Arrived 10/12/09

Hi family!
Elder S is from Lehi. I forget if we know anyone in Lehi. Been here too long. So yeah, he's Ami, through and through. Pretty quiet, but he tries his best and is a hard worker. So he's good.

I will compile a list of my Christmas desires, but right now I only know two off the top of my head: hot cocoa mix, and....maybe some socks. And some photos of you all. I'm sure I'll think of something as soon as i get off here...

Halloweeen! There's already Christmas stuff out here, cuz there are no real holidays until then :) You guys should send some pics of the yard and costumes and stuff from Halloween.

Duty to God. Indeed a good program. When it came down to the crunch, I had to decide to work on my eagle or to do DtG stuff. I could have maybe done both, but senior year was...na ja. It's not your fault at all, I didn't have the hutspa to do it. That's what it came down to in the end...so don't worry about anything there. but now you can help the other wayward sons of the ward fulfill their duties to God ;)

I loevd it when a professor would say 'I am going on vacation a day early, so there will be no class on friday. have a good time this weekend, students!' That was always rad :D

P.S. Cubism is a lot easier to do with your eyes closed. Really. It is also better to analyze Cubism with your eyes closed...haha!

Well, family, it was a long hard week. Not gonna sugar coat it. We taught just a couple of lessons and could not come in contact with any of our once-solid investigators. Not keeping us from seeing the miracles and blessings of missionary work though! We are gonna work really hard to find new investigators this next week. We need some new people. if you could keep praying for Ralph, but also that we will find somebody new that is willing to learn and change, that would be stellar. thanks for the box, once again. That was a spirt-raiser, especially since i got a cold this past wekend. I'm getting over it today, but it's been a long weekend.

Well! Thanks a ton for all you guys do to help. it really is tremendous the impact you all can have. I really do appreciate it. OH! YOU NEED TO SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO OFFICE: I BELIVE IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER ATTACHED LAST TIME; ABOUT CHRISTMAS STUFF: OFFICE WANTS YOUR EMAIL. so yeah. that is all for now. love you all! Bis nächste Woche!---Elder Sterling Mason

Hey Sis!

Sooooo sorry I didn't respond to this last week....I read it and then read the parents' email and spaced replying to this one. Sorry!

Testing center! good times. I like the music room as well. It was always quite calming. Plus i love music while doing work. It's too bad they didn't play any Bon Jovi or Rush or anything though ;)

I am glad you love your school. You should. Find what you like and stick with it. I was just passing on my experiences, but it's best if you make your own here :)

I did not get to see Elder Holland's talk. We don'T get the afternoon one from sunday, cuz of the time diff. We do, but it is just too late for us. hopefully we'll get to see it sometime though. My love for Präs Eyring got a boost, though! :D We watched it in the Berlin stake center, so there are plenty of english speakers, so there was an english room. Good stuff.

Which is your favorite class so far? Any really cool professors? How big are your classes?

Ok, I best run, we are headed back into Berlin today and we gotta make our train. You keep working hard and know that I am proud of you! Love you lots sis! Be safe!
---Elder Sterling J. Mason, Missionary