November 27th
haha ok story about the sickness stuff...This week has been RIDICULOUS. OK, so Monday, we went to Chester and had a zone p-day which was fun. just played volleyball and basketball with the zone. Then afterwards we stayed with the Petersburg Elders as well as the Lawrenceville Elders who were up there too. So Monday night we were stuck there and then we had a district meeting the next day which turned out pretty good. But then we didn't leave petersburg until about 2 and it's about an hour drive home. We also had the Lawrenceville elders with us for an exchange so that was fun. so we came home and went on an exchange. Then wednesday Elder parker has had some problems with ingrown toenails (sound familiar) and was having a hard time walking so we didn't ahve alot of time to do much because he couldn't walk. Then thursday was obviously thanksgiving, then friday was our only full day of work but half of that was weekly planning. Then Saturday morning-ish Elder parker started getting REALLY sick (with the flu) and so we came back to the apartment and were there for the rest of the day. Then sunday he was sicker than before and we stayed home from church because it was so bad. And what's funny, is through all of this, I haven't gotten a single symptom of his flu. haha. so let's see how long that lasts!
Yeah I know I need to eat less. I'm working on it...haha. It's hard sometimes though y'know? just get real hungry and don't have alot of time so the stuff I eat is not generally good for me! And just fyi, I probably won't be eating at subway for a while...I still associate my stomach illness with subway...so it never ever looks appetizing :X
Yeah I'll go to the doctor if I ever have that again. I just finished my prilosec today. so yeah.
haha you know what's funny, as soon as I told you I hadn't had anyone write me I got two letters! One from Joseph and one from Micah! haha. But do tell people to write! haha.
Yep, it's looking like it's gonna be a Wakefield Christmas! The weird thing is they closed one of the areas in my district (Lawrenceville) and so it's just us and Petersburg...and they shotgunned that area so I don't really know that area at all. haha.
You got snow?! what the. It's been in the 20's here but during the day it starts to get up above the 50's soemtimes. so I don't know what the snow is gonna be like this year. They aren't expecting much.
I'm pretty sure you would laugh at how redneck virginia is. haha. Especially around hunting season. Hunting season is like, a HUGE deal out here. It starts in stages; first it's bow season (meaning hunting with a bow and arrows) then a month or two later it's black powder season, then another month later it's shotgun & dog season (meaning they can hunt with dogs which is just lazy hunting by the way.) it's pretty hilarious. You see guys driving around with trucks and dog kennels on the back. It's absolutely crazy. haha.
Thanksgiving was good but kinda boring. In the morning we went to help put together some thanksgiving dinners for the poor, and then we came back to our house and studied, then went over to some members and ate lunch and whatnot. then we came home, and basically slept the rest of the day! haha boring but so nice!
haha oh gosh I still have so much time left. I can't believe they are already expecting me to come home. I was actually thinking about some of that the other day though, I don't remember why. I actually wanted to do what you were talking about. I'll have to figure out if I can defer again. I want to work and earn some of the money I need to pay for myself. I really want to be independent (money wise) pretty soon after my mission. Like, at the latest a year from when I come home. so we'll see what happens here. Any suggestions?
yeah...your telling me. The one grocery store in wakefield is already playing christmas music. craziness.
ok well. I know I'm gonna get kicked off here soon! this is what I'm talking about! I only barely had time to write JUST you! stupid wakefield library. anyways. I love you all a ton! I'll talk to you next week!
December 6
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The big 2011 catch up!
Novemeber 11
I'm doing good though, we are planning on having a baptism next week! It's a guy named charles and he is the man.
But yes. I'm sorry this got all scambled cause I got kicked off and now my mind just doesn't know what I was talking about.
I love you all though and next week will hopefully be better! haha.
Talk to you later!
