just in case

July 30, 2009

Hi everyone, mainly mom, it’s me, skyler,

Due to technical difficulties I was unable to email yesterday. I have no idea why, but every single church website was down. nothing was working. I tried to hop on my google so I could write you a sentence saying all was good, but the spirit gave me a stupor of thought on what my password was for my sinful ways.... I didnt really care, I figured a mothers joy was more important than what email engine we use...

So here I am. This works because today is planning day. Planning day works because i hate planning. So, we streamline it and are super efficient and finish the 3 hours in about 35 min. Now we have all sorts of free time on our hands. You’re welcome.

Now, for my list of demands. Jason, listen up (or open your eyes really wide if you are reading this), this one is for you. You are the only one in the family that mom and dad could afford to enlist in Hogwarts: school of witchcraft and wizardry. Could you look back on you magical education and send me a few very simple magic tricks I could use to impress the natives? President says he wants me to be creative, so I’m gonna run with it.

Now to mom. The picture can be any size. Whatever is easiest to send and would still be easy for me to travel with. Nothing bigger than bum’s. Also, the pictures you took at powell, I think the easiest way would be to just print them off at Costco. Don’t be afraid to print all of them. This allows me to reminisce over and over again on my own time. Those are my thoughts on the subject.

I think you would be interested to know what President Watkins has already done in his first month as the reigning force. Well, he is really taking the focus off of everything we have done. The focus before was all on street contacts. I enjoy them, but they never work with the Spaniards. The mission was very much a south American oriented mission, which is hard, because there are really not very many, and the ones that are here are really only here to work. P. Watkins has made everyone start searching for ways to get creative. Simple things like having family nights with the members outside in the middle of the parks. Things to get publicity going because there is absolutely nothing going on at the moment. It is super weird talking to people everyday that have no idea who we are. He also got pretty fed up with people calling him for permission to do service, which was the old rule, so that is no longer in existence. I have so far been very content with everything.

Michael is still progressing really nicely towards his baptismal date. He has now gotten to the point that he will not allow us to pray because he wants to say both the opening and the closing prayer. No complaints. His prayers rock. For example:“Oh fadda, king of glory, we raiss ower voices to dee in dee name of da fadda, and of dee sun, and of dee oly ghoost. Fill our bohdies, oh Lode, fill our bohdies wit dye puhfect wuhrd. Let dye gloree rest oopun us, oh Lode. Guide our lives dat we mey consume dee evils of dee world wit ower pehsonaal rightcheousness. In dye suns oly neme, even Jesus Christ, amen.”That’s just a sample.

Well, time is spent once again. Thank you for commemorating my day of birth in such an appropriate way.

Love you bunches,Elder Anthony Sky