Go Tara! I didn’t know you could skip the baby and childhood stages and just give birth to a miniature man, but you did it! Interesting name you picked. K.T.? Sounds a lot like Katie. Is this due to the single-mother status that Tara is currently in? It works. Karston is gone a lot. I haven’t even seen him for almost a year and a half. Seriously though, I think Johnny Cash was just kidding about naming your kid Sue to make him tough. But then again if he wasn’t, we will find out soon enough.
God speed little KT.
That rhymes (I think. In Spanish, everything rhymes).
Ooh, a missionary plaque. I will give it some thought. Remind me to return and report next week.
So this weekend was an experience. That is all.
Ha, just kidding, I will let you know what happened.
Miracle Story.
We planned an activity for the recent converts to all go to the temple together. By together, I mean together with us. We had the go-ahead from President, all but one of the recent converts, and we even had a carpool! (Yes, that is me getting excited about a carpool. I am turning into such a soccer mom.) I was ready and rearing to go. I don’t really know what rearing means, but it also sounds like something used to explain stomach discomfort, which I will use right now. Upon entering into the metro, my stomach started rearing (see, it works). After the first stop, it started roaring. Im not a spewer, but I am pretty sure my body was ready to try it out. By the end of the trip I was standing against the wall with my eyes closed, breathing slowly yet heavily, and trying not to hurl (wow, sounds like pregnancy. I will go ahead and calm your fears now, it wasn’t.). We managed to get me to the church where I sat and tried not to think of cookies, because I was about to lose them. At this point I was a little caught up in trying to weigh my options. Going home would be a relief, but a huge huge huge downer. Going to the temple was the desire, but an impossibility. So, I prayed. I just asked to be able to go to the temple. That’s all. Whatever else I had to feel, I was willing to take it, but I just wanted to have enough relief to avoid throwing up in temple (I am pretty sure that sin lists right below murder and adultery.). I climbed in and as soon as we unloaded, my desire to unload went away. It was like all the massive storming came together and formed some huge dense rock. I knew it was there, but nothing more. Then it kept getting better. They asked me to be recorder. Amazing. They let me sit in a chair the whole time and not move. Exquisite. They never had me touch or baptize any large object or man. Wonderful. I was on top of the world. Then we left. Then I died. Barely made it to the piso in time. I wont be too graphic, mostly because I am out of ways to creatively describe the process of emptying ones stomach through the same source in which it entered, but we did have to set up a bed next to the bathroom for my convenience.
According to the mission doc I got a virus, but that is his answer for everything.
That is pretty much my week. All better now.
Skinnier too.
Loves,
Elder Sky
M83
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
no subject, only predicate
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.
> 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.
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
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