Subject: President is gone.
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Dear Family & Friends!
This week has flown by so fast.. Its been a long and rought transfer... but this week in particular has gone by fast. Thank you so much for the emails. If its not letters in the mailbox then its plenty of emails on the computer... so i guess i can deal with that. I sent a little apistle to some of you so you can write me letters. Hopefully it works ;) i'm crossing my fingers. So Simon won an IPad huh? What a punk! He doesnt deserve that! Just send it to me ;) JK he's been wanting something like that for a while some congrats! That's way sick! So Scotts going to plan on being a Ranger huh? That is way cool! Those guys is crazy! I'm still interested in joining something when i get home but that is still a long long ways away. We will see though. As for mothers questions... My shoulder is feeling loads better. The bump is going down as i do the excersizes that the Dr. Gave me and it doesnt give me too much grief.. Ever since i got that stinger in football, it goes numb sometimes, like shoots down my arm when i lift it up... its always been like that ever since i got that stinger, and the doctor is correcting that too... haha, looks like i brought some things with me for him to fix... plus it gives me a reason to go once a week instead of every other week. Oh and we do not have any AC in the Apartment, so it gets HOT at night! WAY hot haha all the windows are open and we only have one little rotating fan to keep us cool.We're gonna get some more fans from brother moffatt here soon, he stopped by while he was on duty the other night and said our apartment was like a sauna!
As for my comp... i havent really gotten him yet... he wants to be a pilot and it now makes sense... he's kind of cocky and a pilot or quarterback are solo guys, they want all the glory, and it started to click... thats why i'm not getting along with him. I just thought he had a whole bunch of issuse.... which he does... but the fact that he's cocky too is terrible, i would just let him get away with it because i felt bad he was having such a hard time, but no, i couldnt handle it, i've been shutting him down left, right, and center haha he needs to get rid of that big head. Making him senior comp wasnt a good idea... we do everything his way now... But when we had presidents farewell this week he whispered in my ear, "two weeks (which is transfers) will bring change. Hang in there" So woo hoo! Something will change this transfer! I dont care if my comp goes or if i go... but whatever happens, change is good. So in two weeks my letters should be getting better :D
Anyways i guess i will tell you what happened in my week!
Monday 6-20-11
There was no monday funday... but it was still good i guess? We got a ton of things done...
We did a lot of shopping and cleaning and reading and writing and all that jazz.
I was looking everywhere for Pitch Black Mountain Dew! MY FAVORITE! Which they got rid of a long time ago... and they brought it back! But i couldnt find it :( Simon! Hook me up with a 12 pack dog! :D
Then we had dinner with the Stanley family and that was cool. She works up at woodward! Its a school too! And the whole area (Gym, Skating area, etc.) Is the kids playground! ITS NUTS! She's met tons of pro boarders and bikers. The only one i cared to know if she met was Rob Derdyk! She met him! She said if she sees him again she'll let us know. They just show up for no reason! And she is a teacher at the school and one of her students is Tony Hawks son! NUTS!!!
Then we went over to the Handy's House so that their friends could bring you that package! haha I cant believe he called dad! I was standing right there as he was talking to him, it was funny! my dad was on the other line! That guy was way cool, i hope you got to meet them.
Then the Kings called and told me that my pants were finished, Michelle King being an AMAZING Seemstress hooked me up big time. I ruined the pockets on my suit pants and she said it was SUPER hard to fix but she did it! They are so bomb!
Then i had an awesome work out that night! I'm getting bigger... i've gained about 25 lbs. and almost 2 inches on my biceps! haha! So its cool! Stayin in shape :D I'm not gonna be a fatty!
Tuesday 6-21-11
We went and watched mormon.org in the morning.
Then went and did some contacting... but like usual... no one was home :(
Then we walked back to our apartment! AND IT WAS HOT!!! I Was sweating my... buns off! IT was so hot! We had to like change and stuff when we got in.
Then we met with Brother Dixon, i told you about him last week, he's a really cool guy. I really hope we can get him to the temple! Super awesome guy!
Then we met with a guy Named Brother Van Ornum, he was way cool too, he gave us a lot of info on people we had been looking for, for a long time.
Then we went looking for more people... like usual!
Ate at the Wagners house. Had Rattotoulle! It was pretty tasty.. and i know i spelled it wrong. but its just like Zuccini Goulosh! And he has a pretty cool story, he went on his mission in italy and then lived there and went to school there for a few years after. He has taught his BRILLIANT son how to speak italian and english, i dont get how kids can do that! Brilliant kid though. Way fun family..
Wednesday 6-22-11
Had the Chiropractor in the morning, he is going to fix my arm, like i said.
Then we went to bear valley and tried contacting people... but like always... you know how that goes... no one is ever home.
Then we went to the Kannards and ate lunch and did a bunch of service on their ranch! PHEW it was hot. Pullin weeds :( I dont miss it. haha His daughter made us a whole bunch of food while we worked and we took it all home. And i guess when we were out working, our clothes were laying on their couch and she snuck a refferral into my shirt pocket, i didnt find it until we got home, too bad the refferall was in Cali City :( But it was way cool of her to do that! She said she has another one for us though! WOO HOO!
