Sorry the phone just cut out like that. Someone else tried to call right then and it cut us off. We don't even recognize the number, but it was local number though. I wish that we could have said goodbye as well, but at least we got to talk. That was the most important thing. I had a really good Christmas though. One thing that I didn't get to tell you about was that we went to a children's home on Christmas Eve. We played games and sang songs with them. We played Simon Says as one of the games. President Dube was Simon once. It was hilarious to watch him being Simon. He was jumping up and down and yelling loudly. It was really funny to watch.
Yes they have addresses Mom, but they are completely worthless. If you haven't been there before it is next to impossible to find anything. One house number will be like 4534 and the next house will be 6475. It is ridiculous, even the people here can't find houses. If you want to find someone's house you have to either know a landmark or have them show you their house. Our first two weeks in the area was tough, but only because we couldn't find the houses, not because there was no one to teach.
Everyone celebrates Christmas here but I have only seen like one house decorated in Chi-town. Mostly, I'm sure because they can't afford it. But most people have work off and most people use the time off the get drunk. The Word of Wisdom is a big problem here.
Terrence, our Gospel Principles investigator, is doing well. He is extremely smart. We had him read about the Plan of Salvation and then he taught us the entire lesson. It was powerful. The only problem is that we haven't been able to get him to church. But we will keep working on it.
Tonderai, the one with the drinking and smoking problem is doing pretty well. He has stopped drinking completely, and has dropped from 30 cigarettes to under 10.
We even have another man who is trying to quit smoking. He was at about 15 a day to 1 or 2 a day. Today he isn't supposed to even have one so we will see how that goes. His name is Brother Jena. He and his wife are supposed to get baptized on the 8th of January. Sister Jena will for sure be baptized but Brother Jena has to be cigarette free for a week before he can. But we know he can do it. He is great, he comes to every Church event. He came to our baptism a few weeks ago and he came to the Branch Christmas party. He was one of the first ones there at 11:00 but they were not organized so it didn't start until like 3:00, but he stayed the whole time and helped.
Another family will be getting baptized on the 9th. The Moyo family, there is a mom and 2 daughters. The mom's brothers were also going to be baptized that day but they had to leave to help a relative on a farm so we will try to get them ready for the 23rd.
Another family that we are teaching is the Bisenti family. The first time we taught them, the father didn't even want to come inside but by the end of the lesson he didn't want us to leave. It's not often that our investigators can the Spirit in the first lesson but Sister Bisenti did. It was really cool.
We have many investigators and it is difficult to schedule them all. But the problem is that most of them don't keep time well so we get bounced quite often. It's not that they don't want us to teach them, but it is because in their culture most people are used to being to things at a certain time. So they just don't remember.
The transfers last for six weeks. We are pretty sure that Elder Roberts is going to die here in Chi-Town, but we have no idea if I'm going to stay.
I hope you are all doing well and are happy. It was good to hear from you. I love you all.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Happy Birthday Mom!!! What is it now, 29?
Funny story, I meant to write a p.s. last week saying that the baboon thing was a joke. Sorry, I hope that you haven't told too many people.
Yeah we are really excited for Christmas. On Christmas Eve we are going to a children's home to play with them and to sing to them, maybe even give them a few toys to play with. I can't wait of that. It will be fun.
That is really sad about Julie. I can't believe it. She will be missed. She was a great lady.
That's good to hear that you got the power in Milford Dad. Don't worry things will work out.
"...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith..."
-Hebrews 12:1-2
I found this scripture while studying, I hope it helps.
Alice's baptism was powerful. It was amazing. I couldn't stop smiling. I tried to send some pictures but the download keeps failing. I'll try again next week.
We know have 24 baptism dates set. There are a few that we aren't seeing a lot of progress with so we might have to drop them. But most of them are progressing really well. We have had 12 investigators at Church each of the last two weeks, but it break my heart when the rest don't show up. Our lessons just keep getting better as I have been getting more comfortable teaching. We now teach with very good unity. Things just seem to flow much more smoothly now.
The time is flying by, I can't believe that half of the transfer is already over. It is crazy. We are going to figure out what to do with that money that the man gave me today. So I will have to tell you on Saturday. We do know that we are going to buy a few things for a family that feeds us a lot, the Makuneys. One of them is turning in his papers today, on his birthday, so we are going to get him something to help.
