Dear Mom and Dad,This week was a really good week. Well I did eat a lot more buuz
this week and let me just say that I am really sick of buuz right now.
I have eaten probably over 100 this week and I really don't even want
to really look at another one for like another week or two or month.
Well I went around in our deel for a few more days and then I stopped
because it really drew attention though most of it was good. Well
also my companion got a little sick on the last night we were eating
buuz so we went home a little early. Well you saw some of my
pictures. So my favorite one is probably the one with the sisters
just because I rarely get pictures with the sisters. Well I did sing
as an alto in our MTC group quartet of I am a child of god or Bi
Burhanii huuhed tul. Great song and it sounded really good. Well we
didn't have a ton of lessons this week but it was okay because we were
literally eating at everybody's house. Let me just say that having
somebody offer your a snuff bottle of tobacco on the bus is really
hard. We don't have to snuff it but you at least are supposed to
pretend to snuff it. And on a moving bus it is really hard. A lot
Mongolians think that we are russian so they will sometimes really
respect us and speak in Russian to us. Funnily enough the Mongolians
really respect the Russians in fact there is a statue of several of
the famous communist leaders in the city. Actually one of them just
recently disappeared. No one can really explain how a whole big
statue disappeared but it has. Well other than that we also had Zone
Conference this last week. That was really fun and I learned so much
about it especially the atonement. I always thought I understood the
atonement correctly but just recently I had to readjust my thinking of
it a little bit. Well that was a blast. The beginning of this week
was actually really warm but it just dropped again so who knows when
it will get warm again. I started teaching English again today. They
gave all of the really hard classes to me just because I guess they
figure I am young and I can take the rowdy classes. There are 2 older
couples that teach at my school too and they gave all of them my old
classes. Well it will be an interesting semester. The girl that I
failed didn't complain to me today and I think it is because she knows
that she really cheated. Well it was an interesting day today. Well
other than that there is really no other big news other than the fact
that a new mission president has been called. He served in Mongolia
in 1996 and so did his wife. They are both really young and have 4
little children. That should really be a change for the mission here.
Apparently since President Clark came to Mongolia on emergency notice
he will only be here for 2 years. Well other than that the news is
the same. Well it sounds like home is okay and I hope that the
missionaries ate plenty of food on my behalf because believe me, I
have eaten a lot on their's. Well it is so cool that you got to go to
the temple. I can't wait to go to the temple myself. Well this week
was really just Tsagaan Sar. Well I love you all and wish you the
best of luck. Love Elder Williams

Dear Little Sisters,
So this week has been really good and it has been so nice to be
able to read your emails. I love reading your emails every week.
Well you can read all about my tsagaan sar in the other email. Well
this week I learned a lot of different things about the atonement from
our mission president. I thought I had understood it correctly before
but I guess I really didn't quite understand it all the way. I had
always kind of thought that Jesus kind of like took the demands of
justice on himself for us but that isn't quite true. It isn't fair to
have 1 man die in place for another one and so this isn't satisfying
justice at all. (See Alma 34) I really want to explain it in this
email but it would fill my entire email. Also it is really hard to
understand at first but now I get it a little better. I would explain
more but just read like Alma 34 and think about how one man can't die
in place for another. It makes judgement look quite a bit different.
Anyways I am still struggling to comprehend it but the scriptures make
sense. Well sorry about that rant. Well Caelen, why are you so star
struck over a few missionaries that taught you how to tie a tie? I
can teach you how to build a ger but I don't see you talking about me
that way. Just kidding :) WEll keep up the good work. Rachel,
Congratulations!!!! You have finished the book of Mormon. Now the
question is have you tried Moroni's promise? Go ahead and try it. By
the way I hope that you buy me a blizzard when I get home because the
one thing that Mongolia is truly lacking is blizzards. Hey Rachel,
good luck on your sickness. Just sleep good and long and drink plenty
of liquids and get over it. Be thankful that you aren't here because
if you were you might have to drink your mother's......Well you can
figure that out. Well Rebecca, you are so popular!!!!!!!! yeah this
week was really warm. I was sweating so much when it got up to 8.
Yeah.....I mean it. :) Hey congratulations on being "pretty
productive" I am sure that movie pizza cookies and ice cream party
was like the most best thing you have ever done!!! Eat plenty for me.
Well I hope that you enjoyed Pride and Prejudice........kind of. How
is that movie even slightly entertaining? I think I would enjoy
myself more by watching you eat top ramen in slow motion.
YEah.....that boring. Toglison youm maa. Just kidding:) Well
little girls have a great week this next week and I hope that all of
you start feeling better. Love Elder Williams

