His Servant

Hi Bethany! :) Can we chat on Skype? :)

Bethany ~ I got you letter just about 10 minutes ago! Thank you!! I already started working on the song you sent; oh, and I was able to figure out the tune….:) Usually, I can learn the tune just by playing it (I know that's kind of strange, but it's true). But anyway, it's very pretty, and you were right, I like it a lot! :D I can't wait to have it down, and play it altogether!

Rosie – I'm glad you like the song, I knew you would :) Maybe, you'll be able to play it for me on our next phone call :D Anyways, I'm glad you got my letter, and I'm looking forward to talking to you because I have some news for you :)

BTW – Would it work for you to talk at 3 your time (2 my time) on Saturday? I'll be babysitting my younger siblings, and that's when the Faith will be down for her nap….

Bethany, ha ha, right- I can't learn songs that fast :D I'm really looking forward to talking to you too, and I also have some (other) news….:) (oh, the suspense until Saturday! :))

Well, I believe 3 p.m. will be fine, I don't think we have anything going on this Saturday; but I'll let you know if something comes up (I really hope nothing does!).
Anyway, I need to go now- it will be my turn for piano lessons any minute now :)

"I'm really looking forward to talking to you too, and I also have some (other) news….:) (oh, the suspense until Saturday! :))" Oh, dear! I don't know how I'll be able to survive these next few days! JK :D But really, I can't wait to hear what your news is…mine probably isn't as exciting as yours is, but it's exciting enough for me that I talk about it a lot around my house :)

I'm not saying that if 3 doesn't work for you, that I can't talk. That's probably the best time for me, but I'm sure there will be other times that day that it does work to talk.

Okay, I just finished paino lessons- phew! Bethany, I showed the song to my piano teacher anyway, just for a little advice; he played it for me- and it sounds a lot better (and prettier) than how I started out. :)

Well, it is pretty exciting…..:D Bethany, if you don't survive until Saturday, I'm not sure I will either! JK :D And who knows? Maybe your news is just as (or more) exciting than mine.

Oh, okay; I think it would be the best time for me too anyway :)

Yes, it's a really pretty song! It's my dad's second favorite song for me to play for him on the piano :) The person who wrote that music has a LOT more pretty music, though only some of it is free. Maybe, once you're finished I could send you more :D

Ahh! I'll have to stop thinking about what your news could be :) But really, I'm positive that my news is not exciting as yours is! You'll be pleased with mine, but it's not that amazing, by any means.

If 3 your time works, would you mind calling? :)

Hmm, maybe you could; but I'm guessing my piano teacher will have me work on this song for a while. :)

Sorry, I probably shouldn't have said anything until Friday or something. It doesn't feel like Wednesday though- yesterday felt like Friday!

No, that's fine. Btw, I already wrote my letter and I will send it tomorrow morning. My hand really hurts from all that writing! I guess it was my turn to write my longest letter; I think it's 8 pages- and I used notebook paper! :)

Well, you just let me know when that piece is finished :D

Oh, well, it's only a couple of days. I should be able to do that…tries not to think about it

You already wrote it?! Oh, you must write fast! It normally takes me several times of writing to get a letter finished My hand hurts really bad after writing letters too :) Can't wait to get it!!!!! I so enjoy getting long letters! =D

Lol I've been thinking about your news too….and dying for Saturday to come (whether or not the news is huge). ;)

Yeah, I was suprised at how fast I wrote it too! But really, I don't write all that fast, I like my handwriting to be neat and readable :) And usually, it takes me several times of writing to finish a letter as well, this time was just different I guess. So you should get it on Monday, I believe…I really enjoy long letters too!

Ahhh! I don't know if I can wait any longer for Saturday and Monday tries to calm down thinks of calling Rose on the phone thinks of getting a bulging envelope with an eight page letter I don't know how much more I can take it, Rosie!!! I think we need to make the rule for ourselves that if we want to tell ahead of time of our news, we can only tell like a day before…not 5! (Sorry, I started it….)

:D

Yeah….I really shouldn't have said that so early- I'm sorry! Yes, I agree; I guess we could make it a rule then (for ourselves, that is).
I can't believe it's only Thursday! It feels like Friday (again!); probably because I didn't get a chance to do school today. Today is Royal's 11th birthday, Mom, Christian, Nicolas and I organized Dad's school papers (for his buisiness), and then we went to the library; and then we're doing something special tonight too! Oh, and I'm also working on a very frustrating sewing project- I am exhausted! :) But, it's a good kind of exhausted :)

Well, aren't you glad that whether or not it feels like it, tomorrow is Friday? :)

Well, I hope you have things to talk about, because I don't have many, but I have a few (and exciting, at least for me!) :D Well, you'll get to tell me all about your sewing project!! And I'll get to tell you what I've been up too….

Oh, and I thought of something. It would be better for me to call you (I'll tell you my reasons, on the phone, it would take to long to explain on here) – is that okay? I'll call around 2 my time (3 your time) or right once I've got Faith down for her nap…which might be a little before. Sound good?

Yes, though, I can say now that today IS Friday (finally!) :)

Oh, yes, I remembered to add more things to that one list I had (or have), and I'll be sure to tell you all about my sewing project- I'm finishing it today. Really looking forward to tomorrow! :D

Sure, either way is fine with me; so far it doesn't seem like we have any plans for tomorrow….

I've been thinking about our call so much today…I'm really glad that today is Friday :)

I'll be very excited to hear about your sewing project, and your news :)

1 more day!! :)

Yes, but now, it's the minutes and hours that seem to be going slow :) It will be even worse tomorrow just counting the minutes until 3 o'clock (2 o'clock)! :) :)

Yeah, it's almost like you have to wait another hour, later than I have to, before we can talk :) But then again, I get up earlier than those in OH (because of time change) so I guess it all works out evenly :)

Only 25 more minutes :D :D

Hi Bethany! :) I'm working on writing a letter back! :D hopefully I'll send it out next week!

