October 4, 2010

Dearest familia

the past week has been exciting

so monday was good we did pday, we went on a hike up to royal arch. so fun. Elders asay, de la cruz, and i ran up and down, we got down in 30 mins when it took everyone else 70. it was so sweet.

i had contacted president Ely about things going on and things that happened....so
tuesday morning i woke up and did normal stuff and got out of the shower to a message from him! that was fun. i called him back and it turns out that Elder Green who was training in Arvada 2nd (the ward i served in) had a companion that wound up going home...which stunk. So i was called back to replace him and my companion was sent off to be with some other missionaries.

So i will be going back to louisville on oct 11th as far as the plan is...and there is a chance i could be training...but we'll see.

So yes that's correct, i've been Emergency transferred and am back in Arvada 2nd ward.

It's been so good to see the Carroll's, Stiefvaters (i still sleep in the same bed), and Tienvieri's along with everyone else.

So Tuesday the rest of it, i had to pack up the area, get our dinner's cancelled, and all of our appointments delegated to other missionaries or members. It was hectic. I had like 0 time to pack and realized that i gained a ton of stuff...therefore i will be sending home a bunch of stuff soon. But the APs (assistant to the President) came to pick us up and we drove down.

Wednesday was district meeting which was super good. I felt super sick. Saw some people that i missed. Threw up after dinner cuz i'm sick lol. Then we went to this thing called "sweep for sheep" which the stake president here just started (he was like...Edler Allred, you're back!) we visited a bunch of people and knocked both doors on either side, it was so good. But by the end i had a migraine, and got a blessing and went to bed.

Thursday, felt like crap in the morning and had to take a 20 min nap. But it was good, then we went to do service on top of the apex center where we were before....so much dejavu.. Did visits, saw people.....nothing big....Saw Brother Carroll that night so good.

Friday went back to the food bank, went well. So many appointments didn't even have time to do weekly planning. I think it was either friday or thursday that we went to see someone and had a feeling to take another road....and we saw a teeanger from another ward walking with a friend who we invited to take the lessons......set up one for sunday...more to come.

Saturday began the wonderful phenomena of General Conference...i could talk about it for forever, but you all know how awesome it was. It felt good to stand with all the missionaries in the world who were awake lol..

Sunday was more General Conference and then we had dinner with Bishop and went to our appointment with S at her friend's house. Found out his dad is the bishop of a spanish ward around here. I got to talk to them in spanish for like 30 mins. And it felt good to be loved in the spanish culture again, i felt like i was in philly. I walked in and they were like oh so good to meet you, are you hungry? I told them we had just eaten and they were like, Oh, ok, then I'll just make you 2 tacos each. I laughed, but the tacos were amazing, i could have died happy. But then we taught the first lesson and set her for baptism for November. It was awesome. It's so nice to be with Elder Green. He's such a hard worker, loves to have fun, and just do the work. We're having a great time.

So that's about it. I have another week of "vacation" in arvada 2nd...lol
During this time i plan to work my butt off and find people to help.
I love being a missionary and i just want to keep going and having a great time.
I've also officially been out 10 months, which seems like forever and no time... it's weird.

anyways
love you all
stay strong
sorry this letter was blah super busy
love you
J