Dear Kristalyn,
   Well the week has been good and you can learn about that in my
other email.  Let me just say that I ate way to much.  I think I also
ended up drinking some like Milk vodka but I am not too sure.  All I
know is that the older couple drank it first so I just followed right
after him.    Well I learned alot about the atonement this week.  SO
 I will tell you after my mission because it is way to much to write in an email. 
  I am really excited about it.  Well happy valentine's day.  I
finally told my english classes that I have a girlfriend or I at least
didn't deny the fact that I had one.  I did this just because it makes
it a lot easier in the classroom where you have a whole bunch of young
single adults.  Well english has started again and they have given me
all of the rowdy classes just because they don't want the older couple
missionaries to have to teach them.  The good news is that my school
will be getting a new missionary in the next few weeks so that will
really hopefully help my schedule.  Well other than that I am just
surviving the temperatures of Mongolia.  It actually got up to 8
degrees and boy that was actually pretty warm.  Well I love you and
just keep up the good work back at home.  I love you and good luck.
Love Elder Williams

So Dad and Mom speaking of Tsaagan Sar or White month it is today therefore with all of the internet places closed I won't be able to write a lot today.  I just wanted to tell you that everything is okay and that we are all just having a really good time.  I guess I will tell you about my day today.  So first me and Elder Flint went out to a member in the Sukhbaatar branch with a couple and a two sisters that are in my district.  It was really fun and we were there also kind of as translators.  Well that was really fun and me and my companion looked really good in our deels.  I will send some pictures of all of that next week.  Well after that we also were invited by a cute little family up on the top of a mountain where me and my companion once again did a little translating for another couple in our branch.  well it was really fun but in the end we ended up having to change a flat tire in really cold weather.  So the secret to changing a tire in below zero is just that........  changing it.  No one else is there to do it but you.  So anyways we got that changed really quickly and got back on our way.  This week is a little bit harder on the whole missionary side of things because during Tsaagan Sar it really isn't that acceptable to teach lessons and sometimes you can offend them by doing it.  Well that once fun anyways and me and my companion are really full right now.  Luckily we are kind of free the rest of the night so we are doing okay right now.  But if we had another we really would have exploded for sure.  Let me just say that those buuz despite how small they are, are really filling.  Well so far the count isn't that high but I will eat more.  I just don't want to have to resort to vomiting to make space for more food.  (Some Elder's do that or others just drink a lot of Coke)  Well there was a mongolian that said that if we drank Vodka it would help keep us healthy over Tsaagan Sar.  I'm not too sure about that.  Well don't worry, I don't plan on drinking any vodka.  Well sorry that the email is a little shorter right now but due to all of the hustle and the bustle we don't have a lot of time for a long email right now.  well I love you and just keep up the good work there in Utah.  Love Elder Williams   PS  It will eventually warm up.....or I am at least hoping that.   :)

 Sisters,
Hey I love you all and I can't write much this week due to white month holiday.  But you are all awesome and just keep up the smiling faces.  Love you and send you some pictures next week.
 
Kristalyn,
Yes you are my favorite older sister.  Sorry I can't write hardly any at all today due to today being white month holiday.  So don't worry I am doing fine and I am really saddened by our cousins unfortunate news.  Well I love you and just keep up being you.  Promise to write you more next time.

 Dear Mom and Dad,
So this week has been really good. So I got my new companion
named Elder Flint. He is really good and he is from Colorado but he
lived in Payson about a year before he came out on his mission. Well
he is actually taller than me and so that makes us the tallest
companionship in the Mongolian mission field. It is really funny
seeing the both of us being on a bus. Well also this week has been a
little warmer. We are starting to see a little bit of snow melt but
to be honest it will probably snow a little more before spring. Well
this week was good because we had one of our investigators come to
church. He is doing pretty good and he has a lot of church friends.
SO Mom asked me what I eat for breakfast and I would have to say the
it ranges from Cream of Wheat (In Mongolia they call it children's
rice) or eggs or maybe if I am in a good mood oatmeal. Every once and
a while we get cereal but that is pretty expensive here and the cream
of wheat stuff is dirt cheap. So that is what I eat for breakfast.
So speaking of Odmaa as far as I know she is doing well. She is
actually living in India right now but she should be coming back
pretty soon. After that if she did well on her tests she will try and
study in America or if she didn't do too well she will study in China
for a little while and then come to America. She told us that one of
her goals in life is to go to the Salt Lake Temple and knowing her it
is possible that she will get there. So the question is what kind of
suit should I make? I could get one custom made here for really
cheap. Speaking of that I actually found a woman that makes Mongolian
ties and she is making three for me right now. It is really
inexpensive and I thought Dad would want one so I went ahead and did
it. Well for some reason all of the things I did this last week are
kind of escaping my mind. Oh yeah so my Mongolian language is really
doing better with the Lord's help. He is really helping me. Right
now I actually am translating about every Sunday for the older
missionary couple in my branch. I translate from Mongolian to English
and then the returned missionaries from America translate from English
to Mongolian. It is just easier that way. So that has really showed
me that the Lord has really helped me. I'm still not perfect and
probably will never be but I'm doing pretty good. Iam sorry But
mykeyboard died.

