Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 11:52 AM
> Devoted followers,
>
> Low on time, as always. Get used to it.
>
> The call was a treat. You all sound pretty much the same.
> Too bad Jason couldnt come be part of the call, I miss his
> girlish puberty voice. As they say, pooburty hit him hard.
>
> The following is an email I received from President
> Watkins:
>
> Feliz Navidad, Elder Carr. Es una bendición servir con
> Ud.
> Es Ud. un actor y cantante y un misionero increíble!
> Que el Señor le bendiga.
> Pte.
>
> I am glad he was able to include all of my passions.
>
> Christmas was pretty fun. We ate a ton. Our mission leader
> is a chef in a 5 star hotel and he wanted to impress us. He
> succeeded. We ate with him, his niece, and his sister.
>
> Speaking of his sister, she is hilarious. She has been
> fighting cancer for the last several years but is just too
> stubborn to give up. She is a soury old bat, I love her.
> Well, as a result of all the kimo (spell check) all her hair
> has fallen out. We are always giving each other a hard time
> so I thought I would stick it to her. I went to a craft
> store down the street from her house and bought her a big
> flashy wig. Well, jokes on me, she loved it.
>
> I forgot to tell you all that we had a baptism this last
> week. He name is Santo and he is from the Dominican
> Republic. He is elect. It was like a 3 week drop. I will
> tell more about that later. I actually ended up playing the
> piano at his baptism. I felt like Elton John, all dressed in
> white just taking those hymns for a walk. It was a good day.
>
>
> We had the funnest activity ever this last weekend. We went
> with a chunck of the ward to a place called plaza de
> castilla, sang hymns and handed out copies of the book of
> mormon. We took 3 boxes of books and handed out all of them.
> The members really blew me away. They all made fun of me
> after, though. They said i am different than every
> missionary they have seen do this activity with them. I cant
> really think of why, but I have some ideas. At the beginning
> we would sing and then when someone would stop read our
> little sign, someone would go and talk to them. I was too
> laid back for me. I saw a group of kids hanging out a
> distance off watching us so I made a bee line to them. After
> a couple minutes I was able to double our singing force cuz
> those little dudes could sing. Then I ran into I think my
> favorite contact ever. He was an older guy that was standing
> a way off so I started chatting with him. When I asked him
> where he was from he said, “A little place in the
> carribean, its called Cuba.” I lost it. Totally
> flipped. We chatted for a good while and he ended up taking
> 2 books, one for him and one for his son, and for the first
> time in my mission the contact ended with a hug, 2 hugs
> actually. It was so cool because I love talking to cubans
> because it is like my unknown heritage, and he was super
> happy to know that there was someone in spain that shared
> his blood. It was so so so cool. He may have been as excited
> as I was.
>
>
> Well, I am out of time.
>
> Loves,
>
> Elder Sky
>
> M83 – Aaron, this is totally up your alley. Think, I am a
> missionary. Its cheesy.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Christmas? The 3 kings are right around the corner!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 5:32 PM
> Sorry about the delay, we made a
> temple trip today. That is really no excuse, seeing as we
> now live only about 30 minutes away. The real hold up was
> because we finally found a new piso so we have our pday
> back. After the temple we met up with a bunch of
> missionaries in the stake center (it was raining) and played
> some tournament soccer in the gym. While our team was
> sitting out we played settlers of catan. A very successful
> pday. I think my favorite comment from the day was when
> everything was coming to a close and we were hiting the
> climax of our catan, so as you can imagine, everything was
> really intense. Well, one of the missionaries was looking
> around kind of lost-like and when he saw me he said, "oh I
> though Elder Carr had left already, it was really quiet." I
> dont know what he was talking about.
>
> The temple was super fun. I cant wait for you all to get to
> go through. The subway broke down so we had to make some
> detours and ended up missing our session (all the
> missionaries usually go to the same session). No problem, we
> just jumped in the next one. The session was in spanish, we
> prayed in portuguese, and the temple workers were speaking
> french. Portuguese makes me laugh.
>
> As for your question about the accent, i am still very much
> not lispy. It kind of throws people off too. I try to speak
> with no accent. Just clearly. People always try to figure it
> out and it drives them wild. They say i look spaniard, speak
> spanish well enough, but just dont sound like i look like i
> should sound. Foreigners think i am Spaniard. Hmm long
> answer for a short question.
>
> Thank you for writing Gina, she will love it.
>
> So the Lord punished our ward last week. I have no time to
> expound on it, but the chicken that was served was bad.
> Nothing horrible though, just flood breaks down south. I was
> the only missionary who got it. Church was hilarious the day after.
> People tried to show faith and come to chruch but everyone
> just ended up hanging out outside the bathroom and chatting,
> taking turns using the services. It was so much fun because
> everybody was shameless because they knew eveybody had the
> same problem. Very good times.
>
> The talent show yesterday was a blast. I tried to hold
> back, but think it didnt work too well. The assistants
> beforehand were telling us what was going down and told us
> that even though we could have fun we had to remember we are
> representatives of Jesus Christ. I am not sure why, but the
> entire time he was looking right at me. I wrote a song the
> night before to the tunes of Hero, by Enrique Iglesias, In
> the Jungle, from Lion King, and Kiss the Girl, from The
> Little Mermaid. Little excerpts from each one about
> missionary work. It turned out pretty good considering our
> first rehearsal was when we were performing it. And even
> better, there were a few missionaries that didnt have
> talents or get invited to do anything with anyone else so i
> took them on board and made them do various things during
> the song. They had a good time and it limited my performance
> options to just singing, which the assistants were grateful
> for. They recorded a video and said they would get it to us
> so i will se what i can do.
>
> Well, i am out of time. Sorry for the rush every week,
> things are nuts.
>
> Talk to you soon,
>
> Elder Sky
>
> M83
> Sorry about the delay, we made a
> temple trip today. That is really no excuse, seeing as we
> now live only about 30 minutes away. The real hold up was
> because we finally found a new piso so we have our pday
> back. After the temple we met up with a bunch of
> missionaries in the stake center (it was raining) and played
> some tournament soccer in the gym. While our team was
> sitting out we played settlers of catan. A very successful
> pday. I think my favorite comment from the day was when
> everything was coming to a close and we were hiting the
> climax of our catan, so as you can imagine, everything was
> really intense. Well, one of the missionaries was looking
> around kind of lost-like and when he saw me he said, "oh I
> though Elder Carr had left already, it was really quiet." I
> dont know what he was talking about.
>
> The temple was super fun. I cant wait for you all to get to
> go through. The subway broke down so we had to make some
> detours and ended up missing our session (all the
> missionaries usually go to the same session). No problem, we
> just jumped in the next one. The session was in spanish, we
> prayed in portuguese, and the temple workers were speaking
> french. Portuguese makes me laugh.
>
> As for your question about the accent, i am still very much
> not lispy. It kind of throws people off too. I try to speak
> with no accent. Just clearly. People always try to figure it
> out and it drives them wild. They say i look spaniard, speak
> spanish well enough, but just dont sound like i look like i
> should sound. Foreigners think i am Spaniard. Hmm long
> answer for a short question.
>
> Thank you for writing Gina, she will love it.
>
> So the Lord punished our ward last week. I have no time to
> expound on it, but the chicken that was served was bad.
