Steven will be speaking in Sacrament Meeting, March 28th, at 1pm. More details to follow, but just so you have the date. He will be home on March 26th! Only 33 more days! (Gordon and I will see him in 29!).
Jane
Monday, February 22, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
February 17, 2010
well i'm not to trunky right now, it still feels weird thinking that i only have that little left, i don't think time has hit me yet perosnally. wow, so jmaes is going to peru, that should be fun.
wakefield has changed quite abit. when i left there was a bout 40-50 members each sunday but there been a few baptisms and a few fmailies that moved in and now there is about 60. theres a new branch preisdnecy here, and a few families that have moved, other than that it's about the same. but right now the area is on fire, theres about 6 people set for baptism and one of them has a pretty cool story behind it. her mom joined the church a little less than a year ago, and two weeks ago she died suddenly and she is alot more intersted now. alot of the members here were very excited to see me again. the branch president wife when i was here she, was very excited to see me again. it's defiantly been fun.
address is still the same it P.o box 964, wakefield, Va 23888. so my companion name is elder conlin, from pocotello. he's been out for a while as well, he is actually going home 3 months after me. and his last companion here, just finished his mission. so people are strating to call him the killer.
so i actually have some funny stories for this week. yesterday was a sad one, we were leaving an invetsigators house, and as i got to the door the dog was trying to get it, so out of reflex i shut the screen again not to let it out and all of the sudden the dog started whining, i was lloking at it and was wondering what is this dog doing. and at the same time not realizing i was still trying to shut the door. it turns out it's paw was caught in between the door. i felt so bad. but the dog is fine now. but the better story is we went to teach a family and one of them volunteered to say the paryer, and then we stood there in cirlce holding hands, a baptist thing, and we stood there for about 4 minutes waiting for him to say the paryer, i was thinking are they just saying a slient prayer to themselves, i wasn't sure what was going on, so we didn't say anything and it turns out the person forgot he was saying it. so were teaching this family named the fishers and they are awesome, there son has been a member for a few years and they never have been intersted, and now they are. the reason there intersted is so there family can be together forever. pretty sweet huh.well other than that not to much more i know to say, but it's been fun being here again. it's had some sad things though, like one person that i atught she is going down the wrong road. she wants to be out on her own and basically wants freedom of no rules, and apparently she moving in with someone that has had problems with the law, so it's been heartbreaking seeing that. but all we can do is hope she comes back. well sorry to end on a sad note but things are doing very god here, talk to you later.
wakefield has changed quite abit. when i left there was a bout 40-50 members each sunday but there been a few baptisms and a few fmailies that moved in and now there is about 60. theres a new branch preisdnecy here, and a few families that have moved, other than that it's about the same. but right now the area is on fire, theres about 6 people set for baptism and one of them has a pretty cool story behind it. her mom joined the church a little less than a year ago, and two weeks ago she died suddenly and she is alot more intersted now. alot of the members here were very excited to see me again. the branch president wife when i was here she, was very excited to see me again. it's defiantly been fun.
address is still the same it P.o box 964, wakefield, Va 23888. so my companion name is elder conlin, from pocotello. he's been out for a while as well, he is actually going home 3 months after me. and his last companion here, just finished his mission. so people are strating to call him the killer.
so i actually have some funny stories for this week. yesterday was a sad one, we were leaving an invetsigators house, and as i got to the door the dog was trying to get it, so out of reflex i shut the screen again not to let it out and all of the sudden the dog started whining, i was lloking at it and was wondering what is this dog doing. and at the same time not realizing i was still trying to shut the door. it turns out it's paw was caught in between the door. i felt so bad. but the dog is fine now. but the better story is we went to teach a family and one of them volunteered to say the paryer, and then we stood there in cirlce holding hands, a baptist thing, and we stood there for about 4 minutes waiting for him to say the paryer, i was thinking are they just saying a slient prayer to themselves, i wasn't sure what was going on, so we didn't say anything and it turns out the person forgot he was saying it. so were teaching this family named the fishers and they are awesome, there son has been a member for a few years and they never have been intersted, and now they are. the reason there intersted is so there family can be together forever. pretty sweet huh.well other than that not to much more i know to say, but it's been fun being here again. it's had some sad things though, like one person that i atught she is going down the wrong road. she wants to be out on her own and basically wants freedom of no rules, and apparently she moving in with someone that has had problems with the law, so it's been heartbreaking seeing that. but all we can do is hope she comes back. well sorry to end on a sad note but things are doing very god here, talk to you later.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Letter from President Milburn (February 13, 2010)
We got the official release Letter from President Milburn today! It's really going to happen--he's coming home!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
February 10, 2020
Mom's note: Only 6 more weeks!
yeah we got snow again. but were are able to email. it's been pretty annoying, we finally got power back yesterday from the last one, but sounds like no snow in forecast so some good news.
well for transfer news it's been pretty exciting. i foun out i am going to wakefield. i'm going back for my last six weeks. crazy huh. my companion name is elder conlin. I don't know him to well, just heard of him, so it will be intersting to see what happens.
the first week sounds fine to me. so tell him the 28th of march. (Mom's Note: The Bishop wanted to know which week he wanted to speak) yeah i heard about the super bowl, i heard it was a close game for most of i, but then peyton threw that interception, and heard it was over after that.