 Dear Little Sisters,
  You are the shuu. You guys are truly good examples to all of your
friends. Just keep up the good work and remember bi ta nart hairtai.
(I love you both) Well this week has been pretty good and I have got
a new companion now named Elder Flint. He is doing really well and
this is my first companion that is actually taller than me. Well he
is doing really well and the both of us are the giants of the mission.
Well I will have to send you pictures of him later. The problem is
that this new really nice computer lab I am sitting in doesn't seem to
have that many flash drive outlets so anyways maybe next week. Well I
am still in my old area so that is great. Well it sounds like your
week was pretty good this week. Caelen I am so proud that you have
finished your time with Noen Corry. (yeah that's right, I wrote it in
Mongolian) :) I bet you were totally freaking out during the test.
Well it wasn't as hard as you thought right? Now just take the test
and you will have a license. I can't wait for you to drive me around
when I get home. Everyone kind of has a different driving style and I
can't wait to see yours. Well ceramics sounds really great. And that
whole guy thing sounds really interesting. Just don't talk to him for
the rest of your life. :) So the whole Geo cashing sounds really
fun. I really will enjoy those more often now that I literally walk
everywhere. I look so funny in the mirror now. I am soooo skinny.
It is so weird. I feel like Big Bird. Anyway I just barely
remembered the jack frost game and can't wait to play it again with
you. That was really fun you and me just kind of having stupid fun on
the computer. Well Rachel, I am so glad that you have survived
coming back to school. That sounds really great. That sounds so
cool that you just watched movies all day long. I haven't done that
in well....a long time. Just make sure to get Shylo to curl up on the
couch next to you. WEll I hope the whole Romeo and Juliet thing was
good. I never really liked Shakespeare but I heard a few of his plays
are good. Something like that. Well that whole movie thing is really
good of you. SO many people fall into a trap of spiritual
insensitivity to things like that. I'm glad that you understand but
we always, always need to watch out for things like this. It will be
a battle our entire lives to try and now what is good and what is
wrong. Well I love you little girls sooooo much and just want you to
know that you are truly really great. Well bayartai and amjilt husie.
 (Good bye and good luck) PS. I am getting pretty good at mongolian.
 (with the lord's help)

Kristalyn,
Well I was able to write a little bit more to you it seems like.  Well
thank you for writing me and I really appreciate you.  It sounds like
you are really having a good time up there right now.  I will try and
send some really good pictures next week.  I am writing from my new
companion's english sponsor so I will probably always be writing a
little earlier now.  Well I don't know if rebecca will email me in
time but if she doesn't just tell her that I love her a lot.  Anyways
I really can't wait to come and chill with you when I get home.  Also
great job on playing bingo with old people.  I have really come to
enjoy old people ever since I have come into the mission field and
been around the older couple missionaries. Of course they aren't that
old but it is still really fun to talk with them.  My personality has
actually changed in that way and I really have become to enjoy talking
with people.  Well I love you soo much and keep up the great work up
and BYU.  I know that you are doing a wonderful job.  Good luck and I
love you. Love Elder Williams

 Dear Mom and Dad,
    So this week has been really good and well before I talk about your crazy week I will talk about my good week.  So the good thing is I finally have a good language story for you.  Well we were talking about prophets to one of our new investigators.  (By the way he is the one whose car we pushed for a mile)  Anyways my companion was trying to teach about how a prophet needed to have authority from god.  So he asked the question so can anyone just be a prophet?  Well the investigator said,  well if I ever see this prophet guy I will fight against him i won't be put into slavory in fact I might even kill him!!!  How does that sound!!!  Well at this moment my companion's mouth opened wide and well lets just say that I was also a little flustered.  how did our lesson go soooo wrong.  Well I noticed that as he was talking he used the word slavery.  Well I then realized that he had mistaken what my companion said and that instead of prophet he heard the word enslaver.  Well so we taught our investigator that God calls people to enslave others every dispensation.  Well luckily we caught it and we fixed it.  The lesson ended well but lets just say that it was really interesting at the beginning.  Well other than that it has warmed up quite a bit here lately.  the really cold Mongolian winter hasn't really hit this year.  Well that was really good.  So it sounds like your week was a little stressful this last week.  I'm so glad to hear that Mom is still cancer free.  That is such a relief.  Well it truly showed me that the Lord's hand is in all of your lives.  Well the whole van thing sounds like that was really fun.  I have only been in a few minor accidents here and let me just say that Mongolians really know how to drive on ice.  Well that is really cool that we have a new member in the ward.  I really appreciate people like you dad who do their callings every week in teaching sunday school.  Or even if you are just filling in for someone else it really helps.  Well I was really touched by the whole thing with Mom and the other sister.  It made me realize a few things.  I won't write all of them but let me just say that Mom you are a blessing to all of those who are going through what you did.  It also made me realize that we truly are the Lord's disciples.  We are the ones to pass his light to others.  this week has really had me thinking about how the Lord is our light.  Through him we are saved.  But even though he has suffered for everyone's sins he has not eliminated our own loyalty to him.  By following his commandments we are truly able to be saved.  Jesus is the Christ, and i am so grateful that I can represent him here in the land of Mongolia.  I told Grandma how strange it is to think that Cameron is coming home soon.  It makes me realized just how fast time passes and how we need to always be a good example.  It also is making me realize just how much I will miss the land and especially the people of Mongolia.  I love them so much.  Well if you see cameron just say hello to him from me and tell him to practice any gaming skills he can because let him know that I have plans to bring back a few games from Mongolia.  Well he truly was a good example for me in going on a mission.  Well I love you all so much and continue to be a wonderful example of being a family living by the principles that our Savior has given us.  Well I love you sooooo much and good luck.  Love Elder Williams


