October 17, 2011

OK that was weird i just read the " after this week you will have been out three months! " it about made me cry!! O well. I'm doing good. This last week has been hard though. My companion got a call from home telling him that his best friend that is also his cousin had got in a car wreck and was killed. So Tuesday morning our mission president told us to take part of the day off. After that we our investigators that were supposed to get baptized on Saturday had a bunch of stuff come up in there marriage so they canceled the baptism and we still haven't got to meet with them. They have lots of stuff going on. so that was a big let down and then like all the people we have been teaching either weren't home or couldn't meet with us this week so it was a long long week. But we had lots of prayers and we got through it. Let’s hope this coming week things go better. We always see lots of weird people! It’s never ending! This week’s sight was a transvestite sitting at a bus stop! It was weird! He was dressed up like a girl with make up and crap but hadn't shaved in a few days lol. It was gross! 

Ya i haven't got my flash drive so idk where it is. Did you put it in the box of stuff you sent me?

Sounds like a good week back at home! You never told me you were in young women's! That will be fun! So who all is in our ward?

Sounds like the goober is extra cute! I loved the pics from his b day. But with the homeless guy it’s hard to tell if he is trying to help him self. He is looking for a job and coming to church. I want to help him so bad but idk how. We get lots of people asking for help! People think just cuz we dress all fancy we are loaded! Not so much the case. But we do what we can.

So the wreck in 81 doesn't sound too good! There are lots of them right there. Let me know what goes down with everything! I have driven by the Battle Fields a couple times but we haven't stopped yet. I will for sure some day.

So i have been thinking. I should try to register as a Native American! Members in the ward have been telling me I should cuz you don't have to have much blood in you to register. So if you could maybe just put that on your list of honey dos I have for you that would be greatly appreciated. I could get some of my schooling paid for. Its worth looking in to. But ya just when your not busy! Lol hahaha love ya mom. I feel so helpless.

O Also when i was in Charlottesville I met a member there who served part of his mission in Declo Idaho!!! He said he knew you but I can’t remember his name. Did dad have missionaries teach him? Who were they?

But ya not much going on here just working, praying and eating! lol that's about all we can do lol. I will send some pics of the place we went to today. It’s in Norfolk. You should go online and look at the bride going from Yorktown to Norfolk. It’s so cool! It goes under the Ocean how cool is that! Elder Sevy had to so to a dentist down there. It was a nice little road trip.

Well mom have a good week! Hopefully things slow down for ya.

Love you forever

Like you for always

Love twark

October 10, 2011

Not much new stuff has been going on this last week. We are having a couple baptisms this weekend! I'm excited it is a really nice couple. We go and teach them every day so they can be ready. Yesterday in church the girl gave her testimony!!! It was so cool! It’s cool to see how you can help people gain that testimony that’s what makes it all worth it. But other than that just working like crazy. We are going to go bowling today so that should be fun. Last Monday we went to a tumbling gym and played dodge ball with about 20 other missionaries. That was fun. But holy cow I'm out of shape. Lol we have a car but we only get to drive 450 mile a month so we are mostly on a bike. My legs are getting fairly solid biking all over heck and gone. But it was a good week. 

O while i was at the mtc they recorded us singing during one of the firesides! I was way in the back though but yet I'm still in there. I got Kaitlyn's letters! I was way excited to see those i had thought she forgot about me lol. But ya they got it to me.

They give us 145 each month but i had to get bunch of stuff for my bike this week so that’s what I spent money on at Walmart and I had to buy hair gel! For now in I think I will have you get it from Char and send it to me, it only cost an arm and a leg. We have a washer and dryer in my apt so we don't have to pay! It is very nice. When we don't eat out and I don't have to buy stuff I can fairly easily stay with in the 145. Things just seem to be coming up. All the missionaries say it’s like that for a while until you have accumulated everything you actually need to be a missionary that they don't tell you about before hand. I'm excited to see the poster. I love conference it still gets me excited. Lol 

That’s good little red needed some TLC and I don't think it would hurt the van either. Lol Did peewee get a deer? Where did dad go? Tell pee wee she can write me when ever she wants I still have 10 letters I have yet to reply to. I'm gonna try to get most of them done today if I have time. My body says it needs some sleep.

I was so glad President let me call grandma! She sounded happy to talk to me. President said she can call me when she gets more medical news. He to wants to know how she is doing. We fasted for her on Tuesday and Saturday for her so hopefully she gets feeling better.

