Dear Mom and Dad, 
    So this week has been pretty good and well also a little cold.  I got a new coat because my old one's zipper just wouldn't work anymore.  So anyway that should be pretty warm.  Also we found a new investigator this week that to be honest really surprised me that she came to church.  We had met with her before but she didn't seem that interested but now she seems to be changing.  So hopefully we can get somewhere with her.  So also this week I had some of my hours taken off of my english schedule which means I don't have to teach on P-days anymore.  Though I admit that I will miss the students that I would have taught.  I have many good friends now due to english even though I am the teacher.  Well so life here in Mongolia seems to be going pretty good.  By the way Grandma Williams the Elder Neuberger here seems to be the grandson of the man you knew back in San Antonio.   I asked him and it all seemed to line up.  So the world is small.  Well the good news is that they are finally beginning to send new American Elders into Mongolia again.  They should have a new MTC group entering the MTC in December.  So the Lord is again working in Mongolia.  I am doing pretty good here and it is naturally cold but to be honest it doesn't feel like I ever had a summer in the first place.  It just went by so quickly.  So also this next week one of the older couple sisters is going to help our district have a thanksgiving dinner.  We will use chicken because there is hardly a turkey here in Mongolia.  SO that should be pretty good.  I really hope to get some new investigators this week.  Well it sounds like your week has been wonderful.  Dad I heard about you and Caelen in the car and just say that you are a very courageous father.  I still remember you coaching me when I was learning driving.  I'm so glad that the family will be together for thanksgiving.  I wish I could be there but I know that you will all eat plenty of turkey for me.  Well I am just living here eating whatever I can.  I think I got a little weight back after being sick but not too much.  I look so small now in all of my clothes.  I am so funny looking in the mirrors now.  I just hope I don't come back and gain it all back.  But I have learned a secret  and that is that it really all depends on what you eat and the portions you eat.  But to be honest, I still eat like a pig when I have the time and that is because we walk so much.  Anyways I think that a 16 should be fine.  I think that that will be perfect.  Well I love you all so much and I think I will write a little thankful list for you.  I assigned one of my new members this so I guess I will do it too.  SO the thing I am the most thankful for is this gospel and the opportunity we have to change through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  I am so thankful for the prophet Joesph Smith and the restoration of the complete and full gospel of Jesus Christ.  I am so thankful for the wonderful life that God has given me and am also thankful for the wonderful, absolutely wonderful family that he has given me.  I still wonder why God sent me to this family?  What did I do to deserve such a marvelous family?  I still haven't figured out that one.  I am so thankful for the leaders of the ward at home that tried their best to help me become the person I needed to.  I am so grateful for this wonderful world that God has given me.  I am also so thankful for God giving me the opportunity to serve a mission.  I love you all so much.  I hope that you have a wonderful thanksgiving and I love you all so much once again.  Love Elder Williams

 Hey Little Girls,
   So this week has been pretty good.  We had a new investigator come to sacrament meeting and it looks like she will be our best prospect the next few weeks.  She really does seem interested and she seems to want to continue meeting with us.  Hopefully everything works out there.  So this week I got some of my English teaching time taken off for a little while because one of the older couples in charge of all the English schedules decided to have one of the other elders teach one of my classes.  They are trying to make all of the schedules as equal as possible.  So hopefully it should turn out well.  Though I admit I am jealous of the class he gets to teach because they are all really great kids.  I have really become good friends with all of my students and though English is hard I will probably miss them a little.  So apart from that the week has been pretty normal.  We plan on having some little bit of a Thanksgiving dinner this next week with our district.  It should be good and we have one of the older couples going to help us make some good traditional American food.  We will have to use chicken because the one and only turkey in Mongolia is going to our mission President.  :)  SO hopefully this week will really turn out to a good week.  So it sounds like all of you are doing great.  Caelen,  do people ever start grabbing their children and run inside their houses when you get in the van?  :)  Just kidding.  Hey that whole experience sounds awesome.  I'm sure dad was thrilled when you decided to launch him from one seat to the other.  :)  Just keep up the good work and some day you will be a pro.  Rachel, I'm glad that you are getting over you cold.  I really hope that you will do okay and good job with the whole math test.  You can do it!!!  :)  SO eat a lot of turkey for me because I haven't eaten turkey in a long time.  Rebecca,  are the boys going crazy over you because little miss popular is definitely sounding very well loved.  :)  You little popular thing you!!!  I'm so excited for you but you also have to remember that you may not date until I'm................dead.     :)  Anyways good luck and I am so glad that you are having fun.  enjoy the opportunity to go home and be with family.  It will be really good for you.  Well Little girls I love you and I hope that all of you have a wonderful thanksgiving.   Love Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn, 
