July 22, 2013

Lacey wrote:
Dear Klay,

:) hey there elder :) I was disappointed last week when I slept in too long :( I was just used to you emailing at like 2. I will be ready tomorrow! ha except I have a dentist appointment at 10:30.. because of my broken tooth.. BOO. I HATE THE DENTIST. so if you email around 1:30 your time I probably won't email back. I actually was mad 2 weeks ago when our emails just weren't working haha cause I thought you just weren't emailing me, and it made me so sad :( I went and sat on the toilet and cried. haha it was a very bad day for me also. But then the next day when your emails came through, I was so so relieved and happy that you actually did take the time to write me :) Mondays are very important to me..i wait for them all week :) so when they don't go how I've planned then it is bad.

I am so proud of you Klay :) I know that you have been given so much responsibility because the Lord can see your potential. He sees you how I see you. Honestly it doesn't worry me a bit that you have so much to do because I know you can do it! With the help of the Lord you can. Don't forget that last part, don't try to do it by yourself. I hope you haven't been as stressed out this last week. I know you are doing a great job :) I give you permission to give your heart to the people of Argentina for 21 more months. Show them the love of Christ Klay. Be your sweet self and show them how happy this gospel makes you. Show them how grateful you are for Christ's atonement. Don't just tell them, show them :) You showed me, you can show them. :) But in 21 months I get that heart back! no exceptions. ;) i love you klay.

Guess what! It is your mommy's birthday today!! :) I would have gone to see her but they are in California helping Kirstyn move here. So I just texted her. I am making her a necklace tomorrow :) And I want you to write a little something to her and send it to me so I can print it out and glue it in her card or something! It doesn't have to be anything big but I think she would like that :)

This week is speciallllll!!!!!!!!!! You know why??????? In 3 days it will be the 24th!! :) JULY 24TH!!!!! That means it's like exactly 2 years until that very special day when I get to finally call you my husband :) I have planned a lot for it since you have been gone... hehehe my dad is even coming up with ideas for it!!! haha one time we were talking about it and he said, "We could have our own fireworks and then take pictures of you guys watching them in your wedding clothes, wouldn't that be cool??" haha I'm glad he is excited too :) He must love you :)

I haven't done much exciting stuff this week, I just have been working with my daddy and going to school! I am starting to get bruises on my arms... I look like a druggy haha oh well. I just clicked the chat button to see what it would do... haha so if you get little messages that say, "lacey wants to chat" that is why :) ha Does the mail come more often in the area that you are at?? My mom and I looked it up on google earth.. it looks like there is hardly anyone there. haha no wonder there is no priesthood! But that is why you are there! Convert some people and let them know how wonderful it is to be a marmen ;) that reminds me... some jehovah's witnesses came to my house the other day! haha I was like, "oh boy.." They pulled in the driveway and Duke kept barking at them, but I didn't know it was jehovah's witnesses. And then no one knocked on the door or rang the doorbell or anything for like 5 minutes.. it was weird. so then I just went and opened the door and at first I thought they were mormon missionaries, but then they didn't have a tag on so i figured they were jehovas witnesses. I think they are a little frustrated, because like everyone here is mormon and isn't planning on switching religions anytime soon! ha everything I said they kept saying, "yeah your neighbors seem to think that too" haha They didn't really tell me anything about their religion though... It was mostly me telling them what I thought about their questions, maybe they will be converted now ;) haha Are there a lot of jehovas witnesses in Argentina?

Well, I miss ya a lot. And I love you, I pray that you are doing good and that you are happy :) hopefully I will get to talk to you tomorrow :) you like the sunshine :)

Klay wrote:

BUGGGGGAAAAA!!!! arise and shine!!!!!!!

Lacey:

there you are!!! :)

Klay:

hello you little turkey sleeper girl!!!! how are you!!!

Lacey:

i woke up early this morning thank you very much :) i am good how are you?

Klay:

i am doing pretty good, i didnt have a whole lot of opportunities to teach all the lessons in spanish in my last area so it is a little hard . . .i really want to do everything so perfectly . .  .i am relying whole heartedly in the Lord lou. . .my companion wont talk to me. Ha. thank you for being such an awesome example. my companion is awesome and he teaches really well, he does a lot of great things but i think that he really doesnt like me much for some reason. but thank you for never judging me for my imperfections. it emans the world to have a hero in my life that loves my guts. Because the only love i feel right now is the scriptures and the knowledge that i have that these things are true. i love my Savior Lou. i hope i can magnify my purpose here with the disablilties that i have. bu i am growing so much and i am supèr excited to live the rest of my life in the ways of the Lord. Lace i wish you could see what i see. hear what i hear and know what i know. This gospel is the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the hope and the light of the world and I refuse to live any other way. I see what it is like without the gospel here. And it scares me. I will raise our children very well and i will respect you like you mean the world. Because you do. I am so proud of you for not being lazy, for always being in a wholesome cause and working your tail off to be the best you can. I miss my little Lou, my day to day example. The girly that propelled me :) but the Lord has need of me here. I am trying to put my heart in this work as well as i can and i know that the Lord is protecting you. As i could see from your car crash. Will you please put your seatbelt on, because i love you and care about you a lot? Lace, this is the work of God. I need you by my side so that i can continue to not have to worry about you. If i thought you were going to leave me i would be home by now begging at your feet ;) haha i have so much confidence in you :) dont stop working. Dont stop trying. Dont stop fighting my Louchadorcita :) I love you.

Lacey:

i'm at the dentist..getting numbed :(

i'm sorry about your companion :( things will get better Klay :)

thank you for caring about me so much, i really do love you Klay :)

Klay:

you are getting your teeeeethth out!!!!! you better send me a picture and also you better not get put to sleep or i will send your sister money in the mail to tickle you!!!!!

i know you do :) dont ever settle for less than this Gospel. You are in the right place, trust me, im a missionary :) keep the commandments. all of them :) not just the ten . . . do something more!!! dont doubt yourself Lou! Ever! you have something so special about you. and i am so glad that i was able to see it. I am one lucky man:)

Lacey:

i'm not getting my wisdom teeth out yet, haha that would be funny. but i will record it when i do :)

i am sad in that picture..haha

Klay:

heheheheheheh i love this picture :) sad sad lacey lou. triste triste pobrecita! :) and now it is all over :)

Lacey:

i love you, have a good week :)