November 15
so before I get into anything else, I need to tell you something! I got super sick this last thursday night. Like...sicker than I've been in a long time...it was a combination of two things; my acid reflux and a stomach virus. I was stupid and ate some of those 3rd degree habenero doritos chips which just ate me up inside. and then I had subway which just made it worse. So mom you remember the bad chest pain I had in the night time a couple of months ago? Yeah try that times a 100. and 10 times as long. I came home and just laid down because of how garbage I was feeling. Note I had already taken like 5 rolaids and 2-3 tums which did nothing. So I was trying to get the pain to go away and it was so bad it was keeping me from sleeping. SO I was up all night long. and I was also throwing up at the same time by the way. The first few were normal but when I ran out of food to throw up it was just bile and water. all. night. long. pain so bad in my chest that I couldn't sleep so I wandered all night long throwing up, dozing off for like 5 minutes, the pain waking me back up again and then taking a bath or shower or something because it made me feel better. Finally, at 5:40 I woke up my companion and said i need to get some pepto or something. So I went to the 7/11 with him and got the medicine which did nothing. So later on around 8 I got some milk of magnesia or whatever it's called and some prilosec because the med secretary told me to start that again. So finally, around 1 or 2 that afternoon I got to sleep and the pain went away. I was still incredibly weak and tired from the whole deal, but I at least didn't have pain anymore. So I just slept for a couple more hours.
gosh dangit. mom I'm sorry. I'm gonna have to finish my email later. This retarded library is kicking me off again before I can finish. Hopefully I can do so later...sorry.
November 22
Well you'll be happy to know I'm in a different library today and I'm writing to you first! haha. I usually write to you first anyways, that lady just kicked me off after only a little bit when I got on. so yeah.
Ok you freaked me out as well! I get this call from the mission office and we missed it, but they left a message, and it was marked "URGENT" so I'm like oh gosh. so I call and I thought something bad is happening. but nope just mom freaking out! hahaha.
I will take your advice. I'm trying to do better, but it's not always possible on a mission you know? People feed us what they feed us! But I've been doin better. Eating less and not so bad stuff. so yeah. I'm sorry about that scare. Blame it on the librarian! haha.
I call the medical advisor every time I get these pains and she's just like it's ALL YOUR FAULT ARUGHDJSFHKLJHDFK. And the last time I went the doctor told me to basically suck it up. haha. so anyways. If it happens again I'll go. But I've been on the prilosec so I hope I'll be fine.
oh and just so you can get it out there...I HAVEN'T GOT MAIL IN LIKE OVER A MONTH :( Like the last thing I got was a halloween card from the Wiest's which I promptly wrote them back and thanked them for! haha I don't normally complain about mail but a MONTH is ridiculous! haha :P
It's weird to think that next year I'll be at grandmas house for thanksgiving. real weird. I'm about to hit 16 months mom! how is this going so stinking fast?! so just fyi, transfer calls are this week, so you'll find out if I'm going or staying next p-day.
snow?! haha we've not even gotten close to it snowing yet. because where we are at it just doesn't snow that offten. it's kinda like oregon...just to hard for it to get snow.
MOM! That's awesome that you finished the book! I love the feeling of finishing it, even though it's kind of a sad end. Even though it's sorta sad it's also very happy! haha it's hard to explain. Personally, I would say start with the new testamant. The old testamant is really long and alot of it is the same story told twice (1,2 samuel, & 1,2 kings and chronicles are the same story) and some stuff is just long and arduous to read. Like Leviticus is simply the law of Moses telling the children of israel what to do and what not to do. so I would say start in the new testament or reread the book of mormon! haha.
yeah dad was telling me about the big screen tv death. pretty crazy. It'll be weird to come home to that not being there!
haha I sent a letter to jordan, did he ever get it?
I think it's so weird to realize I'm gonna be talking to you again in about a month! Crazy stuff!
alright I'm gonna try to reply to dad's email! So I'll talk to you later mom! Love you!
November 27th
I'm doing good though, we are planning on having a baptism next week! It's a guy named charles and he is the man.