So dear little sisters,
  So lets just say that having our mini van wrecked is one of the last things I expected to hear from you but you know, it did make things exciting.  Well that sounds really interesting.  so we got in a bus accident one time.  Nobody was hurt but it did put a pretty good size dent in the car it hit.  The ice here is really funny.  you will see the bus drive into the station and the front tires slide like ten feet.  It is really slippery here.  It does make things interesting and lets just say that Mongolians really can drive well on ice.  I fell for the third time by the way.  It was coming down an icy road on a mountain and before i knew it I was looking up at the smoky sky.  Well it made things interesting.  Well it was really cool this last week.  We are having a little bit of a warm up.  To be honest all the Mongolians were saying that this was going to be one of the coldest winters in a long time but it really hasn't been too bad so far.  It is actually warmer than last year.  Well Caelen I hope that you are doing well with heir corry.  I promise that it is a little scary at first but in the end it was actually nice.  I also kind of like watching other kids mess up.  :)  Well good luck on ceramics.  I sure you will kick my trash in ceramics.  I still remember how one of my pots could be used as a dumbbell.  Well I think that you will do wonderful in ceramics. Well don't worry about it being short.  A lot of my emails are the same way.  Well Rachel it sounds like the house really had a make over this last week.  Did you take a picture of the old mini van after it was hit?  That would be really cool to see.  Well I have to admit I am so proud of your scores on your math test.  You are becoming so intelligent.  You really are growing up into a little intelligent woman.  Just keep up the good work and remember that I was really bad at getting 4.0s.  But i was really good at getting 3.9s.  Well girls it will make it nicer if you either of you ever have to back up the new mini van.  You shouldn't hit any little innocent dogs on the street sides.  :)  Well Girls I love you so much and just remember that we have a light to show to the world.  And light is the light of Jesus Christ.  Always remember who your saviour is.  His light shines in both of you little girls and always remember to have this light in you.  Jesus Christ truly is the light and life of the world.  Never forget that.  Well girls have a wonderful week and know that it is getting warmer here. So I won't freeze gesen ug.  Well I love you and good luck.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Rebecca, 
  You said it right.  Today was a lot warmer.  I could actually have my head out of my hat.  Well it sounds like your semester is going to be a blast.  And you and your dates.  you are really becoming a dater.  Are you the same anymore?  :)  Well I haven't warm my boots at all this last winter just because they were so annoying but let me just say that I can't wait to use them back in America.  Well I am sure you looked great bowling.  How often did you get strikes on the other person's lane?  ;)  Well this week I have really been contemplating just how Jesus is the light of the world.  He truly is our light and it is only through him and our faith in him that we can return to live with Heavenly Father.  Well always remember that you have his light in you.  Always remember that you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.  You are his follower.  You are a wonderful sister.  I am thankful everyday that I was able to grow up with you.  You might not of realized it but your patience with me and going outside and throwing a football around really was appreciated.  You are soooo good.  Keep up being showing the light of Christ to the world through your wonderful example.  well I love you sooo much and good luck with your new semester.  Love Elder Williams


Dear Kristalyn,
    You are such a good example for me.  I am so thankful for you and your patience with me when I was with you.  I hope that when I come back that we can just laugh as we used to.  I am also thankful for your wonderful example to others and it is possibly your hard working personality that has given me an opportunity to work at Byu.  Well that whole working out thing sounds good.  Well the workouts in the morning with my companion are definitely doing the same thing for me.  Well I am \ a lot skinnier than I used to be.  It fact most people don't believe just how much weight I have lost.  i am under 200 pounds.  I was over 200 in middles school.  yeah that skinny.  Well so about the whole money thing don't worry about it right now but with in the next month or two I am going to start collecting so more stuff.  I can get you some really good little stuff but in order for you to get the really cool stuff you might have to give me a little for yourself.  Well you kind of tell me what you might want and I will see if I can get it for you.  Well I love you and good luck with everything.  Love Elder Williams