> Nothing horrible though, just flood breaks down south. I was
> the only missionary who got it. Church was hilarious the day after.
> People tried to show faith and come to chruch but everyone
> just ended up hanging out outside the bathroom and chatting,
> taking turns using the services. It was so much fun because
> everybody was shameless because they knew eveybody had the
> same problem. Very good times.
>
> The talent show yesterday was a blast. I tried to hold
> back, but think it didnt work too well. The assistants
> beforehand were telling us what was going down and told us
> that even though we could have fun we had to remember we are
> representatives of Jesus Christ. I am not sure why, but the
> entire time he was looking right at me. I wrote a song the
> night before to the tunes of Hero, by Enrique Iglesias, In
> the Jungle, from Lion King, and Kiss the Girl, from The
> Little Mermaid. Little excerpts from each one about
> missionary work. It turned out pretty good considering our
> first rehearsal was when we were performing it. And even
> better, there were a few missionaries that didnt have
> talents or get invited to do anything with anyone else so i
> took them on board and made them do various things during
> the song. They had a good time and it limited my performance
> options to just singing, which the assistants were grateful
> for. They recorded a video and said they would get it to us
> so i will se what i can do.
>
> Well, i am out of time. Sorry for the rush every week,
> things are nuts.
>
> Talk to you soon,
>
> Elder Sky
>
> M83
you've got mail
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 4:46 PM
> I am sorry, but this will be a quick
> one.
>
> This last week we got a call from the office that we need
> to find a new apartment for 4 missionaries and buy all new
> kitchen and cleaning gear. The timing was almost too
> perfect. I finished unpacking my bags and the phone rang. It
> is almost as if they were waiting for me… It has been a
> lot of fun negotiating in the big city with lawyers and old
> Spaniards, but time consuming to say the least. We have
> spent all day out and about making calls and buying things
> and just barely got a chance to sit down and write some
> quick emails. To spice things up I am starting to go into
> each apartment playing a different character. My current
> favorite is the pampered, teenage millionaire. You should
> see how they treat me. They get all nervous and excited. If
> you have any others I should try, let me know. Tonight I
> think I am gonna try for flamboyant, American artist.
>
> So, Mom, I heard a song and decided that I wanted to
> dedicate it to you. It is called Volveré by Amanda Miguel
> and Diego Verdaguer. Our mission leader is a very large
> Dominican and he wants me to sing it with him for a ward
> activity. We will see if he can get through my manager… I
> don’t even know who my manager is so it will definitely be
> tough.
>
> Gina’s email is ginayromina@hotmail.com.
> She wrote me an email saying hi and I wont have time for a
> while to write her back. Could you write her and tell her
> that I say hi and miss them a ton?
>
> Jason can use my skis if he wants to, just remember that I
> love them.
>
> As for the work, I have been noticing some really funny
> things. First of all, the American accent is beautiful.
> Today we ran into a guy from Denver and it was like music to
> my ears. Next up, I think all the missionaries that have
> served here have all been very reserved because the ward
> doesn’t know what to do with me. There are a ton of
> members and they are all super sweet. The Bishop is really
> excited - his favorite word is valor so I think that
> is why he loves us. He also prays like an evangelist which
> is awesome.
>
> Okay, I am sorry, but I am out of time and my companion is
> hovering over my shoulder.
>
> Im outie,
>
> Well, really, Im an innie, but you get my drift,
>
> Elder Sky
> I am sorry, but this will be a quick
> one.
>
> This last week we got a call from the office that we need
> to find a new apartment for 4 missionaries and buy all new
> kitchen and cleaning gear. The timing was almost too
> perfect. I finished unpacking my bags and the phone rang. It
> is almost as if they were waiting for me… It has been a
> lot of fun negotiating in the big city with lawyers and old
> Spaniards, but time consuming to say the least. We have
> spent all day out and about making calls and buying things
> and just barely got a chance to sit down and write some
> quick emails. To spice things up I am starting to go into
> each apartment playing a different character. My current
> favorite is the pampered, teenage millionaire. You should
> see how they treat me. They get all nervous and excited. If
> you have any others I should try, let me know. Tonight I
> think I am gonna try for flamboyant, American artist.
>
> So, Mom, I heard a song and decided that I wanted to
> dedicate it to you. It is called Volveré by Amanda Miguel
> and Diego Verdaguer. Our mission leader is a very large
> Dominican and he wants me to sing it with him for a ward
> activity. We will see if he can get through my manager… I
> don’t even know who my manager is so it will definitely be
> tough.
>
> Gina’s email is ginayromina@hotmail.com.
> She wrote me an email saying hi and I wont have time for a
> while to write her back. Could you write her and tell her
> that I say hi and miss them a ton?
>
> Jason can use my skis if he wants to, just remember that I
> love them.
>
> As for the work, I have been noticing some really funny
> things. First of all, the American accent is beautiful.
> Today we ran into a guy from Denver and it was like music to
> my ears. Next up, I think all the missionaries that have
> served here have all been very reserved because the ward
> doesn’t know what to do with me. There are a ton of
> members and they are all super sweet. The Bishop is really
> excited - his favorite word is valor so I think that
> is why he loves us. He also prays like an evangelist which
> is awesome.
>
> Okay, I am sorry, but I am out of time and my companion is
> hovering over my shoulder.
>
> Im outie,
>
> Well, really, Im an innie, but you get my drift,
>
> Elder Sky
Holy Moly
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 11:47 AM
> Okay, I don’t even know where to
> begin. I feel like I just watched the last 10 minutes of
> every episode of Heroes where everything just gets crazy and
> you have no idea what is coming next. Yeah, that is how I
> feel. Well, that would really only work if my assumption
> that Heroes is still continuing the pattern of throwing
> everything into a mess is still true. Maybe you don’t even
> watch Heroes anymore. Maybe Heroes never really existed and
> my subconscious self just created it to entertain me during
> the long hours spent on the train going to district meeting.
> That could so happen!
>
> Don’t you see how crazy everything is!?
>
> Oops, sorry to get you all hyped up. I forgot about the
> weekly business.
>
> CHRISTMAS CALL! I am thinking you can call me at 9:00 at
> night, my time. I will confirm the call time next week. Organize
> yourselves. I want us to use every second of this call efficiently. I
> think my voice has gotten deeper and it will probably take me the
> entire call to convince you that it really has. I am serious
> people, be ready.
>
> As for the Email of Ronny and Gina, I went ahead and gave
> her your email, mom. Hopefully she will email you because
> she said she really wants to talk to you. If not, I will
> give you hers as soon as I get it. It may take me a while
> seeing as I am not in Aranjuez anymore.
>
> AAH! I totally blew the secret! I was emergency
> transferred!!! I hope you can feel the emotion in all the
> exclamation marks I am using!! All last week it was awesome.
> All the members were fighting over when we were going to go
> over to their houses on Christmas day and eve. We had
> everything booked and I was totally banking on having these
> two days, plus the branch Christmas party, to be the needed
> push to get me over my goal of the big 200. That dream is no
> more. As always happens, karma was waiting until the moment
> was perfect to bring the world down on me. We had all these
> huge plans and goals, a bunch of baptismal dates, and at the
> end of it all even joked about how sucky it would be if my
> mission continued its current pattern. I had gone 2 ½
> transfers in Barrio 6, 3 ½ transfers in Talavera, and I was
> coming up on 4 ½ transfers in Aranjuez. Well, I can tell
> you it was just as sucky as we thought it would suck.