But yes. I'm sorry this got all scambled cause I got kicked off and now my mind just doesn't know what I was talking about.
I love you all though and next week will hopefully be better! haha.
Talk to you later!
November 15
so before I get into anything else, I need to tell you something! I got super sick this last thursday night. Like...sicker than I've been in a long time...it was a combination of two things; my acid reflux and a stomach virus. I was stupid and ate some of those 3rd degree habenero doritos chips which just ate me up inside. and then I had subway which just made it worse. So mom you remember the bad chest pain I had in the night time a couple of months ago? Yeah try that times a 100. and 10 times as long. I came home and just laid down because of how garbage I was feeling. Note I had already taken like 5 rolaids and 2-3 tums which did nothing. So I was trying to get the pain to go away and it was so bad it was keeping me from sleeping. SO I was up all night long. and I was also throwing up at the same time by the way. The first few were normal but when I ran out of food to throw up it was just bile and water. all. night. long. pain so bad in my chest that I couldn't sleep so I wandered all night long throwing up, dozing off for like 5 minutes, the pain waking me back up again and then taking a bath or shower or something because it made me feel better. Finally, at 5:40 I woke up my companion and said i need to get some pepto or something. So I went to the 7/11 with him and got the medicine which did nothing. So later on around 8 I got some milk of magnesia or whatever it's called and some prilosec because the med secretary told me to start that again. So finally, around 1 or 2 that afternoon I got to sleep and the pain went away. I was still incredibly weak and tired from the whole deal, but I at least didn't have pain anymore. So I just slept for a couple more hours.
gosh dangit. mom I'm sorry. I'm gonna have to finish my email later. This retarded library is kicking me off again before I can finish. Hopefully I can do so later...sorry.
November 22
Well you'll be happy to know I'm in a different library today and I'm writing to you first! haha. I usually write to you first anyways, that lady just kicked me off after only a little bit when I got on. so yeah.
Ok you freaked me out as well! I get this call from the mission office and we missed it, but they left a message, and it was marked "URGENT" so I'm like oh gosh. so I call and I thought something bad is happening. but nope just mom freaking out! hahaha.
I will take your advice. I'm trying to do better, but it's not always possible on a mission you know? People feed us what they feed us! But I've been doin better. Eating less and not so bad stuff. so yeah. I'm sorry about that scare. Blame it on the librarian! haha.
I call the medical advisor every time I get these pains and she's just like it's ALL YOUR FAULT ARUGHDJSFHKLJHDFK. And the last time I went the doctor told me to basically suck it up. haha. so anyways. If it happens again I'll go. But I've been on the prilosec so I hope I'll be fine.
oh and just so you can get it out there...I HAVEN'T GOT MAIL IN LIKE OVER A MONTH :( Like the last thing I got was a halloween card from the Wiest's which I promptly wrote them back and thanked them for! haha I don't normally complain about mail but a MONTH is ridiculous! haha :P
It's weird to think that next year I'll be at grandmas house for thanksgiving. real weird. I'm about to hit 16 months mom! how is this going so stinking fast?! so just fyi, transfer calls are this week, so you'll find out if I'm going or staying next p-day.
snow?! haha we've not even gotten close to it snowing yet. because where we are at it just doesn't snow that offten. it's kinda like oregon...just to hard for it to get snow.
MOM! That's awesome that you finished the book! I love the feeling of finishing it, even though it's kind of a sad end. Even though it's sorta sad it's also very happy! haha it's hard to explain. Personally, I would say start with the new testamant. The old testamant is really long and alot of it is the same story told twice (1,2 samuel, & 1,2 kings and chronicles are the same story) and some stuff is just long and arduous to read. Like Leviticus is simply the law of Moses telling the children of israel what to do and what not to do. so I would say start in the new testament or reread the book of mormon! haha.
yeah dad was telling me about the big screen tv death. pretty crazy. It'll be weird to come home to that not being there!
haha I sent a letter to jordan, did he ever get it?