but for this week, we had a pretty good week, we had a good lesson with jason and tabby on thursday and there doing awesome. and then the next day we got hit by that storm. i was crazy because it snowed, and then turned to freezing rain that night, and then snowed on top of that. trees were down all over the place, what was crazy about it is that the roads didn' even look the same, after the storm, they just looked different. but powers back so it's good now. but other than that not to much exciting news for the week. well take care and have fun.
yeah we got snow again. but were are able to email. it's been pretty annoying, we finally got power back yesterday from the last one, but sounds like no snow in forecast so some good news.
well for transfer news it's been pretty exciting. i foun out i am going to wakefield. i'm going back for my last six weeks. crazy huh. my companion name is elder conlin. I don't know him to well, just heard of him, so it will be intersting to see what happens.
the first week sounds fine to me. so tell him the 28th of march. (Mom's Note: The Bishop wanted to know which week he wanted to speak) yeah i heard about the super bowl, i heard it was a close game for most of i, but then peyton threw that interception, and heard it was over after that.
but for this week, we had a pretty good week, we had a good lesson with jason and tabby on thursday and there doing awesome. and then the next day we got hit by that storm. i was crazy because it snowed, and then turned to freezing rain that night, and then snowed on top of that. trees were down all over the place, what was crazy about it is that the roads didn' even look the same, after the storm, they just looked different. but powers back so it's good now. but other than that not to much exciting news for the week. well take care and have fun.
February 3, 2010
as you could probably tell we are having alot of snow. so the storm last weekend dumped three times the amount they were predicting, and yesterday, had a light dusting. but from the sounds of it, were going to get dumped again this weekend. weve heard a bunch of differnt estimates, but all of them are saying around 20 inches, and i've heard higher. so i can understnading with Blanding getting aton. hopefully everything turns out allright.
the plans sound fine to me. so i don't know to much more to add right off. yeah i remember the sonntags i think, i think they were there before i left. but elders defiantly not.(Mom's note: I told him about our Sacrament Meeting, and Brother Sonntag and Brother Elder talked)
yeah transfers are next week, and i'm not expecting to stay, but it's still possible. the only way i could see us both staying is if a third elder comes in. but i quess well find out. well this past week we shoved snow, and actually met someone who was taught like 5 yers ago and still wants to be baptized. so pretty exciting. other than that i can't think of to much more o say. sorry this is short, but take care, and talk to you later. take care.
the plans sound fine to me. so i don't know to much more to add right off. yeah i remember the sonntags i think, i think they were there before i left. but elders defiantly not.(Mom's note: I told him about our Sacrament Meeting, and Brother Sonntag and Brother Elder talked)
yeah transfers are next week, and i'm not expecting to stay, but it's still possible. the only way i could see us both staying is if a third elder comes in. but i quess well find out. well this past week we shoved snow, and actually met someone who was taught like 5 yers ago and still wants to be baptized. so pretty exciting. other than that i can't think of to much more o say. sorry this is short, but take care, and talk to you later. take care.
January 27, 2010
hey how is everything going? yes i got the package monday and i loved the pitcures. sounds like you didn't get to much of snow, were suppossed to get more this weekend but i'm unsure on how much, i've heard light dusting, to 8 inches all from different people, so hopefully nothing to bad.
well wakefield doesn't have any motels are anything there probaly the closest would be either franklin or williamsburg, so thought i would let you know. wow, it's hard to belive colton is going on his mission now
jacob's baptism was awesome. it went very well. I think probably the best part of it was seeing jason smith baptize him. just because about six months ago, he wasn't active, and and hadn't been to church for a while, and now seeing him baptize his nephew was awesome. i can't remember if i told you this or not, but jason and tabby both got recommends to do baptisms at the temple, and she got her recommand for a patrictial blessing. they are on fire right now.other than that not to much more to tell you. but things have been going great here, i'm loving it. well tell everyone hi for me, and talk to you later.
well wakefield doesn't have any motels are anything there probaly the closest would be either franklin or williamsburg, so thought i would let you know. wow, it's hard to belive colton is going on his mission now
jacob's baptism was awesome. it went very well. I think probably the best part of it was seeing jason smith baptize him. just because about six months ago, he wasn't active, and and hadn't been to church for a while, and now seeing him baptize his nephew was awesome. i can't remember if i told you this or not, but jason and tabby both got recommends to do baptisms at the temple, and she got her recommand for a patrictial blessing. they are on fire right now.other than that not to much more to tell you. but things have been going great here, i'm loving it. well tell everyone hi for me, and talk to you later.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
January 13, 2010
heythat's sucks about your job. well i hope that everything will go well in the new job search, hopefully everything will go well. this week has started off pretty rough for us, some of our investigators dropped us, but we were leaning toward doing that as well. so worked out for the best. but thats awesome with sunday. i've never heard of anyone doing that before, but it sounds awesome (mom's NOte: we had scripture Sunday and people told their favorite scripture). jason and tabby boith gave good talks on how the gospel has helped them with there family and both were very powerful talks. tabby said she was very nervous about giving it but once she got up it went away and she spoke from the heart and it was amazing. to bad i couldn't hear tiff or dans talk.
