Goodbye Melissa!

Melissa,

Spending the weekend at home was great. It was wonderful to get the whole family together again. We didn't do much, but just spending time together was all I wanted. I love how we watched the Lego movie (twice!) and then continued to quote it the rest of the time. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!

I can’t believe you’re going on a mission tomorrow! I already miss you so much, and I just barely said goodbye! I am so proud of you for deciding to serve a mission. You are going to be a fantastic missionary!

Two reasons you’re going to be a great missionary:

1. You love Jesus Christ – There’s no better reason to serve and there’s no way to be a better missionary than loving the Lord, His gospel, and His church. Whenever you teach, your love and testimony will shine through, and that will make you an effective missionary.

2. You know how to work hard – You've always been one to go the extra mile and to try new things. Like violin! The only reason you had to start and keep practicing was because you wanted to learn. You can motivate yourself like no one else, and that will keep you working hard your whole mission.

 I love you so much Melissa, have a wonderful time and work hard! I can't wait to hear from you.

-Jessica

Note: While Melissa is on a mission, I will continue to write her and post it here. Her replies will also be posted here.

Counting Down the Days

Hey Jessica!

Two weeks.

14 Days.

That's all I have left.

In a good way of course. I don't mean the kind of "that's all I have left" like all your friends have died and all you have left is a guinea pig and you are afraid it too will die. I mean the "I only have to wait 14 more days," "that's all I have left."

Needless to say, I've been pretty busy. Actually, that's kind of a lie. I have moments where I'm really really busy and I have moments where I read all day or watch Kim Possible. I really have no excuse for taking so long to post.

If you were wondering about clothing, I have:

• 5 bike-rideable skirts
• 2 thrown-in-if-you-have-room skirts
• 11 blouses
• 1 cardigan
• 3 pairs of shoes (one black heel, one black and one brown nice walking shoe)
• 1 cute raincoat
• 1 dress (that's coming in the mail, I really hope it fits)

As glad as I am to have so many skirts, I'm thinking my skirt-blouse ratio is a little off. But I don't know. Mostly I am just tired of shopping. Maybe when you come home we can go, one last time.

Do you want to know what else I've been doing?

THIS!

It is finally done. It's taken me a while, yes I know, but it is done! I hope you enjoy the fruits of my last finals week in Hawaii. Yes, you read right. Kelsy and I filmed this during finals week. It was quite the task. You have no idea. It even has multiple guest stars! Of course you know none of them, but oh well! You know what's even better? Everyone who is in the video knew they were being filmed at the time! That lowers my creeper status done to zero.

Anyway, if you post quickly, then I can reply one last time before I go and you will have to post for me. 

See ya!

Melissa