Emails received on September 8, 2014

6:46am

     In less than 24 hours, I'll be in Chile, with like 30 other missionaries. It almost doesn't seem real, and we're all freaking out. I'm most of the way packed, and I am about 75% sure that my luggage is going to be too heavy. I'm about 100% sure that if all my clothes were in normal human sizes, my luggage would be a perfectly reasonable weight. So here's my plan. I'm going to leave some stuff behind, but if it turns out to be worth more than $50 of stuff, I'll just pack it all up and pay the $50 for an overweight bag.

     Also, I have concluded that the missionary force keeps the Tide company in business. Every Elder I know has a few Tide to go pens, and the CCM keeps feeding us food like spaghetti, so we're always using them. If anyone is going to send me a package anytime, it would be awesome if you threw in a few of those. Also, I made it 6 weeks before I tried putting my pen in my pocket while it was still clicked out, but luckily, Tide to go pens can get out pen ink. I honestly haven't found anything they can't remove.

     So I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to call from the airport. I'm definitely going to try to, but I'm not 100% sure. I'll be able to email you once I get to Chile though, at least that's what everyone's telling me. We're leaving the CCM at 4:00 today, and our flight departs at like 8:25 or something like that. We're scheduled to land at like 6:00 am Chile time, so tomorrow is going to be a really long day.

I should be able to get back on the computer after lunch today, so I'll talk to you again before I leave Mexico City.

     Love,

          Elder Hamilton

Elder Kerr, Elder Madsen, and I all had ties with blue tails, so I taught them the Elderidge knot, and we decided to grace your presence with our matching manliness.

And this is Hermano Martinez. We're the last district of missionaries he's going to get to teach. His father just opened up a big real estate company, and he's gonna go make bank working for his father.

And this is Elder Suh. He's in a neighboring district, and his family is from Korea. He's learning his third langyage right now, and he wanted to take an "asian picture" with me. 

Last night all the elders in my district went into one room and we ate a sickening amount of junk food. We all woke up this morning and vowed to only eat leaves from now on. And then they had pancakes for breakfast, and of course we ate them. And then we felt even worse. But it was worth it. 

This is Hermana Nava. We were her first district of missionaries that she's ever taught. She's pretty cool.

And this is Hermana Velazquez. She was our teacher, and she taught Hermana Nava how to be our teacher. 

11:30am we told him to just take everything and not to worry about paying the extra.  Just don't want him needing something he left behind.

Ok cool. I'll take everything with me if that's what you want me to do. It's gonna be $60 for an overweight bag, so I should have enough on my card. If I do get a chance to call I'll call on your cell phone.

From Brother and Sister Jones at 3:23pm

My husband and I are Senior Missionaries at the Mexico MTC.  We have enjoyed getting to know and love your wonderful missionaries.  We miss them already!

I thought you would enjoy seeing their district picture.

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