Hola! So this is my last email from the MTC! Crazy! Hopefully my next email will be from better computers. MOM - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THE PACKAGE!!!! I absolutely loved it! The clothes are going to be perfect and the fudge was so good! I didn't get it until late last night so I had to use a ruler to cut the fudge, but I was so excited to get it all. Thank you so much! Oh- and tell Lauren that of course we can be sisters, but if she talks about camping with my family without me we may have to have a serious talk ;) jk it was hilarious. So I'm kind of sad this morning because Sister Martina and Sister Clark left. It's so weird not having them here and all our neighbors are gone too. Luckily we'll get more neighbors today. I'm so ready to leave. I'm easily the second worst in my class for Spanish, but it's okay because I know that I've been doing my part and the Lord will make up the difference. And I'm the only one who has never taken a Spanish class before so I don't feel too bad anymore. I'm so excited to be out in the field and can hardly stand it! I got my travel plans. I leave Monday morning at 8:42 and get to Spokane at like 9:40, but I have to be at the travel office at 5 in the morning so it will be an early day for me. Also I'm allowed to call home at the airport! It can only be for a few minutes and depending on how long it takes us to get through security it may or may not happen, but I'm planning on it. In regards to mail if you want to send me another dearelder tomorrow would probably be the last time to send it because Saturday we only get mail half of the day and sometimes those letters take a day or two it get. Also when I get to the field you'll have to pay for postage for dearelders. I'm really not hoping for a decrease in mail especially because it's Christmas time, but I am a little worried about. Maria and Brent - thank you so much for the card. Who speak Spanish? Also I don't know when I'll be able to email again because I don't know when my next pday will be. Tammy - thank you for the letter and I'm sorry about your back. Tell Glade I'm proud of him though. Dad - realize that I'm doing laundry with a bunch of 19 year old boys who many of which have never done laundry before in their lives so you would not believe all the stuff that happens in the laundry room or the machines. I would strongly suggest that mom make all the boys do their own laundry and ironing, and sewing from now on just so they know how. It's amazing how hindering it is to these Elders who don't know how to do it or have no experience doing it. We still don't know if H. Ziegler will get to leave with us on Monday. She has had MRI, EEG, EMG, met with Psychiatrists, neurologists and ENTs and nobody knows what wrong other than she has ADHD. We have on average 5 visits a week and they take up at least half the day. Amazing. Funny stories: when I went to Physical therapy the lady working with me was super hyper and so we had pushup contests. I almost won it was really close, but Hermana Collins won with 21 pushups, but I came up close with 4. So I've gotten closer to a man here in the MTC than at any other dating experience. Elder Hargiss and I held hands. I know we're missionaries, but he's just that persistent. Just kidding, but we did hold hands accidently. Don't ask how it happened, you wouldn't believe me anyway. Another funny story. There was a really short teacher about 4'9 who taught us the other day and gave me a hug. Elder Sanchez was not there to witness it and so when she came back he asked if she would hug me because he heard it looked pretty cool. Everyone's jaw fell to the floor except his because he had no idea how embarassing his comment was. She took it pretty well so it was funny. It's amazing how fast time is going by now. Remember when I had such a hard time sleeping at night? Now it seems like as soon as my head hits the pillow I'm already waking up. I haven't had that problem in year ;) Every day goes by faster and faster and I'm only in the MTC. I can't believe I'm almost finally in Washington, but I can't wait for it. Elder Hargiss and Elder Miller have been able to teach an actual investigator in TRC. Every time they come back it's like a spiritual high for the whole group because they're teaching an actual person with real problems and questions not just an actor. It gets us all super pumped for the field every time they teach them. For all of you couples considering going on a mission - do it. You get to do basically whatever you want for almost as long as you want and you get to do the coolest things ever! We met this couple that is going to Micronesia to canoe through the jungle to locate and GPS the locations of members that are there. They cover several islands and are totally like Indiana Jones! It's so cool! It made me super excited to someday be able to be a senior couple missionary. Also met met this other couple that has already been on 7 missions together! Crazy! They're amazing! We got to hear all about Thomas S. Monson from his daughter Ann Dibb and it was awesome. The BYU mens choir came and sang Christmas songs to us and it was so cool! We also had Elaine S. Dalton come again yesterday and tell us about gifts of the spirit and just trusting in the Lord. It was so powerful! I'm so excited to be out in the world with all the Christmas things going on! I don't know what my assignment will be or what my address will be when I get to Washington. But here is the address to the Mission home and I'll get the mail from there so please please write!

Hermana Elizabeth Probst
Washington-Spokane Mission
820 S. Pines Rd. Ste 101
Spokane Valley, WA 99206

I love you all! Love Herman Probst