To Samuel

Hey there my brother, and the rest of the family!

So, sorry that I have now turned into a writing slacker. It's kind of
different when you don't have a schedule to follow. Being a real person
is good, but it is also a bit wierd and different. I'll get normal soon
I'm sure. Anyhow...life is going well: I have an apartment (actually it's
a house and I have the basement room in the corner); I have everything
lined up for a very full year of portuguese study at BYU and am currently
in the middle of some "light reading" borrowed from one of the professors;
I got today an offer for a part-time night position at Utah Valley Medical
Center paying 21.17 hour, I may accept this, but I'm kind of waiting for
the American Fork people that I also interviewed with to give me an offer
and then I'll accept the best of the two.

Other news...I don't think that there is any. It's fun to be able to
live. I'm so grateful for the Lord's continuing blessings. Everything is
just falling into place, which can only mean that the Lord is watching out
for me. I love you and hope everything is going well in the greatest two
years of your life!

love you!

ellen