Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Finally Got To Go On An Exchange In San Louis Obispo

Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:11 -0700
Subject: Finally Got To Go On An Exchange In San Louis Obispo
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net


Dear Family and Friends,

So the internet right now at the family history center is down :( But i'm typing this on WordPad and then i'll copy and paste it later.  They are having a whole bunch of issues with the internet.

So let me tell ya all about my week.  Hasnt been too busy.  We've had some sickness and repairs going on holding us up a bit.

Monday 5-14-12
We had our P-day.  And it was good.  We went to the park and played frisbee for a while.  It was kind of windy so that stunk... but it was fun to play.  We havent played in forever!  Some Hobo came and played with us too.  I'm pretty sure he was drunk... but it was a lot of fun because it made his day!

We went shopping at a place called the grocerey resale... basically if a store has a product that has been damaged they arent allowed to sell it so they give it to this store and this store sells it for SUPER cheap.  You just gotta make sure whatever you're buying isnt in "too" bad of condition and that its not expired.  But for the most part its pretty good stuff! I did all my shopping for like $14!

Then we had dinner at the Budrow's home.  It was good.  We went in service clothes because we were going to help them with a service project after.  Which went... ok.... We were helping a lady get rid of junk out of her house but her daughter got really mad at here because she said she was just giving away all their things so that was a bit awkward... but no biggy.

Tuesday 5-15-12
We did our usual stuff.  Went to brother Micklesons in the morning...  We did some pruning with him.  In his house he has these custom made rugs all over his floors.  And he had the guy remake them because he didnt like the color in the old one.  So the new one came in and he gave me one of the old ones! ITS SICK! I just dont know how i'm going to send it home?  Its kind of awkward to send a rug home... Its not a big rug. but i really want it.  I want to remember Larry Mickleson! haha  Its got his fathers ranch symbol on it and everything! Really a good lookin rug!

Then we went to lunch... i dont remember what we had? Probably bacon and egg burritos

Then we went tracting... for a while  probably had 3 doors opened... and we tracted for 2 hours.  I dont see why elders look down on service because tracting is way worse... i can actually feel like i'm accomplishing something when i'm doing service where as i can go tracting and not get anything done.  Tracting is a good way to waste time. 

So then after that we went out and visited members and gave them their "missionary Packets" 

We met with Kameron and taught him.  I owed him 50 Peices of jolly ranchers so i gave those to him as well

Then we had dinner at the Asplunds.  They are super cool.  Their kids are funny too.  

Then we took off to the church to see if the youth were doing a service project and we talked to a few of them that were leaving and they said that they were going to a house. so we told them we would change and come help them.  So we changed, went to the house and they had already left! They were there for about 10 minutes not even....  So we went to the church and ate food  with the youth and then some dumb girl stole my stinkin car keys and it took forever to get them back! Young women... grrrr.

Then..... that was it.  We came in.

Wednesday 5-16-12
We went to district meeting.  And that was ok.

We came back home and ate lunch and elder wood wasnt feeling well so we stayed in pretty much the rest of the day.  We went to dinner at the Hammers home which was ok and that was it.  Poor guy wasnt feelin good. Then later that night we went on exchanges and i finally got my chance to go to SLO. I went with Elder Griffin.

Thursday 5-17-12
So first we went to a ladies house where she looks after mentally ill kids and physically ill kids.  Its crazy because the spirit is so strong in her house because of these little kids.  They are so cute and innocent.  I feel really bad for them.  

Then we went to campus at Cal-Poly and ate with a member.  He took us to the food court.  That was fun.  He also took us around the 70 million dollar gym they just put in that place it is SICK! ITS HUGE!  all the kids that go to school at Cal-Poly get to go there for free. It made me want to go to college really bad!

Then we went out tracting a lot... Which was cool because the people actually answer the doors there... But you never know what your are going to get.  A lot of yards are filled with beer cans and garbage and stuff.  Lots of houses are full of naughty pictures and other strange things haha... its a place to party thats for sure.  And not to mention GHOSTBUSTERS everywhere you look! GOSH!!! It was so crazy!! But throughout the day we did a lot of tracting.  Didnt really get to do a whole lot of teaching.  And elder Griffin thinks i have the BEST english accent he's ever heard and so when we went tracting i tracted some doors with a british accent hahaha.  It was pretty funny.  He would stand there and smile the whole time.  He was too afraid to talk because then he would start laughing.

Then we went to dinner. 4 college girls took us to the market on one of the streets.  Its stinkin sweet, they shut down a whole street and all the shops on that street move their stuff into the street and sell out there and then local vendors and stuff come and sell their goods.  Its so stinkin cool.  So the girls ended up buying us bbq pork sandwhiches and they were so BIG! I felt bad i could not finish mine! Neither could elder griffin. 

