God bless us everyone

hello beautiful family that i just got to see/talk to.
it was great to see all of you. it sounds like everyone is on diets/trying to loose weight. good thing i am too. i don't want to come home as the fattest one in the family. i've got 19 weeks to lose about 15 pounds. i'm pretty sure with insanity i can do it, right? douglas, i liked your dance moves. i loved all the pics from the cruise. there aren't many things i have really missed on the mission, but swimming is one of the few that has been a struggle. i hope you all had a fabulous christmas, i know i did.
we did lots of christmas caroling. everyone loved it. cause no one does that here. we had a mission chritmas party and got to watch "a christmas carol". i also had to recite our purpose in front of the entire mission and totally forgot to say the last principle of the gospel "endure to the end." so then this other sister yelled it from the front row. that's pretty much it. except for that one time last night when i woke up in the middle of the night and felt like i was going to die. truly. i couldn't breathe. i almost called our district leader at 3 a.m. but then i found an inhaler. then i had explosive diarreah. that was fun. i'll spare you all the details.
i love you all and hope you loved the cruise! have a happy happy new year.
love,
kelli jean, hruss.


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