6/6/11

Hello Family and Friends,

So last week i checked email and i didnt have anything from Mum :(
thats no good, so this week i checked and again, nothing from mum....
:( I need emails! Havent had any letters this week either.. But i'm
sure you're all doing well and i thank everyone who did send an email.

So this week has been the hardest part of my mission yet. I've been
so stressed and things are going way rough.

Monday 5-30-11
We spent most of the day getting Elder Pulham all packed up and said
goodbye to as many people as we could. It was rough, poor guy... But
that's basically all we did. Had a way good turn out at monday funday

Tuesday 5-31-11
We woke up at 5 AM and got ready to go. I dropped Elder Pulham and
Elder Haynie off at the Bennetts because Elder Pulham was going home
and Elder Haynie was getting ready to go to Ventura as a Zone
Leader... So we dropped them off and the Bennetts gave us some food
to eat.

Then Elder Snarr and I got in the car and i drove us to Bakersfield
where we picked up our new companions. I got Elder Summers and he is
cool. Elder Haynie said that he almost didnt come out on his mission
because of Anxiety problems and i thought that was over with, but with
change it comes back. So we waited about an hour and a half while he
was on the phone with President and his parents wanting to go home.
So that kind of freaked me out. So besides him really wanting to go
home, he is cool. He is a pilot and he's a stickler on rules :/ But
i dont know how to react when a missionary who has been out for a year
is bawling on the phone saying he wants to go home. I kind of feel
like i'm being dragged down...

But then he decided to just come and we drove back to Tehachapi.

We got unpacked and did some shopping. Then we visited as many people
in the ward we could to get Elder Summers Familiar with the area and
the people.

I had Knots in my stomach all day, i'd start to freak out on the
inside when we werent doing anything because Elder Pulham always knew
what to do... we were always doing something and it seemed like i was
on my own. The knots in my stomach were so bad i thought i was going
to throw up. So I'm way stressed right now. This week has been so
hard.

We ate dinner at the De Silvas house and went on splits with Brother
Britton. Talked to the Bethke's later that night.

Wednesday 6-1-11
We had District meeting because the District Leaders had a meeting the
next day so they bumped it up one day. It went pretty well i thought.
I had to give a discussion about asking and answering good questions.
So like questions of the soul and stuff like that.

Then the whole district went out to McDonalds, i hate McDonalds and
especially with my upset stomach i couldnt eat anything....

Then we went to Sister Moore's. Tom (Their Neighbor) Was there, so we
talked with him for a little bit. Then Sister Moore pulled up with a
stray dog in her car, and she made a little sign to see if anyone was
missing it.

Then after that we tried to go contact a whole bunch of potentials.
Nobody was really home. But you see, after Pulham left, we baptized
all the people that we were teaching so now we are back out on the
streets doing more tracting and finding... Its not fun...

Then we came home for dinner. Ate some Pasta Roni.

We went over the the Holloways new house to do some service. We
helped rip up all the old carpet, and after we did that we started to
paint rooms. My nerves were still so bad, and my stomach is still in
knots.

Thursday 6-2-11
We went to a Ladies house that we helped out last week, we did a
little more service... We really hope that she is interested in the
Gospel cuz she could really use it. She has had some crazy
experiences in her life. But all her lawn equipment gave out so we
had to leave. We drove back into town and got some lunch. I feel bad
because we are going over miles... so that's stressing me out too.

We then went to Sister Lewis' house and we sat around and talked for a
while. She made us cookies and gave us a Less Active list to work on.
People to go see. So after that we contacted as many of them as we
could.

Then we had dinner back in town with the Jacobsons. They are always so cool.

And then we went back to the Holloways again to help them move their
stuff in. All their carpet had been put in and it looks way nice.
I'm so excited for them to have a home to themselves. We are able to
go to the Temple with them too on June 18. Its going to be awesome to
see them be sealed.

I still wasnt feeling well on this day either...I worry about all
kinds of stuff that sends my stomach on a twirl.

Friday 6-3-11
This day was a bit better. We did our weekly planning and it went
really smooth and really quick. We ate lunch at a nice deli with BIG
sandwhiches.

We did some contacting and didnt really get to see any potentials even
though we tried. Me and my companion read in Preach My Gospel that
when we go contacting we should tract around the area because god
maybe put us in that area for a reason. So that takes up a little
more time.

We went to Tyler and Travis' house and taught them the commandments
all over again for their Recent Convert lessons. It was a cool
lesson. We used golfballs and rice for an object lesson. They really
liked it.

We tracted a street and talked to some cool people. Then we headed
over to Randy's and worked on Ropin calves for a little bit. We didnt
have dinner planned so Sister Bennett made us dinner and we also
shared a spiritual thought with them. It went pretty well.

Then we went to Mama Kills to see if she was there. We want to start
the Discussions with her. But she wasnt there and Brother Kill looked
like he'd been crying and said that it was a really bad time and that
she wouldnt be back for a while... It got me really worried because
they are so cool... i dont want anything to happen to that family.
They have a son on a mission.

Then we went to the air strip in Tehachapi for Elder Summers. Because
he is a pilot, he took his mind off things. He's really not having a
good time.. He wants to go home badly.

Saturday 6-4-11
We decided to have a service day. We put on our service clothes and
thought we would go tracting, except ask people if we could do service
for them. Build trust and then tell them what we are all about.. So
first house we went to was Regina and Curt. They are a Potential
family, and when we got there he was too nice to take our service so
he had us go see another guy, so we went and saw him and dug trees out
of his backyard, then we took those trees and put them in Curts front
yard. And then they gave us a referral to go see another family in
the area. That took a while and we had an appointment out in Bear
Valley for lunch and service so we didnt get to go tracting like we
wanted. But we at least established a good relationship with Curt.

Then we went to Brother Kannards. We ate lunch the and did a ton of
service around his place. Lots of weed wacking and spraying weeds and
stuff like that. They always load us up with cookies though so it was
good. But i'm having a really hard time eating... my stomach is still
no good...

Then we were near the bishop so we went to his house and helped him in
his yard. And we transplanted grass around his yard. It went pretty
well. We did a pretty good job.

After that we went home and got showered and then went back out to
Bear Valley and ate dinner with the Bethke's and had Correlation. IT
went pretty good. Besides the fact that they think i'm dying because
i cant eat... They are worried for me. They keep asking me if i've
eaten or not...

But it was a good day. All the service kept my mind off things.

Sunday 6-5-11
It was a good sunday. I missed seeing all the members and things like
that. The Fasting gave me a head ache... My companion said he cannot
do another week again. He says its too hard and he's burnt out. I
dont know what to do? I just want progress and to teach someone but
its so hard when my comp. doesnt even want to be on his mission... I
might need to say something to president...

Anyways, as you can see that my splendid week is extremely difficult
i'd like some letters haha. Especially from my parents... havent seen
one of those in a while. I'm just stressed so keep me in your
prayers... I love you all and hope you are all doing well.

Love,
Elder Crapo