I know!! :D I've been constantly looking at the clock since 11:00 this morning! I can't wait to hear the phone ring :D :D

@Rachel – I'm looking forward to getting it! And this time, I'll try to write back faster! :)

@Rosie – Same here! I just know it'll go really fast though….do you have to be done at a certain time?

19 minutes!! Okay, maybe I should just go work on something so that time will go faster (as if!)…..

Not that I know of, probably until someone comes into my room while we're talking, and tells me I need to get off soon. :) How about you?

Hi Rosie! :)

So you all are calling each other this afternoon? :)

I only have 17 minutes, from my clock :) Nothing that I know of!

Hi, Rachel! :) Yes, and as you can tell, we are both very excited (for various reasons….) :D

Bethany- :D :D

Yes, I can tell! :D

How long do your phone calls usually last? Last time I talked to Bethany, we talked for about an hour and 15 minutes! :D

We talk anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes :)

Okay, Bethany, I have no idea what just happened during our phone call! You were in the middle of talking, and then the line was cut off or something. And then when I tried to call back, Amy's line was busy (I think), so I just figured that it may as well be the end of the call. :l I'm sorry about that- we didn't even get to say good-bye :) I think since I switched phones throughout the phone call that one time, maybe the battery died; I don't know. I'm really sorry, hopefully that doesn't happen next time :) Love you :)

Oh, Rosie! I feel so bad! The phone died, and it has to charge before anyone can call…, :( I was SO disappointed cries I wish things like that didn't happen….oh well. I should have let you know, but for several reasons I didn't get on to tell you. I'm so sorry! Well, goodbye :) Love you!

(BTW, it was totally my fault, not yours!)

Wel, did you get to tell each other your "news" ? :D

Yes, we did!

@Rosie – I don't know if this'll work for you, but if you don't have a meeting tonight, we could call this afternoon. Our service is in the morning today, and we'll have nothing going on this afternoon. I had one other question for you, and then we could properly end the phone call as well :) Let me know what works! I understand completely if it doesn't….

That would be wonderful, but we do have an evening service tonight; we have an evening service every Sunday except for the first and third Sundays of each month. Sorry about that :l Well, actually, maybe this afternoon would work- we don't leave until 5:15-5:20…..I'll go ask (if it works for you, that is)….

Oh, I see. I got confused on which days you said that you had evening meetings :)

That's fine. Would it work for you to talk this afternoon? If so, I'll go ask if it is all right with my dad; if he were to say yes, he would probably only let me talk for a half hour at the most or something.

Oh, nevermind- that wouldn't work for me anyway :) And, don't feel bad about the phone dying; it was a little disappointing, but kind of humorous at the same time :) But did you realize that we had been talking for almost 2 hours?!?

Yes, we did talk for a long time! Though, I still feel really bad about the phone dying :(

Well we still had a very nice (long) conversation, so I'm satisfied. Now, if it had died like 30 minutes into the conversation……:)

That would have been horrible! It died because I hadn't plugged it in for several days (it's not my phone, so I'm not used to plugging it in!). So, you say, it won't work to talk this afternoon? I understand. What time does your meeting start at? We had our meeting this morning. Seems so different to already be done!

Bethany - do you think we could chat/type on Skype? :)

Actually, I need to leave in a minute, because Carissa and I are making a big meal for supper, and I need to get Faith down for her nap. Hopefully, we can do it soon, though!

Oh okay! :) By the way, HAPPY EASTER (to both of you!) Jesus is RISEN!! :D

Yes, sorry; I have some things that I will be doing (going over my sermon notes and such).
Our meeting starts at 6:00 and goes until around 7:30 or so.

We have an evening service tonight as well!

Rosie – I really like your picture! BTW, I got your letter today…thanks SO much! I was so happy to get it….I'll try to reply when I find some time! :)

Thank you- I was really glad to finally have a new and more recent picture :) I'm glad you got the letter; I had been thinking to myself at 3:30, "Just one more hour 'til she gets my letter!" :)

Was it taken in your bedroom? I really like that color pink – so pretty! :)

Yes, and I was super excited to get it…you know what? The longer your letters are, the longer mine are going to be, because I have lots to tell you :) I wonder how long this one is going to be! When I was a lot younger, I heard about people who wrote 8 page letters, and I was always like "Wow! What in the world do they talk about for so long?!" Now I understand :) And, it's really easy to fill up 8 pages!

Hi Bethany! :)
I sent out a letter today, so hopefully you'll get it on or around Saturday :)
It's not as long as Rosies' (8 pages) but it is 4 pages, and both sides are covered! :D

Well, actually, the picture was taken, well, by my sink area :} But the wall color is the same color as my room. :) Yes, I like it too; I like to call it soft pink, rather than light pink, because light pink was the color of my old room (and that looks nothing like my room now!).

Yes, I'm excited to receive a bulging letter. Maybe by the time summer comes, our letters will be 10 pages long! :D I know, I can't image us writing 2 page letters – that would be impossible!! :D

@Rachel – Thanks so much!! I'm looking forward to receiving it :)

@Rosie — It is a very pretty soft pink! Yeah, 2 pages is out of the question….and can you believe it? That's how long our letters were when we first started! :D

Bethany - yup! :)
By the way, you had asked for some recommendations on good books, and I posted a short list :) (Under where I "Introduced myself") I tried to keep it shorter because I could just keep naming them! :)