> Apparently the stars aligned and here I am. There is another
> frightful pattern, that whole aligning of the stars thing.
> The last time it happened, as we all know, the Titans were
> released and they almost took over Olympus. Okay, that was
> off topic, back to the point at hand. Tuesday morning the
> phone rang and my companion picked up. The zone leaders here
> on the other line and asked how I was doing. Elder Driggs
> told them I was feeling pretty yucky, because I was (better
> now). They then asked if I felt good enough to pack my bags.
> They tried to pass it off on the Driggster, but he also
> feared telling me. Finally they got to me and luckily the
> shock of it all left me in an awkward state of numbness that
> only allowed me to sit down and stare at the wall. And there
> I stared for a good long moment. When I finally came to I
> wasn’t even mad, just impressed. The fates really have a
> sense of humor.
>
> That brings us to almost now. After all the teary goodbyes
> I went off to Madrid. There they informed me of the
> happenings. I have been changed to Barrio 1 located in
> Cuatro Caminos, pretty much the dead center of Madrid. I am
> in a four man piso (weird, but fun), we have a ward (excited
> to see it), there are millions of people (it is madness), my
> companion is a goofball (Elder Wallace, very entertaining
> fellow), there are 4 hermanas in the district (I am scared
> out of my mind), and I still have to unpack (soon, maybe
> right after this).
>
> So that is it. I don’t know how that came across, but I
> hope you could get the feeling of it all. My jaw dropped so
> hard that I think I need a chinstrap to bring it back up.
>
> I will give you a huge updates this coming week. Prepare
> yourselves.
>
> Loves,
>
> Elder Anthony Skyler Carr – Currently somewhere between
> the heart and liver of Madrid.
>
>
>
> Okay, I don’t even know where to
> begin. I feel like I just watched the last 10 minutes of
> every episode of Heroes where everything just gets crazy and
> you have no idea what is coming next. Yeah, that is how I
> feel. Well, that would really only work if my assumption
> that Heroes is still continuing the pattern of throwing
> everything into a mess is still true. Maybe you don’t even
> watch Heroes anymore. Maybe Heroes never really existed and
> my subconscious self just created it to entertain me during
> the long hours spent on the train going to district meeting.
> That could so happen!
>
> Don’t you see how crazy everything is!?
>
> Oops, sorry to get you all hyped up. I forgot about the
> weekly business.
>
> CHRISTMAS CALL! I am thinking you can call me at 9:00 at
> night, my time. I will confirm the call time next week. Organize
> yourselves. I want us to use every second of this call efficiently. I
> think my voice has gotten deeper and it will probably take me the
> entire call to convince you that it really has. I am serious
> people, be ready.
>
> As for the Email of Ronny and Gina, I went ahead and gave
> her your email, mom. Hopefully she will email you because
> she said she really wants to talk to you. If not, I will
> give you hers as soon as I get it. It may take me a while
> seeing as I am not in Aranjuez anymore.
>
> AAH! I totally blew the secret! I was emergency
> transferred!!! I hope you can feel the emotion in all the
> exclamation marks I am using!! All last week it was awesome.
> All the members were fighting over when we were going to go
> over to their houses on Christmas day and eve. We had
> everything booked and I was totally banking on having these
> two days, plus the branch Christmas party, to be the needed
> push to get me over my goal of the big 200. That dream is no
> more. As always happens, karma was waiting until the moment
> was perfect to bring the world down on me. We had all these
> huge plans and goals, a bunch of baptismal dates, and at the
> end of it all even joked about how sucky it would be if my
> mission continued its current pattern. I had gone 2 ½
> transfers in Barrio 6, 3 ½ transfers in Talavera, and I was
> coming up on 4 ½ transfers in Aranjuez. Well, I can tell
> you it was just as sucky as we thought it would suck.
> Apparently the stars aligned and here I am. There is another
> frightful pattern, that whole aligning of the stars thing.
> The last time it happened, as we all know, the Titans were
> released and they almost took over Olympus. Okay, that was
> off topic, back to the point at hand. Tuesday morning the
> phone rang and my companion picked up. The zone leaders here
> on the other line and asked how I was doing. Elder Driggs
> told them I was feeling pretty yucky, because I was (better
> now). They then asked if I felt good enough to pack my bags.
> They tried to pass it off on the Driggster, but he also
> feared telling me. Finally they got to me and luckily the
> shock of it all left me in an awkward state of numbness that
> only allowed me to sit down and stare at the wall. And there
> I stared for a good long moment. When I finally came to I
> wasn’t even mad, just impressed. The fates really have a
> sense of humor.
>
> That brings us to almost now. After all the teary goodbyes
> I went off to Madrid. There they informed me of the
> happenings. I have been changed to Barrio 1 located in
> Cuatro Caminos, pretty much the dead center of Madrid. I am
> in a four man piso (weird, but fun), we have a ward (excited
> to see it), there are millions of people (it is madness), my
> companion is a goofball (Elder Wallace, very entertaining
> fellow), there are 4 hermanas in the district (I am scared
> out of my mind), and I still have to unpack (soon, maybe
> right after this).
>
> So that is it. I don’t know how that came across, but I
> hope you could get the feeling of it all. My jaw dropped so
> hard that I think I need a chinstrap to bring it back up.
>
> I will give you a huge updates this coming week. Prepare
> yourselves.
>
> Loves,
>
> Elder Anthony Skyler Carr – Currently somewhere between
> the heart and liver of Madrid.
>
>
>
¡atención!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Family!
>
> I got a little surprise from President Watkins… You rock.
> They came to the baptism this weekend and handed it to me
> there. Since I got it in November I figured it was a
> thanksgiving package, you know, like last year´s, so I went
> ahead and tore it open right then and there, and I am very
> pleased. The tie rocks.
>
> Hmm I was going to give you the emails of Ronny and Gina so
> you could congratulate them, but I find myself once again
> deep within the bowels of the Toledo Fortress Library, so
> naturally they are not here with me. Maybe next week, if you
> are willing.
>
> If you desire, you may send the package to the mission,
> which is safer, or straight to me. I would however like to
> request all the hymns I have for the guitar copied and send
> straight here. There are a couple pages I got from the
> class. If you could get those off right away that would be
> grand. There is a mission talent show this year and we are
> running out of time.
>
> Our address is C/ Abdon Bordoy 57, Aranjuez 28300, Spain
> (duh).
>
> If you send the package to the mission, it will guarantee
> me not wreaking havoc on it immediately. I will get it on
> the 22 of Dec during the mission talent show. About that,
> any ideas? There are some high hopes. We are currently
> thinking of writing a song to the accompaniment of guitar
> and bongos.
>
> Okay, the library gives much less time than I thought. We
> gotta run through the happenings. Lots of happenings.
>
> For your information, Missy, we did celebrate thanksgiving.
> Luckily, Elder Driggs has not been entirely forgotten or
> given up on and got some stuffing, mashed potatoes, and
> other goodies in the mail. I bought a chicken. Don’t worry
> though, I gave it a very turkey name: Todd.
