June 9,2010

hey there pops, sorry i haven't been so responsive to your emails. its been pretty busy this last couple of weeks. so to tell you about my week and answer off a few of your questions.... so today we had zone conference. pretty crazy long but we did have pizza for lunch so no too bad. yesterday we did 35 contacts in the whole of about 3 hours. it wasn't that bad, really cold though. its been getting freezing. so yesterday we also had p day. me and my comp decided to go to walmart. it was my first time since i have been here. it was really weird, it was a legit walmart. but the international selection was limited to a table. but i did get some peanut butter and some re fried beans, some skittles, and some salsa Verde. so i was fairly happy. then we went and played Frisbee with the elders. oh and the other day i bought knife, and the handle is made from an armadillo tail. pretty crazy huh ? well that's all the fun, and now for you questions.. i believe in that pic it was an m 16 with grenade launcher, nothing too special. almost everything that they have for their arsenal is bought from someone else. so alot of the weapons come from old arsenals from the states. pretty cool though to see all the stuff. that's cool to see that Sam is finally excited to do something. ha ha he was worse than me when it came to decisions. he is in for a big shock when he gets to the mtc. i still have troubles with all the stuff they wan me to do. but i am getting alot better at it. i have certainly come alot closer to my savior and its been a neat experience. i feel like what it means in the scriptures to be born again. i never really applied the things i knew and i never enjoyed the blessings from them. I'm no where near perfect still, shocking right? hahaha jk but i have been able to make studying the gospel more interesting. i just wish i had this motivation a long time ago. then i would have been able to help out my investigators with more knowledge of the scriptures. but it has taught me to rely more on the lord that he will take it to their hearts until they can feel and understand. so i guess it has its pros and cons. while I'm thinking about it alot of people just like to shoot out random un useful information and not enough testifying. the only thing that really converts people is your own testimony. but then again it all makes sense when you think about it in the grand picture. its really weird how perfect it is. well enough rambling. so it sounds like you guys had a fun graduation for Michelle. i hear ashlyn really made it known that hicks was pretty dry. ha ha i remember really well when one of the kids did that geyser, i was thinking about that the other day. it made me miss all the fun as a family. sometimes i fell like i will never have that again, its pretty depressing. well I'm really jealous that you guys got to go to those hot springs that i like. one of these days you should take the boys and hike to the ones in spanish fork canyon. those are my favorites. so stake clerk huh?? sounds like were in the same boat, hahaha. there is alot of stuff i never would have known about the secretary. but it really helps me o know what goes on behind the scenes of things so i can be more prepared in the future, like my job at discover. that helped me get a grasp on the real world. and how to manipulate it a little. ha ha well i hope all is well and that your knee is feeling better, your always in my prayers. just keep safe and take it easy. there is always something better on the way. i love you dad, keep safe elder seegrist