Dear Mom and Dad,

Today has been a great experience! I’ve met some cool people today. Today I saw a girl sister that I knew from BYUI, but soon found she is her identical twin sister! Weird. I saw another sister from Chorale.

Today we had a role play with a lady – I don’t know if she was an actor or actually non-LDS. She talked about her life and the room full of missionaries were able to raise their hands and basically take turns being in the role play from their seats. She talked about her son that died and was really emotional, so it seemed real. An Elder raised his had and told her that these struggles are there to make us stronger, but then she said, “What about a bird with a broken wing?” Another Elder answered her and said, “Make Dinner.” She stood up and the instructor got tensed and said, “Ok, ok, next question!” waving his arms. She then cried, pointed at that Elder, and told him he owed her an apology and went bawling out of the room. The instructor told the room to hurry and vacate, “Everybody, out!” I happened all so fast… we stood out in the hall confused. The lady was hurt by the analogy in connection with her deceased son. An Elder then lead us in song in the hall while we waited for instruction.

On a different note, my companion is Elder Gibson of Beaverton, OR. He’s a pretty cool Brother. I’ve met other missionaries going to Fort Worth and know I’ll get along with them… Although they are Sisters and not future companions.

We get to find out DL’s and ZL’s tomorrow. Currently we are the only District in our Zone.

Well it’s 5 till lights out, I’ll talk soon!

Love Y’all (and All Y’all)

Yeehaw!

*Insert cartoon cowboy*

Elder Nathan Householder