i don't know what the weather is like there, but it's cold here. everyone says it's the coldest winter they've had for a while. i even heard that florida is having damage to there crops because of it. hopefully it will warm up soon. so i can't really think of any cool stories right of for this week, other than we had alot of lessons with everyone and it's been very busy, but we have also found quite a few people that seem very promising, so good news on that front.well i'll defiantly keep you in my prayers, that everything will go well with the job hunt, well take care and hope that all goes well. and i'm glad that grandma is doing a little bit better. oh by the way elder beames parents aren't picking him up, but he's going home later than everyone else, because the soonest flight they could get is like thursday or something. so he's got alittle bit longer as well. well take care
i don't know what the weather is like there, but it's cold here. everyone says it's the coldest winter they've had for a while. i even heard that florida is having damage to there crops because of it. hopefully it will warm up soon. so i can't really think of any cool stories right of for this week, other than we had alot of lessons with everyone and it's been very busy, but we have also found quite a few people that seem very promising, so good news on that front.well i'll defiantly keep you in my prayers, that everything will go well with the job hunt, well take care and hope that all goes well. and i'm glad that grandma is doing a little bit better. oh by the way elder beames parents aren't picking him up, but he's going home later than everyone else, because the soonest flight they could get is like thursday or something. so he's got alittle bit longer as well. well take care
January 6, 2010
well thats exciting about the the tickets. (mom's note: we have our plane tickets to go pick him up!) as for the question about near the airport, as far as i know, which i don't know that part of richmond well, i belive it's farly safe. atleast as far as i remember it looked fairly safe. i'm not sure to much on things to see, but i know williamsburg and james town are close to wakefield, so that's an option. and the biggest thinbg i know down in farmville/burkeville area is appomattox courthouse/lee's retreat. basically the end of the civil war. so not sure. i don't really have to much information about getting info about tourist places here, but i'll give it a shot.
that exciting about jill and jessica, i can't pitcure any apartments there but sounds fun. oh yes, happy birthday. i'll get a card sent out soon. yeah i've seen one of those pitcure frames before. i think there pretty nice, a member had one in the nursoing home with her, she loved it. well for this week, we had it pretty crazy, on wensday night the snow storm in salt lake postponed transfers til the next day. and then the plane had mechanical problems the next. so finally saturday i got my new companion. it was a blast seeing elder beames again. it's been an adevnture here so far. i also saw pres. gruber, he was the branch president when i was down in wakefeild. it was good seeing him again. on sunday jason smith was called into the young mens and i know there working on tabby to get her a calling, so things are going good on that front. they also are giving talks on sunday as well. we also had our brakes replaced yesterday so we did a whole lot of walking yesterday. wasn't to fun. new years eve was pretty boring all we did was stay in after five, and watch elder karpowitz pack, so it was pretty boring.well i don't know to much more to say, but it's been good here, cold but good. well talk to you later
that exciting about jill and jessica, i can't pitcure any apartments there but sounds fun. oh yes, happy birthday. i'll get a card sent out soon. yeah i've seen one of those pitcure frames before. i think there pretty nice, a member had one in the nursoing home with her, she loved it. well for this week, we had it pretty crazy, on wensday night the snow storm in salt lake postponed transfers til the next day. and then the plane had mechanical problems the next. so finally saturday i got my new companion. it was a blast seeing elder beames again. it's been an adevnture here so far. i also saw pres. gruber, he was the branch president when i was down in wakefeild. it was good seeing him again. on sunday jason smith was called into the young mens and i know there working on tabby to get her a calling, so things are going good on that front. they also are giving talks on sunday as well. we also had our brakes replaced yesterday so we did a whole lot of walking yesterday. wasn't to fun. new years eve was pretty boring all we did was stay in after five, and watch elder karpowitz pack, so it was pretty boring.well i don't know to much more to say, but it's been good here, cold but good. well talk to you later
December 30, 2009
well some big news here in Louisa. i'm staying. and the big suprise of all is who my companion is going to be, it elder beames. i came out here with him, and louisa was his first area. it was a very big suprise for me, but i'm excited to serve with him. so it will be crazy to see what happens next transfer, but i doubt that we will end together. elder karpowitz is headed to Norfolk. so well see.
most of the snow is gone now, mostly because it rained on christmas. but from the sounds of it we may have another storm tomorrow. don't think it will be as bad. that subks about brett and liz's car breaking down, hopefully they make it back safely.
this week was has been a blast. on monday night we had a really cool experince, we had a lesson with someone named carl. we got there to find out he wasn't there. so it's about an hour before we go in and really didn't want to tract in the dark and started calling people to see how they were doing. so we ended up calling vallery and she was really upset at the time and elder karpowitz started talking with her and can't remember all that he talked about but now she got the fire back, and really helped her out. it was awesome. thats was proabbly one of the neatest expriences this past week, sorry i can't remeber to much that happened this past week, but i'll talk to you later, take care Elder S. Johnson
most of the snow is gone now, mostly because it rained on christmas. but from the sounds of it we may have another storm tomorrow. don't think it will be as bad. that subks about brett and liz's car breaking down, hopefully they make it back safely.
this week was has been a blast. on monday night we had a really cool experince, we had a lesson with someone named carl. we got there to find out he wasn't there. so it's about an hour before we go in and really didn't want to tract in the dark and started calling people to see how they were doing. so we ended up calling vallery and she was really upset at the time and elder karpowitz started talking with her and can't remember all that he talked about but now she got the fire back, and really helped her out. it was awesome. thats was proabbly one of the neatest expriences this past week, sorry i can't remeber to much that happened this past week, but i'll talk to you later, take care Elder S. Johnson
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas Day!
