elder mattson: coming to you this june 3rd!!

"Becca!
That is sweet. We are going to have a ton of fun up at Byu. Are you going to live on campus? I enjoyed it when I was a freshmen. So you love AP bio and chem. I love bio also. I was thinking of majoring in that, but I don't know what I would do for a job. I still have no idea. Dont tell mom. ..As you already know and like to make fun of me for. {:}?> (sorry i don't know how to make those smiley face things that mean you are joking) Things are sweet over here. I guess you already know some from the other emails. I don't really have any stories that I can think of right now unless you want to hear about me bribing the immigration officers so that I wouldn't get kicked out of Malaysia again. But that isn't very interesting. Don't tell mom." from Eric to me. ahaha. I MISS HIM SO MUCH!!! "Hey brecca,
Sounds like you had fun over in Washington. I just thought I should inform you that they are cutting down the rainforest over here. YOu should probably do something about it. I have already stopped sharing a message about Jesus and switched to sharing a message about environmental responsibility. I know I have made the correct decision. I still have not happened onto finding a monkey, but I will probably baptize it if I do. Because men evolved from monkeys so if we believe in the Bible also the obvious truth is that Adam and Eve were Monkeys. WHich makes sense because orangutan comes from the malay name for the monkey orang hutan. Orang means person, and Hutan means jungle. So logically if i baptize two monkeys or two people at once it will be double fun. But on the other hand you will never know if you don't try. So try to stay calm and be sure to try and stop smoking or else I will tell mom. And if you ever have a question, just don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Love,Elder the mattson"

"me & migan"

this one is just fabulous. does that guy smile like that, or are they laughing? hahahaha

"Becca,

Schools already starting soon, eh? Sounds like fun. Youre going to be in a music recording class? thats pretty cool. My advice for the summer reading is not to do it, but thats just my professional opinion. I know a lot of people that cant' read anyway and they are just fine. But if you do learn to read that is okay too.

Love elderr mattson"

some of the emails were a while ago. haha. that one was last summer! crazy.

typical eric. this is when i miss him most! "Sounds like you had a bunch of fun over there. Ive never been to San Francisco, but sometime in my life I'd like to march in the gay parade. Maybe when I get back. Well, be sure to keep me informed of any other adventures you have." these are all excerpts from his emails to me. not the family emails. ;) aahhahhaa. why the gay parade? i have no idea. is there a gay parade? still no idea. raaaandom. hahaha

yeah thats a grub in his mouth...i think its dipped in soy sauce if thats any consolation?? haha ewww he's all sweaty & gross. butcha can't blame the poor boy...its probably 100 degrees and 100% humidity. blehhh, plus riding bikes??

"Do you still like your work at the vet? How much are they paying you? I haven't eaten too many strange things. But I did eat maggots. Well I guess they are more of grubs. They were fat white worm things that are about and inch and a half long. But they were fried with some soy sauce and stuff so it was pretty good. I also ate fish head curry, eyes and everything, but that isn't so wierd I guess. I really like that one. I have eaten a lot of wierd things that I wouldn't even be able to start to describe, because I have absolutely no idea what they are. Generally if they put it in front of me, I just eat it. Sorry no monkey stories haven't seen many monkies here in Kuching. But I'll let you know if I see anything cool."

"P.S. I ate a sea snail in my spaghetti. and it was pretty sick. But other than that I am still healthy. I am going to go jungle exploring today because it is pday I will try to send some pictures. Well I don't have much more time to email but make sure to have a good time on summer vacation, and just so you know, they eat dogs here sometimes, and I am going to try and get a dog steak and send it to you so you can eat it for breakfast.

Love eldermattson"

"I went to a nature reserve last week, and we saw some orangutan. They were just swinging through the trees and stuff and the ranger people fed them some bananas and stuff. One of them was only like 4 feet away from me, and there was no cage or anything. I also ate a bunch of more nasty stuff, but I don't even know how to describe it. But it was worse than the grub."

i'm so jealous of that nature reserve. like...you dont even know. but i'll make him take me when we go back in august. (!!!!!!!!)

tragic story: "That monkey in the picture was a baby probiscus monkey, the kind with the really long nose that droops down. One of the branch members in kuching was keeping it because his friends shot the mom and ate it, which is very illegal because it is a protected species in Malaysia. But it died too eventually. It was very young and they didn't know how to take care of it."

So i miss him a lot. and i can't wait for him to come home june 3rd! we got his plane ticket already. he's really coming home! and then were going back to malaysia for him to show me all his cool things there. and then were going to BYU together. YAY! i really can't wait to see him...man TWO YEARS!?! holy cow. i wonder how different i am? i mean he's going to be somewhat different for sure..but what about me? two years ago...i was kind of a mean little brat. hopefully i've changed. i wonder if my looks have changed much?! maybe i'll go look at pictures..but then again i'd rather not. HE'S COMING HOME!!!!! <3<3