Then after dinner we went and taught a less active girl and she seemed pretty cool.

Then he took me home.  I like Elder Griffin, he's a really cool guy.  And you know the more i talked to college kids the more i realized i need to know what i'm going to do with my stinkin life! So i've determined that when i get home i will be getting my generals most likely at slcc and stay home for a while.  And then i think i will move someplace warm. Maybe cali since i have the hook ups here!  And i'll be taking fire science and prepare to become a fireman.  I can do firman service for about a year before i actually join and that will make it more likely that i will get on as a fireman.  I'll find odd jobs to do while i'm in school and i'll work towards getting my motorcycle and dog.  I'm not sure what school i will go to to do my fire science classes.... maybe UVU? i need to find a place where they will let me be a fireman anywhere i want... sometimes you will go to school to be a fireman but you can only be a fireman in the state that you took school so i need to make sure it i can move around when i'm a fireman.  Maybe i can go to the forest service... that is easier to get into than just a regular fireman job.  Its more dangerous but i think it would be cool... Be a smoke jumper or something? But thats the plan! And i'm stickin to it! So if anyone asks you "what is sam going to do when he gets home" you tell them all that i just told you! haha

Friday 5-18-12
We went to the church in the morning and did our weekly planning.  And for lunch we went to subway and while we were at subway some members from utah walked in.  And they were like "wow! 4 missionaries" and we got to talking to them and i found out they were from midvale and so i asked him what high school he went to and he said jordan... i was like wow! me too! and i remembered that grandpa? or great grandpa? crapo taught music there and i asked him if he took music.  And he was like "what's your last name?" and i told him crapo and his eyes got all big and he was like "Honey! look! This elders Grandfather was my band teacher!" haha it was pretty sweet!  His name is brother Kessler... i dont know where he lives now? Northern utah i think?  But what a small world.

Then we went back to the church and ended up goofing around rather than getting back into planning. Making videos on my camera haha we made some good ones.  I'll be sending a full memory chip home soon.  You'll have to check it out there are some good things on there.

Then we went out and did work all day.... We contacted mostly members.  Giving them missionary packets to do missionary work.

Our dinner had to cancel so they sent us pizza.  Which was good.  We also found out that our dinner is a chiropractor and he said we could come in any time we want! BONUS! HAHA!

Then we visited a few families after dinner and called it a night!

Saturday 5-19-12
We went to the Mortons in the morning and taught that crazy little girl again.  She's really warmed up to me now though... she's always holding my arm and trying to hold my hand haha she's only 7 but she is CRAZY!  But she's really smart too.  

Then brother morton wipped out some guitars and i got on the drums and Elder wood, brother morton and i all played for a little bit.  It was pretty fun.

Then we came in and the elders were having some mega bike problems and so we stayed in for a while running to and from the store getting parts and trying to fix their bikes and since i'm the only one in the apartment that really knows how to fix bikes i was doing it all.  I'm really glad i had all that practice on those beach cruisers we  re-did.

So our dinner had to cancel too.  So they got us subway which was really nice of them.  

After that we pretty much went out and ran errands.

Sunday 4-20-12
Was a pretty typical sunday.  Lots of church and we ate dinner with the wood family.  They are actually a really cool family.  Really missionary minded.  it was sweet.

 While we were in church brother moore (we made our mothers day phone calls at his house) he was talking in church.  He's in the stake presidency so i got to hear him twice which was good because he said something i liked and i had two chances to write down what he said. He said...

Theres two things in life to worry about,
living a healthy life or not.
If you live a healthy life you have nothing to worry about.
If you dont, you have two things to worry about.
Whether you get sick or whether you dont.
If you dont get sick, you have nothing to worry about.
If you do, you have two things to worry about.
Whether you live, or whether you die.
If you live, you have nothing to worry about.
If you die, you have two things to worry about.
Whether you go to heaven, or whether you go to hell.
If you go to heaven, you have nothing to worry about
If you go to hell you'll be so busy shaking hands with all your buddies you'll have nothing to worry about.
So dont worry.

haha i thought that was kind of funny.






Well that is pretty much it! Thanks for all your guys' support. I would love to hear from every single one of you. And especially recieve pictures! Its my favorite thing on the whole planet to get pictures.  Of ANYTHING! You, your family, your dog... it dont matter i just like getting pictures of things that pertain to you.  And i like letters as well... So just whenever you get the chance! DO THAT! haha!  I love you all very much.  I cant wait to see you in... still a long time to go... but i'll see you someday! 

Lots of love,

Elder Samuel Crapo

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