The phone rang at 8am and it was Steven. They have two feet of snow and he's unable to drive the mission car. They have to walk everywhere. He said they hadn't plowed his street. So that's why no e-mail this week. Yes, Virginia does have snow plows but they're not like Utah's. They were going to a members house for Christmas. They people they live with had a new baby and the mom had come home on Christmas Eve. I can't think of other things to tell about. A little about plans for going to get him in March. We agreed that I can be the excited one for him to come home and he'll keep working hard. Great to talk to him!
Jane
Jane
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
December 16, 2010
well now to explain the pitcure with the dolls. theres a member here who collects them and has them on the back of the couch. so she told us if there feet bg you move them. so we joked around and took some pitcures with us holding them. so thats the story behind it. the other picture of me is cutting an onion. i love onions. i like them more raw though. but still good. i've heard the packages are in, but we live about 8-10 miles from the post office and everytime weve been in the area it's closed. but should be able to get it today. well as far as i know the rules with picking me up is, that ill be going in on the 23 to the mission home and then the next day is when you fly out. so not sure with everything so probably safe to say email pres. millburn. he'll be sure to answer that, or you could call the mission office and call sis. smedley and she should be able to answer any questions.
sunday was crazy for us here as well. we woke up to a little bit of ice from the night before. we had a small ice storm, but we had church. so everyone was happy. but heard snow is in the forecast again. defiantly wetter this year. we also had the branch christmas party this week as well. it was fun.
yes i also got the wedding announcemnt for brett as well. also another funny story. there two missionaries out that are companions right now, one is elder bronson and he's from tremonten. he also knows chad, and the other is an elder simpson, from blanding, and knows robby. small world huh.
so thurdays we taught jason and tabby's nephew jacob, and he's know set for the 9th of january. his mom is a member and he's been wanting to be baptized for a few years now, but he mom has been holding him back, but know she has agreed. it been crazy to see everything unfolding there. jason's parents are active, but have struggled to overcome smoking, and thats been keeping them from the temple, and right now the whole fmaily are striving to go to the temple. so it's been amazing to see the family come together like that. it's been great. then yesterday we had our christmas mission confernce. it was fun seeing alot of familiar faces. it was a blast. wwell don't know to much more to share. but i quess well talk to you later. take care and have fun.
sunday was crazy for us here as well. we woke up to a little bit of ice from the night before. we had a small ice storm, but we had church. so everyone was happy. but heard snow is in the forecast again. defiantly wetter this year. we also had the branch christmas party this week as well. it was fun.
yes i also got the wedding announcemnt for brett as well. also another funny story. there two missionaries out that are companions right now, one is elder bronson and he's from tremonten. he also knows chad, and the other is an elder simpson, from blanding, and knows robby. small world huh.
so thurdays we taught jason and tabby's nephew jacob, and he's know set for the 9th of january. his mom is a member and he's been wanting to be baptized for a few years now, but he mom has been holding him back, but know she has agreed. it been crazy to see everything unfolding there. jason's parents are active, but have struggled to overcome smoking, and thats been keeping them from the temple, and right now the whole fmaily are striving to go to the temple. so it's been amazing to see the family come together like that. it's been great. then yesterday we had our christmas mission confernce. it was fun seeing alot of familiar faces. it was a blast. wwell don't know to much more to share. but i quess well talk to you later. take care and have fun.
December 9, 2009
The internet was down at the library and we didn't get an e-mail from STeven this week. We did get a short note with pictures. Maybe I can get Tiff to help me post them. We did hear from President Milburn. Steven will be released March 23, 2010. Wahoo!
Jane
Jane
Saturday, December 5, 2009
December 2, 2009
hey everyone. this week has been great. also sounds like you did as well. well ill defiantly keep an eye out for the package. I don't think i will be sending one home this year. not much around here to send. sorry, but i am thinking about sending christmas cards so just letting you know. i can't remember if you said anything or not, but where did Liz serve her mission. bytheway did kate get the birthday card i sent her. hope she likes it wasn't much to good around here.
yeah i heard about the BYU and Utah game. jason rogers is a big football fan so elder karpowitz every saturday night asks for an update on scores. and sunday too. are you sure it was zack tghat heard his date, because i would think it would have been nick but then again i might be different for england.
thanksgiving was a blast. we spent the whole day at the lewis's and it was fun. it defiantly felt like it was a thanksgiving at the stringhams. there a very fun family. we had a football game there and it was fun. we won. we beat them by 20 points. my favorite play in that game was the ball got thrown to me and it looked like i was going to miss it but i got it at the very edge of the ball. i don't know how i caught it. but it was a touchdown so it was good. then we played a bunch of board games it was good. then on monday we went on exchnages with Scotchtown. it was pretty fun, went all the way up to a small town called bowling green. it was very intersting. we also saw kings dominion which is a big theme park, we drove by. it was pretty fun.