 Dear Mom and Dad,

So Mom........ Happy Birthday to you!!!!! Happy Birthday to
you!!!!! Happy Birthday dear Mommy!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to
You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. So if I heard correctly you are now 51?!!!
Wow!!!!! SO anyway I really hope you had a wonderful birthday. I
love you and appreciate you soooo much. So first about my week. SO I
started out the week with a new companion. His name is Elder
Gantogtoh and he is a wonderful young man and he will be a wonderful
full time missionary. But another Elder in my district named Elder
Neuberger joined us as a threesome for several weeks because his short
term missionary had a health problem and he had to go home. So for
the last week we have been working in two areas teaching two englishs
and going to choir practice for out short term missionary. This week
has been hectic. and on top of that I am moving away from unur this
Friday. i am moving to the Hailaast branch and will be the new
district leader there. My new companion will be Elder Robbins from
Las Angeles. Also it is official that there will be more americans
sent to Mongolia if they can get visas. Well also this week I slipped
and fell :( But I came in second place out of the competition. It
was funny. So that day we went up to an area in my area called zuun
salaa. Well we went up there and our feet were so cold that it
literally almost hurt to walk. but after a few minutes of fast
walking they kind of warmed up. So as our feet were freezing my
companion Elder Neuberger started jumping up and around to warm up his
feet. But as he did so he slipped on the solid ice street and fell
and that was when I came in second place. Unfortunately that same
night I slipped and fell while literally just standing. AS I said
before the roads are literally just solid ice. When I was back in
Chingeltei we actually saw a man ski down a whole mountain. .....but
he only had shoes on. So I finally have fallen. That is so cool to
know that you are all still doing the wss, and I hope that you are all
spreading the christmas joy. That is neat to know that you are with
talking with Carmen mom. It will really help her when she finally is
brought the chance to listen to the gospel. Well I actually managed
to read Cameron's letter about the puppy before this I actually read
Cameron's letter and it is good to know that we are in in reality the
same people. :)) So I can't believe that he is almost done. That is
crazy fast. Well my release date is going to be the last week of July
probably the 31st. I figure it is okay to say it now because all of
the other elders are. So anyways it will be just about 2 years. So I
am glad that BYU beat Utah. I can go now and rub that in to the faces
of a few elders. Just kidding I would never do that. :) Don't worry
about the shirts. It will be fine if they are thinner. To be honest
the thicker materialed shirts are harder to clean. Well the weather
is sooo cold here that when you open a door to a warm house the entire
thing acts like you do when you breath. You just see all this mist
and steam from the warm air touching the cold air. It is pretty cool.
Also you know it is cold when you step into a nice inside warm gym
and realize that you can still see your breath. So I played some
basketball and actually did pretty good. Well everything else is just
normal this week. Except we really haven't taught that many lessons
this week due to just the hectic schedule. Well I don't know if you
sent me a package as of yet or not but it sounds like I got one just
now. That is what one of the elders just told me. Well thanks for
everything and I love you all so much. By the way, Mom could you send
me the recipe to your homemade hot chocolate. I found some cocoa and
am really wanting to use it. Well I love you both and good luck.
Love Elder Williams

 

 So Dear Fantastic Sisters,
This week has been really interesting and if you want to learn
about it read the other email. So to be honest it is cold. :) But I
got a good coat and am doing fantatstic. (But I do look really fat
with my coat but the problem is that first it is cool to look fat in
Mongolia and second my now skinny neck look really funny wearing the
coat sometimes) But other than that it is a great coat. (I feel like
a sumo in the coat and without it I feel like Bigbird) Well also I
now have two companions which you can learn about it my other email.
Well I am just doing work over here in the land of the blue sky.
Soooooo, Rebecca, the book that I referred to is actually available
at the LasHermanasElephants publishing website. (Good luck on finding
it) that is www.lashermanaselephants.