I think it's so weird to realize I'm gonna be talking to you again in about a month! Crazy stuff!
alright I'm gonna try to reply to dad's email! So I'll talk to you later mom! Love you!
November 27th
Monday, November 8, 2010
November 1
Helllllllo. Apparently west just isn't that good this year. oh well...I don't really care all THAT much...it's just high school! haha. That's kind of lame about jordan being scratched off. stupid stuff. haha jordan has to deal with it! I have only an hour and I just about ran out of time writing to him! haha.
It sounds like your halloween was cool! Ours was lame...just stayed inside because no body wants us knocking on their door for halloween haha. I don't get it...isn't the rule supposed to be that if the light is off on the porch you don't knock? we were over at some members house who wasn't handing out candy and they got knocked on like 3 times. It's really weird.
haha I like how you had a goofy halloween party...Halloween has just turned into ridiculousness anymore. It's like I don't even want to celbrate it anymore haha.
Sounds like a pretty ridiculous one though. You drove all over the place. haha. That lady at the haunted house deal sounds stupid. People are just way to impatient and inconsiderate. Everyone is so selfish now...
You better not have let them go trick or treating! That's sunday! I hope that wasn't the case...haha I loved the pumpkins though. Especially the tetris one, which I assume was ryans. haha.
The solo went ok. That day was nuts and we had to teach a third hour lesson with the combined priesthood and relief society and we had 4 investigators at church so we had to keep an eye on them and get them rides and stuff. it was insane. But you know...it all worked out thankfully.
I'm glad the advice helped! I try to apply that but sometimes it's a little hard. But It really doesn't bother me anymore.
ok heres the deal with the moriancumr thing. Go to ether 2:13. It talks about How the brother of jared and all them were preparing for there journey and ended up at this place that they called moriancumr. now why did they call it that? There is a footnote at the word moriancumr. It goes to alma 8:7. Which talks about how the people named their lands after the man who first owned them. Now who was the leader of the jaredites? well obviously the brother of jared. since he was the prophet at the time. So what can we conclude here? the land was named after the brother of jared, who is called, at least in part, moriancumr. now the mohonri part? That has to do with an even that happened in the beginning of the church where Joseph Smith was blessing and naming a child and named him Mohonri Moriancumr. When asked why he was given that name, he said he had it revealed to him that was the name of the brother of Jared. You could probably find it in the history of the church volumes.
So anyways yeah. thats it. haha.
That's so crazy they are coming home soon...gah. I don't even wanna think about that. When they come home I'll only have a few months left...ridiculous.
Well anyways...I'm doing pretty good all in all. I will tlak to you later though alright?
Love you all a ton.
It sounds like your halloween was cool! Ours was lame...just stayed inside because no body wants us knocking on their door for halloween haha. I don't get it...isn't the rule supposed to be that if the light is off on the porch you don't knock? we were over at some members house who wasn't handing out candy and they got knocked on like 3 times. It's really weird.
haha I like how you had a goofy halloween party...Halloween has just turned into ridiculousness anymore. It's like I don't even want to celbrate it anymore haha.
Sounds like a pretty ridiculous one though. You drove all over the place. haha. That lady at the haunted house deal sounds stupid. People are just way to impatient and inconsiderate. Everyone is so selfish now...
You better not have let them go trick or treating! That's sunday! I hope that wasn't the case...haha I loved the pumpkins though. Especially the tetris one, which I assume was ryans. haha.
The solo went ok. That day was nuts and we had to teach a third hour lesson with the combined priesthood and relief society and we had 4 investigators at church so we had to keep an eye on them and get them rides and stuff. it was insane. But you know...it all worked out thankfully.
