Subject: Weeks are flying!
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Hello Family And Friends,
Its good to hear from most of you through email, OK maybe some of you, OK maybe just mom. But still i'm sure you're all doing great! Drop me a line sometime. I'd love to hear how you are all doing!
I know I'm horrible at keeping a journal... i need to get back into writing. But at least I have my planner that I can work off of.
So here's how my week went.
Monday 5-28-12
We had our P-day. Which was OK. We woke up and I cleaned the apartment. I'm usually the only one that does and we were told that we were going to have inspections so I cleaned it up really well. And we got a call from the people who were going to do the inspections and they told us that they wouldn't be coming until around 2. So we went and did our shopping and emailing and we were going to go thrift store shoppin' but it was Memorial Day so none of the good ones were open :(
We went to the park and played sports most of the day. I got a rugby ball from one of the members in Tehachapi and last Monday was the first time we actually played. It was fun. But Rugby is not a two on two game. We could have definitely used more people. We didn't know much about what we were doing while we were playing. So i talked to a Zone Leader (Elder Schiess) who played in college, and he taught us how to play touch rugby, which is a little different than tackle. But still way fun. I think it would be way fun to go back home and get on a rugby league.
We called our dinner and they had to cancel which was ok because we had a lot of leftovers anyways.
At 7pm Gary had his baptismal interview at the church. And he did great. He will be baptized and confirmed this Saturday 6-9-12. Baptized by his Nephew. Confirmed by me. I'm very excited for him. He is the result of the Templeton ward's 40 Day fast.
Tuesday 5-29-12
We went to Brother Micklesons house in the morning. We helped assemble his windmill in his front yard. Elder Wood took some pictures of me and the guy who was putting it together on these ladders setting it up, I'll try and send some to Sarah so she can get them on the blog. It was kind of a pain to get it up there, and by the time we had everything screwed in and bolted down, we found out that it was missing a part. So when the windmill spins it hits the frame it stands on. So that was no good. But we had been there a good amount of time and decided it was time to go. To be continued i guess? But it's fun. Its not everyday that you get to build a windmill.
After all that we came in and got showered and changed, we went out and contacted some people but we never have any good luck during the day.
We had an appointment at 5 with our Recent Convert Kameron. He's doing good. I like teaching him because he's a smart kid.
We drove out to dinner in Templeton. To the Burgard's home. They are a cool family. They are kind of a Less active/active/non-member family. And we got to talking to the Husband (who is a non-member) and he is working on a big wood splitting job and feels he doesn't have the sufficient tools or machinery. But i hooked him up with brother Gouff and we'll be going out with brother Gouff this coming Wednesday to help this guy out. The guy is way cool and i could see him being fellowshipped with brother Gouff and joining the church. Its a start! He was so shocked that we offered to help. He wondered if we even had jeans and t-shirts to do service in. He was even more surprised when we told him we had work boots and gloves. I think all he thought of missionaries were good for nothing dorks in white shirts and ties.
After eating dinner with him we went to the Delbar's home for correlation meeting. And it went well. Mainly spoke about getting the Baptism plans ready for Gary.
Wednesday 5-30-12
Sister Johnson told us that she gets all the Outdated or soon to expire food from Vons. her husband was the bishop and a guy that worked there said he felt bad throwing all that food out and told him he could take it and give it to people that need it. So she said for us to go over every Wednesday morning and she would load us up. And there are some pretty good things you can get from there. She gets TONS of food. So we put a whole bunch in the trunk of the car so we could bless the other elders at district meeting.
So we went to district meeting. And it was an interesting one. There is an elder from upstate new York is is kind of an odd ball and he was just on one that day. I was laughing so hard because he's so serious, but the stuff that comes out of his mouth is so ridiculous or stupid. But anyways. It was funny.
We then had to drive to a place called Waynes Tires out in SLO. We ordered some tires for the car and they told us they would come in the next day.
We drove home. Made some lunch and went out and did our usual contacting. We stopped by some members houses and gave them Member Missionary packets to work on and then had ward Correlation with brother Mattice. Our dinner had cancelled that night so we ended up going to A&W. We walked in and there was a member from another ward who i knew a little bit, an older guy, and he stood up as soon as we walked in and said "DON'T LET THEM PAY! I'M BUYIN'!" And he did. Which was very nice of him. So we decided we'd sit next to him and talk while we ate. And boy can that guy talk. He spoke about how he is always doing missionary work... and he gave us a live example. He was like watch this and got up and told some random person working at A&W all about the book of Mormon. Then went to his car and got a book of Mormon and gave it to her. Ha ha he was kind of psycho and i think she was a little freaked out. But its cool to see that he wakes up every morning and thinks, "who can i share the gospel with today" And that's what every single member should think. Because nobody thinks that way.
