Subject: Pizza's Here
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Hello! Everyone!
This is Elder Samuel Reporting!
Its been yet another week! Crazy! Its goin by too fast! And first i must answer mothers questions!
#1. How are you? Is your health good – did you get what your companion had?
My health is getting better, i cough from time to time, throat is a little sore, but i cant complain because its nice and warm here! Woo Hoo!
#2. Did you enjoy Conference (I thought it was excellent) – and where did you watch it?
I did like conference, i watched it at the church. I'll talk more about that in my email.
#3. Have you been able to go out on appointments now?
Yes, we've actually been going to appointments anyways... haha dont tell! There's work to be done!
#4. Is the haircut you gave yourself growing out or did you go and get it professionally cut?
It is just growing out and looks fine now, i just think i did it too short to begin with... oh well.
#5. Do you have your budget worked out for this month – and the right amount this time?
No, we'll see how well i do? We get emails but they take forever to get to us and tell us what we have in our account so i just spend until i cant spend no more haha!
#6. Have you had snow this week like us?
No snow, it was a little chilly on saturday, but we still had a BBQ :D
#7. How many member meals do you get?
We get fed pretty well, and if we dont then we just go out to get food with the other missionairies. Its call it Man-Date. haha
Alright, well i'm glad to hear everything is going well at home. That's crazy that your job is goin gone mom! But i'm sure with your britishness people will want you to work for them quickly. And Scott. Its about time, congrats. I was thinking about what i'm going to do when i get home. haha i have a pretty good outline and i'll tell you what it is later. General conference helped with my outline. Man you guys need me at home huh? I would have kept you all awake!
So lets get down to business here, oh, i got a email from logan, it was so dang funny, he was talking about watching movies on the flight, and then getting a boiled pigs head like his first night there or something? I was laughing so hard, you should try to get him to send you his weekly email. They crack me up.
So i left off at Tuesday 3-29-11 and the things that happened there... was, me and my companion were driving down the street and we came to an intersection and some lady's dog jumped out of her CAR!!! in the middle of the intersection and it was like the bussiest intersection in town! and this dog was limping a bit from falling out and then was dodging cars left and right. The stupid lady was driving like an idiot in the intersection, she didnt even get out, just yelled out her window, i thought that dog was a goner. Ummm we did some tracting that day, wasnt very fruitful. Got a lot of people who didnt want to talk, and some people were like trying to prank us or something? And we heard them yelling on the inside, cuss words and stuff and then we saw a hand pop out of the shades of the window and it was holding a video camera, so we just left, but then they came outside and started acting funny, like yelling like a bunch of retard savages... cracked me up! haha stupid people! We also taught the same little girl with a baptism date, her name is Heavenly, she's a cute little girl and she's progressing really well. and then after that we helped some people pack up their house for service work that day, they were moving like 2 miles away haha so it was pretty simple.
Then on Wednesay 3-30-11 i dont really remember what happened that day, but what i wrote down in my journal was that we went to a house and we were told there was going to be tons of people there and they wanted us to leave a message, thing was that these people all had different religious beliefs and stuff and we basically just watched them duke it out haha, we tried to share a message and people were getting angry at each other and ended up leaving and stuff... it got way out of hand, when me and my companion got in the truck, we were just like " What the heck just happened in there?" haha it was way crazy.
Then on Thursday 3-31-11. It was District Meeting down in Bakersfield... That was fun. They made me give a talk on hope. And i think it went pretty well. It was way hot that day, like in the 80's! HAHA! it was so nice, we went tracting. Thing is i wasnt feeling 100% so it just wasnt the same... We had already eaten at a members house and we went to the Clarks which is a WAY awesome part memeber family, and they always give us food. And it was MIGHTY TASTY! It was big meatballs in a tangy pineapple sauce over rice, mum makes it from time to time. it was gooooooood. I also found out that Elder Pulhams Shelby looked me up and found my blog, she finds all the stuff that he doesnt tell her through me haha! So if you're reading this Shelby! WASSUP! I got a frisbee on this day too! I found it in the other missionaries closet and they said i could have it, i was so happy! i forgot to get a frisbee and i didnt want to have to buy one, so this one is MINE! ummm if there is anything you guys could send me, i could use some Zyrtec because my allergies have been buggin just a little bit, and my crest white strips! i left them in the bathroom and i have tons of study time when i could throw them on and whiten up a bit ya know? so Next package, include that stuff :D Oh and the sickest thing ever happened, we were walking around tracting and we could smell poo in the air, and it was strong! And so we go around a corner and there is this big old septic truck pumping the stuff out of the ground in the apartments next to us, and it was BAD, and then some guy comes over to us, and talks to us for like 20 minutes about life and stuff, and we were down wind from this poop truck and i almost lost my cookies all over this guy, i guess he couldnt smell it, he was kind of old... but MAN it was so bad! i swear i could taste it!