well thats it for this week. things have been going well. i quess i'll talk to you in 23 days. well take care and have fun. also i heard that we might be getting snow this weekend. if thats the case everything will shutdown, and hopefully they will still let us go out. well take care and have fun.
yeah i heard about the BYU and Utah game. jason rogers is a big football fan so elder karpowitz every saturday night asks for an update on scores. and sunday too. are you sure it was zack tghat heard his date, because i would think it would have been nick but then again i might be different for england.
thanksgiving was a blast. we spent the whole day at the lewis's and it was fun. it defiantly felt like it was a thanksgiving at the stringhams. there a very fun family. we had a football game there and it was fun. we won. we beat them by 20 points. my favorite play in that game was the ball got thrown to me and it looked like i was going to miss it but i got it at the very edge of the ball. i don't know how i caught it. but it was a touchdown so it was good. then we played a bunch of board games it was good. then on monday we went on exchnages with Scotchtown. it was pretty fun, went all the way up to a small town called bowling green. it was very intersting. we also saw kings dominion which is a big theme park, we drove by. it was pretty fun.
well thats it for this week. things have been going well. i quess i'll talk to you in 23 days. well take care and have fun. also i heard that we might be getting snow this weekend. if thats the case everything will shutdown, and hopefully they will still let us go out. well take care and have fun.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
November 25, 2009
Jane's note: Sorry, I haven't updated in a long time, but this should have it all caught up.
well to answer your question real quick, you didn't ask me if i needed anything for christmas. i could use another pair of black slacks. other than that i don't really need anything. i'm doing good other than that. i keep forgettiong to ask about that guy, a few months ago i saw it in the newspaper as i walked by. he is actually from Vcu not virginia tech. (Mom comment---he's talking about the Jazz Player--Eric Maynor).
well for my bike i have a really sad story with that. right now for my bike i need a new rim, so thats the only hold up, as for the story, i've been borrowing a member bike and on saturday the derailer snapped. (thats what changes gears in the back) so on sunday we borrowed another members bike and the chain snapped before we even went a mile. so i have had really bad luck this week. but verything is fixable, so nothing to bad. so for right now, i've taken a tire off the first members bike and placed it on mine. so should get them fixed soon.
yes we got invirted almost a month ago to thanksgiving. it's with a fmaily named the lewis's. actually kind of funny story with them, they have us over almost weekly for dinner and every sunday her daughter comes and asks us what we would like. so the funny thing is is some members are starting to give elder karpowitz a hard time about her. mostly it is vallery and jason, and tabby and jason smith. i even get into it at times.
so for for this week the news is, we set vallery for baptism last night. she still has some things she needs to overcome but i'm certain she can do it, she almost quick smoking all by herself. so thats some really good news. so a few weeks ago i told about the member who was in the hospital and he is doing much better, he's in a nursing home now, but he has a staph infetcion in his knee, so once the infection is gone he's going to get a knee replacement. sorry i don't have to much news for you this week, i sturggling to remember all that we did. it was a busy week. and this week has as well. but have fun with thanksgiving it should be good. take care
well to answer your question real quick, you didn't ask me if i needed anything for christmas. i could use another pair of black slacks. other than that i don't really need anything. i'm doing good other than that. i keep forgettiong to ask about that guy, a few months ago i saw it in the newspaper as i walked by. he is actually from Vcu not virginia tech. (Mom comment---he's talking about the Jazz Player--Eric Maynor).
well for my bike i have a really sad story with that. right now for my bike i need a new rim, so thats the only hold up, as for the story, i've been borrowing a member bike and on saturday the derailer snapped. (thats what changes gears in the back) so on sunday we borrowed another members bike and the chain snapped before we even went a mile. so i have had really bad luck this week. but verything is fixable, so nothing to bad. so for right now, i've taken a tire off the first members bike and placed it on mine. so should get them fixed soon.
yes we got invirted almost a month ago to thanksgiving. it's with a fmaily named the lewis's. actually kind of funny story with them, they have us over almost weekly for dinner and every sunday her daughter comes and asks us what we would like. so the funny thing is is some members are starting to give elder karpowitz a hard time about her. mostly it is vallery and jason, and tabby and jason smith. i even get into it at times.
so for for this week the news is, we set vallery for baptism last night. she still has some things she needs to overcome but i'm certain she can do it, she almost quick smoking all by herself. so thats some really good news. so a few weeks ago i told about the member who was in the hospital and he is doing much better, he's in a nursing home now, but he has a staph infetcion in his knee, so once the infection is gone he's going to get a knee replacement. sorry i don't have to much news for you this week, i sturggling to remember all that we did. it was a busy week. and this week has as well. but have fun with thanksgiving it should be good. take care
October 18, 2009
so we just had transfer calls last night, and i'm still staying here. in fact i'm going to be elder karpowitz's longest companion. so pretty strange feeling if you ask me. we were really expecting me to go, but it didn't. so i should be here through christmas. thats great the marilyn got married, thats some good news, as well as all the new babies as well. but dylan has himself a truck... thats crazy. i didn't even think he was old enough to drive. i'm getting old. but tell colten congradulations on his mission call. he's going to love it. but i'm glad that jill is doing better, defiantly glad to hear that.
