Week 39 - May 2, 2016

From: Jordan Mark Merrill [mailto:merrill.j@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:31 PM
To: Lauri Merrill <lauri.merrill@usu.edu>
Subject:

Hello hello :) so this week I’m sad to say this has just been another week here in the Pines. Hot, no rain surprisingly, good food and decent work. I always have stuff to say during the week then I get here and I forget. And with that recorder you gave me I’ve been a little lazy using it… :) but I did record some but I didn’t bring it because we just got done with Kawa Kawa again. I took a lot of cool pictures and we played some fun games and yes it was hot:) umm ya I’m basically done ha-ha I got nothing this week so peace:)

**Elder Merrill**

From: Jordan Mark Merrill [mailto:merrill.j@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:42 PM
To: Lauri Merrill <lauri.merrill@usu.edu>
Subject:

So you’ve been asking me what I want for my birthday and I’ve been trying to think of anything and over the past couple of weeks I haven’t thought of anything I really need. But earlier I said we went to Kawa Kawa and after we were done we walked past a house and it happened to be a members. She sells souvenirs and while I was looking she showed me a scripture case made of coconut wood, a necktie also made of coconut, and nametag made of wood that can be specialized to say any name so for me "Elder Merrill" and then a belt made of the horn of a caribou. As I added all the prices up (a little expensive here) it was a total of 10,480 pesos and then I converted it to American and it’s about 210 US$. Yes a little expensive I know but they were freaking cool!! If you want I won’t accept any gifts from anyone else and you can just get both sides of grandparents to help out, and that’s all I’d ask for this year. Scripture case, necktie, belt, and nametag. also I know I have about 100$ in my account from gma Merrill so I could use that too but ya... :) and IF you were to still send a package I would just ask for food and candy (don’t forget sour gummy worms) then just whatever else. On the other subject the family that their house burned down there golden in the cloths, food, shoes, department but they don’t have enough money to finish their house so you said you would like to send a care package but they are good with that, but they’re lacking money to buy supplies. So the way you could help is just money. Money, money I know I’m asking for a lot and you don’t even have to do it but ya :) that’s about it. 

**Elder Merrill**

From: Jordan Mark Merrill [mailto:merrill.j@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:44 PM
To: Lauri Merrill <lauri.merrill@usu.edu>
Subject: Re: May 1, 2015

Also with the skype we will get on at 8 here on a Monday morning which if I’m right is 6 in the evening for you on Sunday.

**Elder Merrill**

From: Jordan Mark Merrill [mailto:merrill.j@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 12:13 AM
To: Lauri Merrill <lauri.merrill@usu.edu>
Subject:

FREAK!!!!!! I forgot to say I ate DOG this week!!! :) Yes I actually ate dog. A member invited us to dinner and we said, what are we eating, dog? And they said sure if you want. So heck ya then we came back and they had it all prepared for us, it was cooked in the form of adobo and it was pretty dang good. Not like chicken though but not like beef or pig. Then it was funny cause while we were eating that they served us hotdog. :D 

**Elder Merrill**