I got to see one of my families go to the Temple...

Hey mom and dad,
 Man… it’s funny, me and my companion where just talking about that letter they send to you guys, it’s called a "trunky" email. We were just joking about that it would be coming today, and boom! There it was… we thought that was pretty funny.  When I said my dying area… I was not referring that the area was going to be dead, that’s just what they call missionaries when they’re going home, there dying. And the last area you’re in before you go home is your "dying area" wherever you are. But who knows maybe I will be sent to an actual dying area.

Everything has been fine though, I’ve been really good the past few weeks so I don’t know. Maybe I was just tired. It feels like I just keep getting more tired and more tired as days go by like I’m just never catching up on sleep. I swear when I get home I’m just going to eat a lot of food then go into hibernation for like 2 weeks.  But everything has been great, me and my companion get along great the area is still hard but we keep trying, we got a referral last week for a white father led family...that might have sounded racist but that's like amazing, you never get white family referrals so that was pretty cool.

Sorry to hear about grandma, it does not sound like she is doing too well; I wonder if she even still remembers who I am. It would be nice to see her one last time but I don’t know, I guess we will see what happens. I’ll keep her in my prayers.

Something really sweet happened though this week, I had one of the best days of my mission on Saturday. I got to see the McCarthy family get sealed together in the Johannesburg Temple. I don't know if you guys remember but I was able to teach the father of that family who had been taught for years and when I was in Nelspruit he got baptized and we taught their family a lot and got really close to them. Barney’s brother is Frik (the South African Rambo) I’m sure you remember him, I was not able to see Frik though because he was having surgery, or else he also would have been able to receive his endowments. Man it was an awesome experience to see them go through the temple. Then in the sealing room I was able to stand in proxy of one of their sons that had passed. It was so cool I’ll never forget it. So it was a really good week.

Mom, it sounds like camp was fun, if there are any pictures of that I would really love to see them. Yes I think it would just be better to put money in my account for my birthday and it would be cheaper. Packages are too expensive, plus I’ll be home in a little while anyway so it does not really matter. You could even just wait tell I get home if you guys want.  Just do whatever works for you guys.  Love you all talk to you guys next week. Take care.

 Justin

June 25^th 2012