It's funny, as we ride around all of the little kids start yelling, "Marungu, marungu." It means "white man" in Shona. I think that for many of them it is the first time seeing a white person. I have only seen two other white people besides the missionaries. So we were right that the 1% of whites in the country are missionaries.
The power company is called ZESA. Zimbabwe Electricity Scarcely Available. At least that is what we think the acronym means.
Talk to you Saturday.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Funny story, I meant to write a p.s. last week saying that the baboon thing was a joke. Sorry, I hope that you haven't told too many people.
Yeah we are really excited for Christmas. On Christmas Eve we are going to a children's home to play with them and to sing to them, maybe even give them a few toys to play with. I can't wait of that. It will be fun.
That is really sad about Julie. I can't believe it. She will be missed. She was a great lady.
That's good to hear that you got the power in Milford Dad. Don't worry things will work out.
"...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith..."
-Hebrews 12:1-2
I found this scripture while studying, I hope it helps.
Alice's baptism was powerful. It was amazing. I couldn't stop smiling. I tried to send some pictures but the download keeps failing. I'll try again next week.
We know have 24 baptism dates set. There are a few that we aren't seeing a lot of progress with so we might have to drop them. But most of them are progressing really well. We have had 12 investigators at Church each of the last two weeks, but it break my heart when the rest don't show up. Our lessons just keep getting better as I have been getting more comfortable teaching. We now teach with very good unity. Things just seem to flow much more smoothly now.
The time is flying by, I can't believe that half of the transfer is already over. It is crazy. We are going to figure out what to do with that money that the man gave me today. So I will have to tell you on Saturday. We do know that we are going to buy a few things for a family that feeds us a lot, the Makuneys. One of them is turning in his papers today, on his birthday, so we are going to get him something to help.
It's funny, as we ride around all of the little kids start yelling, "Marungu, marungu." It means "white man" in Shona. I think that for many of them it is the first time seeing a white person. I have only seen two other white people besides the missionaries. So we were right that the 1% of whites in the country are missionaries.
The power company is called ZESA. Zimbabwe Electricity Scarcely Available. At least that is what we think the acronym means.
Talk to you Saturday.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Monday, December 13, 2010
How are you doing?
I'm doing great. I am learning a lot from Elder Roberts, he has helped me so much. He is so good with the people, he just knows how to talk to them. But I'm starting to pick up on what to ask people and how to respond. It is really cool to see their faces light up when you can greet them in Shona. They are so much more receptive when you do. I can't believe that it has already been I week since I last got to write to you, it has flown by.
The Joburg Temple was great. It is a pretty small temple, that only has one endowment room but it was nice. We went 3 times and the last time we even did some sealings. That was really cool, one of the guys was sealed to his parents. It was a powerful experience. Many of them also got to act as proxy for their ancestors as well.
We did get to celebrate Thanksgiving at the MTC, it was really nice. Sister Christensen made some amazing pumpkin pie. It was nice to have some normal food again, even though it was still a little different.
It is good that you are getting things moving out there in Milford, Dad. I'm glad that things are starting to fall into place. Why is the power still not on there? I will continue to keep you in my prayers. Also you can write both spiritual and temporal things Dad, I appreciate both.
I had a crazy thing happen to me though. We were riding our bikes to an appointment, and as we were passing by this group of trees a pack of baboons started to chase us. It was a little scary because they looked like they were going to attack us. We were able to get away from them though.
Now to the good stuff. We are going to have a baptism for a girl named Alice Sakila on Saturday. She's 18 years old and her mother is a member but she has been away at a boarding school so she hadn't been taught before. She is a nice girl that has been really nice to teach because she is always there when we have appointments and keeps her commitments. One of our other investigators, Terrence, was a contact that I made the first day we were in the field. It is funny because he has a Gospel Principles book that he found on the ground somewhere. As he read it he saw all of the BoM references and was like, "Where do I find one of these?" Then he saw the name of the Church on the back of the book and had been looking for the Church for a few months. So when I contacted him he was so happy to see me. He is so smart, the research in the Book of Mormon while he reads is incredible. He found out all of the things that show evidence that it's true before he had even prayed about it. He already has an amazing testimony of it. Another one, Tonderai, has an addiction with marijuana and alchohol. He had dreads too. He's had lessons before but he didn't want to listen then. He said that a few weeks ago he had something happen to him that made him want to change, but he didn't know how. He said that we were the only thing that he could think of. So he gave us a call. He has since cut his dreads and come to church twice. We have set some goals to help him quit smoking and drinking. I can't wait to see how he progresses. We have 19 baptism dates right now set in January and the first week in February.
