Missionary Moments

So I had the best dream last Saturday night.  All the missionaries throughout the world cams to SLC for a day.  If you were from there, you were able to see your mom for a few minutes.  The hug I got in the dream was so REAL!  I woke up looking for him because I really felt a physical hug from him.  It was amazing!  He tried to send pictures this week but for some reason they didn't come through.  He told his dad he is having stomach issues again so please keep him in your prayers.  Other than that, he is doing GREAT!  I love the wisdom and advice he gives me.  Needless to say, I will be going to the temple this week!

Dear Mom,

Hahaha your dream was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. I am glad you felt the hug from me :) hahaha. The first thing that I got the feeling to say to you when I started reading your letter is when is the last time that you went to the Temple? Dont know why but that is what I felt that I needed to ask... hahaha Jessica didnt pass the driving test!!!!! hahahahaha I am pretty sure I didn't pass it the first time but then after ten minutes of thinking and studying I went back in and passed it :) hahahaha Good luck sis you can do it :) Sounds like you guys are going to be having an action packed weekend with everything that is going to be happening. Tell everyone hi for me when you see them :) Kim too :) Put in new bark? (We are getting bark in the park by our house. We took out the sand as a neighborhood Day of Service project) I dont know if I like that, I hate bark parks... it is so much painful when you fall... I just got my package :) thanks :) I got the books, and I am thinking that the life and teachings of Jesus and his apostles is the new testament? or do you still need to send some of the books. Also I got some of the things that I asked for in this package like the weight rope and stuff like that :) Thanks.

1. The Spanish is good, there is a different accent thing here and they dont say some of the letters at the end of the words but that is about it, I am getting most of it but I am definitely still learning it hahaha.

2. We are still trying to figure everything out with the family, we have finished all the classes and we are now just waiting for them to have their interviews and set a date, the setting the date part will be the hardest, especially because they dont have a lot of money to do the things they need, if the dad doesnt work that day they dont eat that day so we are trying to fix this problem too. We are also starting to teach 2 more families and 1 more person the classes so I am way excited for this :) We could have three sealings by the end of this year :)

3. We have had to drop a lot of the people that we are teaching because they arent keeping the commitments and dont really want to do anything, so now we are starting to find different people to teach. We do have one family that we are teaching, I am pretty sure that his is going to be baptized this Saturday too :)

4. It has been really rainy but it isnt too bad, most of the time it is raining is in the night or in the morning, and when it does rain in the afternoon it rains hard for about 30 minutes and then stops. So it is not too bad.

5. Well the things that I said we actually just started yesterday, so We are going to start it this week, so I will let you know how that goes. They seemed really excited to start it and get moving but we will see what happens. :)

6. She is pretty much the same, I honestly think when we have transfers it might change because my companion is going to probably leave and they dont really get along... hahahaha

7. I honestly have no idea, we usually dont know until like 3 or 4 days ahead. hhahahaha we just listen to talks from the assisents and the president. (Zone Conference)

8. The best part of the week was when we set our baptism for this Saturday, he prayed, he read everything we asked and he is ready for it. I am really excited for this baptism, for a 13 year old he has a lot of questions and stuff like that. My other favorite part was when we were contacted by the Jehovah´s Witnesses hahahaha They saw who we were and they were like oh its ok... bye hahahaha it was hilarious!!!

9. Okay so that wasnt a question that was more of a command... hahahaha (write me an actual letter and mail it the old fashioned way)

10. No none of the sisters in our ward listened to it... I honestly dont know if they know about it... But I will show them the talks when they come out in the Liahona here. We will be watching the conference in our building, it has an antenna that picks up the BYU channel. So that is where we will be watching it, but I wont have subtitles or anything this time :/ So I will be especially looking forward to the Ensign :)

