Jordan's May 3, 2010 letter

Dear Family,

Hey there! This letter probably won´t be QUITE as big as normal, because this week was basically just a little crazy but there weren´t a whole lot of cool events or anything that passed. I´ll do my best to write something good, though!

We´ve been traveling a TON this week - our areas are both next to each other, but when you combine the two together...wow!!! It is huge! There have been days when we´ve literally walked many kilometers in just one day, because of the different places we had to go. Elder Ibañez decided that it is like "Lord of the Rings", so he decided to be Aragorn, me Gimli, and the other Elder was Legolas. It was fun! Man, we´ve really walked a ton though...it´s been fun to have three as a companionship, however. It´s never really boring, which I really like.

The work is going well. I had my President interview this week and it went really well - he said he´s expecting a lot out of me, and that he´s proud of what I´ve been doing so far and just to keep pushing myself as a missionary. I sure love President Benton! He is a great man and I know he was called by the Lord, because he´s really been helping me out a lot this at this time in my life.

I wanted to talk about Carson in my interview with him, but I didn´t get the chance - he asked me how Mom was doing. I wanted to talk about Carson because (as I wrote in his letter just a little while ago) this has been really hard for me. This week has been the toughest emotionally for me to handle. I prayed and fasted a lot this week to get the strength to continue on, but there were moments where the last place I wanted to be was the mission. I love the work and I love serving the people, but man, I don´t want to see Carson go. I know I can´t do anything about it, and I´m very proud of him and his hard work, but it is hard for me to let go of him. I have the best memories with him, ever since we were kids - I did everything with him, and I was never ashamed of hanging out with him or including him in everything I did. I love my brother to death, because he is my best friend. It is very hard for me to see my best friend go away and know that he won´t be there with me like he was when we were younger. It has been extremely hard for me and still is. I´ll continue praying and fasting, because I need the strength to keep working out here. I need all the help I can get from my Heavenly Father. Cars, I just love you so much man. I´m so happy for you, just so sad to see you head off. I´ll always be rooting for you though, because I´m your number one fan! Just work hard and keep the Lord by your side, and I know you´ll be taken care of.

Besides that, the work is going good. I´ll do my best to keep my area afloat for one week more, until I get another companion to help me out here.

As with the package, that sounds great Mom! If there´s another CD of Motab you want to send, I could use it - whatever is possible. As for cocoa - I haven´t seen it here anywhere, not even in Walmart, so I´m not sure...I´ll keep looking. As for medicine, Sudafed I think would be prime - my nose is usually what bugs me when I get sick, and I´ve got plenty of Dayquil for now (and I found out they sell it here in the pharmacy! It just has a different name - I´ll call Sister Benton to find out what it is). Thanks so much for helping me out Mom!

Also, for Mother´s Day! Yay! I get to talk with my family for the second time in my mission! The plan is still 6pm (3pm your time) that I´ll be calling, so I hope you´ll be able to arrange things so that will work out okay.

I love you all so much! Thanks for all your support, prayers and love that you give me - I am a very grateful son and brother for all that you do. Sorry your egg exploded Carson- ha ha :) but other than that I hope nothing else is exploding! I love you guys very much and I hope to be able to talk to you soon! Have a great week family!

Love,
Elder Nuttall