Monday, January 4, 2010

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
>
>

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