    Sorry but pictures will really come next week because guess what?  I don't have to teach English on P-days anymore!!!!!! So that should really free up some of my day.  Well this week has been pretty good but you can read about it in my other emails.  SO Kristalyn, I am glad that you were able to go to Becca's wedding and tell her congratulations from me.  God has given us many opportunities and one of the greatest gifts he has given us is the gift of agency.  Sometimes God will not tell us all of the paths we need to go down because he wants you to learn to exercise your agency.   Kristalyn,  life will be hard.  Life is hard.  But that doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy ourselves.  God gave us this life so we could have joy.  And the only way to true way to happiness is to follow his commandments.  Sometimes we try really hard to make our life according to our will and in the end it is like trying to stop a river.  Just align yourself with all of God's will and just let the magic happen around you.  Of course sometimes we will go through something hard but it is okay.  I love you and I am so proud of the things you are doing.  I mean it 100%.  You are one of the strongest examples for me of someone who is trying to do their best.  I look at you and see experience that you use in everyday life.  I love you and you are so special.  I look at you and just marvel at your great example.  Really that is the truth.  I love you and I hope that you have a wonderful relaxing week.  Enjoy thanksgiving for me.  Love Elder Williams

 Dear Mom and Dad,

SO first I will try and answer the questions you asked. So it
seems like my VISA is okay and I am so thankful for your prayers. I
should be able to finish my mission here in Mongolia. So my new
companion is a short term missionary which means he has never been out
on a mission before. So pretty much I am teaching a new missionary.
He doesn't really speak any English. But me and him are doing some
pretty good work with our investigators. We have a few that seem like
they will move along. To be honest this week there wasn't a lot of
progress because I was sick and now my companion is getting the same
cold. SO we are just trying to stay healthy. So speaking of my
Christmas package I really only want a few things. So first I would
really like some shirts that fit. I actually have just found out that
I have lost more weight and plus my collars are kind of falling apart.
I will try and get some measurements to you next week but if I can't
just send me a few shirts with the size of the neck down a little. so
that is what I really want for Christmas but I could also use a little
pudding. :) So anyway this week was pretty good. We went to stake
conference which was nice and got to hear from our stake president
odgerel. That was really nice and great to feel the spirit. So also
last night we had a shamanist thing going on in the room above us.
that was a little strange. They were pounding on there drums and
yelling really loud but I guess it was a little interesting to listen
to. They sounded just like the native Americans. So apart from that
nothing really unique happened this week. We are just trying to do as
much work as we can while we are healthy. So speaking of the weight
thing I am now under 200 pounds which is something that I haven't been
since the eighth grade. So that is interesting. So it sounds like
your week was really good. I hope that all of you are doing well over
there. So I'm glad that BYU won their game because to be honest it
doesn't sound like they have won very many this year. Let me just say
that I can't help and think about the tropical winters back in Utah.
I really can't wait to be in a warmer environment. Anyways I am staying
warm. Well I love you and good luck in everything you do. Love Elder

 Dear little sisters,
So this week has been pretty good so far. I have been just a
little sick this week. But I am getting better thanks to the
missionary doctor. So one really interesting thing was last night we
had some shamanists on the floor above us pounding on their drums and
screaming and yelling and singing just like the native americans. It
made it a little hard to sleep last night because all of the noise but
it was still a interesting and unique experience. So we have met with
one investigator named Gerelmaa who seems to be accepting the gospel
really well. The only problem was that her relatives was a little
tipsy and so it made the lesson really short. Other than that the
work is just continuing as good as ever. So I actually learned about
the elections here in Mongolia because it was all over the place too.
