well another year closer to the second coming... ha any ways to start the week off.. new years was fun. was similar to christmas with eating tamales. gross and chill-axing around the house. i ate at a local Chinese food place and wrote letter out to a few people. just need to get envelops now. at mid night the sky was really beautiful with all the fireworks and such. after the fireworks i wanted to sleep.... well the stupid drunk neighbor was blasting music ALL night long i could barely sleep and was a rough night.
ill attach a picture or two... the next morning we went out to get our money for the month out of the ATM. yay for pay day. well the atm we visited was in our area which is conveniently located by a burger king!! the only one in REU. well i made a stop for a good chocolate shake. was great and reminded me of mom and when we would get them after a dentist appointment...
well after that we went to WOON WOON. a chinese place. really good and what was on the tv... Lord of the Rings 3. ugh. was a good time eating and such.
also this week for service we helped a member dig a well. was a good experience. it was after church and had a group of elders go. me and my comp went to give support. well they were all joking about us going in to the well with our shirts and ties. well i ended up helping out and digging a good 2ft. was really good but i have a great blister on my hand now.. ugh.
the work here is getting better. my comp decided to shut down and let me lead the way for everything. which is annoying at times but i am learning alot from this experience and getting ready to train. i feel it coming faster than i know. i just need get down and study more..
so today we went to the ruins in another area.. was really cool and i was excited until i found out they charge more for a foreigner. and the ruins weren't all that great. but its a once in a life time chance really was great taking pictures they also had a zoo. which is of the picture of the monkey. i gave him my tie. was really funny but that thing had a really strong grip! ha was a good time though. i learned alot about ancient architecture the ruins dated back to 150AD. was cool but i wish i could see the city in its prim that would be cool. reminded me of the hike me and davy took and how places used to be a big hustle and bustle but now are nothing.
this week i should have a good time. time is really going by fast. and before i know it this change will be over. good times
if there is anything you wanna know let me know
love elder crockett
Monday, January 3, 2011
Dec 27
well as you all pretty much know im doing great here in guate and just having a chill christmas. i told kevin about this expirence and forgot to tell everyone else... any who the 24 we got together as a zone and went to the hospital to sing christmas carols and such to the people. i was thinking awesome the hospital mindy love the hospital and will be jealous of me... well i stept in the the building and just felt like death in there. i think there are some bad things/ spirits in there. we sang and sang. the hospiital was really nasty and dirty so be thankful for what you have in the states. my house is cleaner than that hospital was. anyways we sang and sang was really a cool expirence i enjoyed it.
christmas was basically newyears for the states. at midnight the whole city of San Sebastion was filled with fireworks and drunks. was funny but really cool too... i really loved talking to you all. and sorry i didnt call back in the night. all the tiendas were closed by the time my comp was done with the phone so i couldnt buy minutes. but o well we can all wait another 5 months. thats not to long now.. time is really going by fast. it was this time last year that i started working at the KING. and wow just really went fast. i hear thats how the mission is. so we will have to see how that goes.
yesterday we had another baptism! was really cool. then we went and did service for our recent convert with some of the ward members. was really good and i think it had a positive impression on him and will help him stay on task.
hmmm i dont know what more to really say things here are really normal. this week we have double PDAY! so saturday ill get to sit around and sleep. ha ha anyways untill next week!
Love
Elder crockett
christmas was basically newyears for the states. at midnight the whole city of San Sebastion was filled with fireworks and drunks. was funny but really cool too... i really loved talking to you all. and sorry i didnt call back in the night. all the tiendas were closed by the time my comp was done with the phone so i couldnt buy minutes. but o well we can all wait another 5 months. thats not to long now.. time is really going by fast. it was this time last year that i started working at the KING. and wow just really went fast. i hear thats how the mission is. so we will have to see how that goes.
yesterday we had another baptism! was really cool. then we went and did service for our recent convert with some of the ward members. was really good and i think it had a positive impression on him and will help him stay on task.
hmmm i dont know what more to really say things here are really normal. this week we have double PDAY! so saturday ill get to sit around and sleep. ha ha anyways untill next week!
Love
Elder crockett
Dec 20
hey well this week was really good. first off i got my pacages thanks mommy they are awesome. i swear i have gained at least 5lbs since tuesday! really good. the people here like my starburst. and im thinking on christmas about making muffins. hmmm just need the keys to the church which isnt to hard for me to get as long as i dont have a change in areas.
this week was packed with stake activites and our mission christmas party. tuesday was our mission party. it was filled with a devotional and then we ate. then performed skits. well the food was great no problems eating it. but i think the night before i ate some bad food. i had the worst stomach cramps.... i literally could not move and had a feaver. sucked and after i got my delicious pacages i went to bed while my comp was out with another kid for divisions. i had really bad hersey squirts... ill just end it at that.
next day was our district meeting and i still was suffering from the pains. but yeah... then the next day we had our stake activity. ´´blanca navidad´´ or for you spanish challenged people. white christmas. it was our zones baptism day. me and my comp had two people back out and that sucked but one has a date set which its going to be next week sometime. anywho we had 2 baptisms. was a good time.
the next morning we had a stake activity so our zone was all togther again. i like when we get together because i can talk to other people and such. in english. just another oportunity to relieve stress and get to express my feelings and such. so thats really all that i have done this week. sorry it was borring. i find out tonight about changes. i think i may be sent to another area. but who knows. things are going good and time is flying. its almost been about 5 months that i have been out. crazy!! but i dont know when im going to call in the morning sometime... but yeah i hope you all have a good week and ill talk to you christmas.
love elder crockett
this week was packed with stake activites and our mission christmas party. tuesday was our mission party. it was filled with a devotional and then we ate. then performed skits. well the food was great no problems eating it. but i think the night before i ate some bad food. i had the worst stomach cramps.... i literally could not move and had a feaver. sucked and after i got my delicious pacages i went to bed while my comp was out with another kid for divisions. i had really bad hersey squirts... ill just end it at that.
next day was our district meeting and i still was suffering from the pains. but yeah... then the next day we had our stake activity. ´´blanca navidad´´ or for you spanish challenged people. white christmas. it was our zones baptism day. me and my comp had two people back out and that sucked but one has a date set which its going to be next week sometime. anywho we had 2 baptisms. was a good time.
the next morning we had a stake activity so our zone was all togther again. i like when we get together because i can talk to other people and such. in english. just another oportunity to relieve stress and get to express my feelings and such. so thats really all that i have done this week. sorry it was borring. i find out tonight about changes. i think i may be sent to another area. but who knows. things are going good and time is flying. its almost been about 5 months that i have been out. crazy!! but i dont know when im going to call in the morning sometime... but yeah i hope you all have a good week and ill talk to you christmas.
love elder crockett
Monday, December 20, 2010
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
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.
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.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
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
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
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
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