April 19,2010

Buenos dias!
So i dont know if you guys know it...but mothers day is in three weeks. So thats good right!? So trade-offs were really good. It was nice to be with Elder Darley for a few days. He is such a stud. He said he was going to email you mom, so you will have to let me know if he did. email him back for sure. He is sweet. But ya i think we are doing another trade-off next week too, haha so thats sweet. He is supposed to do two, and we are the only other elders in his district, so yippie! This week we have interviews, so ill let you know how that goes. We had district conference, i think i told you about that. There is a guy in our ward, hes in his twenties. He come up to me and says "your mission president isnt like my mission president. Yours isnt a good speaker, he wont be a general authority, he might make it to stake president, but no further." haha it was so funny, then i told him the talk he gave was basically our zone conference. hah it was funny. finally someone that feels my pain! Its all good though.
So this week we did some good stuff, we picked up some old investigators, so that was good. I strategically shared a message about the book of mormon to break the ice a little when they straight up and told me all their issues with our beliefs. but they were way open to learn again, so thats pretty sweet, shes a nice lady. She feels bad we are away from our moms so she gives us hugs all the time, haha. thought you would like that mom. We keep having problems with our gators! Valorie cant come to church so we cant invite her to be baptized. I asked if there was anthing she could do to get sundays off or change the schedule around and she said it would be hard and that we are her excuse or church, she counts us.....And then we had a talk with Scott the rlds baptized guy and got into a discussion about the history of the church and where it split and where the priesthood authority went and the difference between us and them, but im not sure if it clicked that he needs to be rebaptized....so i dont know. He came to church again, so at least we didnt scare him off.
Basically thats all the exciting stuff that happened, we taught a bunch of less active people, but not a whole lot happened with them, just the same old same old. This week there is the trout festival, its a pretty big deal around here and i had all these great plans for it and they are getting smashed one by one.....its frustrating. These were my plans, There were some missionaries in our mission that made a ginormous Book of mormon to carry around. I was going to get that and go through the parade with it and get some other missionaries to come and pass out cards down the road. but for some reason we cant get in the parade. We were going to set up a booth at the flea market, but it turns out if costs 50 bucks to do it because they are almost full now.....And im not about to pay that much just so i can stand around all day and talk to a bunch of ignorant people. haha so basically everyhting fell through. Im still going to call PJ and have him bring the book of mormon up to us and i guess we will just walk around and talk to people. So that will be fun, and i was wondering if i could get some dough for the flea market this weekend. I hate asking for money, but im pretty sure im running low again, im not sure how..... so if you could that would be sweet, if not its all good. but ya, my friends are all doing really good. you keep asking and i think i forget to answer. But ya they are all happy. Adrian is getting a new comp soon. he is sick of finding he says. They find for like 35 hours a week, thats rediculous if you ask me, but whatev. So ya i think his bday was last week or so.....so ya and tylers i think is the 30th. I might have those two mixed up but i think im right. haha so ya, they are good. And im good and im loving it here. Im growing a lot and ecoming a better teacher. The Lord had blessed me a lot since coming here. My knowlege of his plan and gospel have increased and im just about to start the book of mormon over again. It should be about the 6th time i think! Its so sweet how much you learn everytime you read it. PJ gave the same bom challenge to the whole District up here so that was kinda cool. The church is true, Christ reigns, The signs of the times are here! They are popping up everywhere. I was actually reading in mormon last night and he talked about the 'vapors of smoke' and pollution in the skies' sounds a lot like a volcano i heard of right? and what the crap is up with the earthquake in Utah. did you guys know the wasatch faultline is waaay overdue for an earthquake? just an FYI nothing to be afraid of though! God is with us and if we die we die! who cares! haha so ya . Read the Bom and the bible. i cant wait until i can study Isaiah more. Its stressed so much in the Book of Mormon. Its pretty sweet. Nephi says to read it, Christ says to read it, Mormon says to read it and im sure there are more. But its pretty sweet. i study it in sacrament meeting haha cuz i kinda dont like that hour, except for the sacrament of course. so ya. Thats my food for thought...actually chew on this. Where do you think the 3 nephites are right now?, this doesnt have anything to do with salvation, but its fun to think about. Maybe i will draw you guys a picture of what i think they look/ed like and where they have been and what they have been involved in. Seems like im just rambling now so i guess ill stop typing.
I dont know if that garden could possibly be put back together. Didnt it kinda become the field? hahah You guys should make one though. Like maybe where the sandbox is. Put a border around it and stuff. make it real nice. that would be cool, cuz m pretty sure the end of the world is right around the corner, so maybe it would be wise. You know the apostles and prophets said to have food storage and a garden for like 40 years, and in the last few they havent even mentioned it. So maybe they think that if you cant remember or dont do it, then good luck to you. I wouldnt quote that on being their exact thoughts but maybe something similar.
Love you guys. Have a good week!