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From: Alyssa Christine Linford
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:17:31 +0900
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Subject: Re: Happy Birthday


Hi Mom, Dad and everyone!

Thank you for the Happy birthday wishes! And yes, I will definitely gett Korean stuff for the family! It sounds like you and Chris had a great time in Lake Powell!
So I definitely had NO idea that Sheri was getting married on July 9th in the Newport Beach temple!!!! I am sad because that is just two days before I get home! Can you please call her, tell her congratulations, and tell her I'm DYING for an email from her?? I want to be able to say something to her before she gets married, for goodness sakes! That's exciting that Lauren Magleby and John Nash are getting married too. What is this? There's something going around... :) I heard about Sheri's boyfriend in a couple of letters, but need to get more updated!!

I had an awesome birthday by the way! That day, we volunteered as a district at this Iron Festival where they had booths showing the way they made things in the olden days. They wanted us, as foreign missionaries, to walk around the festival and translate for any foreigners we ran into and to just be part of the "environment." It was amazing! Honestly, we didn't run into many foreigners (I don't remember any!), but we did have wonderful experiences with the people there. Sister Alcazar and I got really close to a harmoni (grandmother) who weaved things out of straw. She was really cute! We took a picture with her and she said she wanted a copy. I asked if we could get her phone number, but since neither of us had a pen or paper on us, we had to borrow a cardboard box and pen from a booth nearby and strip off a piece to write it down! I will definitely hold onto that forever! She was impressed that we came to Korea as missionaries for a year and a half.

I am so grateful for all the experiences we're having lately and am excited for next week- Elder Micheal Ringwood, from the quorum of the 70, is going to speak to us at a Mission Tour in Daegu!

Well, I have to go explore an ancient grotto in Gyungju (close to Ulsan and the cultural base of the Shilla Dynasty!) I love you so much! Have a great week! I can't tell you how grateful I am to be serving right now with my companion, Sister Alcazar. We love the work here in Ulsan and love working with the members! They make everything worth it. I know the Lord will help us to complete His work as we work with the members- that's really the way it needs to be done! I am so thankful for our experiences with them.

I love you! Have a great week!

Oh yes, Happy Father's Day Dad! I love you SO much! Thank you so much for your example!

Love,
Alyssa