Just
like I promised I am replying more fully this week to this email, and
for(personaly) simplicity's sake I am going to reply directly to each one, look
for the (bluuueee) spots
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at
7:12 PM, Guy Parker <gparkers@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi ya!! We are
writing you for Family Night so that we for sure don't miss you this week!!!
sigh. So we read your last months worth of letters to them, so they
are caught up with you. For some reason we haven't been reading them out
loud...I think it's just been so busy...if it looks like you are running out of
time to read it, then print them up so you can read them when you get back to
your apartment. ;P We ate a piece of pie in your honor...
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. ;) I totally forgot it was until I got
to work. sigh. So we managed to scrounge around and get everything
made. It was yummy! We had mashed potatoes with yams in them,
veggies and so forth. I'm sure you remember...it's preview of coming
attractions, lol
I am so sorry I
haven't gotten your socks taken care of. sigh. So I didn't keep my
promise!!! UGH. I will this week, so hopefully you can finish out
your mission without holes in your socks... I'm so sorry!!(I would really appreciate
that)
The weather has turned cold, and we actually had a frost the other night and had to cover the tomatoes. We got several out of the garden, and I'm hoping to get more before they die.(that is always good)
The weather has turned cold, and we actually had a frost the other night and had to cover the tomatoes. We got several out of the garden, and I'm hoping to get more before they die.(that is always good)
The wedding went
well...it was well attended and the weather was perfect. It was just so
nice to get there and have it over. ;)
Anyway - conference
was amazing. What do you think about the change of ages?(quite a few missionaries
are going to be entering the field with in the next little while, and some
of our own missionaries think that we will all be made trainers real
quick, I am not so sure but we shall see aye?) Great stuff, huh? Well, I guess I"d
better save time for your siblings. Love you!! Mom
So - here's the first
one.... ;)
Hey bro.
This is Clarissa.
Just as a point, Weber State has a summer semester that starts in May.
I'm job hunting while still attending school. I haven't had much
luck, given the current job situation. I just need math to get an
associates, and I can't get past 1010(AAARRRGGGHHH!) and I need 1030 for a the
degree. sigh......(what
do you mean "just as a point."?
I
am not sure I understand what you mean..oh well, guess you're just referring to
when I may be starting aye? any way, you mention a struggle with math huh? well
what seems to be your problem? I might be able to help out...)
I
am not sure I understand what you mean..oh well, guess you're just referring to
when I may be starting aye? any way, you mention a struggle with math huh? well
what seems to be your problem? I might be able to help out...)
Aaron is conspiring
with Dave Lewis' youngest (?) sister to get him and I together(shouldn't we
decide that?). (sounds
like an interesting blind date, but if he is conspiring with her...
then
that could mean that he may have an interest in her
aye?
well hard to say cause I am not there to see it in progress so...ya
know..[ps:don't tell Aaron I said that, GOT IT?]) Wore heels to Sherie's wedding, and my
right ankle has been iffy ever since. Dresses were fun once Kristie and I
made sure they were modest (trust Sherie to pick the topless-sleeveless?- kind)(tipical). The funny part is, Sherie and Kieth
both said that they had so much fun at the reception that they couldn't party
afterwards (they and their friends were too tired from dancing-SCORE!).(I sure hope so...)
then
that could mean that he may have an interest in heraye?
well hard to say cause I am not there to see it in progress so...ya
know..[ps:don't tell Aaron I said that, GOT IT?]) Wore heels to Sherie's wedding, and my
right ankle has been iffy ever since. Dresses were fun once Kristie and I
made sure they were modest (trust Sherie to pick the topless-sleeveless?- kind)(tipical). The funny part is, Sherie and Kieth
both said that they had so much fun at the reception that they couldn't party
afterwards (they and their friends were too tired from dancing-SCORE!).(I sure hope so...)
You might not
recognize the house when you get home. We kind of overhauled the sunroom
and redid the kitchen walls. Finished part of the hall bathroom, and
repainted the north one. Tried to steam clean the downstairs one, but ran
out of time. By the way, boys are luck with hair when it comes to wedding
prep-I had over sixty bobby pins in my hair and a clip just to hold it in
place-and it still tried to fall out. Dad's planning to overhaul the
family room next, then my room. If we get to that the house will smell a
whole lot better.(what
happened to make your room smell bad?)
went on a date with a
friend from the singles ward, a thirty year old named Zane. (oh!?!,
you went out on a date?