well this week was intresting. on wensday it rained, it was a cold rain, and it stayed for 3 days. it was a steady, cold rain. we even had to change a sisters tire in the rain for her. so it was a pretty wet week. but it's been fine now. so an update with vallery, she is moving out on thursday. she is going to live with her parents, who are anti, but i'm sure she should do fine, she already making plans to met with missionaries up there. sunday michelle came to church and loved it this time, last time, she couldn't hear anything but this time she and her kids enjoyed it. so very much on the plus side. well thats about it for this week. things are doing good here on this end. well take care and have a blast with thanksgiving. have fun.
well this week was intresting. on wensday it rained, it was a cold rain, and it stayed for 3 days. it was a steady, cold rain. we even had to change a sisters tire in the rain for her. so it was a pretty wet week. but it's been fine now. so an update with vallery, she is moving out on thursday. she is going to live with her parents, who are anti, but i'm sure she should do fine, she already making plans to met with missionaries up there. sunday michelle came to church and loved it this time, last time, she couldn't hear anything but this time she and her kids enjoyed it. so very much on the plus side. well thats about it for this week. things are doing good here on this end. well take care and have a blast with thanksgiving. have fun.
November 10, 2009
yeah, we found out yesterday p-day was moved to tuesday this week. beacue of veterans day. so i quess i wont hear from you this week. anyways things have been going all right here. i got round two of a cold, but thats doing much better now. nightquil done the trick there. i also made chili last week. it turned out okay, still could use some work but it's getting better, i even put green peppers in it. going back to my bike, last week the axle broke, and so we took it to a member to fix it, and he's good but he says it's shot. so sometime i need to get a new rim. so hopefully that can get done soon. in the meantime i'm borrowing another members bike.
so for this week we found out one of our investigators named michelle got the swine flu, she's doing better, she was able to make it to church on sunday so that was good news. then we also found out this week that a member who weve helping out alot is in the hospital. his knee is is rough shape. he can barley move it without it hurting. but hopefully he can get out soon. on saturday jason and vallery, and preston were all sick. so it's been a ver7y sick week for alot of people. we only hyad one branch presidency member there at church on sunday. but things have been doing better here on this end though.
yesterday we saw jason and tabby and theyre doing great. there preparing for the temple and i'm sure they'll make it. now for the funny stopry for the week. so we live in the byrds basement and they have two kids, the youngest is named roger and he's about 2. and he's a blast, he is very friendly and you never see him without a smile. well yesterday morning we just woke up and i started to stretch before morning workout and and i start hearing a thumping sound. about the time i get up to see what it is, roger opened the door and peeked out from around it and said, hi, elders. it was so funny. he came down three times that morning. each time he came down just to see us. it was funny. well i should be emailing next week on wensday, anyways take care, and have fun, hoep everything goes well.
so for this week we found out one of our investigators named michelle got the swine flu, she's doing better, she was able to make it to church on sunday so that was good news. then we also found out this week that a member who weve helping out alot is in the hospital. his knee is is rough shape. he can barley move it without it hurting. but hopefully he can get out soon. on saturday jason and vallery, and preston were all sick. so it's been a ver7y sick week for alot of people. we only hyad one branch presidency member there at church on sunday. but things have been doing better here on this end though.
yesterday we saw jason and tabby and theyre doing great. there preparing for the temple and i'm sure they'll make it. now for the funny stopry for the week. so we live in the byrds basement and they have two kids, the youngest is named roger and he's about 2. and he's a blast, he is very friendly and you never see him without a smile. well yesterday morning we just woke up and i started to stretch before morning workout and and i start hearing a thumping sound. about the time i get up to see what it is, roger opened the door and peeked out from around it and said, hi, elders. it was so funny. he came down three times that morning. each time he came down just to see us. it was funny. well i should be emailing next week on wensday, anyways take care, and have fun, hoep everything goes well.
November 4, 2009
hey thanks for the pitcures, it was great seeing them again. they sure are getting big. yeah pitcures work here, but down in burkeville the computers there weren't the best. most areas aren't that bad. wow. sounds like woods cross is doing really good this year. so how did they overall do in the regular season.
yeah we didn't get any trick or treaters this time at the byrds house, mostly because we live down a mile long driveway. so for this week i've had some intersting stories. on friday we had zone confernce, and it was great. then afterwards we had exchnages with the zone leaders, i went to downtown richmond. i went with elder hoopes, who actually plays collage basketball for SUU. name sure fits huh. it was werid being there. it feels so differnt from louisa. different atmsophere. but the funniest part is that all the people there are scared about the swine flu. it's just a rougher area, just has alot of gangs and things and everytime i coughed, they all got scared and asked if i had the virius. it was differnt.
then for halloween, we had alot of finding, and then we went to the branch halloween party. they did a boxer treat. basically you designed a box and basically it's the same as trunker treat. then we went in a 6 and planned, that was basically it for us.