We went home and showered and elder Summers got a slip for a package. so we went and got that and it had a whole bunch of junk for the fourth of july. Hey so just so you know, i dont want candy haha maybe ties, even big old nasty pollyester ties from the DI. I'd like that... or money, money is good too. But as for candy... i dont eat it... i give it to kids or i throw it out... sorry, not that i dont like candy, but i'm trying to watch my girlish figure ya know? haha
Then we went back to bear valley and had dinner with the Laynes. They are still one of my favorite families! They need to write a book on their lives because they have had the BEST Stories ever! I had really bad allergies though :( Made my head hurt real bad, it still hurts for some reason.... like it feels conpressed! Maybe i have Valley Fever? who knows?
Then we visited the Coopers, and they are way cool, their grandaughter was at their house and said she was from Sandy! Why are there all these connections to Sandy? Its crazy!
Came home and felt really sick with allergies! WAY SICK. Took some medecine and went to bed, it was a bad night for me :( Plus it was SOOOOO HOT. Couldnt sleep very well which made the next day not so good. You know me when i dont get my sleep! (GRUMPY BUM)
Thursday 6-23-11
We had district meeting in bakersfield... couldnt find the mountain dew there either! :( but the meeting went well and we stayed there most of the day because thats when we had the departure meeting with the mission president.
Went back home and ate dinner wtih the nichols. They are really cool. The husband is interesting, he flies the Virgin Galactic space ship... i guess that is super exciting... at least my companion thinks so, he just about pooped his pants when he found that out. But they are really cool. Awesome family.
Friday 6-24-11
We had weekly planning... always fun :/
Then we had an appointment with the Thomas' Went really well. I was able to stop the whole lesson on the Holy Ghost and teach them the whole plan of salvation. and it answered a ton of their questions! It was really cool.
Then we stopped by another family who was investigating for a while, and they gave us pictures of the first missionaries that came by their house and told us to give them to them. One being my companion and then the other was one guy he trained...
Then we went over to another investigators house and she was asleep but her husband was there and we spoke with him and his son for about an hour and they are the coolest people ever! Way stoked to keep visiting them.
Then we ate dinner with the Johnsons, i love that family. They are so much fun. But i think we ate raw chicken, didnt get very cooked, but oh well... we blessed it right?
Then we went with Brother Mauldin to go contact some people, but he basically took us on a tour of his house and of bear valley. He's got a cool green house though. And he does aquaponics? Its really strange but really cool at the same time.
Saturday 6-25-11
So i loaded the dishwasher and we had no dish washer soap... so what did i use.....................? Dish Soap... you know like dawn? The liquid stuff. That when you put in the dishwasher it bubbles up and flows all over the floor... yeah so guess what i did for studies...? Yah, cleaned it all up. That was fun. I fell asleep on the floor waiting for more bubbles to come out. My companion took pictures but... i dont want to ask him for them... he's odd about that kind of stuff... he's odd period. anyways.... after that we went to a guys house that just moved into the ward and we helped him stack a wall in the backyard with big ol' cinder blocks. that was fun, we havent done that kind of service in a while so i really enjoyed it.
Then we went to "Grandmas" and sister moors house, did some service there. She showed me the dishtowels she's making for mom and i got to pick them out. They have apples on them! Arent you stoked mom?!?
Then we came in and showered, i now have a permanent white shirt on... all the time.... even with nothing on... worste FARMERS TAN EVER!!! its hideous.. But its ok... My neck got really burned so putting that white shirt back on hurts cuz of collar burn...
Then we visited the Bennetts and their grandaughter was there visiting, her name is Londyn! Crazy name huh? I kind of like it though...
Then we ate dinner at the bethkes and had a big fire because we had to burn some old progress records and it was just a good time. We always have a lot of fun at the Bethkes
Sunday 6-26-11
Church was long, we were fasting for success of our district. We are having a hard time finding people. So we all did a fast.
Me and my companion both got huge headaches and his went away, mine never did.
We went to the Roney's house for dinner. It was a lot of fun. They made us some really good Peruvian food and they have 3 teenage boys, so that means i got to pound on the Drumset a little bit, and got to the throw the football through their quarter back training tire stands... they are car tires on 2x4's and they have them all over the yard, so it was fun doing some football tossage, havent done that in a while. We also taught a girl at their house who is on the focus 15. She is cool and is progressing really well. I just hope she's retaining everything.
Then we came home, i still had an insanely bad head ache, and i crashed before it even hit 9:30 and slept all the way to 7:30.... i felt bad because we're supposed to get up at 6:30 but our alarm didnt go off, so in a sense i didnt feel bad because my companion was supposed to set the alarm... I woke back up with a head ache still but have TONS of energy now. That was the best sleep of my life! I think my head aches are related to allergies... But i'm not sure? It just feels like my dome is in a vice all the time haha..
Anyways... i dont know how many of you actually read all this? But i expect more letters in the mail! And lots of emails from simon now that he has his fancy Ipad! Anyways, i love you all, i pray for all of you every night! I hope all is well with all of you and i hope you are printing these emails up and saving them otherwise i will have no missionary journal when i get home... which would be bad haha.
Anyways i'll write you next week. Hope you are all doing well. Love you all very much!
Love,
Elder Crapo
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