On Christmas Day we will be going with President Dube to a lake, but I can't remember what it is called. We will get to call home some time between 7:00 am and 12:00 pm Utah time and I will get half an hour. Then on the Monday after, our zone is going to go to a lion and cheetah game park and have a braai (bbq).
President Dube has given us a challenge. It is called the Challenge to Become. We have to pick an attribute of Christ each day and study it, then try to apply it each day. It is amazing to see how much better then day goes when you are constantly trying to become like Christ. It want to challenge you to do the same thing and anybody else that you can get to do it also. When you study it, write down one scripture and think about that scripture all day. It has amazing results. The attributes can be found in Chapter 6 of Preach My Gospel.
Tonana Monday.
Love,
Elder Cecil
I'm doing great. I am learning a lot from Elder Roberts, he has helped me so much. He is so good with the people, he just knows how to talk to them. But I'm starting to pick up on what to ask people and how to respond. It is really cool to see their faces light up when you can greet them in Shona. They are so much more receptive when you do. I can't believe that it has already been I week since I last got to write to you, it has flown by.
The Joburg Temple was great. It is a pretty small temple, that only has one endowment room but it was nice. We went 3 times and the last time we even did some sealings. That was really cool, one of the guys was sealed to his parents. It was a powerful experience. Many of them also got to act as proxy for their ancestors as well.
We did get to celebrate Thanksgiving at the MTC, it was really nice. Sister Christensen made some amazing pumpkin pie. It was nice to have some normal food again, even though it was still a little different.
It is good that you are getting things moving out there in Milford, Dad. I'm glad that things are starting to fall into place. Why is the power still not on there? I will continue to keep you in my prayers. Also you can write both spiritual and temporal things Dad, I appreciate both.
I had a crazy thing happen to me though. We were riding our bikes to an appointment, and as we were passing by this group of trees a pack of baboons started to chase us. It was a little scary because they looked like they were going to attack us. We were able to get away from them though.
Now to the good stuff. We are going to have a baptism for a girl named Alice Sakila on Saturday. She's 18 years old and her mother is a member but she has been away at a boarding school so she hadn't been taught before. She is a nice girl that has been really nice to teach because she is always there when we have appointments and keeps her commitments. One of our other investigators, Terrence, was a contact that I made the first day we were in the field. It is funny because he has a Gospel Principles book that he found on the ground somewhere. As he read it he saw all of the BoM references and was like, "Where do I find one of these?" Then he saw the name of the Church on the back of the book and had been looking for the Church for a few months. So when I contacted him he was so happy to see me. He is so smart, the research in the Book of Mormon while he reads is incredible. He found out all of the things that show evidence that it's true before he had even prayed about it. He already has an amazing testimony of it. Another one, Tonderai, has an addiction with marijuana and alchohol. He had dreads too. He's had lessons before but he didn't want to listen then. He said that a few weeks ago he had something happen to him that made him want to change, but he didn't know how. He said that we were the only thing that he could think of. So he gave us a call. He has since cut his dreads and come to church twice. We have set some goals to help him quit smoking and drinking. I can't wait to see how he progresses. We have 19 baptism dates right now set in January and the first week in February.
On Christmas Day we will be going with President Dube to a lake, but I can't remember what it is called. We will get to call home some time between 7:00 am and 12:00 pm Utah time and I will get half an hour. Then on the Monday after, our zone is going to go to a lion and cheetah game park and have a braai (bbq).
President Dube has given us a challenge. It is called the Challenge to Become. We have to pick an attribute of Christ each day and study it, then try to apply it each day. It is amazing to see how much better then day goes when you are constantly trying to become like Christ. It want to challenge you to do the same thing and anybody else that you can get to do it also. When you study it, write down one scripture and think about that scripture all day. It has amazing results. The attributes can be found in Chapter 6 of Preach My Gospel.