>
> Next up, Christian. Christian is the amazing Romanian we
> have been teaching for the past few weeks. We went into his
> house the other day and I was skimming through my B of M
> looking for a scripture to use because he has already read
> almost the whole thing. I looked up and he was just staring
> at me. I stopped and he gave me a little smile. He asked me
> if I wanted him to tell me the big news then or later. I
> said, “now.” So he took a breath and said, “I am
> getting baptized the Saturday after next. You are going to
> baptize me and Driggs will be the witness.” You should of
> seen the look on my face. It must have been good because I
> saw the look on his face that was caused by the look on my
> face. You should have seen the look on his face. He told me
> that while he was working he felt that he needed to get it
> done with. He only has to get married now, which should not
> be a big problem, and we can fulfill his wish. That was a
> good day.
>
> Saturday was even better. This whole last week we have been
> out of minutes on our phone because the office elders kinda
> messed up. It made things a bit troublesome seeing as the
> stake made us change the baptism at the last minute to the
> stake center in Madrid. Luckily, the members came together
> to make all the calls necessary. Only one problem, not
> enough was said in the calls that were made and nobody
> filled the font. We went ahead with the dressing, the
> program, and even the pictures before finally stopping the
> font. It was a little bit low, but all went well. I think
> the most amazing part to me has been Ronny through all of
> this. He has been flying of nothing but faith. He has not
> felt ready the entire time, but he has faith in what he has
> heard and the little that he has felt. Right when we were
> about to take the pictures of his family, he disappeared. I
> didn’t freak, I just slipped away from the group to go and
> search him out. I found him alone in the bathroom with his
> head in his arms leaning up against the wall. I came in and
> put my hand on his shoulder and asked if he was okay. He
> looked at me, and with tears in his eyes said, “I was just
> talking with me Father.” In the testimony he shared
> afterwards he said that he finally felt what he was looking
> for, just minutes before he was baptized. He received the
> testimony because he endured the trial of his faith. A big
> testimony builder for me.
>
> Okay, a red box just popped up to tell me I am out of
> time.
>
> Love you all,
>
> thanks for the good words and the shout outs from the small
> majority of you,
>
> peace be the journey,
>
> Sky
Family!
>
> I got a little surprise from President Watkins… You rock.
> They came to the baptism this weekend and handed it to me
> there. Since I got it in November I figured it was a
> thanksgiving package, you know, like last year´s, so I went
> ahead and tore it open right then and there, and I am very
> pleased. The tie rocks.
>
> Hmm I was going to give you the emails of Ronny and Gina so
> you could congratulate them, but I find myself once again
> deep within the bowels of the Toledo Fortress Library, so
> naturally they are not here with me. Maybe next week, if you
> are willing.
>
> If you desire, you may send the package to the mission,
> which is safer, or straight to me. I would however like to
> request all the hymns I have for the guitar copied and send
> straight here. There are a couple pages I got from the
> class. If you could get those off right away that would be
> grand. There is a mission talent show this year and we are
> running out of time.
>
> Our address is C/ Abdon Bordoy 57, Aranjuez 28300, Spain
> (duh).
>
> If you send the package to the mission, it will guarantee
> me not wreaking havoc on it immediately. I will get it on
> the 22 of Dec during the mission talent show. About that,
> any ideas? There are some high hopes. We are currently
> thinking of writing a song to the accompaniment of guitar
> and bongos.
>
> Okay, the library gives much less time than I thought. We
> gotta run through the happenings. Lots of happenings.
>
> For your information, Missy, we did celebrate thanksgiving.
> Luckily, Elder Driggs has not been entirely forgotten or
> given up on and got some stuffing, mashed potatoes, and
> other goodies in the mail. I bought a chicken. Don’t worry
> though, I gave it a very turkey name: Todd.
>
> Next up, Christian. Christian is the amazing Romanian we
> have been teaching for the past few weeks. We went into his
> house the other day and I was skimming through my B of M
> looking for a scripture to use because he has already read
> almost the whole thing. I looked up and he was just staring
> at me. I stopped and he gave me a little smile. He asked me
> if I wanted him to tell me the big news then or later. I
> said, “now.” So he took a breath and said, “I am
> getting baptized the Saturday after next. You are going to
> baptize me and Driggs will be the witness.” You should of
> seen the look on my face. It must have been good because I
> saw the look on his face that was caused by the look on my
> face. You should have seen the look on his face. He told me
> that while he was working he felt that he needed to get it
> done with. He only has to get married now, which should not
> be a big problem, and we can fulfill his wish. That was a
> good day.
>
> Saturday was even better. This whole last week we have been
> out of minutes on our phone because the office elders kinda
> messed up. It made things a bit troublesome seeing as the
> stake made us change the baptism at the last minute to the
> stake center in Madrid. Luckily, the members came together
> to make all the calls necessary. Only one problem, not
> enough was said in the calls that were made and nobody
> filled the font. We went ahead with the dressing, the
> program, and even the pictures before finally stopping the
> font. It was a little bit low, but all went well. I think
> the most amazing part to me has been Ronny through all of
> this. He has been flying of nothing but faith. He has not
> felt ready the entire time, but he has faith in what he has
> heard and the little that he has felt. Right when we were
> about to take the pictures of his family, he disappeared. I
> didn’t freak, I just slipped away from the group to go and
> search him out. I found him alone in the bathroom with his
> head in his arms leaning up against the wall. I came in and
> put my hand on his shoulder and asked if he was okay. He
> looked at me, and with tears in his eyes said, “I was just
> talking with me Father.” In the testimony he shared
> afterwards he said that he finally felt what he was looking
> for, just minutes before he was baptized. He received the
> testimony because he endured the trial of his faith. A big
> testimony builder for me.
>
> Okay, a red box just popped up to tell me I am out of
> time.
>
> Love you all,
>
> thanks for the good words and the shout outs from the small
> majority of you,
>
> peace be the journey,
>
> Sky
lets do this thing
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Kin,
>
> So, you seek enlightening on the sweet district title, do
> you? Well, to be quite honest, I don’t really get it
> either. The only explanation I can make up is that we spend
> a lot of time on trains. A lot of time to think. You know
> how my thought process is. Some may call it ADD. Others may
> make reference to ADHD. I, however, am fixed in my mind with
> the determined resolution that…
>
> I think I am going to start a computer company called
> OFTHE. I am typing on a DELL right now and I think it is
> funny how some Spaniards might be confused by that. “Del,
> ¿del que?” Or, “of the, of the what?”
>
> Congratulation Jation! I changed your name so it
> would rhyme. You can go ahead and think there is more to it.
> Kind of like in the bible when all the people receive new
> names because of there new achieved level of awesomeness.
> You have now achieved the required level of awesomeness.
> Keep rocking the boat. Well done Jation.
>
> Is Tara pregnant? I have a vague recollection of hearing
> something about that a few months ago. If so, keep up the
> good work, Tara! If not, umm… get to work.
>
> Time for updates.
>
> After several special phone calls and 4 hours, Ronny and
> his family successfully passed their baptismal interviews.
> They are set for this Saturday at 7.
