Subject: Hit my 16 Month Mark
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Hello Family and Friends!
I have been out a grand total of 16 months as of the 16th of this month.... Its so crazy how slow and fast the mission goes! My week has been alright. I'm glad i'm still in this area! Its been a lot of fun.
I also got quite a few emails today! YES!!! THAT ROCKS! I got to see a lot of pictures through email as well. So if any of you want to be my super hero, if you don't have time to write, at least send me some pictures because that is my favorite thing in the whole wide world!
But Here's how my week went!
Monday 6-11-12
We did the usual stuff. It was p-day. Got transfer calls and didn't get up to a whole lot... But it was ok! Elder Marquez packed his bags and i gave him a tie because i had never given him one before! And then we went to dinner at the Houseman's house for dinner. The Fely's were our dinner appointment but they were going to the Houseman's for dinner so we ate there with them. It was good and its always fun to go there with them! After dinner we went back home and picked up the other elders and took them all around to people to take pictures with and stuff to say goodbye.
Tuesday 6-12-12
Elder Lifungula left early to go get his new companion. Elder Marquez's new companion came down for Paso Robles to pick him up. We talked with him for a while. I talked to him a lot because he just got out of Tehachapi and he was telling me all the news about it.
We went to brother Mickleson's in the morning. The other elders followed us so Elder Marquez could get a picture with him. IT was good. We thinned out apple trees with him.
We got home and changed, took some Tupperware back to a member and then the other elders text us to tell us they were home. So we picked them up and did some shopping.
We had dinner with the Asplund family. They are always way fun and make really good food.
Wednesday 6-13-12
In the morning we went to the Johnson's home to do our food pickup!
We went to district meeting and it was OK. We gave out food as always
We came back home and changed into service clothes. I might need new pants soon. They are pretty much falling to pieces. I call them my Frank-en-pants. ha ha Because they are being help together by another pair of jeans pretty much. But we went to Brother Burgard's with the other elders. We split about 3 loads of wood with him and brother Gouff.
We had to get back and change to go to dinner. We had dinner at the Nichols house. They are so much fun. I shared the Tea bag Lesson with the family and they loved it! Afterwards we went to the back yard and played some badminton.
Thursday 6-14-12
In the morning Brother Schiber cancelled so instead we went to the church and watched Mormon.org videos and stuff. That was cool.
We saw Gary at 2pm and watched the Testaments with him.
We ran around trying to see some more people but didn't get to see a whole lot of people.
We had dinner at Bishop Haselhuhn's home and it was great! We had Salmon burgers and it was surprisingly delicious.
We tried to contact some referrals but had a hard time finding them so didn't get much done :(
Friday 6-15-12
We went to the church and did our weekly planning.
Picked up lunch on the way home.
Bought some dodge balls. For Saturday since we will be playing dodge ball for Saturday sports.
We had dinner at the Gouff's home and that was way good. After dinner we went down to brother Gouff's shop and sealed elder woods wood. Elder wood wants to build a guitar so he got two big pieces of wood and sealed them. Now he has to wait 2 years for them to dry out. But it was fun hanging out with brother Gouff for a while.
I have been having a problem with my shirts. I guess its an epidemic because I've had 2 shirts THIS WEEK, rip open on my right elbow? I guess i have elder Graff's sharp Elbows. That would always happen to him because his elbows were literally sharp! So i spent quite a while stitching my shirt back together. Two of them! :(
Saturday 6-16-12
We had sports in the morning. We had 1 person show up!!!! GOSH! So we had him call a whole bunch of people and then we had some more people show up! It was fun. We played ULTIMATE DODGE BALL!!!
After that we made lunch and changed. We went up to brother Schiber's house and did service! It was good besides the fact that it was 106 degrees outside. But we were cutting little bushes down and feeding them to his goats. He set up a mist line in his front yard though so we could cool off. It was really nice. When we were done they had us come in and they gave us cookies and water and they spoke to us for a really long time as usual. but it was good.
We left and came home, got ready and went to dinner. We had the Murray's They are a little more on the Less Active side. They are so cool though. We had some way good food and i shared a message on the scripture in proverbs and in the book of Mormon that talks about when you train a kid, when he gets old he will not depart from it. And i related it to him and his kids and man he was crying like crazy. He was bawling while i said the closing prayer. That was a great lesson. That makes you feel like you're doing something right. It was a great lesson.
we then went to the Graff's home and visited with them for a little bit. it was fun they are a cool family.
Sunday 6-17-12
We had church as usual. We got to teach the young men because all the young men leaders were having a fathers day lunch. And that was fun.
After church we had to get the bishop to sign Gary's Baptismal record. So we drove to his daughters house to get his signature.
Then we went to dinner at the Houseman's. They are so stinking hilarious! I love going to their house. We shared a really good story about why its important to go to church and it was a great lesson.
And that is pretty much it! Thanks for all of your support and letters! I look forward to hearing from you all again!
I love you all and miss you tons!
Elder Crapo
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