Thursday 5-31-12
We did service for brother Gouff in the morning. Went to the place where he had his log splitter and finished up the job he had there. It was fun. I love working around brother Gouff. We went back to his place and helped him with a few odd jobs around his house and he fed us lunch. It was pretty good.
As soon as we pulled into our apartment a member called us up and asked us if we could help move in his son. So we said ok, and drove up to his place and unloaded a u haul.
We got a call right after that from the guys at the tire store saying the wheels were in and we could go get em put on. So we drove to SLO and got the wheels put on.
We came back home, got showered and went to dinner. We ate at the Houseman's house. They are a really cool family. Probably one of my favorites just because of that one dinner. She made Grilled cheese sandwiches with avocado, tomatoes, onions... mmmmm it was just so tasty. They were fun though, fun to talk to. Their son in law has a sweet moped. Its a Honda Metropolitan. JUST LIKE THE ONE AT HOME. Except his had race track checkers on it instead of being purple. They also invited us to their daughters baby shower on Saturday.
After that i cant remember what we did? But we did something?
Friday 6-1-12
We went to the church and did our weekly planning. After that we did our usual routine and went to Subway for lunch. We went back after that and finished planning and then we were going to go to that baby shower but i forgot that it was Saturday not friday. So the other elders needed a ride to an appointment and we just went with them. We talked to a really cool guy named brother carpenter. Reminds me of Stuart a lot. Big guy, facial hair, funny t-shirts (his was a picture of buda that said "i have the body of a god), had his iPad and iPhone where ever he was, read off a few chuck Norris jokes. This guy could definitely be Stuarts twin. Anyways he ended up telling us about the Zombie guy in Florida! Who ate that dudes face! WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD? And why are people smokin' bath salts?! gosh! I knew zombies would be real someday! AND NOW ITS HERE!
Then we left and went to the church. The young women were having an auction to raise money for girls came and we got to eat for free and people kept buying us desserts in the live auction. It was great. We had a good time.
Saturday 6-2-12
We went to brother Mattice's mom's house to help move her out.
We then went to Youth Sports and had a pretty good turnout. We played a game called gator ball and then moved onto basketball.
After that we went to a couple peoples houses that we need to go see. And it was good because we got into some peoples homes that we never have been able to before.
Then on the way back i stopped at the farm supply store and bought some horse liniment. And i saw a cowboy hat there and i was so tempted but those things are $80!!! maybe a birthday present or something? Maybe i'll just call up Elder Pulham and he could just hook me up?
Then after that we went to the baby shower. And it was good. Lots of people. It was more like a pool party. Lots of food. And then sister houseman, who is my new buddy, came out and threw water balloons at us, i got hit in the ribs and got my whole side and arm wet! Gosh! I kept catching the balloons though because they weren't too good at popping and i would throw them back. When everyone was settled down and walking away i had a balloon that nobody knew about and i saw brother houseman walking away and he was pretty far away, but i threw it and got him right in the back, but it didn't even pop! It sounded more like it hurt! ha ha. But while i was there, a members niece was there, and she saw my name and asked where i was from and said "i know your dad" So apparently this woman moved to sandy in May and moved back to Cali just recently and she was in our ward back home. She lived on 300 east and Mary Lynn Richardson was one of her visiting teachers. So she took a picture and said that she would sent it to Mary Lynn. Kind of crazy! Way small world. Her name is sister... Mier? Myer? Mire? i don't know something along those lines.
After that we visited some families, we stopped at one families house and talked to a guy that told us about the zombies too! HE has the inside scoop somehow though and saw pictures, videos, and all the stuff. He told us of like 4 other cases around the US and Canada! ZOMBIES ARE REAL!!!! Anyways the family was funny, they are a little less active but are super cool.
Sunday 6-3-12
We went to the usual amount of church.
Ate dinner with the Johnson's who play MEXICAN TRAIN after dinner EVERY SUNDAY. SOUND FAMILIAR? New favorite family ha ha. Then we went to a youth fireside where some return missionaries spoke. And one went to Argentina. And i was looking through his pictures and in a zone picture i saw a kid i knew. From high school. I asked him about him and he said he ended up going home early for some reason... poor guy. It was Brennin West. He's a cool kid. I wonder why he went home early?
Well.... that is pretty much it. I need to get back to journal writing because i know i'm missing some things! Oh well... that's a good amount i guess?
I really hope to hear more from all of you! I miss you all lots and hope you are doing good!
Love,
Elder Samuel Crapo
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