Hey!

Hey Family,

How´s everything going? I´m so excited, the emails you sent this week were incredible. I´m so glad you got to see Elder Lanham! He´s such an incredible person, just being around him makes people want to be better. I´m not even kidding. You all know that by now. Thanks for the video! I opened it up and it was a little weird seeing you and hearing your voices! Don´t worry, it won´t make me baggy, I haven´t even had a chance to think about home this week, i´ve been SO busy. I love it like this!

Throughout my mission i´ve really thought a lot about how I can give all I have to the Lord. You know, heart, might, mind, and strength. I´ve really tried my best to do that, but obviously haven´t been perfect. I´ve realized what that really means though this past week! Haha Whether i´ve liked it or not i´ve been giving EVERYTHING just to keep up! I feel so good and happy, even though I feel like I need to improve in so many ways.

Christopher, I can´t believe you got a letter from the university of Pennsylvania… That´s awesome. Do you have an agent yet? Are you pro yet? Haha But really Elder Cunningham´s dad was asking if you needed an agent. They´re going to email you all I think. Congratulations!!! I hope you had an awesome birthday, and knowing Mom i'm sure you did! I have a card here to send you, but I have had NO time at all! Sorry! I´ll see what I can do! Haha

Tanner, you almost got a boat? Haha I think you´re crazy. Thanks for the email, I hope everything is going well in JUNIOR HIGH! I can´t believe it! Just be yourself, and put Jesus Christ first. Don’t follow the crowd, but I know you´re awesome and will make good choices. How are all the Junior High girlies? Haha

Well, it´s been the craziest week ever… Baptism interviews, less active members showing up in our living room wanting to talk and wanting priesthood blessings around 7 in the morning while i´m in the shower, trying to help investigators progress, coming home and making phone calls in the night… It´s been a lot of work, and a lot of fun.

I´ve been thinking a lot about consecration and sacrifice lately, and i´ve learned if we really want to have the spirit, if we really want to FEEL our saviors love, we need to make sacrifices… The Lord will always be there to help us make it through, we just have to give ourselves up and let him mold us.

I already have to go, thanks for everything and just know that I love you like crazy. See ya later!

Elder Micah Melville