By Tracewillow
Since a kid I have wanted real bad to be called Elder
There’s a nice ring to it, makes me feel sorta mature and clever
Your dear grandpapa must have been a sweet old soul like me
Adorableness Overload like what you guys say unto me with glee
My vocal cords are still awesome I guess you’d want to know
Eating chillis is no hindrance, that’s how my tummy juices flow
Hot spicy curries and everything nice laid out on the table
Even taking everyone’s share, my weight is miraculously very stable
Often cheered on to sing in church I oblige to make everyone happy
But it’s not a proper concert y’know, I don’t charge even a single penny
My Discipline Elder reminds me I must stand very still while singing
Never to run left and right, just belt out the joy I’m bringing
All my fellow Mission Elders and Sisters are nice and very awesome
So much fun when we go on our bicycle rides in two’s and threesome
Cab drivers are very friendly and chatty to me in Spanish I must admit
I flash them my sunny smile when I sometimes don’t quite understand it
They tell me the senoritas are pretty I’ve not taken a serious look
They flutter their eyelashes in my direction I hurry to hide in a nook
No stalkers or forced-kissers yet, oh Lord I’d rather be a saint
I do love you guys but often you too really make me wanna faint
Washing my own dirty socks is not at all a huge problem
It’s my God-gifted hair that I usually find kinda troublesome
In dire need of a good hairstylist and something called Fix
Both are frowned upon here, I should have learnt some hair tricks
It’s awesome I can now wear the same outfit everyday
Just like the cartoon characters and not so much money to pay
All my skin-tight tees I miss but am strictly not permitted to wear
Except in bed or when my Wardrobe Elder neither sees nor cares
I have a THOUGHT in my mind, in fact many many thoughts
My family my friends and how much of BEGIN will be bought
I can’t wait to bring back in 2014 the person I will become
Fatter or thinner, maybe taller. or perhaps much wiser and some
Aw thanks for all your letters that seem to have shattered my letterbox
My Admin Elder has given me stern warnings and some pretty hard knocks
It’s great to know you are excited for BEGIN to keenly obtain
The story of my life it surely is, to BEGIN yet again and again…
Have to thank the Lord now, fix my hair and go to bed and sleep
Hope the cats are not out tonight, need tons of sleep that’s deep
Thanks you guys so much for relentlessly standing by me
I’ll send up a special prayer for you tonight, you’ll see
From: ARCHU-ELDER
Released by The Strictly Limited Communications Department
Chilean Mission
A Secret Somewhere near Santiago, Chile
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