The Friday 4-1-11 We had weekly planning, and usually this isnt bad but for some reason, me and my companion couldnt focus and it took ALLLLLL DAY!!!! it was driving me nuts! and then we went to dinner at the Bennets! It was Randy Bennets birthday! And we ate steaks the size of my torso! I eat so many good steaks out here because everyone is cowboys, or everyon knows cowboys and gets hook ups on meat, and its so good! And then on friday i also realized something, Elder Pulham is really good at seeing people strengths before their weaknesess.. and its something i need to work on because as we discuss appointments and stuff i talk about people weaknesses and he whips out all the good things about him, so our conversations get no where until i focus on their strengths too, its something i can tell he's developed while being out here, he's a way good missionary. Cares about people more than getting a message across ya know? And thats how people learn to trust and like us.
Then Saturday 4-2-11 was general conference. and between the morning and afternoon sessions we had a BBQ which was way cool, we invited some Less Actives and Recent Converts and Investigators and stuff, and we had a good time making food and eating food. Our plan was to nab them and get them to stay for the next session but most of them bailed haha. Then later that night we went to the De Silvas house, They are an awesome family who make us amazing food, and their daughters come to monday funday and stuff like that. But we're good friends with them and it was the dad's birthday, so they had lots of people there playing games, eating food, cake, kareoke, which we narrowly escaped ;) but it was way cool. They are an awesome family.
Then Sunday! 4-3-11 was the next session of General Conference. After conference though i wanted to go home, haha like all the talks were about getting married and service work and stuff and i didnt have any drive to do missionary work because there werent any talks on missionary work, i was too distracted on what i was going to do when i got home, so then we went out and did a little contacting and had dinner with the Johnsons, they are an awesome family, and we played some games and stuff with them. They love missionaries, especially their kids. And one of their little girls is like 8 her name is Abbie, she's so mature for her age its so funny me and her were talking forever, but the whole family is awesome and made us a way good meal. Also i dont know if you remember my choir teacher mum, but did you see the three guys singing a solo together in the second session? Well the guy on the far left was my choir teacher haha he had been trying out for the MoTab when i was in choir and got in when i graduated, he's pro! He's already doing solos and stuff. I guess you guys werent paying attention to the MTC thing because i was there for sure! haha right behind the reporter lady! I said hi to her! haha. Then later sunday night we went to the kings and they are so awesome, the guy is like a retired firman who used to be mormon but then had his info taken out of the church, and now we are teaching him and his wife and it was so cool last night to see him remember and see his testimony because you can tell he believes, but his wife is just not so sure you know? But they are learning together and they are awesome! And sometimes when we go to appointmets my companion will tell me to leave the spiritual thought, and i wont be ready, so i'll share my favorite scripture, and this was one i found in high school and its really cool, but i had never read the whole chapter and then when i did, i read it to my comp and we lit that thing up with highlighter markings, its so good, Next family home evening i want you guys to read it and imagine the imagery going on in the scripture its SO GOOD. and the message is so good. Bottom line... "Dont mess with gods childeren" haha anyways the scripture is 2 Samuel 22. My favorite vrs are 33 but read the whole chapter! its amazing.. The only thing i missed about conference was the garden work we used to do during it, and then suehiro after the priesthood session, so dad since you should have an email coming up for me soon, how about you tell me what you got :D haha see how easy it is to write me?
So, so far my plans when i get home... I am first going to find a job, something that pays at least $10+ p/h. And then i'm going to get my Triumph Bonneville. Its only about $6,000 and that is CHEAP for a motorcycle, let alone a new one. Then after that Marriage or school, i cant decide which one first... Probably school. Because i dont want to be broke when i'm married and i want a deccent job when i'm married to support a family and i want to live it up a little bit after my mission haha. But one of the first things i'm going to do once i get my motorcycle, is to drive back to Cali, and visit for a week or two. That's what elder pulham is going to do, probably within a week of leaving... He said if he doesnt do it that soon then he'll never get to do it... Like Simon and Gary did. Except imma be cruisin on a motorcycle! haha
Well i hope you like this insanely long email.... Its funny i type way fast here compared to the other missionaries, and sometimes i'll type there emails for them so that we arent here as long. They hunt and peck here haha takes them forever! anyways i'll try and send sarah more pictures to post, i didnt take a whole bunch this week. But i hope you are all safe, and i love you!
LOVE
Elder Crapo!
Lots of people call me Elder Creepo, or Elder Cappo, and best of all Elder CRAP-O.... gotta love it. BYE!
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