dec 13

well changes are coming up fast ill know if i change next monday night.. so one week left. dang i love this area! everything here is going really great. the language is getting easier to get my point across and i really am loving it. i gave a talk in church yesterday. apparently it was really good from what the members were telling me. or they could of been really nice to me. no clue.

so first things first before i get down to stories.

WHAT TIME TO CALL....... I CAN CALL THE 24 OR THE 25 PERFERABLY THE 25 ABOUT 9 your time or later i may call sometime to see if i can schedul something so yeah...
ALSO... I WANT DAD´S BOOKS! for my birthday. yes i know dads books thats strange but ill be the first crockett child to read them ha ha sukaz!

anyways this past week has been good not to much has happend. its getting chilly at nights about 70 ish degrees. so tomorrow is our mission christmas party so that should be some fun times and i get my packages if they have come in by now. they have been holding them in the office stanks but thats life.

yesterday we had to talk to this member about getting there child baptized and turns out they were having a double birthday party. they invited us to dtay for cake and such. thats not the best part. they had 2 piñatas. the first one came and went the little kids had a great time. the 2nd one was for the adult. and who did they pick first. me kinda funny. i creamed that thing and the candy was delicious! ha ha was really cool. we are getting ready for a double baptism this weekend. thats really what im lookiing forward to this mission thing is getting better as the language is getting easier. still having a rough time here and there but all is well. just gotta wait my time out and it will click and ill be a champ.

so the other week i found a guy to teach. a real stud. speaks english lived in the states for 12ish years. illeagal of course but o well. i have been teaching is spanglish and hes really been progressing.i got him to quit drinking and also tell his mom hes thankful for here. anywho but when i went to his house yesterday to take him to church he left. its really hard to see people when they are progressing so much deny the truth and go there own ways. i hate it.

i loved the story about uncle gordy and the hometeaching thing. i have been pushing that in my ward as hard as my language abilities will let me. people here are lazy and dont do anything but watch futbol and work when they have it. our bishop is trying to improve this but no one not even his consejo is helping. i really hate seeing people so involved in there own lives with there own friends and not willing to let in a new convert or a less active in. its really rough being here as a missionary but i know with in time and with showing love for the people that all things are possible.

well thats my rant for the week i hope everyone is doing good. i miss you all. let me know when i can call you and i call around that time. 25 is pday for me so i have nothing to do really just laundry and study. feel free to send me church books!! im done with the missionary library the book of mormon d&c. and want more. so if you could do that mom? or mindy... ha ha anyways love you all and cant wait to hear from you!!!
love elder crockett

dec 6

well another week in the books here in the land of the laminitas. everything here is going good just getting hot here and there and closer to christmas. there holding our packages in the office... sucks i want them. i should get them by 14 thats when we have our mission christmas party. so im looking forward to some american goodies then.

this week not alot happend. we had reunions every day in the morning with the zone. and also with the president to see what our trainers are doing bad and good... after we got done with that it was a machete fest. man some people just need to get over the face that they are not in the united states anymore and need to change

so the story of the week... hmmmmm..
we painted some dudes house... that was cool.... the christmas devotional was pretty bomb! i enjoyed that.
this week we went on splits with some kids in the ward. after one appointment we were out for blood. or contacting. we walked down this path and i herd some one say hello. i thought just another guy trying to speak english... freak. well after being prompted i went back. turns out the guy lived in miami for 12 years... illegal of course... we was a little tipsy too... anyways he wants to change and wants to start off new. well i taught him and we set goals for him to stop drinking. its intresting being a missionary.. i love it and glad to be here! things are all good. times its really rough being here but i know im here for a purpose!

anyways thats about all that has been going down it was really nice to hear from all of you this week! keep emailing me i love getting your letters and such.

i miss you and love you!
elder crockett

ps everyone here thinks its awesome that the ´´bishop´´ on the MLS program is my dad.... ha ha its a good conversation starter with the ward clerk.

well this week was really good i had a good time here. things are just the same old same old. work non stop and yeah..
so this week i learned how to make tortillas. you think it would be easy but not for this gringo... the family were all making fun of me because i kept on messing up and by the time i was done making 1 the mom made about 12 ish... yeah eventually ill be good ha ha.. so my friend had an emegency change today so i wont have a friend around to talk english with for a while... its going to be rough but such is life as a missionary.

so the story of the week happend last night i was just about to fall asleep when i felt something on my arm... it jumped on my mosquito net and i realized what it was.... a huge cockroach me and my comp took down my mosqueto net and killed the sucker... freaking thing. i couldnt fall asleep for another 30 minutes... oh well..

this sunday a kid recieved his mission call and our recent convert recieved the priesthood. it made me think back on all those times in my life. crazy how fast time really goes out here... i enjoy what i can get though...


anyways my time is just about up... hope everyone is having a good time in the snow. im having a great time sweating all day long in the heat getting sun burnt.

love elder crockett

well everything here is getting better.... the gospel is true.. we confirmed our member in church yesterday so i have offically had one baptism hey i have an importand question for dad. i dont have his email adress  are we related to an Alvin david crockett? burried in the logan cementary july 1902 get back to me on that one. and also can you send me the story about the 1st guatemala chapel of our ancestor people want to hear about it and such...  also what year and mission was uncle gordy over.... if you could do that that would be great!
still need pictures of the out side of the house... please.
things this week are good. the language is getting better and i really am starting to understand people. i bet kevin can relate to that with the difficult barrier up north.

so this weeks story.. well sunday we went to recruite members and our new convert to go to church. while chilling inthe hammock he hands my comp some food. then hands me the exact same thing... well i told them not to tell me what it was and i ate it like a champ. my comp says to me... help me i cant do it.... ha i didnt help him after i was done i asked what it was.. well it was pig blood... a big arterie of a pig... freak it was werid.. never want that again but o well its come and gone... things here are looking out. it almost been 4 months. i looking forward to the packages people have said they would send. i could always use a little usof a loving. send more! ha ha

i hope to get better at the language this week and to be able to understand people... i know all things are posible.... i finished the book of mormon this past week. was really cool and a good expirence and such... things are great hopeyour all doing well!
love elder crockett