For the first few months, it seemed like I was going to be on a mission forever

Heyyyyyyyyy Everyone!

Sounds like a good week!

Um, there aren't really any traditions related to being out for a year. Or really anything to call it. The day that you've been out for a year is called your "year mark". Really imaginative, huh? The only sort of tradition is that some people decide that it'd be a good idea to burn a shirt. But I'm thinking I'm probably not going to do that.
 
It does not seem like I've been out for that long. It's kind of crazy. I mean, when I think about it, I realize that it really has been a long time since I was in the MTC. But it's still kind of insane. Time goes by so dang quickly! It's pretty crazy--for the first few months, it seemed like I was going to be on a mission forever. but the time keeps passing, and now it's almost halfway over. It's honestly a little bit scary.

And I haven't really been keeping in touch with anyone. Our MTC district got kind of lame about that, but whatever. Actually though today some people emailed everyone about how it's crazy that we've been out for a year, so that's something.

I'm sorry if this isn't a super long email (as usual), I kind of have to get out quick so that we can go and get free haircuts :)

So anyway this week was pretty great! We've been doing a lot of work, and it's been cool.
So we've been doing service at this place called the Food Bank of the Rockies, it's pretty huge, you can probably find out more about it on the internets, but anyways this Tuesday we went there and they gave us this project where we were basically taping shut and stacking 30-pound boxes of food for low-income seniors. I never knew that stacking things could be so tiring, but that was probably the most physically demanding service project I've ever done, kinda crazy.

Another cool thing, so a couple of weeks ago, we were visiting an investigator, and her sister was there. The investigator herself isn't actually that interested, but her sister was! So but then we kind of forgot about her until this Friday, when we were able to actually teach her, and she seems super great. She's one of those people that wants to really know the truth, and I know she'll be able to find it!

Also, we had zone conference on Thursday. There were good things about it, it helped me think about how I talk to people, how I teach. That came from a training from the Assistants to the president. But far too much of the zone conference was taken up by talking about cars and housing. But that's okay! This week is going to be pretty great. We have a temple trip on Wednesday, which'll be awesome.

These past few weeks have gone by so fast. It's kind of ridiculous, and a little bit scary, honestly. The further I get in my mission, the faster time seems to go.

I love you all, and I hope you have a great week. Love,Peter