Mom Talk

This is just a post for me. I love the idea of saving all of Mitchell's emails on a blog so that when he comes home he can look everything over and see what he has accomplished. In the beginning I was editing the typos, grammar, and punctuation. I also took some things out because I worried that someone would read them and think he was being prideful or judgmental.
I am done doing that. If he mis-spells a word or doesn't put in a capital where it should be, it's because he is typing on a little word processor that is smaller than a tablet. Think of an old school Nintendo DS and that is what he is using. If he seems prideful or boasts, it's because he's a teenager and still knows everything. My hope is that whoever reads this sees growth in him as a person and can feel the love that he is growing for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the people of S. Africa.
I miss him everyday, but I don't tell him that in my emails because I don't want him to be anymore homesick than he already is. But honestly everyday I think of something I want to share with him or tell him and it breaks my heart that he is so far away. At the same time, there is NO WHERE else on earth I would want him to be.
Just keeping it real while he is gone. I do hope that you all are enjoying his emails and this blog.

Love,

Elder Merritt's Mom