Tonana Monday.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Monday, December 6, 2010
Well I'm out in the field now. I started working on Thursday. The ares that I'm in is called Seke (seck-a), it is in a city Chitungwiza (chee-tune-gweesta). It is about 20 minutes away from Harare. Most of the other missionaries from the MTC went to Zambie and Malawi. My companion's name is Elder Roberts, he's from South Sevier. He's been out for 22 months. I played baseball and football against him as a freshman and sophomore. He is really good at teaching the people. He's been a ZL and an AP. He's now the DL of the Chitungwiza District. We are whitewashing the area which means that neither of us has been in the area before, so it is difficult to find the house of our investigators. Our house is fairly nice. Sometimes we have power and sometimes we don't. The same goes for water. We have to take bucket baths and wash our clothes in a bucket as well. There is one other companionship in our house. Elder Smith from South Africa and Elder Mtetwa from here is Zimbabwe. Elder Mtetwa was in the MTC with me.
We just have cornflakes for breakfast and peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We've been fed by members every night since we've been here. One of them was the Branch President, President Uthamire. We had rice and beef. Two of the other nights we ate at the home of the Makuney's. They are recent converts and absolutely love the missionaries. The other time was with an investigator. The cornmeal that we read about is called sadsa. It doesn't have much of a taste so they always have something to dip it in or to eat it with. I will be eating it a lot.
President Dube is a wonderful man. He was at the airport to greet us, and he gave us an orientation at the church next to the mission offices. We then went to the mission home where Sister Dube had made dinner for us. After which we had a testimony meeting in the home. I had an interview with him and in the interview it came up that I'm related to Keith Edwards and he was excited to email him to tell him.
We are teaching a girl named Alice. Her mother is a recent convert but she hasn't been taught yet because she was at a boarding school. We only have about a month to teacher her before she has to go back to school but she is progressing quickly and we think that we can get her baptized before she leaves. We have several other investigators that we committed to baptism as well. The Moyo family (5) and the Jannas (2). We are teaching some others but we don't have baptism dates yet.
The first few days we were on foot because our bikes were in the shop getting fixed. But we now have our bikes back and it is almost like mountain biking because the roads have deteriorated so bad that it is like riding a trail with random rocks and bumps.
Yesterday while we were contacting we met this man who hated white people because he said that we crucified Jesus. We tried to tell him that they were not white and that they were Jews because technically it is an ethnicity and that Jesus himself was a Jew. But he wouldn't listen to us because we later learned that he believed that Jesus was black. It was an interesting conversation. The people are extremely nice and almost everyone we see waves at us and greets us in Shona. I am starting to pick up how to respond and greet them but it is hard to pronounce the words.
We had our fast and testimony meeting yesterday. We meet under a large tent next to our house. They set up chairs and a little sound system for those speaking. They are quite unorganized so they have a lot of branch business. Since 3 of us were new to the area they asked us to bear our testimony, it is so much easier to do it here than at home.
We got rained on, on Friday. I have never seen rain like that before. It rained so hard and for so long that all of the streets were flooded. That rain jacket from Mr. Mac isn't very good. It will only hold out light rain. When it started raining hard my shirt got completely soaked, along with my planner and a Book of Mormon. They have these transport vehicles that are called convies. They are basically just vans that act like a bus, but they have these guys that stand with the sliding door open, yelling out where they are going. They pack in like 15 people in these vans, it's crazy. They drive terrible here. I feel scared just walking around. I don't think that most of the people here have licenses because it is expensive to get one here, but in Chitungwiza I have yet to see a police man. It's weird because most things are dirt cheap here but they just have random things that are extremely expensive. Like Elder Mtetwa told me that it is $180 for a license. Milk is also expensive, it costs about as much for one liter as it does for one gallon in America.
It is tough and I'm not used to sadsa yet but I am loving every minute of it. I enjoy meeting new people and getting to teach some of them. Sometimes while we are contacting we see big groups of rasta guys smoking marijuana. We also see a lot of drunks as well because they love their beer here. I have already grown so much as a missionary and I have only been here for a few days.
Our mission is going to split in July. I will be in just Zimbabwe or in Zambia and Malawi. It will be interesting to see where I end up. But wherever I go I know that it is where the Lord wants me to be.
