Dear all,
Hurray! It's Christmas! I hope you are all having a good day.
Thank you very much for the Christmas presents; lots of fun little silly things that made us all laugh. This morning we all went over to the house of the senior couple here in Macau, the Kaps, for a Christmas breakfast and a gift exchange. We all had a secret Santa - I'd drawn Elder Woo, a native from Hong Kong who hasn't exactly had the best Christmas experiences in the past (mostly because China doesn't really celebrate Christmas) and who doesn't haven't presents from his family to open (again, because China doesn't celebrate Christmas). I was determined to make this the best Christmas ever, and bought him a bunch of presents that slightly exceeded the money limit of $30 (about 3 pounds) we'd imposed upon ourselves - I'm sure everyone else will forgive me. I even threw in some of the sweets the Young Women sent me (thank you Jessica). He was absolutely thrilled by all of the gifts I'd bought for him, and said the exact words, "this is the best Christmas ever!" so I felt very pleased with myself.
For the rest of the day, we've planned to basically just wander around Macau. We're going to go ride a cable car which costs a thrifty $2 (20p) and maybe play some cards later. I'm looking forward to phoning you all later today, but I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to manage it yet. It's harder to get a cheap calling card here in Macau, but it'll work out.
Now for something very important - I was reading through the university stuff you got me and discovered that the deadline for applications on UCAS is the 15th of January. This means that we are currently completely OUT OF TIME. You need to apply right now - or as soon as possible. My first choice is Bournemouth University studying Multimedia Journalism, my second choice is Leeds University studying Communications. As I don't have any other information about other universities, so I can't really pick anything else. You can either submit my application with just those two options (I'm safe as far as the entry requirements for Bournemouth go, so I'm feeling confident about that) or you can pick a few other courses at random just to flesh out the list, it's your choice. Please get this done ASAP - I don't want to have to wait another year for university. If I don't get in to a university now, I'll just have to do the BYU thing (their entry deadline is a lot later) and I'd rather not do that, but I definitely want to start school in 2009 and if that's my last resort I'll take it over waiting a year.
I'm not exactly sure of what I need to say in my Personal Statement, but I'll email a rough draft in a separate email. You can fine tune it and feel free to add or delete anything you like to make it look shiny and impressive.
Anyway, with that out of the way, I just want to wish you all Merry Christmas. I know I'll be talking to you all later anyway, but I want you all to know that I love you. I prayed last night that you would all have a very merry Christmas, and I look forward to next year's Christmas that I'll be able to share with you all.
Lots of love,
Elder Matthew Loffhagen
羅 長 老
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