monday we taught jason and tabby again. and it was crazy, all there kids were bouncing of walls so it made it tough to teach. but the funniest part was there youngest son named will, he put on this mask and it was haning around his neck and was trying to scare people with it. it was funny, at first he was petrified of it, but he loved scaring people with it. it was pretty funny. then yesterday we had a district meeting and went very well, then i went on exchnages with an elder named elder sparrow. it was fun. so we had fun week. things are doing well here and it's been great. well take care and have fun. oh yes, real quick, my bike is having problems again. the axle broke on monday, which i think was a blessing in disquise, because if it happened last week we would have been screwed. we were very tight on miles. but i have the parts to fix it, so shouldn't be to tough. well take care
yeah we didn't get any trick or treaters this time at the byrds house, mostly because we live down a mile long driveway. so for this week i've had some intersting stories. on friday we had zone confernce, and it was great. then afterwards we had exchnages with the zone leaders, i went to downtown richmond. i went with elder hoopes, who actually plays collage basketball for SUU. name sure fits huh. it was werid being there. it feels so differnt from louisa. different atmsophere. but the funniest part is that all the people there are scared about the swine flu. it's just a rougher area, just has alot of gangs and things and everytime i coughed, they all got scared and asked if i had the virius. it was differnt.
then for halloween, we had alot of finding, and then we went to the branch halloween party. they did a boxer treat. basically you designed a box and basically it's the same as trunker treat. then we went in a 6 and planned, that was basically it for us.
monday we taught jason and tabby again. and it was crazy, all there kids were bouncing of walls so it made it tough to teach. but the funniest part was there youngest son named will, he put on this mask and it was haning around his neck and was trying to scare people with it. it was funny, at first he was petrified of it, but he loved scaring people with it. it was pretty funny. then yesterday we had a district meeting and went very well, then i went on exchnages with an elder named elder sparrow. it was fun. so we had fun week. things are doing well here and it's been great. well take care and have fun. oh yes, real quick, my bike is having problems again. the axle broke on monday, which i think was a blessing in disquise, because if it happened last week we would have been screwed. we were very tight on miles. but i have the parts to fix it, so shouldn't be to tough. well take care
October 28, 2009
well this week was pretty intesrting. it was full of alot of differnt things. yes, don't worry i did get the package and the birhday card. i enjoyed them. so it's been snowing alot, here we've just had rain. i think people thought we were crazy saturday. we were about five miles down the road when a huge downpour started. we were soaked. we got in a couple of them that day, so not to much fun. oh yes, i talked to pres. millburn this past week and i asked about what it is you need to do? and this is what he said, that in about four or six weeks. the church normally sends a letter explaining about the missionary coming home and stuff like that. and apparently you fill something out that comes in that if you want to pick them up. so should be recieving something in the next few weeks.
well for us this week, we saw a member thursday who hasn't been feeling the best, so we went by and found out she has the swine flu. so we gave her a blessing and so far looks like we haven't caught it. so thats been on the plus side. then friday we saw jason and tabby again, and she's doing great. she is loving life right now. so it's been going great. so for by brithday on sunday, elder karpowitz kept telling everyone it was my birthday, i was just keeping it quiet. but other than that we had lunch with the swinson's, our branch mission leader, and then did alot of finding, and that was about it. but on monday we had a lesson with jason and vallery and they even made a cake for my birthday, but i swear they had to put trick candles on it, because they would not blow out. it took about 4 tries to blow them all out. but thats been my life this week. haven't had to much exciting.
but sounds like the new tv should be nice, i thought we had already gotten rid of that old tv. and thanks for the cookies they were great. i loved them and so did elder karpowitz. i also got a letter from the young women this week but don't know the reasoning behind it at all other than a friendly note. well take care, and have fun.
well for us this week, we saw a member thursday who hasn't been feeling the best, so we went by and found out she has the swine flu. so we gave her a blessing and so far looks like we haven't caught it. so thats been on the plus side. then friday we saw jason and tabby again, and she's doing great. she is loving life right now. so it's been going great. so for by brithday on sunday, elder karpowitz kept telling everyone it was my birthday, i was just keeping it quiet. but other than that we had lunch with the swinson's, our branch mission leader, and then did alot of finding, and that was about it. but on monday we had a lesson with jason and vallery and they even made a cake for my birthday, but i swear they had to put trick candles on it, because they would not blow out. it took about 4 tries to blow them all out. but thats been my life this week. haven't had to much exciting.
but sounds like the new tv should be nice, i thought we had already gotten rid of that old tv. and thanks for the cookies they were great. i loved them and so did elder karpowitz. i also got a letter from the young women this week but don't know the reasoning behind it at all other than a friendly note. well take care, and have fun.
