Note 1: please send the next email in the form of an ATTACHED WORD FILE. This will allow me to read and respond a little better. Thank you :)
Note 2: I sent an email last week, but I don't think it sent. Sorry.
Note 3: Thank you for the package Mom and Dad (and Logan and Kaylee), and thank you Matt and Erin for the package, too! It made my day. I love getting mail. Keep sending the DearElders. Ask Rosie to be persistent in asking my friends/people in the ward to keep me updated and keep sending me letters.
This past week went really well. We are improving as a district. Together we have made a lot of goals, and are working hard to accomplish them. It really is different, having more sister missionaries than Elders in the district. Too much estrogen sometimes... The language is coming along. I had an interview with one of my teachers last night, who told me the end goal of us in the MTC is to have us be able to make a difference in teaching the day we get to the field. Everything else we will learn language-wise should fall into place. It's amazing how much a little proactive head start can improve your ability to reach your goals. Because I worked on the Vietnamese before I got here, I feel much better about the language, and don't stress as much as everyone else does, it seems. It is nice.
Some other things: Rosie, guess who I saw the other day, and have seen a few times since? Austen Oviatt. He's going to the Quebec, Canada mission speaking French. Pretty cool. Also, every day after gym time, we shower (because we're nice, clean young men). Yesterday, I went into the bathroom a minute before everyone else, turned the shower on and shut the curtains, and went to my room for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone told me "they're all full". I don't think they liked it when I walked into the shower I had saved without hesitating, but really, it pays off to think ahead of time.
In one of the packages you send in the future, WHILE I'M STILL HERE, will you please send 100-200 laminated leaves from a certain wooded area in Palmyra? That would be nice :) I also need chapstick (burt's bee's or blistex?) because my lips are getting so dang dry. Keep the "good" food to a minimum, I'm trying to run and exercise more and eat salad every day.
Is everyone going to the Y everyday and exercising? I know Dad said he wanted to go. Will Hunter go with him every morning four days a week or something? I'd like to see Dad do that, and it would be good for Hunter to spend quality time with Dad. They will be blessed for doing it on a regular basis, and could help prepare Dad to go on a hunting trip with Five to Idaho, possibly.
On Sunday we had a talk by Stephen B. Allen (the second time we've heard from him), who is the head of the missionary department for the church, I believe? Anyway, he had worked for the Church since the 70's, creating videos similar to today's "Mormon Messages", like the "Family. Isn't it about time?" videos. For his talk, he showed us a lot of the videos and encouraged us to apply the simple one-liner phrases to our lives. I can't remember any off the top of my head right now, but they're in my notes right now.
It's been great here. The food is pretty good. I got a haircut a couple weeks ago, which looks good, I think. I'll have pictures for you when I get to California, we can't send them from here. I also sent off a letter today for home. It's real quick, but they don't really give us a lot of time. Work hard, everyone, do what's right, love your spouses, love your children. Hunter, be good. Madi, ace those tests! Jon, do you still Google Hangout with my friends? Get working on that! Rosie, can you send me the addresses of Liz and Jesse, Zac and Sarah, and Savannah and Brandon? And try to find any other ones you can of my friends? Like, Cameron Smith's mission address? Thanks!
Love you all,
Anh Ca Steele
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