>
> Here’s the drift:
>
> On Friday we went over with a couple members to put the
> finishing touches on the family. Ronny was absent. This was
> a bad sign. In all of our battles to successfully overcome
> the vices of the bottle, this was the common occurrence. He
> was strong through the week, but along with the weekend came
> the fall. We went ahead with the lesson and said our
> goodbyes. The next day we made time to go over and have a
> little sit down with Ronny. When we got there he welcomed us
> with a big smile and free banana. I gratefully accepted
> both. I thought he was trying to pay me off, which would
> have worked considering my weakness for the wicked yellow
> hoop fruit, but this time there was no need for bartering.
> He didn’t fall! Well, he fell, but in the more literal
> sense. In his words he said that a polish man at work
> insulted him and his mother and he returned the favor. He
> usually just ignores him, but he said he has been way
> stressed out all week from not seeking worldly relief.
> Then the polish man gave him a fist to the face, and he gave
> him 5. Then his buddies jumped in to back up their fallen
> comrade. So, as he said, his hands were full. Ronny is all
> man. On his baptismal form I marked male twice. He said that
> he had to do a bit of extra work because they were all
> kicked out of work and in no state to work.
>
> Then came Sunday. They were all doing awesome. It was like,
> “yeah, we’re getting baptized!” Then came Monday. It
> was like, “we can’t do it!” We finally had the sit
> down. It was interesting, they wanted so badly to do the
> right thing that they were afraid they might mess up. Common
> occurrence. Then came all the doubts. Then came all the
> insecurities. Then came all the things they didn’t like
> about the branch. I didn’t think too much of it until he
> started saying that he just couldn’t see himself doing it.
> I didn’t really know what to say, I knew he knew it was
> true. It was a delicate moment. He didn’t need doctrine.
> He claimed he didn’t need testimony. When I heard that I
> stopped him. I told him that a long time ago Heavenly Father
> had promised me that if I would freely share my testimony
> with others, then it would reach their heart. For a long
> time I didn’t even have anything to share, but I prayed
> everyday that the very little I had been blessed with would
> be enough. I promised Heavenly Father in return that I would
> do everything I could to give people the chance to feel
> something. I would give everything I had because that is who
> I am. I have given everything before, and at times it
> hasn’t been enough, but I was committed to keep doing it
> anyway, no matter what. So, I gave him everything. He
> started to think a bit more about it. Meanwhile I was hit
> with the very same feeling I had when Micheal’s father
> said no. That feeling where I feel like I have nothing more.
> Like I have nothing else I can give or say. So I started
> praying in my heart that my companion or I would me inspired
> to say something. We didn’t get anything, so we didn’t
> say anything. Finally, as he was trying to figure out his
> feeling I had the thought that maybe he had what needed to
> be said. I asked him if he thought he would pass the
> interview. He said that he could say yes to everything, but
> lacked the revelation. I immediately felt amazing. It was
> like the whole situation was out of my hands. Like i had
> done my part and that was enough. We explained that all the
> testimonies he said had impacted him had come from people
> who had received them after being baptized. The revelations
> we receive are not to get us just to baptism, they are to
> help us complete the last step, the persevering to the end.
> We told him the Elder doing the interview would be
> representing the Lord and then asked him if he had faith in
> that. He said that he knew that whatever he was told there
> would be the will of the Lord.
>
> The Lord told him yes.
>
> The Lord told them all yes.
>
> As always, sorry for the rush of the writing. Time is up.
>
> Love,
>
> Sky
Kin,
>
> So, you seek enlightening on the sweet district title, do
> you? Well, to be quite honest, I don’t really get it
> either. The only explanation I can make up is that we spend
> a lot of time on trains. A lot of time to think. You know
> how my thought process is. Some may call it ADD. Others may
> make reference to ADHD. I, however, am fixed in my mind with
> the determined resolution that…
>
> I think I am going to start a computer company called
> OFTHE. I am typing on a DELL right now and I think it is
> funny how some Spaniards might be confused by that. “Del,
> ¿del que?” Or, “of the, of the what?”
>
> Congratulation Jation! I changed your name so it
> would rhyme. You can go ahead and think there is more to it.
> Kind of like in the bible when all the people receive new
> names because of there new achieved level of awesomeness.
> You have now achieved the required level of awesomeness.
> Keep rocking the boat. Well done Jation.
>
> Is Tara pregnant? I have a vague recollection of hearing
> something about that a few months ago. If so, keep up the
> good work, Tara! If not, umm… get to work.
>
> Time for updates.
>
> After several special phone calls and 4 hours, Ronny and
> his family successfully passed their baptismal interviews.
> They are set for this Saturday at 7.
>
> Here’s the drift:
>
> On Friday we went over with a couple members to put the
> finishing touches on the family. Ronny was absent. This was
> a bad sign. In all of our battles to successfully overcome
> the vices of the bottle, this was the common occurrence. He
> was strong through the week, but along with the weekend came
> the fall. We went ahead with the lesson and said our
> goodbyes. The next day we made time to go over and have a
> little sit down with Ronny. When we got there he welcomed us
> with a big smile and free banana. I gratefully accepted
> both. I thought he was trying to pay me off, which would
> have worked considering my weakness for the wicked yellow
> hoop fruit, but this time there was no need for bartering.
> He didn’t fall! Well, he fell, but in the more literal
> sense. In his words he said that a polish man at work
> insulted him and his mother and he returned the favor. He
> usually just ignores him, but he said he has been way
> stressed out all week from not seeking worldly relief.
> Then the polish man gave him a fist to the face, and he gave
> him 5. Then his buddies jumped in to back up their fallen
> comrade. So, as he said, his hands were full. Ronny is all
> man. On his baptismal form I marked male twice. He said that
> he had to do a bit of extra work because they were all
> kicked out of work and in no state to work.
>
> Then came Sunday. They were all doing awesome. It was like,
> “yeah, we’re getting baptized!” Then came Monday. It
> was like, “we can’t do it!” We finally had the sit
> down. It was interesting, they wanted so badly to do the
> right thing that they were afraid they might mess up. Common
> occurrence. Then came all the doubts. Then came all the
> insecurities. Then came all the things they didn’t like
> about the branch. I didn’t think too much of it until he
> started saying that he just couldn’t see himself doing it.
> I didn’t really know what to say, I knew he knew it was
> true. It was a delicate moment. He didn’t need doctrine.
> He claimed he didn’t need testimony. When I heard that I
> stopped him. I told him that a long time ago Heavenly Father
> had promised me that if I would freely share my testimony
> with others, then it would reach their heart. For a long
> time I didn’t even have anything to share, but I prayed
> everyday that the very little I had been blessed with would
> be enough. I promised Heavenly Father in return that I would
> do everything I could to give people the chance to feel
> something. I would give everything I had because that is who
> I am. I have given everything before, and at times it
> hasn’t been enough, but I was committed to keep doing it
> anyway, no matter what. So, I gave him everything. He
> started to think a bit more about it. Meanwhile I was hit
> with the very same feeling I had when Micheal’s father
> said no. That feeling where I feel like I have nothing more.
> Like I have nothing else I can give or say. So I started
> praying in my heart that my companion or I would me inspired
> to say something. We didn’t get anything, so we didn’t
> say anything. Finally, as he was trying to figure out his
> feeling I had the thought that maybe he had what needed to
> be said. I asked him if he thought he would pass the
> interview. He said that he could say yes to everything, but
> lacked the revelation. I immediately felt amazing. It was
> like the whole situation was out of my hands. Like i had
> done my part and that was enough. We explained that all the
> testimonies he said had impacted him had come from people
> who had received them after being baptized. The revelations
> we receive are not to get us just to baptism, they are to
> help us complete the last step, the persevering to the end.