I wanted Mitt Romney but whatever. SO there are some more american
missionaries that are supposed to be coming in march which means that
the immigration office is being a little easier on all of us. So
Caelen it sounds like you are having a good time. So you said it also
snowed over there. Well it has snowed here too and it is absolutely
freezing. It is like my first winter all over again. (Wait a second,
it is) So Mongolian winters are cold. But I am staying warm. Don't
you worry about me. Rachel, I'm sorry you have been feeling sick. I
have been a little sick too. We should both get better together!!!!
:) Anyways good luck with that cold and get better. Also enjoy when
the two older girls come down for me. also play some great games.
Rebecca, you are a funny little girl. I mean when the lights go out
doesn't everybody go and give each other backscratches? :) JK though
it is a little cute. Also good job on helping those who are less
fortunate. You will be blessed for it. So one cool thing I was
reading today taught me more about God's attributes and his love for
people. He love us so much that when he sees those who are not
following his commandments he weeps. He love us that much little
girls. He knows each and every one of you personally and wants each
of you to return to live with him. Always remember that. We can not
even comprehend a piece of God's love. I love you and good luck with
this upcoming week. I love you all. Love Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn,
    SO this week has been pretty good.  Except for one thing and that
is I have been pretty sick so far.  Right now it is getting better
thanks to the missionary doctor.  So apart from that there wasn't
anything out of the blue this week.  Wait, we also had stake
conference this last week which was really nice to be able to go to.
It was also nice to hear from all the strong leaders in Mongolia.  The
stake president Odgerel is a really strong man and it truly showed me
that the Lord has chosen us from before this life to do certain
things.  If Mongolia didn't have this man as a stake president than I
don't know what would happen.  Anyways so that was nice.  I have also
lost some more weight but you will have to read Mom and Dad's letter
to hear about that.  Anyways life is pretty good over here other than
it being really cold. We have some good investigators that are coming
along  but to be honest between me and my companion being sick last
week we didn't meet with a ton of people.  But it was a decent week.
So it is cold over here now.  Anyways just thought you wanted to know.
  So next week I will send some wonderful pictures to you but this
week there isn't a lot of time.  I promise to send some awesome
pictures.  I already have a few but just have to send them.  So don't
worry.  I am taking pictures.  So I might send you one today but next
week I will send a bundle.  So that really sounds cool of the
different religious service.  I didn't really know what the Jewish
people did in their synagogues.  In Mongolia we always get the
Buddhist monks or the buu (shamanists)  In fact last night we had
someone pounding on their drum on the floor above us.  They were
singing and shouting like crazy and sounded just like native
americans.  It was a little hard to go to sleep last night.  So those
are the different religions here.  There are more obviously but those
seem to be some of the biggest.  I am so glad you get to take the bus.
 :)  I get to take the bus allllll theeee timmee. and to be honest I
am getting a little sick of it but I'll be okay.  Well the asian buses
are a little more crowded than Salt Lake.  SO good luck and I love you
and just keep on being the great example that you are doing.

Dear Mom and Dad,
So this week has been pretty good. I got my short term
missionary and he is really good. His name is Elder Dulguun. The
only thing is that I am now the senior companion and it does make
things a little more stressful sometimes. I guess the Lord is just
trying to teach me. Also this week we had a nice fireside in which
some of the missionaries that were leaving bore their testimonies.
That was nice to just be able to sit back and listen and just feel the
spirit. Sometimes with all the bustle and business of missionary work
you miss the special just kind of relaxing spirit feeling. But on the
other side you see the spirit work wonders in people. So this week
has been pretty good. Not that many investigators came to church but
we will get them to come eventually. So it sounds like you are doing
well. I am also hoping for Mitt Romney to do well. Believe it or not
but everyone also knows that he is a Mormon here too. Though they
don't seem to care to much about it. So the weather is getting cold
and speaking of cold I am getting over one I got a week ago. I don't
need any new gear as far as I know so it right now don't need anything
sent over. Well life is just going here over in the mission field.