That is great that you got approved in Milford, Dad. I hope that you can get it going soon. How is announcing for basketball games? I hope you haven't said anything too embarrassing yet. I can't believe that Boise St. lost, that is crazy. I had heard about the BYU/Utah game in the MTC. Do they have the bowl games set yet or is it coming out next week?
I love you guys. Talk to you later.
Elder Cecil
We just have cornflakes for breakfast and peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We've been fed by members every night since we've been here. One of them was the Branch President, President Uthamire. We had rice and beef. Two of the other nights we ate at the home of the Makuney's. They are recent converts and absolutely love the missionaries. The other time was with an investigator. The cornmeal that we read about is called sadsa. It doesn't have much of a taste so they always have something to dip it in or to eat it with. I will be eating it a lot.
President Dube is a wonderful man. He was at the airport to greet us, and he gave us an orientation at the church next to the mission offices. We then went to the mission home where Sister Dube had made dinner for us. After which we had a testimony meeting in the home. I had an interview with him and in the interview it came up that I'm related to Keith Edwards and he was excited to email him to tell him.
We are teaching a girl named Alice. Her mother is a recent convert but she hasn't been taught yet because she was at a boarding school. We only have about a month to teacher her before she has to go back to school but she is progressing quickly and we think that we can get her baptized before she leaves. We have several other investigators that we committed to baptism as well. The Moyo family (5) and the Jannas (2). We are teaching some others but we don't have baptism dates yet.
The first few days we were on foot because our bikes were in the shop getting fixed. But we now have our bikes back and it is almost like mountain biking because the roads have deteriorated so bad that it is like riding a trail with random rocks and bumps.
Yesterday while we were contacting we met this man who hated white people because he said that we crucified Jesus. We tried to tell him that they were not white and that they were Jews because technically it is an ethnicity and that Jesus himself was a Jew. But he wouldn't listen to us because we later learned that he believed that Jesus was black. It was an interesting conversation. The people are extremely nice and almost everyone we see waves at us and greets us in Shona. I am starting to pick up how to respond and greet them but it is hard to pronounce the words.
We had our fast and testimony meeting yesterday. We meet under a large tent next to our house. They set up chairs and a little sound system for those speaking. They are quite unorganized so they have a lot of branch business. Since 3 of us were new to the area they asked us to bear our testimony, it is so much easier to do it here than at home.
We got rained on, on Friday. I have never seen rain like that before. It rained so hard and for so long that all of the streets were flooded. That rain jacket from Mr. Mac isn't very good. It will only hold out light rain. When it started raining hard my shirt got completely soaked, along with my planner and a Book of Mormon. They have these transport vehicles that are called convies. They are basically just vans that act like a bus, but they have these guys that stand with the sliding door open, yelling out where they are going. They pack in like 15 people in these vans, it's crazy. They drive terrible here. I feel scared just walking around. I don't think that most of the people here have licenses because it is expensive to get one here, but in Chitungwiza I have yet to see a police man. It's weird because most things are dirt cheap here but they just have random things that are extremely expensive. Like Elder Mtetwa told me that it is $180 for a license. Milk is also expensive, it costs about as much for one liter as it does for one gallon in America.
It is tough and I'm not used to sadsa yet but I am loving every minute of it. I enjoy meeting new people and getting to teach some of them. Sometimes while we are contacting we see big groups of rasta guys smoking marijuana. We also see a lot of drunks as well because they love their beer here. I have already grown so much as a missionary and I have only been here for a few days.
Our mission is going to split in July. I will be in just Zimbabwe or in Zambia and Malawi. It will be interesting to see where I end up. But wherever I go I know that it is where the Lord wants me to be.
That is great that you got approved in Milford, Dad. I hope that you can get it going soon. How is announcing for basketball games? I hope you haven't said anything too embarrassing yet. I can't believe that Boise St. lost, that is crazy. I had heard about the BYU/Utah game in the MTC. Do they have the bowl games set yet or is it coming out next week?
I love you guys. Talk to you later.
