october 12

Hey Hey!

SO the zone p-day was great! we had a ton of fun. We just played volleyball and watched joseph smith prophet of the restoration. which reminds me! How in the world did you know that movie existed, let alone get it and send it to me?! Thank you for that I really do appreciate it, I was just wondering where you got it! It's pretty funny cause that dvd is like...the rare item that makes missionaries think they are cool haha. Like "oh man did you hear elder soandso has prophet of the restoration?!" hahaha so funny. so I guess I'm the cool guy now. :P

Yeah the ipod is working great, the only problem was that the charger didn't work! Like I tried it all over the house with different outlets and stuff. So I had to buy a new one. So yeah, that's what I bought at walmart...it was stupid how expensive it was. But I didn't have any other options since walmarts not in our area and we don't get to go there very often.
Mom you don't know how much it means to me to know you are loving the scriptures! I love em too...I've gotten some choice revelation from them lately that has changed some stuff. I've been struggling with stuff going on out here lately and it's helped alot. Make sure you pay more attention to how you feel when you read versus what you understand! I'm in alma 25 right now...I love alma...just so much good stuff!
I totally would be putting all those conference talks on my ipod right now but some members are putting the music on my ipod for me since I don't have time or the means to do it myself. ha. I love conference! I'm going to put the conference cds I have on there along with the past two!

haha the tape was great mom. It was like a breath of fresh air sitting there and listening to y'all talk. I loved it. It just makes me happy hearing everyones voices. Oh my gosh ryan doesn't even sound the same anymore. He's totally got a much deeper voice. Jordans still the same though...haha. Love you jordan!

oh gosh yeah the solo...I don't know we'll see. haha. I hope it's good. but I mean honestly, I'm not a very good singer, but I do feel like it's gotten better since I left! haha.

so I apparently only get a half hour today and not a full hour because of this weird library in petersburg but that's why I may not cover everything! haha.

I loved the picture of ryan...haha he just looks so goofy! haha. braces are fun...haha.

That's smart to do with jordans test. I kinda wish I had done that :P haha oh well.

OH! So quick story I needed to tell you. We are having a baptism this saturday :) and I got a call and he wants me to do it. So I'm excited to just be a part of it. He wants to serve a mission too. He is only 19 so he could totally do it. I'm so excited...he is one of those investigators that when he gets baptised I would be totally content with my mission...just being able to help someone grab onto the gospel like he has...just makes EVERYTHING worth while.

Mom I only have a few minutes left but I just wanted to say...I love the Gospel. I love what it gives me. I can't ever express the feelings of joy I feel from the things I have experienced here. The Atonement is....absolutely priceless. To see it coming to effect in someones life is something I will never forget. The effects it has in my life...help me to know even though I'm not perfect, I can still do the Lord's work.

Anyways. I love you all so much.

september 9th

Hello FAMILY

I have no idea what hijo means? ha. I never got any letter from dad. are you sure you are sending it to the right address? P.O. Box 964 Wakefield, VA 23888 I'm excited to actually get some mail! I haven't gotten any this whole week! haha. oh wait that's a lie! I got a suit! from you! haha thank you so much for that!

The pictures are sweet! Jordan looks like a little stud! haha. No but seriously the pictures are awesome thank you for sending that. I'd attach more than one picture on here but I'm pretty sure it would bounce back and I don't want that. haha.

You and Aunt Lorna are sad! haha. Who hunts rocks?! I hunt cotton. seriously there are cotton fields all around out here. One of these cotton bails is worth a quarter of a million dollars. haha it's insane but they are HUGE bails. Like bigger than two cars. So yeah.
well actually. we set two people for baptism this week! It was sweet! The first one was a 19 year old guy who we set the first time we taught him, and another was this lady that has been taught alot who finally understood why! haha. I love the scriptures...2 nephi 31 helps people understand why we are baptized so well...yes!


haha general conference in a snuggie? wowoowowow. We are going to be watching it in the comfort of an old quaker church! haha. I have to take a picture of these stained glass windows...there are two pains that have this rare mineral in em that makes em worth like 10,000 dollars each! crazy eh? haha.
That's so cool about Jordan getting set apart. I like to hear about that stuff so let me know!

Anyways, I'm sorry the letter is so short...I don't have much to say this week! I love ya and I'll talk to ya later!



Totally forget to tell you this!

I got attacked by a dog this week! haha it was really weird...it was super friendly and whatnot and we walked up to this house and it was totally fine and then we start walking away and all of a sudden I hear the dog like growling mean and my companion is like "oh my gosh!" haha. I turn around and see it running at me and I kind of lean in to hit the dog and he bites my calf and then I hit him with my BoM and he goes away. He didn't break skin or anything it wasn't really a bad bite, but it was just crazy.

we also had a guy tell us he wanted us to have the prophet call him and when we didn't do it he freaked out on us...but that's an entirely different story...haha.

anyways much love!