Sometimes I wonder why Ryan loves me so much. Then I stop and smile and think I should just accept it.

He is still at the MTC. He is so sweet; I am graduating in less than two weeks and he sent me a graduation gift! It is just a t-shirt, standard missionary t-shirt I think, with the Russian flag on it and "Great!" in Russian. He also sent a little picture of Jesus coming out of the tomb after three days to meet his wife. I suppose really no one knows if he was married (someone must know), but Ryan likes to think so, and he said he thinking that it was Jesus' wife who waited for three days to see him again. At the end of the note on the back of the picture he wrote this simple line "It's true." I wonder why it is so hard to believe, and then I realize it isn't hard to believe. It is like the primary song which says "Think about Jesus? Not hard at all." I guess what is hard is to admit that this is what I believe amidst so many skeptics. This is part of why I really want to get to BYU, it will be such a different atmosphere.

Also he sent me a long letter! His poor mom, though. She was telling me all about how she only gets a couple of paragraphs, if she is lucky, per letter. When I get two pages! I didn't tell her this willingly, she dragged it out of me. Yet, she has five other kids at home and a baby born yesterday (Samuel, I saw a picture and he is quite adorable). I don't feel too bad about my letters :) And Ryan always manages to include some statement about our future together, like "If it all works, which it will of course, then we will do this and that". He's sweet.

In other news, I just started the Revelation of John and although I'm only a few chapters in I do like it. I've noticed some strange things in the scriptures and the JST. What I wonder is (and if anyone knows, please enlighten me) why our Bible doesn't have the JST written into the text? I often read something and think, "What? That doesn't make sense/that can't be true" and then look down and notice a different translation. It seems like it would be more efficient if the change was in the text. 

I think I am most excited to finish the New Testament and Book of Mormon because (1) I can finally say I finished them (2) I can reread them with some foreknowledge (3) well, hello, they are only some of the greatest books.

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