June 15, 2015

Summer Time!!

even when your a missionary!

Hey Momma!!

first off i really like your "trek parable" haha(:  i dont have much time so im gonna answer all the questions as best as a i can!! (the red are my (mom's) questions)

1. How is the new Comp? I assume you’re not training?

1. new comp is sick, his name is Ryan McGraw from Washington state. he's in his second transfer so im finishing up his training. in the mission language a trainer is called the dad, but when its a second transfer finish up like this, its called a step dad haha. so now in the mish i have 1 son (elder roberts) and one step son (elder McGraw haha). he's a super nice guy and actually pretty funny, im really excited for this transfer.

2. Are you still a zone leader? Is that why you got the car?

2. NO!!! NO NO NO NO NO NO IM FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! haha, this area has a car cuz it covers three cities (Loulé, Albufeira, and Quarteira). but i am still district leader, which kinda sucks, but it aint as bad as ZL haha.

3. I can’t stop thinking how gross it is that you had hamsters running around you apt. for a month! Don’t do that again! (not really a ?, just a thought;)

3. they we're cool and only 5 bucks! p.s. im buying a boxer puppy when i get home haha, i hope, we'll have to see...

4.What is your new area like? Rich or poor? Ward or Branch?

4. well i kinda have three areas. Loulé is pretty much like any other portugues town, decently nice but pretty quiet and slow, we do most of our work in the other two cities. Albufeira is a huge tourist area, so sometimes its kinda hard to work there too, but its beautiful, its like Santa Barbara. Quarteira is where we do most of our work. its also pretty touristy, but not nearly as much as Albufeira, and its a pretty nice town. all pretty nice rich areas, but not as rich and closed of as Oeiras (my last area).

5. Where do I send a package? Do you need anything?

5. keep sending packages to the Lisbon office, cuz i'll be staying in the Portugal Lisboa mission. and just the next time you send a package could you send some more hair gel? that american crew or whatever it is, the lid is blue, i think its called molding something, but its not like runny gel, its white and thick kinda like flour and water..... haha that was a really weird reference.

6. How far away from Lisbon are you?

6. We're about 2 hours by car from lisbon, so not too bad, this country is tiny, its like less than half the size of arizona haha.

7. Are you teaching any investigators?

7. yea we've got a few we're teaching actually, but McGraw is still pretty new and so he cant remember everyones names and where they live (he's only been in this area for 6 weeks) and so me and him are starting over kinda, except for all the most important ones (or at least the ones he could remember haha) his trainer last transfer didnt do a very good job of teaching him and showing him, he kinda just led the way and expected him to follow, but thats gonna change this transfer!! haha

8. Got your package, not all the videos worked!?? Did you keep copies on a card?

8. dangit thats a bummer that not all the videos worked, yea i've got everything backed up. except for that sd card i sent home from the mtc, do you guys still have that?? cuz thats got all my videos from the mtc and i'd love to see that again! 

9. What is your most recent spiritual experience??

9. so we're teaching this man named Gerald (he's from ireland). he just turned 49 on saturday actually haha. when the missionaries found him about a month and a half ago he was super depressed and didnt know what to do with his life. he's addicted to alcohol (just beer, nothing stronger, but still addicted) but he wants to stop, and he wants to quit smoking too. they gave him a book of mormon, and he's actually reading it quite a bit. he just kinda opends up to wherever and reads for a bit, but he readys usually every morning, afternoon and night. he used to be one of the top engineers, he's got a PhD in it. then he just one day decided he was done and he wanted to relax, so he retired and moved to portugal about six years ago. he's a super intelligent man, but just living in a slummy tiny house who knows why. but he's saying as he's reading more and more of the book of mormon, he's buying less and less booze and cigarettes, he's says he just doesnt feel like its right any more. we told him that as he reads more and prays more and trys to live what he's reading, he's filling himself with the spirit, and so that spirit is taking up more and more room, and there's no room (desire) for the bad stuff anymore. he says some of the most sincere prayers i've ever heard, he's an awesome guy, when we come visit portugal we gotta come down and meet him(:

10. Answer #9

10. there you go!! ^^^^^^ (:

i love you all so much but i gotta run!! have a good week, i'll write more next week!

 so this was us bowling last week, selfie with a gopro.

and this was our zone meeting last week...... i was the oldest missionary in the whole fricken meeting haha (i've been on my mission the longest), only 5 more months!

 went to the beach today in a city called Faro, and I took my ukulele haha, we had jam sesh on the beach




















we're like a bunch of hippies hahaha, or hawaiians haha.

the elder that took these pics is Elder Madsen... he takes a lot of selfies..... A LOT









so the one juggling is elder Sant. he would juggle and i would play this funny little carnival type song, then i would stop playing and he would toss me the ball, and i would baseball hit it back to him and he would catch it and keep on juggling and i would go back to playing haha, i've got a really funny video but i cant send it on the email, so y'all will have to see it later haha

me and elder sant jousted.... i won haha.

















"im gonna teach you an ancient technique...... its called the power stance...."

 so this is my new desk, its like foam and super easy to draw on haha, so its just covered in doodles.... i may have been the one who drew the tank

my new comp McGraw, this is us out in a city called Albufeira, taking a little snack break out on a jetti

 saw a sick dodge the other day for the first fricken time in almost 2 years haha.... it was sooooooooo big holy crud


















so there's this equadorean family in our ward that sells a bunch of cool metal work stuff cuz the guy Oscar does engravings, so i bought a knife cuz i was needing one, and had him engrave Ranger in it, i fricken love it to death now haha

so i dont know if i've ever sent pictures of my ukulele, but here she is!! her name is Suzuki! haha, she's got a few tats

only the King gets to drive..........