HAHAHA Why does everyone think that their letters are boring.... I love them hahaha It honestly doesnt matter what you could pùt in them, I would still like them. :) Well this week I got to go to Villahermosa to become officially legal here in Mexico... hahaha We had to go to the immigration office and do some stuff and we got a card and that is about it. That is also when I got my package :) Thank you very much it was very awesomely good hahahaha I think one of my favorite parts was the random sticky note that say A.J. Snell says hi... hahahahaha Tell him hi back for me. hahaha So I honestly dont need any white shirts, I forgot that I have about 4 saved for my second year and the ones from the first year arent really even that bad... So I dont need white shirts. :) I would like a new pair of pants though (Black) :) I think 32x32 would be good, if not I can have a sister help me fix them up so that they fit. I also forgot to ask for ties :) of all the things I cant believe I forgot to ask for those... hahaha Seeing how really that is all we can change about us here ;) Thanks for everything :) I am looking forward for my birthday packages :)!!!!!! Thanks for this one I just got and for everything that was in it :) It was awesome. :) If you want when you get this send a text to Kim and tell her to have a good night with a ;) you can ask her why :) hahahaha So I am going to send a picture today :) hahahaha Love you guys be safe have fun and remember who you are ;)

Love Buddy :)

36 & 1/2 Weeks down!

Hi mom :) and sisters... hahahahahahahaha

Yes the time is definitely flying by for me too! I have almost been out 9 months!!!

To start I am going to write a bit about my week. Last Monday we went to the beach to play soccer, we ended up kicking the ball around for two minutes and someone already kicked it in the water... hahahaha but a boat passed by and threw it back to us. All-in-all it was kinda boring... hahaha we really didnt do much, it would have better with different people. hahaha Also all of us forgot our cameras... oops :/ Then on Wednesday we did splits and I went out with Elder Allred  and we worked together for the day. We also got one of our investigators to say yes to a baptism this last Saturday. But before you get too excited, the baptism ended up falling through and we didnt have a baptism on Saturday :( The lady had to leave to a different city to see her family that were having problems. So hopefully the upcoming Saturday we can baptize her :). Will you also tel Jenny (Kim`s sister) That we didnt have the Zone Activity so I dont think she will be getting a postcard from me :/ tell her sorry... :(

1. I have a freezer but not a microwave. But if I need one there are members that have one that would let us use it. The food is basically the same, I am not eating as much junk food though... hahaha

2.We do our laundry at the members house, they dont do it for us.

3.Garment Size= Top- ST : Bottom- S. If you could, would you send me two more of the underarmor type... two of them ripped.

White Shirt Size = Classic Fit 16

4. We are teaching people... hahaha Rosaura, Marìa Jose, Erika, Lilia, Eddy, Darwin, Domitila, Edgar, and new ones that we are going to see if they progress. They are all good but some I dont think will stay active in the church after they are baptized.

5. Really it is mainly investigators (65%), In-actives (15%), and Tracting (20%).

6.I dont know if we will be able to go to the temple this next week something came up with the husband (Bro. Geronimo) and his wrok. They are waiting to see what happens with it first. But hopefully it will be in the beginnings of October :)

7. I am still feeling better, and yes the sample was quite an experience...

8. Yes I am still drinking enough water... hahahaha Yes mom ;)

9. We can still play soccer but it isnt the same because there arent a lot of kids to play and really it isnt really fun with them... :/

10.I dont know what the best moment was.... but the worst was going to Sis. Rosaura`s house the Friday before her bapism and she had gone to Cardenas... :(

11. The rain is calmed down, and no I still have my umbrella so I am o.k. but thanks :)

The mission office is not the same one that I arrived at before. I have sent you the new address when they changed.... just in case here it is again.

Av. Circuito CD. Deportiva No. 206

Colonia Atasta

Villahermosa, Tabasco

C.P. 86100

So that is the new one that I sent you like three or four weeks ago, and it is still the same.

Here are some of the things that I would want for a package.

• Weight/Resistance rope, the strongest kind
• CD`s. Good classical Music (Piano, Violin, Bagpipes, or anything else), MoTab (anything that you can find from them), The Christmas Carol songs (Just burn a disk for me), Josh Grobin`s good songs, and other good church music you know.
• Pens, a specific type... they are called Pilot G-2. Black and Blue ink please :)
• Some pictures of the family, us havin fun, with my friends, soccer, or whatever else.
• Goodn`plentys, Reeses, Skittles, Starbursts, Licorice (3flavors), Cinamon Bears, Twinkies, Kool-Aid (anything but Pink Lemonade), Peanut Butter, Ritz, and whatever else.
• Two boxes of Band-aids

Thats about it. I am going to send pics of my house today too :)

Love you guys have fun and be safe! :

Love Buddy :)

Just got this email:  

So mom... I have been sitting here for thirty minutes and the first picture isnt even half way, next week we are going to try the other web place to see if those computers are any faster.    :( sorry you wont get any pictures... :( But I really did try, my camera was plugged in and everything... hahahaha The computer is just extremely slow!!! Love You Bye I am signing off now :)

BUMMER!  I was so excited to see his new area!  :(

I LOVE Mondays!