> We told him the Elder doing the interview would be
> representing the Lord and then asked him if he had faith in
> that. He said that he knew that whatever he was told there
> would be the will of the Lord.
>
> The Lord told him yes.
>
> The Lord told them all yes.
>
> As always, sorry for the rush of the writing. Time is up.
>
> Love,
>
> Sky
Christmas is in 6 weeks? That's tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Let’s get to the most important
> things first. This week we were doin' the usual, you know,
> building the kingdom, and I had one of those epiphanies. I
> finally thought of a suitable nickname for each of us. Elder
> Carr and Elder Driggs shall now forever be known (probably
> just for this week) as Sunset and Chipotle Sauce. Elder
> Driggs, I mean Chipotle Sauce, or Chip as I like to call
> him, even helped a bit by showing me a scripture from Alma
> 26. He didn’t show me what he learned from his reading of
> this chapter with the goal of improving our companionship
> title (so he thinks), but what’s done is done. There is a
> line in there that says: peregrinos en una tierra extraña.
> Something like wonderers in a strange land in English. You
> will have to double check that, I haven’t really opened my
> English quad for a while.
>
> Sunset and Chipotle Sauce: Peregrinos en una Tierra
> Extraña.
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> Elder Driggs just peeked over my shoulder and read what I
> wrote… he laughed in disbelief. I told him that in time he
> would come to realize what is really important in life. He
> said he was going to write about how disobedient I am. Sure,
> I will give him the fact that the white handbook speaks out
> against nicknames, but it says nothing against companionship
> titles.
>
> Companionship unity. What about our new title doesn’t
> scream unity?
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> Mum, feel free to go with the vitamin c capsules, the
> powder is poison. Sure, the powder may work better, but that
> is only because it scares your body into not ever wanting to
> get sick again. Just thinking about it makes me crave a swig
> of my high fructose corn syrup: the true doctor.
>
> Mum again, feel free to use the ipod. It will probably need
> to be updated if nobody has been using it, which would
> surprise me since you are all a bunch of moochers (smoochers
> if you are Missy and Preston). But if nobody has used it,
> ask Graham to update it for you.
>
> Mum once again, and indirectly Susan. Feel liberated
> (wanted to change things up a bit from free) to use any pics
> you want. If it turns out really good, maybe you could send
> one my way to give to Hermana Watkins… or maybe her
> daughter…
>
> Ooooh that was so inappropriate, Moms gonna kill me! Too
> bad I wont hear about it for another month.
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> This Saturday was awesome. We cruised on over to the Chapel
> bright and early to build ourselves a font which has now
> popularly come to be known as the blue whale. Isa made it
> through and was ready to go for a swim. Everything was
> amazing. She got baptized along with the daughter of our
> Branch President. The only speed bump this time was
> everything having to do with the baptismal clothes. The
> mission has always gotten clothes from the mission office so
> when the time was closing in I gave them a call and they
> said they would take care of it. They then called me the day
> before to let me know that there is new norm that all the
> wards and branches pertaining to stakes have to get their
> clothes from them and that the office is not supposed to
> take care of it. Having to deal with that made me take a new
> resolve: In my life I am going to always try to do the right
> thing, not just the correct thing. They had the
> clothes, but left us out to dry. The stake didn’t do
> anything either because of the short notice. I didn’t
> appreciate what happened because I am pretty sure Christ
> would have helped us out, but He also wouldn’t have let
> this bug him or stop him, so we didn’t let that happen
> either. Luckily, the members came together and provided
> little Isa with a temple dress, white pants, pretty little
> ties, and all the necessaries. I however realized that we
> didn’t pack my temple clothes so I had to borrow them from
> Elder Driggs. I currently am a tight 36, Elder Driggs is a
> slim 32. That was interesting. I felt like I was getting
> ready to shoot Saturday night fever. Look out John Travolta.
> Not to mention the water was ice cold, which was cool (ha
> ha, pun!). Oh yeah, and seeing as this was my first time
> ever in my life doing this, I never really thought about
> having to bring dry garments, so I clunked around the rest
> of the night moistened with holy water. Maybe in the next
> package you could sneak my pants, tie, shoes, and socks into
> there. I hopefully wont ever have to baptize again, but just
> in case it might be good to have the necessaries. I prefer
> tricking the investigator into choosing a member. I get
> transferred, the member doesn’t. Oh well, we’ll see.
>
> After she was baptized she shared the most amazing
> testimony I have ever heard. It was incredible. She was
> talking about how she knew God lived because she had seen
> him in others. Then she talked about the missionaries and
> said: In them I see the wisdom of an elder, the power of the
> spirit, and an example of a believer: I see my mother. In
> them I see a faithful companion, a true friend, and a
> powerful support: I see my husband. In them I see humility
> and the innocence of a child: I see my son.
>
> It was a really cool experience. I made a CD this week but
> then a member needed to copy some of the pictures so I will
> hopefully be getting that off next week.
>
> Loves, hugs, and high fives,
>
> Elder Anthony Sunset Sky – Wandering strange lands with
> Chipotle Sauce at my side.
>
>
>
Let’s get to the most important
> things first. This week we were doin' the usual, you know,
> building the kingdom, and I had one of those epiphanies. I
> finally thought of a suitable nickname for each of us. Elder
> Carr and Elder Driggs shall now forever be known (probably
> just for this week) as Sunset and Chipotle Sauce. Elder
> Driggs, I mean Chipotle Sauce, or Chip as I like to call
> him, even helped a bit by showing me a scripture from Alma
> 26. He didn’t show me what he learned from his reading of
> this chapter with the goal of improving our companionship
> title (so he thinks), but what’s done is done. There is a
> line in there that says: peregrinos en una tierra extraña.
> Something like wonderers in a strange land in English. You
> will have to double check that, I haven’t really opened my
> English quad for a while.
>
> Sunset and Chipotle Sauce: Peregrinos en una Tierra
> Extraña.
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> Elder Driggs just peeked over my shoulder and read what I
> wrote… he laughed in disbelief. I told him that in time he
> would come to realize what is really important in life. He
> said he was going to write about how disobedient I am. Sure,
> I will give him the fact that the white handbook speaks out
> against nicknames, but it says nothing against companionship
> titles.
>
> Companionship unity. What about our new title doesn’t
> scream unity?
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> Mum, feel free to go with the vitamin c capsules, the
> powder is poison. Sure, the powder may work better, but that
> is only because it scares your body into not ever wanting to
> get sick again. Just thinking about it makes me crave a swig
> of my high fructose corn syrup: the true doctor.
>
> Mum again, feel free to use the ipod. It will probably need
> to be updated if nobody has been using it, which would
> surprise me since you are all a bunch of moochers (smoochers
> if you are Missy and Preston). But if nobody has used it,
> ask Graham to update it for you.
>
> Mum once again, and indirectly Susan. Feel liberated
> (wanted to change things up a bit from free) to use any pics
> you want. If it turns out really good, maybe you could send
> one my way to give to Hermana Watkins… or maybe her
> daughter…
>
> Ooooh that was so inappropriate, Moms gonna kill me! Too
> bad I wont hear about it for another month.
>
> Okay, moving on.