doesn'texistandwillneverexistever.com.
Great Website!!!! So by the way since you didn't argue to that fact
that you didn't have a boyfriend I will assume that you do and I think
that you should tell me his name. Well I could really use some hot
chocolate right now. You should send me some already made hot
chocolate through the mail. it would be fantastic. So anyways good
luck up there at Byu and good luck with all of your tests. Just know
that I will be giving a test to students in a few days. I hope they
all fail!! (and no... I didn't forget sarcasm.) Well, Rachel, I
can't wait to see you over skype. It will be so fun and I really want
to see how much you have grown. Good job with pudge. You are doing a
good job over there. Well speaking of dogs I have many stories with
dogs and one of the best ones is I walked out of a ger and the dog was
sitting right outside the ger on the doorstep. Well if you don't know
about things in Mongolia dogs here are......well not nice. So as this
really big dog was about to bite me I made a choice. So remember how
I would use to play with shylo and put my foot in his mouth and then
he would wrestle? Well yeah I did just that. I put my foot in this
big dog's mouth. And he really wanted to bite me. But thanks to my
practice with shylo I saved myself from a rabies shot. So a dog story
for you. Also keep up the baby sitting. So I am so ready for the
awkwardness of single's ward. Awkwardness here I come!!!!! WEll
Rachel thanks for praying for me and keep up the good work. By the
way minii mend Bethany-d hurgeerei. (Say hello to her for me. Well
Caelen, how much have you really grown? I am scared that people are
mistaking you for someone in a singles ward. You are not allowed to
look old so I have a solution. .......(Drum roll please)........stop.
:) Well I can't wait to see how much you have grown over skype too.
So I hope that you don't have a boring week this next week. And I
can't wait to see the tie. Also send me a picture of all the really
cool decorations at the house. So all of you little girls need to
promise me something. Stop growing up!!!!! :) Well anyways good
luck this next week and I love all of you. Love Elder Williams

 

Dear Kristalyn,
    So you can read about my week in my other email.  So this week has
been pretty good and we have had a lot of fun.  So anyway it sounds
like you are having a blast.  I wish you all the best of luck on your
finals, but don't burn yourself out studying.  I like the phrase don't
burn your candle on both ends.  Or something like that.  SO good luck
and here is another great phrase for ya'  don't count your chickens
before they hatch.  Ever since I have been teaching english I realized
just how amazing the english language is.  I also have learned a lot
of phrases.  So it finally snowed.  That is weird to think about
considering the fact that it snowed here forever ago.  It is also
really cold.  So I finally slipped and fell this week but I took
second place among the elders.  I actually slipped just kind of
standing and when I really think about it I have no idea how I fell.
So that was really funny.  Did you know that here there is literally
roads of solid ice?  They are really hard to walk on at night without
a flashlight.  :)  So that is cool about your whole car thing.  I bet
you will sell it pretty quick.  If you want to sell it really fast
just say that it is actually a transformer and then people will buy it
really quickly. :)   So I know but yeah my jokes are lame today.  So I
read a really cool article about how a family during christmas time
all memorized the living christ.  She said that literally that those
several months that they spent memorizing it was some of the best
months of her life because they literally rejoiced in Christ all the
time.  I have decided I really want to do the same thing.  So just a
cool idea.  So to answer your questions, every once and a while I miss
home but recently it hasn't been so bad.  It was actually the worst of
thanksgiving but right now it is pretty good.  So I always remember
you guys but to be honest since all of you have changed so much i
really don't know any of the cute little habits you have anymore. I
really hope that we can all together be up and byu for a while.  But
if that doesn't work out than we can still do a lot of other things.
So the day I was getting released changed.  So it will be the end of
July.  Probably July 31st.  SO it will be about two years.  Orginally
we were going to go the 14th of July but with the whole lowering of
the missionary ages it messed some things up.  So that will be whats
up.  So always remember the saviour.  Some people think that in
Mongolia it is easier to focus on the real meaning of christmas
because there is no commercial christmas but it is exactly the
opposite.  It is all commercial christmas.  Santa and the christmas
tree and all of the christmas music that doesn't include the story of
actual christmas.  It makes me realize just how special it is to focus
on christ during christmas.  So you are doing a wonderful job
remembering what christmas is really about. So to be honest I really
want some pudding for Christmas.  So if you could send some pudding I
would love you more than ever.  :)  JK but you can tell mom though.
Well I am doing fine and I wish you the best luck out there.  30 weeks
left for me.  That is about how much left.  Time flies and I am so sad
that I am leaving that soon.  I just feel like I haven't been as
productive as I wanted to be but every missionary feels that way.  So
I love you and can't wait to see you over skype.  PS give me your
skype address.  Well I love you and good luck.  Love Elder Williams

 Dear Mom and Dad,
So this week was really good. So actually this sunday we had a
new investigator show up that we invited to come to church several
days ago. I didn't actually think she would ever come but all of a
sudden she is meeting with us. I hope that she felt the spirit and
that she will continue to want to meet with us. also this week was
pretty good because one of our new members 8 year old daughters got
baptized. It was wonderful to be able to see her get baptized. So
also today my short term missionary is going to be traded for another
short term missionary so that should be interesting. Well it was
really cold this week. Supposedly -22 farenheit. The good news is
that first, I am not feeling too cold and second, I have not fallen
yet on all of the solid ice. Me and another elder are having a
competition to see who can last the longest. Well that is really all
that happened this week. Well pretty soon we will be talking over
skype. I can't wait and am just glad to get the chance to be able to
talk to all of you again. So that reminds me that you should send me
your or kristalyn's skype address. that might make things easier.
so it sounds like all of you are doing good. I am really interested
in that whole china thing. that is sooooo cool. That might actually
really have an effect on all of the people here in Mongolia.
Mongolians speak english well russian well and chinese pretty well.
So who knows. So it sounds like everything over there is still warm.
Sorry I won't be able to write a lot but just know that i am having a
wonderful day and week. I love you and wish you all the best of luck.
Love Elder Williams