Elder Cecil
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Mom you're right I don't have much time. I don't have time to put photos on but once I get into the field I should have more time and I will be able to email anybody. The tracting went well I gave out some pass along cards. We went and attempted to teach a lesson, but the guy we went to teach was hungover from the night before, and he still had some of the alcohol in his system. It was really interesting. I think it was good for me to see that early on. I leave here on Wednesday morning. We have to get up at 4:30. Today I am going to the mall. I doubt I will buy anything because I would have to exchange money.
I gave a blessing to Elder Wae (way). He is one of my roommates. He had a high fever and the chicken pox. I gave him the blessing on Wednesday and he is almost completely healed. He only has a few spots left. That is the first time I've seen the power of the priesthood work like that. It is amazing. I found a scripture in 1 Nephi 17:50-51. I wrote in my scriptures next to it, "If God commands it, I can do it. If if can happen to them, it can happen to me."
Love and miss you guys,
Elder Cecil
I gave a blessing to Elder Wae (way). He is one of my roommates. He had a high fever and the chicken pox. I gave him the blessing on Wednesday and he is almost completely healed. He only has a few spots left. That is the first time I've seen the power of the priesthood work like that. It is amazing. I found a scripture in 1 Nephi 17:50-51. I wrote in my scriptures next to it, "If God commands it, I can do it. If if can happen to them, it can happen to me."
Love and miss you guys,
Elder Cecil
Sunday, November 21, 2010
How are you all doing? I'm doing great, I love being here. Today I get to go out and tract with some of the missionaries from the Joburg mission. I'm excited but I'm a little nervous because I will be teaching in a real situation for the first time. But I know if I just teach with the Spirit then I won't have any problems. We do a lot of practice lessons with the elders and with our teachers. Yesterday we did some practice lessons with some members from the area. It is so much more difficult than I expected. Trying to find what the investigators need is the hardest part, once you do that then it is easier to teach the lessons.
We spend a lot of time in classes, but our teachers keep us busy so its not like it is real difficult to stay focused. It is amazing to learn about how many different things are involved with teaching lessons. You aren't supposed to jump around but then you are also supposed to teach what the people need. It is hard to balance but the mediator is always the spirit. We also have to be in unity with our companion so that we never have one sided lessons. Meaning that we have to teach back and forth and not take too much time speaking at once. There is a lot to take in but I love the constant companionship of the Spirit here.
Dad it will all work out in Milford, my prayers are with you. Did you feed Copper today? Oh and Dasher says hi.
Love you guys.
Love,
Elder Cecil
We spend a lot of time in classes, but our teachers keep us busy so its not like it is real difficult to stay focused. It is amazing to learn about how many different things are involved with teaching lessons. You aren't supposed to jump around but then you are also supposed to teach what the people need. It is hard to balance but the mediator is always the spirit. We also have to be in unity with our companion so that we never have one sided lessons. Meaning that we have to teach back and forth and not take too much time speaking at once. There is a lot to take in but I love the constant companionship of the Spirit here.
Dad it will all work out in Milford, my prayers are with you. Did you feed Copper today? Oh and Dasher says hi.
Love you guys.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Monday, November 15, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
I'm doing great. I love it here. I'm only allowed to email the parents. We had about about 10 on the first flight then we got a couple more for the big one. My companion, Elder Dube (no relation to President Dube), is great. He basically has the scriptures memorized. We were called as the AP's of the MTC. I'm in the Helaman Distict. We are pretty busy. Up at 6:30, breakfast at 7, personal study at 7:30, comp study at 8:30, lessons at 9, lunch at 12:30, lessons at 1:30, dinner at 5, lessons at 6 until 9. The spirit is so strong here all the time. It is absolutely amazing. I'm starting to learn some Shona from Elder Dube. All the other elders are so awesome. They all just love to have fun and laugh. I don't have much time so I better wrap up. If you write me any more letters address them to the mission home. I love you guys.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Love,
Elder Cecil
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I made it safely to the MTC. It was the longest fifteen hours of my life. I had a really nice man sitting next to me on the flight to Atlanta. He gave me an envelope with $100 and a note asking me to use it to help someone during the Christmas holidays, and asked me to write him to tell him how I helped the people. I think that he gave one to another one of the Elders. The MTC President is from St. George, Elder Christiansen. I just wanted to tell you I got here safe and I will email you again on Saturday.
Love,
Elder Cecil
Love,
Elder Cecil
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