Subject: I'm Training!
Hello Family and Friends!
So today is P-day. And we got transfer calls. 6:30 AM The Assistants call, looking for me. They say hey! You're training! I cant tell you who, or where, but we just wanted to call and let you know that by tomorrow you will be training a brand new missionary... So yeah! That's my big news really. Then the Zone leaders called and told me that i would be staying in Simi Valley. And i would be training... I dont know who it is? but i'm excited to find out! I'm gonna have my first son!
So this is how my week went!
Monday 9-26-11
I slept in on accident way too long. the only reason being though because my comp likes to get up and turn off all the alarms before they even go off... huh... then he jumps in the shower and starts doing his laundry. I woke up all angry because i did NOT plan on staying in bed. And he puts his laundry in the machine at like "SUPER DELICATES" or "90 MINUTE TIMED DRY" Seriously, like whatever setting you can put the washing machine on and dryer on to make it last the longest time possible, thats what he does. So i barely finished my laundry that day. I was still doing it at like... 9 PM.
Then Elder Goudy and Elder Daniel Picked us up and took us shopping. And then they took us to the church to do emails!
I didnt buy anything because i didnt really have any money to buy anything. Haha i'm scrimpin!
Then we went on a hike! That was way fun. I wasnt excited about it because i wanted to play sports really bad because we hadnt played sports in forever! But we went on this hike and it was way fun! Me and Elder Daniel broke trail and just started scaling mountains haha it was pretty sick. We got to the tip of a mountain and everyone was left in the dust. But then elder Daniel had to go #2 really bad! WAY BAD. So he found a hole in the mountain and took care of some business... lets say i got some way funny pictures of it... but i'll save that for after the mission to show you guys ;) hahaha! It was hilarious. Because i climbed down the mountain and looked up and he was like... wiping... hahahaha throwing leaves off the side of the mountain! hahaha! I got a video of that! It was hilarious!
Then we went to dinner, but on our way to dinner my comp found out he had a flat. So we walked.
We ate dinner at the Hambly's and they are way cool and they make way good BBQ.
Then we went back to the apartment and i fixed my comps tire because he didnt know how... Good thing i did all that bike work right before i left! I'm glad mum and dad always taught us how to do that kind of stuff so when it came to repairs i could just do it myself.
Tuesday 9-27-11
We got picked up and went to district meeting.
Then we wentto Carls Jr. and ate lunch with brother Penrod.
Then i got a letter from scott. It was way good! He said everything they do there reminds him of me because i like all the stuff they do. So that got me excited, i'm pretty darn sure thats what i will do when i get home.
We then ran some last minute errands with Elder Daniel and Goudy. We almost died in the car ride home because Daniel just about missed our street to turn on and even though it was way too late to turn, he slammed on the breaks and turned anyways... oh man... i just covered my face and prayed for Jesus to take the wheel! Seriously the tires were screetchin and smokin!
Then we spoke about buying ghost busters shirts at target... Let me explain ghost busters real quick. So everywhere you go in california, girls wear REALLY short shorts.... like every single girl. and you cant help but look because they are everywhere... and when you do look the spirit goes away... the holy "ghost" goes away haha so they bust the ghost... So code word for short shorts is... Ghost Busters. And now all the elders in the district want ghost buster t shirts to wear on p day! hahaha! We are gonna do it for sure!
We had a potential that we tracted into fall through :( We finally had a spot of luck and she said she couldnt do it... she gave back the book of mormon... She was WAY nice though. I tried everything i could to keep the door open... but she just gave us a bunch of pump fakes (Fake excuses) and said that she couldnt handle it. Plus i think she was getting antied by her son who opened the door and tried to shoo us away... He had a watchtower in his hand so that made a lot of sense. But she's the nicest old lady in the world, i thought she was going to be the one! But nope :(
I told sister starn that we were going to be making Blintzes at the Guidos. She was excited and said she would come.
We ate dinner at the mercers home and then we went on splits with brother Walter.
Wednesday 9-28-11
We went to the Guidos and made them all blintzes. I guess the family is really picky on what they eat but EVERYBODY liked them. Sister starn didnt show up though... that was pretty much the purpose of doing blintzes at the guidos... I ended up cleaning their kitchen though haha.. they had dishes sky high and i didnt want to leave it in a mess so i lent a hand.