I'm glad the advice helped! I try to apply that but sometimes it's a little hard. But It really doesn't bother me anymore.
ok heres the deal with the moriancumr thing. Go to ether 2:13. It talks about How the brother of jared and all them were preparing for there journey and ended up at this place that they called moriancumr. now why did they call it that? There is a footnote at the word moriancumr. It goes to alma 8:7. Which talks about how the people named their lands after the man who first owned them. Now who was the leader of the jaredites? well obviously the brother of jared. since he was the prophet at the time. So what can we conclude here? the land was named after the brother of jared, who is called, at least in part, moriancumr. now the mohonri part? That has to do with an even that happened in the beginning of the church where Joseph Smith was blessing and naming a child and named him Mohonri Moriancumr. When asked why he was given that name, he said he had it revealed to him that was the name of the brother of Jared. You could probably find it in the history of the church volumes.
So anyways yeah. thats it. haha.
That's so crazy they are coming home soon...gah. I don't even wanna think about that. When they come home I'll only have a few months left...ridiculous.
Well anyways...I'm doing pretty good all in all. I will tlak to you later though alright?
Love you all a ton.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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.
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!
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!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Life in wakefield is actually going great! I've only gotten one letter and that was from mom, but I'm assuming that the rest will show up soon? But I really appreciate the one you did send...it helped me a lot. I'm doing really good. elder parker is really quiet, but we have fun. we got along good. I'll attach more pictures (because I can only send two per email maybe) but our apartment is an old divided up house (into three other apartments) that's over a hundred years old! haha. our area is big, it covers all of sussex and surry county. Surry nuclear plant is in our area apparently, but I haven't seen it yet. We live in the town of wakefield, which is basically a town formed around highway 460. But we cover a bunch of other little towns including surry, waverly, spring grove, claermont, dendron, and a bunch of towns that only are towns because they have post offices in them haha. Sussex county was the last county in virginia to get a stop light. haha. But this is what happened when we pulled in on thursday afternoon. we showed up with the member who gave us a ride, and realize we don't have the keys for the house or the car. haha. so we try to find ways to break in but then realize that there is no way in. so we wait for a while and then thankfully our branch president works in richmond so the zone leaders were able to get the keys to him and then he brought them to us. so we got to talk with him and set up a time to come over and talk with him about the work in the branch. This was probably the most important thing we could do, save talking with our branch mission leader, but since he was outta town this is what we had to do. so we did that and things have just been working out great. It's been awesome how well it's all worked out. I'm surprised; most country areas are a struggle to get moving. but we are getting blessed lately.
But overall things are going great. we are teaching a few people. The most promising right now is a man named charles who came to church on sunday, and a friend of one of our members named Kristin. it's so cool to see the work progress in this peoples lives...it makes all the struggles worth it. A cool experience we had last night; we had an appointment set up by the other elders with a potential investigator named victor, and his family. His whole family is hispanic and only he speaks english. So theres this member that was recently reactivated and runs these resteraunts in surry and waverly called "la hacienda," and he came with us, because he speaks spanish being from mexico city himself. so we go in there and we dcided we were gonna watch a dvd about the restoration in spanish with them. so we start talking and then we start watching the dvd and afterwards we get talking and victor just starts talking about how he doesn't feel peace in his life and he just wants to be able to feel that again. he grew up in mexico city right next to the temple. he went to the visitors center and everything. The member (his name is Brother Dosamentes) talk to us afterwards and was just like, I don't normally talk that much elders...but it felt like I needed to speak because we were so much alike. It was just an awesome experience. I love how it all works out!
That's so cool that ryans gonna be a teacher...holy cow no way is he 14....He'll be just about to turn 15 when I come home! AUGH. too FAST. haha I didn't really like that gaming chair anyways haha. It was a pain. You should ask ryan what he wants from me for his birthday. I'll do my best to find what he wants! haha not much possibilty out here in the country! haha.
The weather has been great the last couple of days. but you can definitely tell fall is starting to roll in. No hurricanes after Earl. Tropical storm Fiona was supposed to hit us but fizzled out! haha. I bet you I would be freezing back home. Especially without the humidity. Elder Beus' brother came out before we left and we had lunch with him and he was just cooking in the heat when we were just fine haha. we probably wont even get any snow! It barely snows here, we just had a freakwinter last year. I never drove i nthe snow. but I might this year! crazy eh? haha.