You should try to get me the address of all the missionaries you can so i can write them, like Jordan, McCoy, Jeremy, Aaron, Brandon Peterson, and who else is on a mission? I can’t remember them all. But you should try to get those for me please. O and Durf and Dallin's when they get one. Tell them they are gonna love it. And ask durff why he hasn't written me yet! There is a sister Durfee he and she wants to know if she is related she said to ask bishop if he knows a Kay O. Durfee. Can you do that for me please? lol 

My ipod just leave all the songs that are on there and there is a CD called the missionary essentials collection that I love that I would like on there. If you could get that at the distribution center and burn it to the computer then send me it in CD and ipod that would be great. Lol and just put some good uplifting country/ pop songs that aren't distracting or talk about inappropriate things. That all the requirements for music are. So something other than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be great. I liked everything. I'm really only interested in some Lady Antebellum. All her songs are appropriate. I have lots on my computer. I feel like a lazy bum! I can't do anything for myself! lol. I'm use to being independent and now i can’t do anything with out help or permission. Grrr. I hope you don't mind. I loved the stuff you sent me it totally made my week. I'm not surprised Blake and Kaitlyn broke up. Long distance just don't work, especially at college! Lots of fish in the sea that you would like to catch but can't cuz you already have your limit! Know what i mean! But anyways what do i know? I haven't had a chance to look at my blog yet but i will soon.

Thanks so much mom for all you do. Tell everyone i love them.

Love you forever like you for always,

Love twarky

October 3, 2011

Hey Mama,

Did you get my ipod i sent????My week has been great! So busy and general conference was great! Its so crazy how much general conference is on a mission! I can understand everything they are talking about and i can under stand all the big works lol. It’s great! I got the pics!!!! Thanks so much it made my week and then a package o my lanta! It was like x mas. Grandpa sent me some pics to and i got 3 letters this week it was great! I everything you sent me had something important about it. It was kinda funny.

I will keep praying for grandma and grandpa. Maybe i could get a phone call in! We will have to see. I hope things start going better for them. Idk what the heck could be wrong. She should go see some doctors out side of Burley. I will keep praying!

Why is he getting rid of Nellie and getting that? Is Nellie still running good? Get rid of pimpy!!!! It’s so ugly!!! This is probably the only instance i will vote to keep Nellie. Lol well i got to go time is short lol. Have a great week.

Love Twark

Hey Dad

 Wasn't conference great!!!! President Monson cracks me up!!! Its crazy how different conference is on a mission! I can actually understand all the big words and i know what they are talking about! It’s crazy! I didn't even fall asleep! It was way better than i thought it was gonna be.  I loved how one of the speakers said a mission isn't the best 2 years OF your life; he said it’s the best 2 years FOR your life! Isn't that true. I figured a mission wasn't gonna be fun but I knew it would be good for me. I didn't realize that you are in kinda the same boat! Lol but its true! But I think with time I will get use to it. Its just part of growing up I guess.

We had a couple inv. come to conference but not as many as we wanted. We have 7 inv. but only 3 came. Some of them said they were watching at home but idk about that. I will think of something that will motivate everyone but idk what yet. I think if y'all read the Preach my gospel it would help. Its just so great! It explains the who what and the why of everything and has great scriptures in it. So i will work on something! I loved the pics!!!! And everything looks just as zesty as when I left it lol, but holy cow the time goes fast and before long I will be back home, the new tires look sweet! Ya you don't want them to get worn down. How has mom been handling the new job? Well sounds like the same ole same ole. Let me know how the hunting goes! You might want to get in a bunker when pee wee starts shooting at a moving target! Lol well thanks for all you do. Y'all in my prayers every night, morning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and every other countless prayer I say through the day.

Have a great week

Love ya dad

September 28, 2011

Hey dad,

I have been doing great. Yorktown is great. I have some fishing spots I am looking forward to trying out. IDK how it will turn out! LOL We have two people set for baptism here and there should be two more by the end of the week if things go as planned.

The Gospel Principles is a good book but it's not the one I am talking about. The one I am talking about is called the Preach My Gospel. It's what I use to teach my investigators. it's so much more detailed and has scriptures galor to look up. It's great! Have mom hook you up than both of you read it. maybe even have Pee Wee look at it. It puts things in English words and easy to understand.

I am excited to get your pics, they should be getting here soon. I sent some stuff home today so if you don't get it by Wednesday let me know, its insured.

