It's Monday! A New Letter, April 26th, From Hayden!!!
A lot has happened this week, but first off, thanks for the packages. I think I got them all but I never got those garments you were going to send, so I hope you haven't sent them yet. Also, could you move some money into my new account? a couple hundred will be more than enough, and I just want to make sure you paid my tithing that I left.

I guess I should have known that I would get sick this week after what I said in my last email. It's a nasty cold that just doesn't want to go away. I'm on some medicine for it which is why I need some more money in my account.

Other than that though, we got a new district on Wed. and they're all really awesome. We searched their vents for good stuff left by the previous elders, and we actually found some nice items. Edler Taylor took a hacky-sack we found there but it was really low on bead things inside it. So Elder Taylor filled up his pocket with rice at dinner and laid it out to dry in our room. Then he cut open the hacky-sack, filled it with the rice, and sewed it back up. Now we have an awesome toy to play with. Also, Tyler Haws from the BYU basketball team came into the MTC last wed. and he has the same gym time as I do. He refuses to play basketball though so I played four-square with him (actually I never got to play with him, but I was in line with him.)

Elder Taylor, Hermana Winn, Hermana Byam, and myself are going to be singing "Nearer My God to Thee" in sacrament this week. I carry a mean bass line. I started reading in Jesus the Christ this week and it is just an incredible book. It really isn't that hard to understand, I don't know why I couldn't read it a couple years ago. Maybe it is because I tried to read it on my bed where I would just fall asleep. We made some sweet planner covers this week, I'll take some pictures of it and send them home. One of our teachers couldn't come to class for a few days so Hermano Scoville taught us those days. He's like the head of the teachers for our zone and he is one of the best beat-boxers I've ever heard. Sadly, his last day was Friday so since it was his last day, he did his super secret thing that he has only shown to a few other districts. I was getting so excited and then he started to talk in this robot voice. At first, I wasn't believing what I was hearing, I thought my ears had suddenly gone fuzzy. It was the best computer voice I had ever heard in real life. It absolutely blew me away and then he would start beat-boxing out of it. Unbelievable.

I'm still waiting for that sports update from Kaleb. I hear the Jazz are rocking it but I need more. Tell him to just write a dear elder to me. Those are free I believe and then I get a letter too. The dear elders are honestly the best things in the world and I think they get to me faster than normal mail. Have you heard from nick about his address? You may want to try texting him from my phone or contacting him on facebook. I have him as a friend on my profile. Thanks for the great blue ties. My favorite is fax's. I should still have plenty of room in my suitcases but I will be sending some stuff home to you that I found out I don't need. The spanish is coming along nicely. We had our first english fast this week. It was really hard but we got through it and I actually learned a lot from it.

We have an elder in our new district from St. George who went to the same high school as Sydney and he says he knows her. What are the odds really? His name is Elder Anderson, you may want to ask her if she knows him. I know it's a really common last name but I'll be sending home some more pictures here soon. It's just crazy how people are connected with each other in here.

How is Reese doing? Is she still out of control? What happens if she rebreaks her leg? You should send me some pictures of her. Tell Kyle I'm way excited to still be here when he could be receiving his call. Tell him to write me as soon as he knows so I won't be waiting too anxiously. Could you also find out what time and day Brady comes in so I can be looking for him? We'll be the oldest district by then so I could possibly be his escort.

Well I'm almost out of time. I'll try to find the time to actually write a letter this week but you never know what your schedule will be like.

Love, Elder Newey