Subject: Elder Crapo Reporting
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Hello Family and Friends!
It is yet another great day to be a missionary. This week has been pretty stellar... Not. Its been rough. I'll tell ya all about it. I'm glad to hear you're all doing well. I like getting emails and reading them. Keep em' comin!
Lets see.... I have a list. Things i write down every day to tell you about.
So monday was the day i wrote you and after all our fun and stuff we stopped off at mcdonalds heading home and we picked up some ice cream (McFlurry) and i woke up in the middle of the night and i had food poisoning! it was sooooo bad. Worst i've ever had it before. I was at the toilet allllll day, Coming out of both ends haha! And then when i lost my load, i was thinking i needed to drink water so that i didnt get dehydrated, so i tried drinking water and i threw that up, i tried drinking gatorade and i threw that up, i tried eating toast and threw that up... it was horrible, i felt so bad. So i stayed home all day and recovered. Sucked on ice cubes to get better. i seriously thought i was going to have to go to the hospital cuz i couldnt retain any water! My companion wasnt feeling very well either... he threw up later that night outside. They dragged me to the store and stuff. i thought i was going to lose my cookies right there on the floor. Man, it was so bad... any ways, i woke up the next day and felt a lot better. The night before the other elders gave us a blessing so that really helped, we were just a little queezy. So i watched what i ate. Now i'm at full health. Except my companion has been EXTREMELY sick for the past 2 or 3 days. So we have spent most of our time inside. He's had a fever, and head ache, and stuffy nose, and really bad body aches, Chills, sweats. Its been rough. But i've been taking care of him. Poor guy was sick on his birthday... but i made him food and stuff. I've also been pounding down the zinc and vitamin C cuz i dont wanna get sick no more!
Lets see, i need to keep going down my list... I forgot to tell you about my flight! The flight was good. Except when we were pulling into santa barbara. It was so windy i thought the plan was going to crash, no joke, i could see the coast below me and i was getting ready to rip my seat off to use it as a flotation device haha!
Me and my companion did our shopping the night i was sick. And i got enough stuff to make blintzes. I was going to make them for my comps birthday but he was too sick. so i'm saving it for another day.
So St. Patricks day was pretty sweet... not. i didnt do anything, i bought a fat mini tie from wallgreens and it said "You're as irish as you wanna be" and then the other guys in our companionship said "Rub me for good luck" and "Kiss me i'm irish" and we wore them to district meeting. We didnt get any pictures because my companion was embarrassed. but i'll send the tie home. But on St. Patty's day i went on exchanges. Which was not fun. I got sent down to Bakersfield with Elder Tomlinson. He's a pretty cool guy but it wasnt the same. I was just getting used to my companions so i wasnt a fan of leaving. But it was good, the weather there is... warm. The air quality was... disgusting haha! So i spent a night there and then came home the next morning.
The night i got back i cut my hair... haha i probably wont do that again, my head is so round. I did a number 2 on the side and a number 5 on top. And it looks ok, but i look like i'm in the military so i gotta go get my hair done some place. Then the next night, we were working in bear valley ward, and this ward has a place called stallion springs and its fenced off. its a country club place... its weird but kind of cool, a whole bunch of rich people live there. But we visited a family down there and they took us to way nice restaurant. I felt spoiled and out of place. Too fancy for my liking.
If someone can get a hold of logans parents and get me his address i'd like that. I need to write him. I'm betting his email is logan.zylks@myldsmail.net? but if not then oh well, he lives in samoa... they dont have computers there anyways!
So you might say we have it pretty easy... i mean a chevy colorado.... and i see a chiropractor every week and he is fixing all my headaches, seriously. He gives missionaries free adjustments once a week, and he has performed miracles on my neck, and now i dont get head aches as often. Its awesome!
Oh and i met a guy, his name is Brother Bethkeye. He's the word mission dude. He works in movie production and right now he's working on Fast5. He showed us a clip of what he does. He's mostly the guy who sets cars and stuff up to be totalled. Like in the begining of Fast5 i guess the main guy is going to prison on a bus and all his buddies go get him out of the bus buy flipping it. He showed us the raw material of the bus flip! IT WAS SWEET! so if you go see that movie, you can say i met a guy who helped make that bus flip. and.... he's worked on tons of other movies, but i didnt ask. I gotta make good with him so i can get a job. He says its a really rough life style on your family though :( he is always away from home. Very demanding hours. I told him i wanted to be an editor and he said that would be better. They have it a little easier.
Hmmmm.... So to answer some of mothers questions
#1. are you eating well?
Yes. I'm eating out almost everyday... haha jk. We eat a lot at the apartment.. Sandwhiches and what not. But i havent weighed myself this week. I'm too scared. But I work out a lot. Today we had monday fun day with the YSA. its way fun. Its just like being back in young mens playing dodge ball. They call me spider man haha! Cuz i jump so high! Woo hoo!
#2. How is the weather?
The weather is horrible! It was blowing so hard yesterday outside! and it blew down some power lines and we lost power while we were asleep. Good thing my companion was sick and we didnt need to be anywhere. and then there was tons of rain. There were rivers going down the street haha! and now when i woke up this morning there was a good 2-3 inches of snow. yeah... kill me haha jk. Its cool we have a chevy colorado to get around in ;) hahaha i love that thing!
#3.Did you get the recipe book?!!
Yes i got it, my comps think its genious.We'll get cooking out of it soon.
#4. Did all your bedding work out OK?
Yes, its awesome i love the colors! and they keep me very warm.
#5. Are you warm enough?
Yes i just said that.
#6. Do you need anymore bedding?
No but just the things i asked for last time. My awesome basketball shoes, a huge green army bag. and presents!
#7. Are your clothes still fitting beings you have gained 15 lbs?!
Yes of course, i'm actually fitting into them, i bought them a bit bigger because i was worried i might gain a few pounds out here.
#8. Are you getting used to getting up early and going to bed early?
Yes. Getting up and going to bed is simple. I Really enjoy the study time in the morning, helps me prepare for the day. I feel more comfortable talking to people when i know what i'm talking about. And going to bed early is no problem either. I crash everynight!
Other than these things.... i dont know what else to say other than i'm learning tons, meeting way awesome people, Having a blast. My testimony is so strong now. I feel like my farewell talk was total trash and had i wrote it knowing what i know now... everyone would have been crying like babies haha just kidding. there's always my homecoming talk. Hey and i let my Mission President know that if he feels he should send someone to Japan to help with the disasters over there... I'm his man haha. Any ways. I love you all. And i'll see you all in like.... 22.5 months? Right? man!? TIME IS FLYIN!?!?!?! I COME HOME SOON!!! wow.... haha just kidding.
Love you all!
Peace out!
Elder Crapo!
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