Dear Alex

Dear Alex,
How's the west coast treating you? I imagine it's just as bad as it is here on the East coast. I share your desire to go back to the mainland and completely understand whenever someone mentions depressing weather. If they've never lived in Newfoundland, they have no clue what they're talking about. Hopefully you can get out skiing or snowmobiling to enjoy some of the snow though, there's plenty of it and I imagine it'd be wonderful for those sports. Ever tried snow shoeing? This might be the year to get into it haha.
I enjoyed my visit to your Canadian home city and understand why you like it so much. There is really so much you could do. I mean I only spent a day there and we could hardly get three things in that we wanted to do. It's so big! I knew it was big...and I'd been in big cities, but when we went up in the CN tower at night, the lights stretched on forever. Doesn't help with the surrounding cities just melding into Toronto, but still...I can't get over how large it is. I can only imagine that there's something going on in that city every single moment.
Maybe this semester Tobi and I will be able to drive out and visit you on our break or something. We've never been over there so it'd be neat to see, though the weather always makes it tricky in the winter so we'll see what it brings. I can't imagine how isolated you feel out there in a city (town?) smaller than St. John's. I can hardly stand it here. But you know it's all going to work out in the end. Things happen for a reason and God's got bigger plans in mind. He wants you there for some reason that may seem absolutely horrible, but you just have to keep pushing on and rely on him for strength. He'll pull you through, I know he will. He always does.
I miss our time in Russia. I had so much fun and I'm so glad that you hung out with us. I think we would've got into a lot more trouble if we hadn't had you along (a bunch of young hooligans running around a foreign country never turns out well haha). I miss how much you and Joss bro'd out and just laughing at you two. I miss talking to you too and seeing you everyday, it doesn't feel like 5 months already, seems like just yesterday we were all in Killfish having a time.
I'm praying for you and hope things work out in the near future. Hope to see you soon, whether it be here in NL or in Toronto.
Love you.
Sincerely,
Yvette