Like I said, the new companion is awesome. he's from san Diago. He's a funny guy. He's got a tiny gray stripe in the front of his hair. Like, in x-men. The girl who has the grey in her hair, like her. haha.
thank you so much for all you've done...it really helps make things better out here. I don't think I'm losing much weight? haha. I don't even know anymore, we don't have a scale! ha.
By the way, the pictures! The first one is of elder beus, sister henrie (so you know what she looks like) and me! and the second is our house! haha.
anyways, I love y'all and I will talk to you next week!
love always,
your son.
But overall things are going great. we are teaching a few people. The most promising right now is a man named charles who came to church on sunday, and a friend of one of our members named Kristin. it's so cool to see the work progress in this peoples lives...it makes all the struggles worth it. A cool experience we had last night; we had an appointment set up by the other elders with a potential investigator named victor, and his family. His whole family is hispanic and only he speaks english. So theres this member that was recently reactivated and runs these resteraunts in surry and waverly called "la hacienda," and he came with us, because he speaks spanish being from mexico city himself. so we go in there and we dcided we were gonna watch a dvd about the restoration in spanish with them. so we start talking and then we start watching the dvd and afterwards we get talking and victor just starts talking about how he doesn't feel peace in his life and he just wants to be able to feel that again. he grew up in mexico city right next to the temple. he went to the visitors center and everything. The member (his name is Brother Dosamentes) talk to us afterwards and was just like, I don't normally talk that much elders...but it felt like I needed to speak because we were so much alike. It was just an awesome experience. I love how it all works out!
That's so cool that ryans gonna be a teacher...holy cow no way is he 14....He'll be just about to turn 15 when I come home! AUGH. too FAST. haha I didn't really like that gaming chair anyways haha. It was a pain. You should ask ryan what he wants from me for his birthday. I'll do my best to find what he wants! haha not much possibilty out here in the country! haha.
The weather has been great the last couple of days. but you can definitely tell fall is starting to roll in. No hurricanes after Earl. Tropical storm Fiona was supposed to hit us but fizzled out! haha. I bet you I would be freezing back home. Especially without the humidity. Elder Beus' brother came out before we left and we had lunch with him and he was just cooking in the heat when we were just fine haha. we probably wont even get any snow! It barely snows here, we just had a freakwinter last year. I never drove i nthe snow. but I might this year! crazy eh? haha.
Like I said, the new companion is awesome. he's from san Diago. He's a funny guy. He's got a tiny gray stripe in the front of his hair. Like, in x-men. The girl who has the grey in her hair, like her. haha.
thank you so much for all you've done...it really helps make things better out here. I don't think I'm losing much weight? haha. I don't even know anymore, we don't have a scale! ha.
By the way, the pictures! The first one is of elder beus, sister henrie (so you know what she looks like) and me! and the second is our house! haha.
anyways, I love y'all and I will talk to you next week!
love always,
your son.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Transfer time again?
Hello family!
First off, wanted to tell ya I'm getting transferred. The area is getting closed down. Btw, new address is this:
P.O. Box 964
Wakefield, VA 23888
So yes. This past week has been rough. We were told we were probably gonna be taken outta the area because they were gonna close it down. And I felt really bummed about that. It's just been really hard lately with all this stuff. It finally culminated a couple nights ago when I just...broke down. I haven't cried like that in a long time. But I got a blessing from some of the other elders and my companion. So it helped. I've just felt like a failure. All these good things are happening when I get into an area and then they fall off. But I'm excited because this new area we are getting shotgunned in (both elders coming in are new to the area). So we get a fresh start and new things happening. I am excited to start over.
I'm also a district leader again, so that's fun. It's always a challenge but something fun to be able to help other elders.