I'm glad that you could all enjoy Halloween and it sounds like you are
busy with your calling at church. Let me just say once again how
grateful I am for my parents. You both have taught me so much. Thank
you again and again. Well this next week should be pretty good. I
love you and wish you all the luck in the world. I tell you time
flies. i don't like it. Anyways I love you and have a good week.
Love Elder Williams

Dear Little sisters,
 It is sooo good to hear from you again this week. I love writing
you every week. So this week has been interesting because I have
finally become senior companion and to be honest it is a little hard.
My new companion is a short term missionary and he is really good and
his name is Elder Dulguun. We have had a good few couple of days but
the thing is that i have to teach him a lot about this mission field
and the only problem is that it is a little hard to do that. So this
week has been pretty good so far and hopefully we can do some really
good work. Anyway that is what is new with me this week. Really
nothing else. Other than getting a new companion that is all this
week has had to offer. So anyways the investigators are doing okay
but right now there is no one that is progressing a lot but hopefully
we can get them growing in these next few weeks. Your week sounds
pretty good this week. Rachel, I am so proud of you doing well this
week. You are truly growing up. Just remember to always be yourself
and continue to have as much fun as you can. Those years you have are
precious and if you are not careful they will slip from your fingers.
I know that sounds a little poetic but it is true. So you are doing
great. So Caelen I loved your pictures. You look so cute and I am so
proud of you. You looked like you had a wonderful time. It sounds
like stalking the neighborhood was pretty fun. I hope you scared some
little kids for me. It really isn't that hard. Just run towards
them. :) Rebecca, it sounds like you are being as great as ever.
Just keep making those guy friends. (But you can't date them until
I'm dead) :) So that is the way it is. Also just keep feasting from
the scriptures. There is so much knowledge hidden in those pages.
Actually the knowledge is endless and you are only at the beginning of
it. I love the scriptures so much and one of my favorite times of day
is when I have the opportunity to read out of them. So I love you all
so much and I am so proud of all of you. You are all so good. Just
keep being yourselves and stay strong. :) I love you all and good
luck. Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn,
   SO this week has been pretty good.  SO I have now got a short term
missionary for a companion.  It is pretty good and we are doing pretty
good work.  His name is Elder Dulguun and he is a good guy with a lot
of will.  The only thing is that he doesn't really know that much and
I have to teach him a lot about the work and hopefully everything is
turning out good.  So right now the week has gone by okay and the only
thing is that it is getting really cold here.  Well it sounds like you
are having a good time down in St. George.  I hope you have a great
time.  Kristalyn, hey don't worry about all that anxiety stuff.
Everything will turn out okay and you don't need to worry .  Anyway I
am just trying to survive this next winter and hoping that I can do
the work with my new companion.  I didn't realize how much I knew
about how to teach and stuff until I got a companion that really knows
nothing at the time.  I hope he picks up pretty quick so we can teach
some really great lessons.  Right now I am really just trying to rely
on the Lord for help and how to do the work when I have the most
experience.  TO be honest it is kind of stressful.  But anyway I will
pull through.  Well I love you and don't worry about life because in
the end everything will be okay.  That is why we need hope in this
gospel.  If we never have hope for a better world or a better self
with god's help our hearts will fail and we will fall into a
depression.  So we always need hope.  Kristalyn,  I would suggest that
you get a preach my gospel book from like Deseret or actually there is
one at home maybe.  Anyway go to chapter 6 and look up all about the
Christ Like attributes.  Also look at the first of the chapter to see
how to help yourself by reading it.  I think that this chapter would
really give you some peace of mind.  Just remember you aren't perfect
and neither is life but it is through the gospel that we can actually
make it the way we want it.  I'm serious about the preach my gospel
thing though.  Please look.  I love you so much and I really do miss
all of you.  Keep up the good work and have some hope and everything
will be okay.  I love you and good luck.  Elder Williams