) Dave invited me to a group activity on Saturday.
We went to a corn field in camo and camo paint and 'haunted' the regular
mazes. I managed to scare one person by accident, and we made a group really
nervous by following and running around them. Didn't get home til after 2
a.m., so I wasn't the most awake for conference. Thanks to my Institute
teacher I didn't fall asleep (phew) Did you hear the age change for
missionaries? 18 and 19-cool!
,
you went out on a date?) Dave invited me to a group activity on Saturday.
We went to a corn field in camo and camo paint and 'haunted' the regular
mazes. I managed to scare one person by accident, and we made a group really
nervous by following and running around them. Didn't get home til after 2
a.m., so I wasn't the most awake for conference. Thanks to my Institute
teacher I didn't fall asleep (phew) Did you hear the age change for
missionaries? 18 and 19-cool!
Beware, if you go to
Weber we might be carpooling. and study abroad programs are paid for by
you, and that's usually 1500 at least.(we shall see...)
Clarissa
Hey bud! How is it
going? Guess what? I am getting really interested in archery.(I thought that you were in
that already, or do you mean getting involved on a more
"profesional" or "official" level?) I even did a competition recently.
I didn't do that well but it was still a lot of fun. I also got a
target and try to shoot in the back yard everyday. I loose
arrows regularly enough to make it a little expensive (either with
buying new arrows or persuading Donald to go hunting in the field for
them.) but it is very relaxing. I was kind of surprised by how relaxing
it is, it really helps relieve my stress especially after a day of work.(not really suprising for
me, it makes sense, but it is good that you have found it to be something you
want to do, extra curicularly speaking) Work is going well, though I feel like
a missionary myself with how many questions I have been asked by this
one guy there. His name is Tyler, we call him Ty, and he is what he calls
Born again. (born
again christians are quite common out here in california, I have heard
they are mostly found in the united states and maybe a few other countries, but
mostly here in the usa, the most prominent feature of these
"Born Again" faiths is the common "saved by
grace" belief, while this belief is based on scripture, it basicaly
suggests; you can do what ever you want, as long as you confess that christ is
your savior and then virtualy nothing else matters, you are saved no
matter what you do before or after, but once you have been "Born
Again" you are "saved" kind of like a joke I heard a little
while ago,"one day a methodist(I can't remember what exactly his religion
was but it fits) preacher was on a trip in the southern states, while
he was there he became fed up with constanly having to shave his beard himself,
and so he went to the local barber's shop, which was owned and run by the local
baptist preacher and his wife whose name was Grace, he entered the shop and
asked for a shave and so she shaved him and when she was done she sprayed his
chin and lower face with lily water(not sure if that is correct I will need to
make sure on that) and said,"that will be 20 dollars." the preacher
was supprised thinking to himself,"that's an awfully high price for a
shave!, I can't afford to pay that every day for the rest of my life!!"
but since she had done a good job and not wanting to cause a problem he
payed the 20 dollars and when his way, the next morning when he looked in
the mirror he noticed that there was no trace of a beard on his chin, not even
a little stubble, he thought,"well she did a really great job!" the
next morning he found the same thing, and the next morning, after 7 days he
still couldn't find any trace of a beard anywhere on his face, thinking that
this likely had been part of the reason why it had been so expensive he went
back to the barber shop and said to the preacher's wife,"I first thought
that 20 dollars was exceptionaly over priced, but it has been over a week since
I got my shave here and I can't even find a trace of my beard.can you tell me
why that is?" the preacher's wife said to him,"you were shaved by
grace","once shaved by Grace, always shaved." they are among the
most common to be found trying to "Bash" with missionaries about
doctrine and scriptures, well known for being exceptionaly hard headed
) He really likes to talk about religion
and he has been impressed with how much I know about my religion. But he
asks a lot of questions that i'm not sure how to answer. Sometimes it
seems like he is just trying to undermine my faith but he backed off a little
when I turned some of his tactics on him. (not uncommon, that usualy
tends to be the regular tactic,"make em doubt, make em doubt!!"