I can't believe how long Mondays seem to be when you are waiting for an email!  Here it is.  I have pulled the names of the missionaries & people because of privacy issues that we have been warned about:

Dear Mom,

Tell Visser hi for me too when you see him next. When I first saw his name I thought it would say something about him getting married hahahahaha! I dont really need anything for my packages, anything you send would be great, just the books that I asked for :) I dont think I will have the same companion at Christmas because he ends his mission one week before, but still I think he will be changing in this next transfer... or the next one.

1. I did go to the doctor and there wasnt anything bad, I dont remember what he called it but all I had to do was take two pills and thats it. I also was talking to him before and he told me to buy a sample cup, and I thought oh o.k. I am going to have to pee in a bottle. NOPE, he wanted a poop sample hahahaha It was pretty gross to say the least.

2. I am still eating as good with the members but not eating as much on my own. Because there isnt a store next door to go and buy junk food from every night hahaha!  Tell them (the missionaries that we are feeding)  that you want them to sing a hymn for you or have them share a scripture or something. :) They should do it on their own but if they dont, ask for one.

3. We do our laundry at the house of a different member.

4. The computers are good, they are like a room with 6ish computers all by each other that you have to pay for...

5. The attendance was a little better this week but not by much, we also didnt have any investigators in the church either :( We did have a Branch Council though and we are going to really start making them work now, because before all the stuff was just handed over to the missionaries and we would do it all but not now, we are changing that.

6. The family that is going to go to the Temple has 4 people in it, dad, mom, and 2 girls under the age of 12 :)

7. I dont know if there is one obstacle that is the biggest because one is caused by the other and the other and it results in another obstacle and it just is hard. We are going to start something new with the members so hopefully some of the obstacles will be going away soon. :)

8. Tell Jenny (Kim´s Sister) that I will send her a postcard when I find one. There are none here to send her. I will probably have one next week though at the Zone Activity in Coatzacoalcos (good luck trying to say that). :) hahaha!  It has rained a lot which really slows down the work that we have. People don't want to be contacted and they dont want to let us in soaking wet in their houses. Yes I have my umbrella but it doesnt work to well when there is wind involved. We didn't have a baptism this last Saturday. We have some planned but I am doubting that some of them will work out because of dificult situations with families. The weeks are going by fast!!! It seems like we just started this transfer but we just started week 4!!! It is crazy!!!

9. We have a district meeting every Tuesday morning and thats the only time we leave our areas. We travel by taxi and it is a 25ish minute taxi ride depending on the taxi driver. We have a cell phone to use for almost everything except calling for fun, texting, taking pictures, or anything like that ;) hahaha, it is used if the other elders need to get ahold of us or to call our members or investigators for something. The other elders in my district are Elder ____ and Elder ______. Elder ______ is new. Elder _______ and _______ are in my zone (they were with me in the MTC).  

So that's about it for me, sorry no pictures again... They will come I promise hahahaha! Give the puppy a hug and I guess the girls too ;) hahahahaha oh and dad if he wants one ;) hahahahaha I am just hilarious!!! hahaha Have a good week :)

Love,

 Elder Evans

 

P.S. I think I am going to be writing a Spanish letter pretty soon, I hope you are prepared... ;) hahahaha

I am glad to see he is still the happy laughing kid I sent out 8 months ago!

