Hello Family and Friends!
So i didnt get an email from my family this week :( that's not good! But i got goodies from Patriarch and Sandy! :D that was a nice surprise! I'll tell you all about the subject of my letter and about Sandy and Patriarch in my letter BELOW....
So Monday 5-23-11
Monday funday was fun, up until i hurt my shoulder... But i told you guys all about that. One of the YSA girls sent me a video of it, but it didnt work :( I'd take a picture of my shoulder and send it, but that wouldnt be good cuz i'm a missionary ya know? haha But anyways, right now what it looks like is my left shoulder hangs lower and has a big bump, i dont know if that will ever go away, but its feeling tons better. I've been getting the hook ups from Dr. Schall and some members (Randy) hooked me up with Horse Liniment! Haha its like Icy Hot except for horses, so its 10x effective. The Bottle says use only on animals, but sister bennet says all men are animals so it was ok to use it. The Dr. says it is healing at an extremely fast rate for what happened to it :D But the first day, i couldnt lift my arm without picking it up with the other arm haha, i looked so stupid, and everyone has seen the video in the ward :( its not good! oh well, they still love me... i think.
Tuesday 5-24-11
My arm felt a little better...
We went to some ladies house to do some service. Her weeds came up to my thigh they were so tall and she had probably a couple acres of land on a hill to mow down :( it was not fun. But we had some heavy duty lawn mowers that made it a little better, besides the fact that i got sprayed in the face by lawn mowers all day :( i was covered in weeds.
Then we went to brother moffats and helped him move his trailer again to get some gravel out of the back of it. It then turned into a pull-up/push-up/sit-up/foot race competition! I was so bummed because my arm hurt so bad i couldnt do any of the stuff. Besides foot race and that was a joke, i smoked em all.... It was pretty sweet.
And this was the night that i got horse liniment. Randy came out with a glove on, a plastic one, and he was like, let me help you. I was like "What the?" haha so he rubbed it into my shoulder. That stuff is strong! Makes it feel pretty good though. They gave me the rest of their stuff and they went out and got another bottle.
Wednesday 5-25-11
We had a whole bunch of appointments set up but they cancelled so we went and ran errands for a little bit. Did a little less active work until about... 4.
Then we met up with sister Layne. She had dinner reservations set up for the country club. and we played ping pong and stuff. And the country club was pretty good. I always feel bad going there :( Its too fancy for missionaries and its too expensive, i hate using peoples money.
Then we stopped by a ladies house that we tracted into, we met with her and her husband. They were WAY nice, always offering everything to us. The lady seemed pretty interested but the husband says he's aithiest, he works for nasa and it seems that he's thought too much about the topic of religion, but they are way cool and we'll go back and see them.
Thursday 5-26-11
We had district meeting in Bakersfield. It was pretty good. We ate at Panda Express... that grease still makes me sick :(
Then we went to Brother Moffats and helped him with his trailer again. He's landscaping his backyard so he keeps bringing trailer full of stuff to put in his back yard, and we help him tip it and spread it.
Then we went to Chesters ranch and worked a little out there. We went to his house after and ate a huge meal of ribs, chicken, past salad, beans and garden salad. It was way good.
Friday 5-27-11
We did weekly planning quickly because we had a lot of things to do.
Went to brother Salyers' house and helped him with some yard work.
Then we ate at brother Moats' house which is always GOOOD.
Then we stopped by the Bethkes because they were having a coniption about the baptismal programs for the next day that hadnt been printed yet. So we figured all that out with them.
Saturday 5-28-11
Now this was our busiest day. We had 3 baptisms! We got to the church early and started filling the font, then we went over to the Leishmans like usual for breakfast. Then we went back to the church and got ready for Cypress' baptism! It went really well and she is such a cool girl.
Then we left and got the mail and ate some Toxic Belch. We also got a call from Lyle and Sandy, telling me they were on their way with some stuff for me! They came by and gave me my stuff and i took a picture with them! :D I really liked the things in there, the shoes feel a bit loose, but i'll grow into them :D and i think i have enough gum to last me... forever. Then went back to the church and filled the font up again, cuz it leaks, and we had the baptism for the salyer kids. They are so cool too! They really had a good time.
Then after that we went to the Johnsons for dinner, we always have a way good time there. So all in all, we spent most of our day at the church.
Sunday 5-29-11
K, now this is the reason for my "Subject" The whole "We must get off the mountain" I'm pretty sure only Scott and Stuart can guess what that's from but its from The Lord of the Rings and when they are traveling in the first movie, they decide to travel over the mountains, and it snows a ton and Boromir yells "We Must Get Off The Mountain!" and its funny because on Sunday it was SNOWING!!! like CRAZY. and me and Elder Pulham were heading into church and some guy out in the parking lot yelled "We must get off the mountain!" and it sounded EXACTLY like boromir hahaha it was so funny.
Then there was the confirmation of all three baptisms that happened the day before. Then we ate dinner with the Bennets. And it was way good, BBQ'd everything! Corn, steak, burgers. We have had the best schedule for food this week because BBQ is elder Pulhams favorite, so everyone wants to feed him his favorite stuff before he goes and we definitely have had a huge helping of it!
Today i'm in a funky mood :( Elder Pulham leaves, he's the only companion i know! He's my pops! Its going to be way weird when he leaves. Which is Tomorrow! but we got calls from the Mission President and i found out that i will be staying in Tehachapi and my new companions name, my follow up trainer, my mother, his name is Elder Summers. He came out at the same time as Elder Haynie, and i've met him and he seems way cool. So i'm way stoked. We are going to be SO busy, we have SO many stinkin refferals and new investigators its NUTS! I bet i could make it a goal to have 5 baptisms this transfer, no joke, there are so many people around here who are interested in the gospel! its awesome, i cant wait to get started. But its also going to be weird not to have my pops here :( He keeps telling me that he has it harder than me because no one gets to choose his next companion, he has to choose his next companion hahaha! We all know its gonna be Shelby ;) But anyways, other than all this sweet shtuff there is nothing going on... its just gonna be crazy. I drive down to Bakersfield with Elder Snarr to get our new companions, we dont get to go to Ventura to see Elder Pulham off :( and Elder Haynie is leaving me to go to Ventura to be a Zone Leader out there :( I'm not happy! I Dont want to get to know new people, i want to stay in my cumfy environment! haha i just got situated. But i think it will be a way cool experience to take a little more responsibility!
Anyways, i love you all. I hope you are all doing well, and making good choices and doing well in school, or work, or whatever you're doing... I will see you in approximately 20 months. Time flies huh!?! I burn a tie in like... 2 months! YIKES!!!! Anyways, love ya'll! See you later.
Love,
Elder Crapo
p.s. dad i'll need a June Email or Letter soon! So get typin' or writin'! :D
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