they tend to take phrases out of context and tend to use a lot of anti
mormon literature, they also tend to fall back to proving stuff,
"how can you prove it?, where is the proof?") He claimed the Devil can imitate all the
feelings that the holy ghost gives you when you feel the spirit. He said
that the only thing that proves a religion true is fact, actual proof that
stuff in the bible really happened. At first all I said was that there
was proof the book of Mormon really happened but he dosen't believe
it. then I had a thought.(there
is a quick way to throw them off with that argument, simply ask
them,"so what evidence to you have that Christ actualy rose from the dead?
now that may saem uncomfortable at first seeing as he may turn around
and ask you, but rest assured, the point of this question is to see
what they actually put their faith in, is it in the evidence that is seen
all through the holy land, or is it placed in the words and doctrine of
christ, when he said,"if any man will do his will(meaning God's will), he
will know whether I speak of myself or of him that sent me" the
only way to really be able to know is to but the doctrine to the test, will god
do what he says he will if I do what he says I should, see what happens,
anyway gotta get going soon) I
asked him how he knows his belief is true when history is changed all the time.
for a while he left me alone but last week he brought stuff up again.
I enjoyed the discussion but I get mad when he starts asking about seer
stones and Joseph Smith practicing witch craft. (that is the usual
antimormon baloney, check out mormon.org and the
faq section, or the study sections on lds.org, there is alot
of helpful stuff there, and just another bit of advice, don't cultivate your
weeds(doubts) in your spiritual garden, cultivate instead,
your tomatoes(testimony), what do you want the fruit of your garden or a
mess of weeds? borrowed from a motivational speaker named John Bytheway, the
talk is called weed your brain grow your testimony, if you are curious
) Sigh. Well time to let someone one
else wright. I can't believe that it is only a few months till you are
back. xoxo :)
) He really likes to talk about religion
and he has been impressed with how much I know about my religion. But he
asks a lot of questions that i'm not sure how to answer. Sometimes it
seems like he is just trying to undermine my faith but he backed off a little
when I turned some of his tactics on him. (not uncommon, that usualy
tends to be the regular tactic,"make em doubt, make em doubt!!"
they tend to take phrases out of context and tend to use a lot of anti
mormon literature, they also tend to fall back to proving stuff,
"how can you prove it?, where is the proof?") He claimed the Devil can imitate all the
feelings that the holy ghost gives you when you feel the spirit. He said
that the only thing that proves a religion true is fact, actual proof that
stuff in the bible really happened. At first all I said was that there
was proof the book of Mormon really happened but he dosen't believe
it. then I had a thought.(there
is a quick way to throw them off with that argument, simply ask
them,"so what evidence to you have that Christ actualy rose from the dead?
now that may saem uncomfortable at first seeing as he may turn around
and ask you, but rest assured, the point of this question is to see
what they actually put their faith in, is it in the evidence that is seen
all through the holy land, or is it placed in the words and doctrine of
christ, when he said,"if any man will do his will(meaning God's will), he
will know whether I speak of myself or of him that sent me" the
only way to really be able to know is to but the doctrine to the test, will god
do what he says he will if I do what he says I should, see what happens,
anyway gotta get going soon) I
asked him how he knows his belief is true when history is changed all the time.
for a while he left me alone but last week he brought stuff up again.
I enjoyed the discussion but I get mad when he starts asking about seer
stones and Joseph Smith practicing witch craft. (that is the usual
antimormon baloney, check out mormon.org and the
faq section, or the study sections on lds.org, there is alot
of helpful stuff there, and just another bit of advice, don't cultivate your
weeds(doubts) in your spiritual garden, cultivate instead,
your tomatoes(testimony), what do you want the fruit of your garden or a
mess of weeds? borrowed from a motivational speaker named John Bytheway, the
talk is called weed your brain grow your testimony, if you are curious) Sigh. Well time to let someone one
else wright. I can't believe that it is only a few months till you are
back. xoxo :)
Kristie
(love
you all write you next week!!!)
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