictures of
your car.  Please.  Kherev chi tegekhui yom bol bi chamaig zodno.  If
you don't I will bite you up.  :)  So anyway life is just good out
here.  I love you and good luck.  Elder Williams

Dear Family,  
   It is so great to hear from all of you.  It makes me feel so good inside to know of the strength that comes through a family.  Coming to Mongolia has made me realize just how many blessings a strong family truly has.  So, things are going good here in Mongolia.  I am still in my branch before and am enjoying being with the same companion.  This week was a little weird because we had to be house bound for two days because of the elections.  Apparently, four years ago  (on my birthday) there was a huge riot in Mongolia and they were just making sure we were all safe at home.  Thankfully nothing happened and Mongolia is still the same.  The work is moving along.  Yesterday a man came into our church and wanted to sit in our meetings.  So, I got the opportunity to sit by him and learn all about him.  I think that he has potential to be a great investigator just because he came without any outside influence.  It is just amazing to me at how the Lord is actively helping us all the time.  So, Mongolia is good and the culture is still as weird as any other.  Every once and a while we see the Buddhist woman throwing milk out the window in the morning.  The food is great and I have to admit that goat and sheep head is actually pretty good.  They actually have kind of a drive through place where you can get one pre-cooked.  I have lost weight but that was really all from the mountain climbing in my first area.  OK, they are not Utah Mountains but all of our investigators had the annoying habit of living at the top of the steepest hill they can find.  So if any of you are wondering if everyone in Mongolia lives in a tent, well, you are pretty much correct.  I am in the area called the ger districts and over half the people in our area live in gers.(tents)  So I have experienced many things since coming on a mission.  I have learned so much.  I can not even express the gratitude that fills me when I think about my mission.  I also can not even express the gratitude that comes from being raised in a wonderful family.  I am so thankful for all of you and your examples.  I can safely say that if it wasn't for all of you, I never could have gotten this far.  Your examples taught me so much and even though I may not have been that grateful at the time, know that you all did help me.  So, one of the greatest things I have learned on my mission actually came from the trials that come with going on a mission.  I was in the MTC when I got the call that Mom had cancer.  When I got off the phone I must admit I was surprised and of course my heart was almost broken.  I honestly was thinking how could God do this to me?  I put my faith in Him and this is what I got?  One minute later I decided to pray.  I don't remember what I prayed, but I felt that God was helping me in that very minute.  I could feel Him next to me.  I can testify that God knew me, knew what I was going through, and that He helped me.  From this experience and many more I have learned that if we put our trust in God that we can truly receive his power to overcome anything.  I can testify that God does know us and that he looks at us and through giving us experiences he tries to help us grow.  We just have to remember that if we just trust him...and that is the key word, trust,...that everything we experience in this life will be for our benefit.  I can testify that God lives and that His hand is in our lives.  We just have to remember that.  He is helping us NOW.  I am so grateful for the experiences he has given me to strengthen me.  yes they were hard but I can see the growth.  I am so grateful for all of you and helping my family through their hard times.  I love you all so much and I hope that everything this next year work toward your benefit.  Once again I love you and good luck.  Bi ta nart khairtai shuu.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn,
Hey I am so glad you wrote the entire happy birthday song.  That made me just think the time you are willing to waste to make me laugh.  :)  Well this week has been pretty good and I have learned a lot.  My language is coming along well and I finally have sisters in my district.  It has made things fun.  Well being 20 doesn't feel any different except that I can say that I am 20.  If you want to know how to say that in Mongolian you say. I twenty years with am.  or you can say bi khoroh nactai baina.  So please send me a picture of your car.  I am begging you.  bi chamaas guij baina.  (Maybe if I say it in two languages it will be more powerful)   :)   Anyway I really do want a picture.  Well have a good time at the cabin and just know that you are AWESOME.  I love you and good luck.