Dear Little Sisters,
Too save on time today I will just talk to you two and you can read
about my week in the other bigger email. So you two sound like you
are having fun. I remember going down and watching Bonanza late at
night and sometimes we hid it from Dad. :) That really seems like
yesterday for me. To be honest it is really kind of weird because it
is like that time back at home was put on pause for me. In my mind it
is really weird to think that things are all changing back at home.
But I can't wait to talk to you over skype in a few weeks. It should
be a blast. So Caelen, I'm glad that you and pizza and ice-cream and
a movie go well together. Just remember to eat some extra pizza for
me!!!! Hey, Caelen, don't you worry about school. School is just
something in life we all have to do and to be honest if you want to
enjoy school you will and if you don't want to you won't. I remember
that as I moved up the grades in highschool that I really began to
enjoy it. You will too eventually. So just relax and do your best
and most of all pray. That way Heavenly Father can consecrate your
performance unto you. (I don't think I really got the wording on that
right so forgive me) :) Rachel, you sound like you are doing good.
I hope that movie was really good. Also you are right about the whole
mormon thing. We need to say our church's name but also for example
if someone does call us a mormon we need to straight up accept it and
say "yes sirree I'm a mormon" (that was a little cheesy) So anyway
just keep up the good work and always remember that your heavenly
father loves you. You two have a wonderful week. Love Elder

Dear Kristalyn,
     So it sounds like your week was awesome.  So don't worry you can
learn about my week in my big email.  Also I was planning on sending
some really cool pictures today tegsen chin my companion is leaving
and I am getting another short term missionary for two weeks and I
became busy today.  So anyway I promise I think about you and your
pictures everyday.  Just be thankful that I still have my camera.
Elder Stranski my mtc companion has lost his camera twice.  So anyway
this week has been pretty good for me.  Did I ever tell you that when
I learned that information about mom's cancer in the MTC I cried in
the bathroom too?  It was a very interesting time for me and I still
see how much God was teaching me.  I kind of miss the MTC every once
and a while.  It was a truly wonderful spot.  The spirit is there sooo
strong.  Dad told me before my mission the the Holy Ghost truly walks
those halls.  and I can testify to what he said.  The spirit truly
does walk those sacred halls in the MTC.  Anyways just a little bit of
a flash back for me.  So I hope everything turns out okay for you and
Rhett.  I recently read a wonderful article in one of the older
ensigns about picking someone to marry.  It was really good and next
time I will give you the reference to it but don't worry too much
about all of this.  Just keep up the good work up there and BYU and I
don't know if we will ever be up there together but if we are I can't
wait.  Well I love you and just to let you know in Mongolia the
Christmas here is called new years and to be honest nothing happens on
Dec. 25.  Kind of depressing right?  They also have no idea of any of
the meanings of half the christmas stuff they put up.  It is all for
new years.  So I am so grateful for the chance to have a wonderful
sister like you and I wish you the best of luck.  Love Elder Williams