>
> This Saturday was awesome. We cruised on over to the Chapel
> bright and early to build ourselves a font which has now
> popularly come to be known as the blue whale. Isa made it
> through and was ready to go for a swim. Everything was
> amazing. She got baptized along with the daughter of our
> Branch President. The only speed bump this time was
> everything having to do with the baptismal clothes. The
> mission has always gotten clothes from the mission office so
> when the time was closing in I gave them a call and they
> said they would take care of it. They then called me the day
> before to let me know that there is new norm that all the
> wards and branches pertaining to stakes have to get their
> clothes from them and that the office is not supposed to
> take care of it. Having to deal with that made me take a new
> resolve: In my life I am going to always try to do the right
> thing, not just the correct thing. They had the
> clothes, but left us out to dry. The stake didn’t do
> anything either because of the short notice. I didn’t
> appreciate what happened because I am pretty sure Christ
> would have helped us out, but He also wouldn’t have let
> this bug him or stop him, so we didn’t let that happen
> either. Luckily, the members came together and provided
> little Isa with a temple dress, white pants, pretty little
> ties, and all the necessaries. I however realized that we
> didn’t pack my temple clothes so I had to borrow them from
> Elder Driggs. I currently am a tight 36, Elder Driggs is a
> slim 32. That was interesting. I felt like I was getting
> ready to shoot Saturday night fever. Look out John Travolta.
> Not to mention the water was ice cold, which was cool (ha
> ha, pun!). Oh yeah, and seeing as this was my first time
> ever in my life doing this, I never really thought about
> having to bring dry garments, so I clunked around the rest
> of the night moistened with holy water. Maybe in the next
> package you could sneak my pants, tie, shoes, and socks into
> there. I hopefully wont ever have to baptize again, but just
> in case it might be good to have the necessaries. I prefer
> tricking the investigator into choosing a member. I get
> transferred, the member doesn’t. Oh well, we’ll see.
>
> After she was baptized she shared the most amazing
> testimony I have ever heard. It was incredible. She was
> talking about how she knew God lived because she had seen
> him in others. Then she talked about the missionaries and
> said: In them I see the wisdom of an elder, the power of the
> spirit, and an example of a believer: I see my mother. In
> them I see a faithful companion, a true friend, and a
> powerful support: I see my husband. In them I see humility
> and the innocence of a child: I see my son.
>
> It was a really cool experience. I made a CD this week but
> then a member needed to copy some of the pictures so I will
> hopefully be getting that off next week.
>
> Loves, hugs, and high fives,
>
> Elder Anthony Sunset Sky – Wandering strange lands with
> Chipotle Sauce at my side.
>
>
>
read it and weep
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Distant Caretaker,
>
> As always, business first.
>
> I went through the personal pharmacy you gave me and I will
> need some more Vitamin C, Bromex, Defense Plus, Nasal Spray,
> Garlic, and Flora. Also, some of the super rediculous hair
> wax that I would never in my life have gotten but susan made
> me get it and now I really like it and would greatly desire
> some more. Ask susan about that one. Also, I would like to
> request a new tie tack from Harrison. We were running after
> a family that we had to talk to and I felt the tack go
> flying into the outer darkness of an Aranjuez alleyway where
> there is only weeping, wailing, and the gnashing of teeth. I
> was forced to choose between the pleasure of having my tie
> well secured against my body, flail free, clean and classy,
> or the possibility of suprising this potential hearer of the
> word enough to hear our words. I chose the latter. Now
> Captain Moroni and his metallic title of liberty have been
> layed to rest amongst the autumn leaves that now scatter the
> streets of this death trap and enemy to all things that
> partake in any way of the tacking of ties. Naturally, we
> will be having a funeral this coming week in memory of what
> was lost.
>
> So a new tie tack would be great.
>
> There is also a new deal going on in the letter department
> of the mission. We only get letters during transfers,
> interviews, and zone conferences. So if I take a long time
> to answer any questions, either it was a dumb question, I
> forgot it, or I have not yet read it. For example, this
> transfer we had our zone conference and interviews with
> president take place on the same day during week five. I
> just barely got the letters that were sent during those five
> weeks. Good to hear from you all. The only question I
> remember as of right now was Dads. We do get the liahona,
> but due to the above reason, it may take a while. I think it
> would be awesome to take a waltz with you through the
> Conference talks every week. Please do send them printed of
> with all your comments.
>
> Speaking of conference, we got to watch Elder Hollands talk
> in zone conference because we miss the last session here. He
> is a lion.
>
> Alright, business is done, on to the tootsie rool center.
>
> I love to sing (more of a yell). I also love tone deaf
> south americans. The other day we were having a family night
> with my ecuadorian fan club (all the elderly mothers that
> live in the outlying pueblos) and they asked me if I had
> ever heard of Il Divo. Well, (dont laugh mom) they told me
> my voice sounds exactly like their lead man. (Mom, why are
> you laughing? For all you know I may have finally hit
> puberty.) In connection to this, we have a
> new activity with our Elders Quorum Pres. He has always been
> a difficult man to meet with. He is a colombian artist
> (paint), which makes for a super fun mix. Well, instead of
> trying to teach him, I just told him we wanted to stay after
> and sing with him. He loves music and so he had the
> Driggster play the piano and he and I sang. It worked
> wonderfully because afterwards we got to coordinate with him
> a bit for home teaching. During the singing an interesting
> thing happened. We were singing the first noel and i was
> getting way into it. We hit the chorus and instead of
> following the melody i tood the tenor line for a walk about
> 2 octaves and he just stopped, looked at me, and said: i
> love it. So now we are planning on performing it in
> sacrament next week. Il Divo live in the Aranjuez branch. We
> are hoping to have a sell out crowd of 50. I will keep you
> updated.
>
> Speaking of notes, on a sadder note, we didnt have a
> baptism this last week (I will get to that in a moment.). On
> a higher note, we are planning on having two baptism this
> coming saturday, them being Isa (we will get to her in a
> moment) and Helena, the daughter of the branch president.We
> got to go by and teach her at the request of President
> Jarosz (giant polish man who loves to punch Elder Driggs in
> the sternum) about the plan of salvation. She passed. Super
> smart girl. At the end we had a really cool moment. She was
> wondering if I still remembered my baptism, and i told her
> yes. There i three things i remember. First, getting to fill
> up the font with dad. Second, when i was confirmed all the
> priesthood holders were extremely hesitant to place their
> hands on my head because i was currently sporting the spikey
> hair look. Third, i remember the look on my parents face. I
> had seen it before, but i had never felt what i felt from it
> before. I realized how proud of me they were, but i felt
> like there was something more. I felt like there was another
> set of parents, not of this world, that were even more proud
> of me. It was the first time i remember feeling something
> that familiar from that side of the veil. When we taught her
> it was cool to see how proud everyone one in her family
> already was of her. I was glad i got to be there.
>
> As for the Prince, it was kind of a punch to the emotional
> stomach. He called us the other day and said that his
> parents had forbidden him from doing it, and seeing as they
> live in nigeria, there is very nothing we can do. To make
> things worst, Esther, the mother of Micheal had a dream
> about the church that scared her and wont let either of them
> come to church. It is sad how quickly the devil can make us
> forget. It was tough having so much happen that was out of
> our control. We are just waiting on a miracle right now. It
> was one of those times that i had to remember that i have to
> work as if it all depended on me, but remember that it
> doesnt.