The companion thing is working out. I mean we don't always get along but we work it out. I don't know what's gonna happen with the new comp. we'll have to see. His name is elder parker.
I do need to relax. A couple days ago an elder got mad at me for calling him before 10 (cause we aren't supposed to do that except in an urgent situation since that is our study time) and it like, gave me a anxiety attack...it's weird...I don't understand why I get all wound up, it just happens. So I am trying to work on it.
That's awesome that jordan won...I really hope he does well. He has so much potential to do great things, but he's like me and doubts himself. He needs to build his confidence now!
haha that will be awesome to get the Pond done. definitely need to send me the pictures of the finished product. haha today was the first day of school here. we saw all these kids leaving the apartment complex today. haha kids love going back to school, they just pretend they hate it...because lets face it, they ARE bored haha.
haha you're getting rid of the gaming chair? haha GOOD. that thing was annoying anyways. Tell aunt lorna that I am gonna write them all back things have just been hectic the past two p-days.
haha oh my gosh ryan is 14...that's crazy! Actually that's good that ryan wants wii games over a cell phone...Don't persuade him otherise! He doesn't need it AT ALL. haha. I'll tell you what, I walked into a gas station the other day and I saw an ad for a video game that's coming out and I was like, geeking out about it. haha.
Ryan will get into it. He'll have fun at the dances EVENTUALLY. haha.
I have to cut it short today, but I love you so much, and I sent you another email with something to you and dad about the ipod.
I hope your week is good, and if you have any questions you can call the mission office and they'll answer it for ya!
Love you,
Your son.
First off, wanted to tell ya I'm getting transferred. The area is getting closed down. Btw, new address is this:
P.O. Box 964
Wakefield, VA 23888
So yes. This past week has been rough. We were told we were probably gonna be taken outta the area because they were gonna close it down. And I felt really bummed about that. It's just been really hard lately with all this stuff. It finally culminated a couple nights ago when I just...broke down. I haven't cried like that in a long time. But I got a blessing from some of the other elders and my companion. So it helped. I've just felt like a failure. All these good things are happening when I get into an area and then they fall off. But I'm excited because this new area we are getting shotgunned in (both elders coming in are new to the area). So we get a fresh start and new things happening. I am excited to start over.
I'm also a district leader again, so that's fun. It's always a challenge but something fun to be able to help other elders.
The companion thing is working out. I mean we don't always get along but we work it out. I don't know what's gonna happen with the new comp. we'll have to see. His name is elder parker.
I do need to relax. A couple days ago an elder got mad at me for calling him before 10 (cause we aren't supposed to do that except in an urgent situation since that is our study time) and it like, gave me a anxiety attack...it's weird...I don't understand why I get all wound up, it just happens. So I am trying to work on it.
That's awesome that jordan won...I really hope he does well. He has so much potential to do great things, but he's like me and doubts himself. He needs to build his confidence now!
haha that will be awesome to get the Pond done. definitely need to send me the pictures of the finished product. haha today was the first day of school here. we saw all these kids leaving the apartment complex today. haha kids love going back to school, they just pretend they hate it...because lets face it, they ARE bored haha.
haha you're getting rid of the gaming chair? haha GOOD. that thing was annoying anyways. Tell aunt lorna that I am gonna write them all back things have just been hectic the past two p-days.
haha oh my gosh ryan is 14...that's crazy! Actually that's good that ryan wants wii games over a cell phone...Don't persuade him otherise! He doesn't need it AT ALL. haha. I'll tell you what, I walked into a gas station the other day and I saw an ad for a video game that's coming out and I was like, geeking out about it. haha.
Ryan will get into it. He'll have fun at the dances EVENTUALLY. haha.
I have to cut it short today, but I love you so much, and I sent you another email with something to you and dad about the ipod.
I hope your week is good, and if you have any questions you can call the mission office and they'll answer it for ya!
Love you,
Your son.
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