Dear Mom and Dad,
    Anyway today we played basketball after the dentist so I'm writing a little later but anyway today turned out okay.  So as I said before during thanksgiving we went to one of our members homes to have a little food.  So we went there and she ended up giving us like a huge bowl of horse meat and rice and mashed potatoes.  I finished the whole thing with a lot of struggle.  It was really hard also because she bought each of us a huge thing of juice which we both finished and we also drank milk with a whole bunch of pastries.  When we left there we could only barely walk and my stomach literally physically hurt.  So we literally babystepped down the mountain to the bus stop and during the bus ride I felt so full.  So then we went to our next appointment which was actually to make our thanksgiving chicken with an older sister but we told her we had eaten so much that we couldn't eat again and so we set that appointment for another time.  Well then I sat at the mission home for a while and my companion finished his missionary application (or at least some of it) Well by then it was night and our next appointment was to meet with a member who to be honest is a really cool guy.  He is literally seven feet tall and speaks fluent English and studied in America for a while.  So he is also a very well to do business man.  So he picked us up in his car and we drove across the city to a really really really nice part of town (I'm talking about millionaires here) and we went to a really quiet expensive restaurant.  And for the first time since my mission I had lasagna.  It was sooooooo good.  I didn't realize just how much I missed that kind of food.  Anyway it was really nice and it was really nice to be able to have a wonderful conversation with him.  He actually knows more about American politics than I do at the moment.  Anyway my thanksgiving turned out very nice.  So anyway the rest of the week was also good.  We are meeting with an investigator tonight and hopefully that all turns out good.  Well it sounds like your week was pretty good.  I am so jealous of the weather over there.  Here I am trying to brush the ice of my eyelashes and you are all playing badminton.  So it is really cold over here.  Pretty quick I will have to switch to my huge winter boots.  So today was really fun playing basketball.  So having lost weight it has increased my jumping ability and I feel that if I worked on it I could possibly dunk the ball.  Right now it is actually quite easy to jump and grab the rim.  So who knows?  Anything could happen.  Well I did win today in basketball against a whole bunch of guys that just kind of walked in and played with us.  That was really fun because they really don't know how to guard a really big guy.  the style of basketball over here is completely different and the first couple of months it was really hard to get used to but in the end it actually works out to my advantage.  The funny thing is that when we play a half court game the moment someone misses anyone can rebound it and score so if you are really tall that really works to your advantage.  So anyway that was fun today.  So to answer a few questions.  So I've have spoken in church a few times which to be honest is kind of hard because they as you know literally ask you during the program to speak.  But it is okay.  Me and my companion are doing fine and we are just trying to get our investigators to church.  So another elder is teaching my English class on P-days which is bad for him but good for me.  But he only has to teach 3 hours a week.  I still have 9.  I can't believe Cameron is almost home.  Time absolutely flies.  I get a little sad when I think about that.  But whatever.  6 weeks.  I remember a year or two ago thinking about how long that seems.  But it is truly nothing in time.  Well I love you all and I wish you all the best of luck this next week.  I love you and have a good day or night.  Love Elder Williams


Dear Little Girls,
     So it was so wonderful to hear from all of you.  This week was pretty good and to be honest it is starting to get pretty cold.  The ice chunks on my eye lashes are proof of that.  So anyways it is cold.  But my new coat is really warm and really thick and I look like a marshmallow.  But the style here is quite different and so looking like a marshmallow is actually acceptable here.  SO other than that we had two investigators come to church which was really nice.  We are meeting with one of them tonight.  Also we found an in-active member this past week and we managed to get her to go to church.  And she enjoyed it.  So that was really cool.  So it sounds like your lives are doing really well.  Rachel, it sounds like the movie was really good.  I have always wondered how that would turn out.  Rachel, you have grown up a lot and I can tell from the emails I get from you.  Your writing style has changed and you are sounding more different every week.  But this is a good thing.  So you are so cool.  Also good job on the Christmas lights.  Also just keep living the good life and sleeping a lot.  Sleeping is wonderful and something I feel like I haven't enjoyed in a long time.  But it is also good to get up at 6:30.  Kind of.  :)  So keep up the great work.  Caelen you have grown up a lot too.  I admit I am excited to see all the growth you have been through.  It will be strange but I really also want to see all the changes that have gone on.  SO good job.  Well I admit I busted up laughing thinking about Rebecca panicking hanging on to a gutter.  Wish you had got pictures of that.  Good job on the Christmas lights.  Also don't worry.  My mouth isn't frozen.  Well I love you both and I'll leave with you one cool scripture.  D&C 64:33-34  "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work.  And out of small things proceedeth that which is great. Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days"  The reason I like this scripture is that it tells us that we should never grow tired of doing good things.  We are making this church stronger by doing service and helping others and we need to never get discouraged.  Because even if we do just little things we are making something big.  Many little things add to very big things.  All the Lord wants is for us to want to serve him and try to serve him.  ANd then if we do this we will truly eat the good of the land of zion in these last days or in other words we will be blessed with an abundance of blessings from god and he will help us in any situation.  So girls never give up on doing good even when others don't appreciate it.  So this next week just try opzyour best to help people around you.  I know you can and I know you are doing it now.  I love you so much and I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving.  I love you again and good luck.  Love Elder Williams


Dear Kristalyn,  Thanks for writing me.  TO be honest the thing I love the most is just being able to hear from you whether it be short or long.  Well this week was very nice and I actually ate a ton of food over thanksgiving.  Anyways you can read about that in my other email.  So I have been warm especially in my new coat.  It is really big.  So don't you worry about that.  But to be honest the ice on my eyelashes is getting annoying.  So the work is good.  So this week I was just thinking about how close the Lord's second coming really is.  I am really excited for it but I don' t know if it will happen in my lifetime or not.  But I am really excited for it.  So that was kind of a cool thought.  Also so far I haven't slipped and fallen yet but I know that it is only a matter of time.  We actually had a sister missionary slip and break her ankle a few days ago.  But thankfully she is still up and moving.  SO have a wonderful day and just know that I love you soooooo much.  Love Elder Williams