Saturday was cool and rainy -- until we got the mail. Thumbing through all of the junk mail and some from Bill, and then there was one on the bottom to Dad & Mom Gaufin from some guy named Elder Gaufin. Yipppeeeee! We both grabbed at it and then between the two of us we were able to decipher it. Thought you might like to hear what he had to say in letter #1 [rec'd 10/13/07]:

Hey Mom & Dad,

We had to commit to write to you on our first night. So here I am :) . And then just like Pres. Millett, they are going to have us write one every week!

It is really different and such here. It's a bit over whelming, but I hear once Sunday hits, it gets easier. They said it was like this: [ramping up to Sunday and then dropping off for the rest]

[Ramps up hard from Wednesday to Sunday, then ramps down to normal for the rest of the time at the MTC. He had drawn a picture of the ramp, but it just didn't translate well here]

We sung our first hymn in Hungarian today and it was really cool! I can't wait to start really learning it. My companion seems really cool and should be a great 3 months.

I can't think of anything I need right now. So I guess I'm all set :) . I'll be sure to let you know if I need anything though! :)

Till next week
-- love , Elder Gaufin :)


P.S. could you maybe send me some envelopes? Thanx!

P.S.S. and some floss :)


And that is all it took to make the day so much sunnier and bright and it helped to lift the Utes to victory!