July 28, 2013

Well things are continuing to go great out here. Me and Elder Jensen are having a great time. He is a really cool guy and we have a ton of stuff in common. He likes to hunt and fish and all that stuff. Sounds like you guys are having a great time up there. We will have to go on a couple trips when I get back. One up there and one out here. I saw your letter to Sis Wrye they are such a nice family and are always helping us out and taking care of us. You will have to ask her about the picture that we gave to them. It is a pretty ugly painting and we did it as kind of a joke but it is now hanging up in there hall way. There are some really awesome people out here. Last week we didn't get to teach the Willard's they ended up being busy so we will hopefully be able to get to teach them this week. We were able to find one new investigator last week and we are going back to teach him and his wife this week. That will hopefully go good. We are still trying to help the L.A to come back to activity. We were able to do some service for a lady that has been inactive for years and is married to a non member. They have both slowly started to soften their hearts I don't know if anything will happen anytime soon but it was cool to see the progress that they have made. Not a whole lot of news this week. We are going to try and kill a rabbit and make rabbit stew but I am not sure how successful we will be in that. I am super jealous about the coyote hunting that those guys are doing. Hopefully so more interesting things will happen so I can have more to write about. I did send a couple of pictures and some letters so those sound be there when you get home. I talked to Elder Oates he served in the same ward as me and he was my Zone leader and we were really good friends but he got to eat dinner with Justin and Ashley and Melanie this last week. He is in there ward it was pretty cool to hear that. He says that they are his favorite family in the ward. That is about all this week. Thanks for the letters. And don't worry they are never too long. I love reading them. I always look forward to hearing from my Momma. You are the best mom I love you so much. Thank you for all the love and support you guys are in my prayers every night. Hope all continues to go well.

 

Love Elder Child

"The Ugly Picture)

 

 

  

(From Sister Wrye)

These last group of pictures are from last week when the Elders helped do service.  We had a pallet of round pavers that came and we need to unload them. It totalled in weight of 3,000lbs.  With their help we were able to get that done in about 15 minutes.  Then we fed them dinner then they were on their way.  Also I should explain the boy in the sombrero that is Hyrum Marroquin, he is a member of our ward, his father is the Ward Mission Leader who is from El Salvador. 

 

So there is a story about the ugly artwork.  Elder Child and Elder Jensen came over and said they had a gift for our family.  Elder Child said he painted it, teasing me. c:  So we are not for sure what it is.... So we hung it in the hallway and the Elders signed it.  The story is there is an artist that lives close by that makes a collection of his art in the dumpster and they found it there.  After receiving the artwork the other missionaries decided to bring artwork that they found from the same artist. This is Elder Gratil, Elder Jones, and Elder Vane which live about 12 minutes south closer to Martinsburg, WV and our chapel.