8 Months Down!!!!

Kristopher hit the 8 month mark today!  It is going by much faster than I thought it would!  Here is this week's letter:

YOU GOT A PUPPY!!!!!!!! WHAT!?!?!?!?! hahahaha it looks pretty cute! What does Dad say about it? Where did you get the name Spyke from? I do feel kinda bad and sad I am not there to have him know me and play with him but I only have to wait 1 year and 4 months!!! Happy 8 month mark! hahahaha!  I saw the Picture with Tally, AND HIS RING IS GIGANTIC!!!! I want a picture of it please hahahaha!  That is also awesome about his call!!! I am so excited to be able to speak Spanish with him about you guys when he gets back ;) hahahaha Sounds like the whole crew was there this week, could you give me Riley´s new address, I realized I don't have it when I went to send him a letter... hahaha!
Wow our Offensive line was bad? Usually that is one of the best parts of our team... But sounds like we are solid everywhere else. :) :( That makes me really sad about Jenny :( I hope she is o.k. :/ If you want, text Julie and tell her to give her a hug from me and to tell her that one day she will see him/her and have the opportunity to get to know him/her in the Celestial Kingdom. Which I think is one of the best parts of the Plan of Salvation that the Lord has put together :)

1. My week went so/so. Our baptism fell through because she told our District Leader that she didn't want to give up coffee, so now we are going to work that out. We had horrible attendence in our churches, 10 in the one that usually has 25ish and 7 in the one that usually has 16ish. :( On Tuesday we didnt do anything because I was really sick, My stomach KILLED underneath my left Ribs. So we are going to the doctor tomorrow to see what is wrong. I don't think anything because it hasn't hurt afterward.

2. Wahoo Birthday package!!! hahaha!  I dont really need anything in specific but I am out of Peanut Butter and there isn't a place to buy any here, and if you could, send me normal peanut butter hahaha, the 25% less fat one tasted funny. I dont know what to call the type of garments I like best, They arent mesh but like a normal shirt and the big neck too. I have no idea about the sizes.

3. I was out of money because it was the end of the month and this area costs a lot because we have to go to another two areas. One for District meetings and the other is in our area so we spend 90 pesos every week to get to the places we need to be. But don't worry I do have money now :)

4. My apartment is very small and was in very bad shape, but today we cleaned it and it is a lot better. :) So don't worry too much, the only real problem we have is the Branch Presidents wife, she is a real piece of work! She is very selfish, gossipy, and a lot of other things. So we just try not to deal with her but it is kinda hard because she is the Relief Society President...hahaha

5. My companion is o.k. he has problems with getting angry and offended really fast. He is also pretty hypocritical. He always has a negative attitude after lessons and creates more problems then he fixes because he cant really take being made fun of. So that is my companion but he is good, knows a lot about the gospel and works hard :) We only see two other missionaries and only on Tuesday or if we need a baptismal interview.

6. There is a little store close buy but it doesnt have very much but enough. I AM in the middle of nowhere hahaha! It takes a good two hours to get to any bigger towns or cities. hahahaha.

7. I am way excited for Tally!!! Where does is mission actually cover? I am also way excited for him to learn Spanish. He knows a bit right now but everyone in my class that took Spanish before said that you learn more your first day than you did in your entire school career. hahahaha It is pretty cool, sounds like he is going to have to be careful about hurricanes now, and is it really cold up there where he will be? I am thinking yes but I dont really know.

8. Yes I am writing in my journal, not every day but the important parts and the parts I would want to remember.

9. Right now the weather is very rainy and stormy, last night we had a blinding light flash in our room and then went temporarily deaf!!! Lightning struck really near because it was way bright, and then the thunder shook us and we could hear a ding for about 15 minutes. It was crazy hahaha and then it rained way hard too.

So this 25th of September one of the families in our Branch is getting sealed in the Temple and we get to go with them to the temple!!! :) I am super excited and super nervous because it will all be in Spanish!!! hahahaha  This will also be the first sealing I have ever seen, I never did it in the temple because I wanted the first time to be with my wife or here in the actual mission with one of our families. :) I was also wondering if, when I go, I could buy some of the stuff that they have there, one of the things I want are new scriptures. The ones I had, the binding broke (just like all the other missionaries I have known) and I have tried having it fixed three times and none have worked. So I was wondering if I could buy new ones while I am there... it would be around 50 or 60 dollars. I have heard they have a pretty good giftshop there too so I want to buy some of the things they have there, I dont know what but I will when I get there.
Sorry no pictures today but I am going to a museum thing next week so you will get some in the upcoming weeks. :? LOVE YOU GUYS AND TELL THE PUPPY HI FOR ME...

Love Buddy

P.S. Good job dad, it sounds like I should have put your goal at 3:30:00 with the way that you are training and running right now!!!

P.S.S.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMA JOAN!