Then we went contacting, and like usual nobody was really home... So we went to Bonnie Shorts house (LA) she is really cool, she reminds me of grandma :) She had this little doll house dresser on her coffee table and i was looking at it and i was like "The drawers dont even open" and she said "Its a piggy bank, see the slot? Put some money in" so i pu a quarter in and the thing exploded all over the place! It scared me so bad! Their was a moustrap inside and when you put the quarter in it sets it off and explodes haha it was a way good little trick! She was laughing so hard! I fell for it way bad.
We did a lot of biking... I wish i knew how much i biked a day... probably a gazillion miles a day!
Then we went to the church and the youth were having a little missionary activity... all the kids got their calls and companions and were at the "MTC" and we taught the class about preach my gospel. It was a lot of fun :D The youth are goof balls... that was me once... weird....
Then we went home. It was a way hot day.
I also got a letter from mum. I got my old memory cards back!
Thursday 9-29-11
The night before went by WAY too fast, i really dont think i slept at all... because i felt like i was awake and aware of being awake all night... so it flew by and i was pretty sleepy all day.
I wasnt feeling well in the morning either... I felt kind of nausiaus... but that faded.
Then we spent most of the morning trying to fix elder Jenkins bank account... i guess he got charged for something he wasnt supposed to be charged for... so that took a lot of travelling and time wasting to get that fixed.
Then we went to Panera Bread for lunch.... Its like, if noodles and company had a sandwich shop... this would be it. It was pretty good. I spoke to some psyco lady there about the church... she didnt know we were allowed to marry people that werent our same race and she didnt know blacks were accepted in our church haha it was a pretty fun discussion.
then we came home and i got moms letter. With two new memory cards and scotts picture! He looks great!
Then Elder Curtis (Guy who works in the office who takes care of all the missionaries living quarters) came by and checked our appartment out because its had a whole bunch of complaints in the past, and he'd never seen it before so he came to check it out. He also had a package for me from Christine! YES! It was great!
Then brother Metcalf picked us up and took us to dinner at his house, then we went on splits with brother Portillo and had a way good lesson with a less active. It was way crazy when i saw brother Portillo one of the first things he said to me was "i like to ride my scooter" Just the way i did it in my video... i was like "OH NO!" haha that guy that i told about my youtube page has been showing everyone my videos hahaha its so funny that was the last thing i was expecting him to say to me! haha!
It was also a very hot day.
Friday 9-30-11
We didnt really do anything at weekly planning... Cuz we had nothing to plan for... We just thought up finding ideas on how to get new investigators.
Had a way fancy/delicious dinner at the other elders apartment who were basically just making fun of the Zone Leaders. So they made a roast and parted their hair and wore suits and stuff they just looked so funny. And the roast was all fancy with violins and stuff in the background it was hilarious. It was actually WAY good too. I enjoyed it!
Then we burnt a tie for Elder Daniel's 6 month mark.
Then we went to our appointment with Jean and watched "Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration" he really enjoyed it and learned a lot of new things.
My comp.... sadly pooped his pants hahaha he was having some stomach issues and was on the pot ALL DAY.
Then we went to a baptism. And it was so funny because elder Daniel And Goudy went to target and got on a Photo kiosk and printed up a picture of Elder Udy (ZL) and Sister Lord and made a wedding announcement! HAHAHA! It was so funny!
Saturday 10-1-11
Went to the church and watched General Conference. It was way good. I was so shocked when they announced that the tabernacle that burnt down in provo was going to be a new temple! WOW!
Went to lunch at Taco bell.
And then watched more Conference.
Then went to Costcos with Barry. He was extra crazy! Doing Tokyo Drift with his shopping cart past all these people at costcos hahaha he's crazy! Me and Barry were getting angry with my companion because he was taking forever looking at something, and then he wouldnt get it. haha. Then we went to target and Barry bought me a tub of protein and the Rubix cube i was going to buy, and elder jenkins was like "Man why dont you buy me anything?" haha Barry was buying me that stuff on purpose because he knew it would make my comp angry! My comp was so angry! And then Barry asked me where i wanted to eat dinner tonight and my comp was like "why are you asking him?" hahahaha oh man i was laughing so hard! Barry was trying to push him to the edge it was hilarious.
So then Barry took us to Priesthood Session and then took us to a really fancy BBQ. I ate way too much!
Sunday 10-2-11
Watched all of General Conference and then ate dinner at the Bishops house... Pretty simple day.
Well that is pretty much it for my letter this week! I hope you enjoyed it! I look forward to getting a greenie tomorrow! I miss and love you all! Write me! :D
Love,
Elder Crapo
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