October 21, 2009
hey everyoneyeah this week was pretty intersting, it was cold for alot it but it's warmed up alot now. but i am feeling much better now. so some really good news. sounds like that banquet was awesome, it's kind of funny you heard bishop edgely speak and we had elder kenneth johnson speak to usthe very next day. it was great. mission confernce was not at all as i expected it. a little background of elder johnson is he is from england and was a convert at age 18. he's pretty much a comedian, he was making jokes left and right. he was just bursting full of enengy. everyone we've talked to loved it. he talked alot about teaching with your testimony, teaching with the spirit and things like that. it was great. he even made the joke he had everyone come up and shake his hand and introduce themselves. when he i told him my name he said, oh so your the one speaking today? it was a great experince, learned alot from that confernce.
well for our week we had a lot of crazy things happen. between weddings, baptisms, and funerals we were very busy. your probably wondering why i said funeral, this is the reason why. a member here named sis riddle, after we finished visting her, as we left we forgot to lock the gate behind us and her dogs got out, and one got hit by a car. i felt so bad about we volenteered to bury her dog for her. we felt so bad. but on a brighter note, tabby got married and baptized on saturday. it was great. it was pretty much at the last minute mostly because jason had a problem with getting a copy of his divorce papers, but once he got them it went great. we had basically two days to get verything planned, so we were gald when it was done. but everything went well. and one other thing, i made those homeade peanut butter cups to the baptism and they were a hit. everyone loved them. alot of people were telling me i need to get them the recipe. so tell grandma that they were a hit.
the last night we taught vallery and jason again and there doing awesome. vallery cancelled a trip to north carolina with her mom beause she wanted to go to church. her mom is very anti against the church and wasn't to happy. but that was a big step for her because thats what's held her back for a while now. but she knows this is true, now the only hold up is marriage but we have no idea how that is going to work right now. so it's still work in progress. other than losing that one dog this week has been great. we learned a ton from elder johnson and now it's trying to apply everything that was taught there. thats the challenge. but good to hear from you again, well take care, and have fun. next time i email, i'll be 21.
well for our week we had a lot of crazy things happen. between weddings, baptisms, and funerals we were very busy. your probably wondering why i said funeral, this is the reason why. a member here named sis riddle, after we finished visting her, as we left we forgot to lock the gate behind us and her dogs got out, and one got hit by a car. i felt so bad about we volenteered to bury her dog for her. we felt so bad. but on a brighter note, tabby got married and baptized on saturday. it was great. it was pretty much at the last minute mostly because jason had a problem with getting a copy of his divorce papers, but once he got them it went great. we had basically two days to get verything planned, so we were gald when it was done. but everything went well. and one other thing, i made those homeade peanut butter cups to the baptism and they were a hit. everyone loved them. alot of people were telling me i need to get them the recipe. so tell grandma that they were a hit.
the last night we taught vallery and jason again and there doing awesome. vallery cancelled a trip to north carolina with her mom beause she wanted to go to church. her mom is very anti against the church and wasn't to happy. but that was a big step for her because thats what's held her back for a while now. but she knows this is true, now the only hold up is marriage but we have no idea how that is going to work right now. so it's still work in progress. other than losing that one dog this week has been great. we learned a ton from elder johnson and now it's trying to apply everything that was taught there. thats the challenge. but good to hear from you again, well take care, and have fun. next time i email, i'll be 21.
October 14, 2009
hey everyonei hope that everything is going well thereas for myself, i've been sick this past week. mostly it's been a cold with really bad congestion. it's been very annoying. but i've been doing good other than that.
as for right now we should be having the baptism on saturday, and were both really excited for it. so how was the banquet last night? i think that would be fun to be there, and good food as well. i can't belive how fast halloween is here. i can't belive it's been almost a year. time is going way fast. yeah i heard the dolphins back up has really come form nowhere. i heard he really is looking good. yesterday we taught vallery and jason and there big football fans. so they usually talk alot about football. she is a big 49ers fan and she also likes the redskins which is the big team here. so usually hear alot from them.
so funny story for the week. we had stake confernce this past weekend and we called and asked if were suppossed to go to the priesthood leadership and adult sessions of stake confernce. one of zone leaders said, yes you should go. so we went and went to the leadership meeting and afterwards we called the zone leaders because they needed one of our beds and we called and told them were at the priesthood meeting where are you? we talked to the other one and found out we didn't need to be at the priesthood meeting. oops.. oh well we still learned some good things from it. but stake confernce was really good it had a lot about missionary work and about strengthing our families. it was really good. we had a slow week, but it was filled with service opprunties. we had to move quite a few things for members who needed help. so it felt good to help them and we've had a good week. well hope that everything goes well. take care and have fun.
as for right now we should be having the baptism on saturday, and were both really excited for it. so how was the banquet last night? i think that would be fun to be there, and good food as well. i can't belive how fast halloween is here. i can't belive it's been almost a year. time is going way fast. yeah i heard the dolphins back up has really come form nowhere. i heard he really is looking good. yesterday we taught vallery and jason and there big football fans. so they usually talk alot about football. she is a big 49ers fan and she also likes the redskins which is the big team here. so usually hear alot from them.
so funny story for the week. we had stake confernce this past weekend and we called and asked if were suppossed to go to the priesthood leadership and adult sessions of stake confernce. one of zone leaders said, yes you should go. so we went and went to the leadership meeting and afterwards we called the zone leaders because they needed one of our beds and we called and told them were at the priesthood meeting where are you? we talked to the other one and found out we didn't need to be at the priesthood meeting. oops.. oh well we still learned some good things from it. but stake confernce was really good it had a lot about missionary work and about strengthing our families. it was really good. we had a slow week, but it was filled with service opprunties. we had to move quite a few things for members who needed help. so it felt good to help them and we've had a good week. well hope that everything goes well. take care and have fun.
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