7/15 letter

Hey all- Michael wrote a letter specifically for his blog. He flew out of Salt Lake airport this morning so we got a chance to talk to him for a minute. He called me once more to tell me he had arrived in Florida. I asked him how he was doing... "hot" he said. Florida is about 100 degrees right now... with 100% humidity. He had already been noticed by a couple people... the flight attendant had a son serving a mission so she gave him a sandwich, and another lady let him use her cell phone to call me. So, 2 months down, 22 to go! This letter was written 7/15

Bonswa zanmi mwen yo! M selman gen de semen jiskaske m kite MTC la. Li se tre dwol. M manke tout ou tre anpil. le m ale nau Florid, m ap ansey anpil neg yo konsenan levanjil la e d'Jezikri tou e anseyman li. M espere koute tout ou avant m pral Florid.
M pa kapab we ou ancor. M konnen ke liv Momon an se vre e si nov priye, n a ap vini tankou Jezikri e priye edenou simonte nenpot begay. Bon dye se avek ou jiskaske nou reyini encor. Me renmen ou. Elder King

Ha! Just in case youwere wondering, here's the translation.
Hello my friends! I only have two weeks until I leave the MTC. (this is obviously a little dated. Sorry) It is very weird. I miss you all very much. I hope to teach a lot of people in Florida about the Gospel. I hope to hear from you all. I can't wait to see you again. I know the Book of Mormon is true and if we pray we will become like Christ and we can overcome anything. God be with you until we meet again! I love you- Elder King

7/10 Email

OK- so I know I've been kind-of a slacker. (as I've just been reminded) I hereby recommit myself to be more dedicated to keeping all 3 people who read this updated :)

greetings worldly inhabitants-

T-minus 18 days until my wonderful departure....

im am sure that all of you are aware that i sprained
my ankle last week. the initial diagnosis was torn ligaments.
that would mean that i would have needed surgery.
one week later and the swelling hasnt gotten better
and so they are just putting me through therapy and giving
me many ankle massages :)  i dont even have to ask

i am going to need an ankle brace in order to wear shoes.
one of those heavy duty ones... please send ASAP,
just in case you re wondering,it is my right foot.

mckay- you sick freak- 100.04?   wow- what is junior
nationals?isn't it likea 58 or 59?  how has tj been
doing in fly? what about kyle as well?
maddie says that you are going to tell me about
the RWB- you better

fish- i received your newspaper article and i have
posted it upon my wall.every one that comes into my
room asks who you are

maddie&morgan- im happy that you two are swimming
2 a days.they are challenging but will definately pay off! 
i am exciting to see how well you both do at state

mom & dad - tyhanks for the olympic roster. 
Taryn told me that brendan hansenlost the 200 breast---
what happened with that???  oh ya you know lacey nymyer?
well i am going to get her autograph from her cousin that
does therapy with me. pretty cool.


well my time is almost up, be good, remember to write :)

i love you!

michael

7/3 e-mail

hello everyone!  how are you all doing?  everything
is pretty good here. yesterday i taught for the first
time in haitian kreyol- it was pretty good.

also on a side note, yesterday during gym i sprained
my ankle,and there is a possibility that there is a
torn ligament-they are having me come every two hours
for ice/ examination.  i am attaching some pictures of it.
the other people in the pictures are
the ones that are going to fiji- they are pretty sweet.

well i only have just over 3 weeks until i leave the mtc-
right now myschedualed time, which is not set in stone, is
july 28 at 630 in the morning...

well the church is true, my arms are sore and i have only
had the crutchesfor one day- its a really good arm/ shoulder
workout.  dont worry everyone,i have lost weight from my
bodacious size, i am sitting at 185.

mckay- when are sectionals?  olympic trials are going on
right now,thanks for the updates- how haz phelps done?
has candice swam yet? if so how did she do?

maddie and morgan- my district love your cookies- keep up the
good work! how has swimming gone?  good job maddie in dropping
time-morgan what have you been up to?

kathleen and collin- be good, i miss you very much!

fish- swim fast at the RWB!  keep up your hard work,
i love you

dad- i heard you got a new hat, thats cool.  my companion's
football coachwas shane shumway- i think i already told
you all that.

sorry that i havent written more letters, i dont
really get time except for pday

mom- are you going to coach @ zones w/ todd?
tell him hello at the meet for me

elder welch has spoken to an arabic lady, an anti-mormon,
and a mental handicap on the phone- its pretty amuzing
haha, bad i feel for him at the same time

marianne- thanks for your dedication at writing me!
haha, hopefully thatmakes everyone else angry!
haha, how has coaching been?

wog- did you like the tennis picture?  one elder that
is going to fiji thinks its the coolest ever

i love you all!  good luck at the meet today and
saturday- remember to NOT wait until next thursday to
give me results- just dearelder.com me

tell chad sorenson hello, and that i wish i could swim
against him this weekend,
however i am a little pre occupied :)

i love you-

michael