I didn’t get home from Utah until Sunday, and when I did there was a letter waiting for me from my missionary!!! I couldn’t wait to tare into it! I had all kinds of thoughts go through my head like, “I hope he is telling me how much he loves it and NOT how he wishes he wasn’t there!” I quickly skimmed through the letter just to see if there was anything I needed to be concerned about, then I slowly, almost as if I didn’t want it to end, read the letter, my first from my missionary!
It was a sweet note he wrote on his first night just to let me know how his first day went. He did start out by saying that he was writing to let me know that he hadn’t ran away yet! Haha! He can be such a funny guy! He said that he thinks he is really going to get along well with his companion, (relief to know!), that they had stake for their first meal, had already been taught in his new language, ( didn’t understand a word!), had a meeting with all the missionaries where they sang The Army of Helaman song and instead of singing it ” We WILL be the Lord’s missionaries”, they sang “We ARE the Lord’s missionaries!” He said that brought tears to his eyes.
What a great relief and joy to know that all was going well, and he wasn’t begging to come home!
How grateful I am for the internet and email!!! I was able to “chat” with him every Monday morning, because that was his P-day (preparation day), the one day a week they can write home! What a blessing it is to be able to know how they are doing right then and not have to really wait. Not at all like it was when you had to write letters, and wait for the mail!
I would always try to have a list of questions as they came to me or a list of things I wanted to let him know, so when we would “chat” I would have them ready and I wouldn’t have to sit there and try to remember what I wanted to say and waste that precious time!
Remember to only write about uplifting things, you don’t want to upset them about something they can’t do nothing about and will only take their minds off of what they really need to be focusing on! Write down those things in a journal you can give to them when they come home. They will also have things they wont tell you until they come home so that you don’t worry needlessly.
Getting their letters and emails will be the highlight of each week! I have heard that it will be something I will miss when he comes home!