>
> Luckily, we were blessed with a ton of tender mercies, as
> always. Isa was praying to know what she should do and
> received the answer that she needed to be baptized. She is
> moving to Bercelona at the end of the month but wants to be
> baptized here. It has been a ton of fun finishing everthing
> up in just a few days. She had her interview with our
> district leader and he said that it was a bit sketchy at
> first. That didnt surprise me, Isa is a fireball. Apparently
> when he asked her if she believed President Monson to be the
> prophet, seer, and revelator today, she said she wasnt sure.
> That scared him a bit. But then came the following: well,
> the book of mormon is true, so he must be. Thats my girl.
>
> We found her on my first day, and we will get to see her
> baptized on my possibly last day. It would be cool on the
> serendipity scale (a scale i just made up right now), but i
> would be sad to leave. I hope they give me at least one
> more. We shall see...
>
> Well, that does it for right now. We gotta go cruise the
> palace.
>
> Congratulations to 4 out of the 7 family members for
> getting excepted to be constestants on survivor. That is the
> lie i have been telling my sensitive self because it is the
> only excuse good enough for going so long without writing.
>
> Love most of you,
>
> Sky- currently tie tackless in Aranjuez
>
>
Distant Caretaker,
>
> As always, business first.
>
> I went through the personal pharmacy you gave me and I will
> need some more Vitamin C, Bromex, Defense Plus, Nasal Spray,
> Garlic, and Flora. Also, some of the super rediculous hair
> wax that I would never in my life have gotten but susan made
> me get it and now I really like it and would greatly desire
> some more. Ask susan about that one. Also, I would like to
> request a new tie tack from Harrison. We were running after
> a family that we had to talk to and I felt the tack go
> flying into the outer darkness of an Aranjuez alleyway where
> there is only weeping, wailing, and the gnashing of teeth. I
> was forced to choose between the pleasure of having my tie
> well secured against my body, flail free, clean and classy,
> or the possibility of suprising this potential hearer of the
> word enough to hear our words. I chose the latter. Now
> Captain Moroni and his metallic title of liberty have been
> layed to rest amongst the autumn leaves that now scatter the
> streets of this death trap and enemy to all things that
> partake in any way of the tacking of ties. Naturally, we
> will be having a funeral this coming week in memory of what
> was lost.
>
> So a new tie tack would be great.
>
> There is also a new deal going on in the letter department
> of the mission. We only get letters during transfers,
> interviews, and zone conferences. So if I take a long time
> to answer any questions, either it was a dumb question, I
> forgot it, or I have not yet read it. For example, this
> transfer we had our zone conference and interviews with
> president take place on the same day during week five. I
> just barely got the letters that were sent during those five
> weeks. Good to hear from you all. The only question I
> remember as of right now was Dads. We do get the liahona,
> but due to the above reason, it may take a while. I think it
> would be awesome to take a waltz with you through the
> Conference talks every week. Please do send them printed of
> with all your comments.
>
> Speaking of conference, we got to watch Elder Hollands talk
> in zone conference because we miss the last session here. He
> is a lion.
>
> Alright, business is done, on to the tootsie rool center.
>
> I love to sing (more of a yell). I also love tone deaf
> south americans. The other day we were having a family night
> with my ecuadorian fan club (all the elderly mothers that
> live in the outlying pueblos) and they asked me if I had
> ever heard of Il Divo. Well, (dont laugh mom) they told me
> my voice sounds exactly like their lead man. (Mom, why are
> you laughing? For all you know I may have finally hit
> puberty.) In connection to this, we have a
> new activity with our Elders Quorum Pres. He has always been
> a difficult man to meet with. He is a colombian artist
> (paint), which makes for a super fun mix. Well, instead of
> trying to teach him, I just told him we wanted to stay after
> and sing with him. He loves music and so he had the
> Driggster play the piano and he and I sang. It worked
> wonderfully because afterwards we got to coordinate with him
> a bit for home teaching. During the singing an interesting
> thing happened. We were singing the first noel and i was
> getting way into it. We hit the chorus and instead of
> following the melody i tood the tenor line for a walk about
> 2 octaves and he just stopped, looked at me, and said: i
> love it. So now we are planning on performing it in
> sacrament next week. Il Divo live in the Aranjuez branch. We
> are hoping to have a sell out crowd of 50. I will keep you
> updated.
>
> Speaking of notes, on a sadder note, we didnt have a
> baptism this last week (I will get to that in a moment.). On
> a higher note, we are planning on having two baptism this
> coming saturday, them being Isa (we will get to her in a
> moment) and Helena, the daughter of the branch president.We
> got to go by and teach her at the request of President
> Jarosz (giant polish man who loves to punch Elder Driggs in
> the sternum) about the plan of salvation. She passed. Super
> smart girl. At the end we had a really cool moment. She was
> wondering if I still remembered my baptism, and i told her
> yes. There i three things i remember. First, getting to fill
> up the font with dad. Second, when i was confirmed all the
> priesthood holders were extremely hesitant to place their
> hands on my head because i was currently sporting the spikey
> hair look. Third, i remember the look on my parents face. I
> had seen it before, but i had never felt what i felt from it
> before. I realized how proud of me they were, but i felt
> like there was something more. I felt like there was another
> set of parents, not of this world, that were even more proud
> of me. It was the first time i remember feeling something
> that familiar from that side of the veil. When we taught her
> it was cool to see how proud everyone one in her family
> already was of her. I was glad i got to be there.
>
> As for the Prince, it was kind of a punch to the emotional
> stomach. He called us the other day and said that his
> parents had forbidden him from doing it, and seeing as they
> live in nigeria, there is very nothing we can do. To make
> things worst, Esther, the mother of Micheal had a dream
> about the church that scared her and wont let either of them
> come to church. It is sad how quickly the devil can make us
> forget. It was tough having so much happen that was out of
> our control. We are just waiting on a miracle right now. It
> was one of those times that i had to remember that i have to
> work as if it all depended on me, but remember that it
> doesnt.
>
> Luckily, we were blessed with a ton of tender mercies, as
> always. Isa was praying to know what she should do and
> received the answer that she needed to be baptized. She is
> moving to Bercelona at the end of the month but wants to be
> baptized here. It has been a ton of fun finishing everthing
> up in just a few days. She had her interview with our
> district leader and he said that it was a bit sketchy at
> first. That didnt surprise me, Isa is a fireball. Apparently
> when he asked her if she believed President Monson to be the
> prophet, seer, and revelator today, she said she wasnt sure.
> That scared him a bit. But then came the following: well,
> the book of mormon is true, so he must be. Thats my girl.
>
> We found her on my first day, and we will get to see her
> baptized on my possibly last day. It would be cool on the
> serendipity scale (a scale i just made up right now), but i
> would be sad to leave. I hope they give me at least one
> more. We shall see...
>
> Well, that does it for right now. We gotta go cruise the
> palace.
>
> Congratulations to 4 out of the 7 family members for
> getting excepted to be constestants on survivor. That is the
> lie i have been telling my sensitive self because it is the
> only excuse good enough for going so long without writing.
>
> Love most of you,
>
> Sky- currently tie tackless in Aranjuez
>
>
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