Dear Mom and Dad,      So this week has been a really good week.  We found a few new good investigators that should turn out really well.  Also I am going to get a short term missionary which means that a young man who has some free time who has been interviewed by the president will come out and be my companion for a few weeks.  So hopefully that turns out okay.  So this week has been pretty cold.  It is starting to turn into that good all familiar Mongolian winter.  It should be good and cold.  So all the locals are saying that this winter will be colder than all others but those myths are all kind of not really true or that is what I am beginning to understand.  So the work is just moving along over here.  so we did go and introduce our investigator to people at a Halloween party at the church.  We weren't there too long though.  We normally are supposed to.  So that was fun to see.  We also helped decorate a little because well number one I'm tall and number 2 not a lot of people to decorate showed up.  So I drew a pumpkin that looked just like Mom's pumpkins.  So that was really good.  All of my new members seem to be doing fine so that is nice.  So it sounds like your week was pretty good.  I'm glad to hear that byu actually won a game and won it well.  That is great to hear about the other missionaries from our ward.  It is so wonderful to know that they are all doing fine out there.  So this week I was surrounded by English speaking people in a bus and it was really weird.  I actually understood everything they were saying perfectly.  Also I saw a black guy. (or if I must be politically correct African American)  It was really weird because I hardly see any white people around here.  Anyways I got kind of shy and didn't really talk to any of them but I have made a vow that next time I see a group of english speakers I will talk with them.  Anyway that was my week this week.  And mom don't worry about when I get home and I see you because dad is right you were both old when I left.  Just kidding....kind of.  Well I love you both so much and I wish you all the best of luck.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Little Sisters,
      I am always so happy to hear from you.  It has been so nice to be able to see you grow through my mission.  So this week has been good but it is already getting really cold.  At least it is not like the beginning of January though.  That is the absolute coldest time.  It is cold here now and I can't wait for the really cold stuff to pass.  Also the sun will set and rise really funny now and I will get up and the sun won't be up until like 9:30 and will set at like3:30.  It is a little rough but I will stick it through.  So this week has been pretty good.  This week I will get a new short term missionary for about 6 weeks.  Hopefully that turns out alright.  SO we found two new investigators last week which was great and hopefully we will continue to find more.  Well Rachel good luck with that whole going to sleep thing.  Just relax.  Also tell me what happens to our fat old dog.  Hopefully it isn't a big problem.  I'm so glad that you are liking going to church.  The sabbath day is so special and we just always need to be thankful that God has given us this special day to recharge our spiritual batteries.  Caelen, you went on a date. YOU WENT ON A DATE!!!  How dare you do that!!!!  JK  :)  I am glad to hear you had so much fun.  I hope you really enjoyed yourself.  It is so fun to have good friends to go and do stuff with.  Rebecca, you sound like a popular girl.  Going as Tron.  How cool are you?  You are really like going crazy up there.  :)  Well, that is so good to hear that you have been doing great things up there.  Also remember to go on some dates.  You need to because a popular girl needs a popular (good) boyfriend.  :)  Well I love you all and good luck this week.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn,
     So this week to be honest has been freezing.  It is beginning to the cold is happening right here right now in Mongolia!!!!  :)  SO that has made it a little interesting.  Thank you for writing me this week.  It sounds like you are having a wonderful time up at BYU.  I also hope to be able to be in all your fun little groups up there.  I just can't believe how fast my mission is going though.  It is unreal.  So I learned that in the next week I will get a new companion who is a short term missionary.  In other words I will have a priest to help me with the missionary work for a few weeks.  I am still in Unur which has been a blast but I admit I really wanted a full time missionary for a companion.  SO our ward did have a Halloween party and we went just to introduce our investigator to the people and then we left.  We also stayed for the food.    Though I admit I know nothing about the elections.  SO I always did like those silly little nights you used to do.  Now I may of seemed like embarrassed at the time but I think those little goofy things really brought us all together.  Yeah our sisters are growing up way to fast.  I don't really know any of the too well any more.  They are going on dates doing amazing stuff and I hope they haven't changed to much.  It doesn't seem so right now but I won't know until I get there.  Does Caelen look a lot older?  I haven't seen a picture of her.  How does Rachel look.  It is kind of weird to think that they are all getting so big.  Anyway thanks for writing me and I hope you have a great time this next week.  I love you and just know that your brother is trying to stay as warm as he can over in the country of Mongolia.  Good luck!!!  Love Elder Williams