I hope hunting for Pee Wee works out. Hopefully, she will have some time to go with you. She is a busy little toaster.She cracks me up, she is so good at anything she does if she tries. I would love to see a video of her shooting her first deer, lol. I still remember my first deer. I was like a woodpecker on a log, lol. It was so funny. I don't think it has changed much, lol. I am sure the dogs love being out in the hay with you. It kills me, Dexter gets out when your out there but doesn't when your not, dumb dog. How big is the four wheeler, I don't remember it much. Oh, that's pretty quick for Pee Wee to do anything 40 sec. that's great. She could probably shoot me.

I hope the hay season went well. Are you getting four crops? We didn't have to move water much earlier this year but I'm sure things have dried out with all the heat. It sounds like Jake got hurt by the horse, that would hurt like crazy to have a horse land your thigh.

Sounds like your hunt will be fun. Too bad I couldn't be there, but I am in the right place. I have learned so much but I am not gonna lie it is hard. I miss being on my own and feeling like I am being judged on my every move. I am learning patience and lots of them. It is good for me that's what I keep telling myself.

Well Pops, I hope all is well on the home front. I love you and miss ya. Good luck hunting, go get em.
Love,
Twark

September 28, 2011

Hey Mom,

Monticello was great, I sent some stuff home about it and Darden School of Business is where we had institute every Wednesday. It’s really nice!!!! I’m gonna go there after the mish, JK. I can’t leave you again. We haven’t done any cleaning up here because it did not get hit too hard, it missed Yorktown. Me and Elder Sevy get along well. I am not going to lie a mission is hard, but I have learned so much! So, I guess it’s good. Well, I know it is because I can see how much I have grown in such a short time. It’s a love hate relationship for sure. I bought a trunk and some $1 ties at the Good Will. I needed a trunk to put my fishing stuff, lamp and bedding in. I was full in my other bags. Sounds like work has been keeping you busy. Has it been nice having that extra income? Pee Wee has been keeping y'all busy too I see. It will be nice when she can drive, lol. I’m excited to get those pics. I can only imagine what dad took pics of. Probably the fridge and all of the food, the nice big t.v. lol. It sounds like Kambrie is quite the dead eye; she will be able to make hunting work. There is always time to hunt. The dishtowel incident!!! I'm not surprised one bit. She likes to hoard every ones stuff in her room and you can’t find anything. I bet my closet will be empty when I get home. But ya I believe she had everyone of the towels in there. She probably never even thought about them either. She is a little brat, JK LOL!

For conference we have to go to the church and watch it. We will have like 6 investigators there so it should be fun. We have a couple set for baptism. We gave them a blessing yesterday so they wouldn’t struggle with the word of wisdom anymore. That is too bad about Chrissy, I am sure it was a sad day. Grandma and Grandpa haven’t changed I can tell, lol. They crack me up.

Well, mom I appreciate all you do for me you’re a big help. I would do more if I could but I’m under surveillance, LOL. I hate feeling like a caged rat. I rely on someone to give me money for food. I can only eat at certain times of the day. I feel helpless sometimes. I guess it’s teaching me to be humble too. I;m too much like dad, I want to do my own thing and not be told what to do. But thanks for helping me you’re the best mom ever. That’s why I’m gonna love you forever, like you for always as long as I’m living my mom you will be. And the best part about the gospel is you will be my mom forever. Thanks.

Love,

Twark

September 26, 2011

Hey Mom

My week has been great. Monticello was great. I’m sending some stuff from that home today so you can see. I’m gonna write y'all a letter so you have something to look forward to. I would like to maybe have you send me my yellow horse blanket! It’s getting cooler at night here. Not much clean up to do it didn’t get hit to bad here. Things in Yorktown aren’t quite what I was thinking they would be! I was expecting lots of ghetto stuff but there isn’t any here. Its lots cleaner than Charlottesville and lots flatter. Makes riding the bike mucho better. My new comp is Elder Sevy. He is from Saint George, UT. He is a good kid and a great missionary. I am learning more patience lol. I don’t think I will ever get a perfect comp. cuz the lord knows I need to learn some patience and charity lol. But all is well. We are teaching lots of people and have a few set for baptism. Let hope we get some more. Well I’m gonna write you so I will talk to ya later.

Love Twark

 p.s. I have to by a bike so I’m gonna have to take 120 out of my account.