Transfers

Well Hello Family, How’s life? I first want to say I love all your encouragement, it keeps me going through the week. It lets me know that my family is right behind me the whole way. Anyway, Elder Anderson is off to Palm Desert, pore boy; his last area is the hottest one at the hottest time of the year. My new comp is Elder Spainhower, I haven’t met him yet but I will tonight, so I am pretty exited but also sad to see Anderson leaving.
Otherwise the week is gong pretty smooth. I had to go to the doctor to get some tests and I think it was to test my kidneys. It wasn’t too bad but I hate wasting time like that. I feel like I could be working, but it must be done... I guess. Oh my gosh, I have been doing a lot tracting so I am so tan…no that isn’t that important but it is still really cool. The work is noticeably high and I am developing a strong desire to do better. Just keep praying for the people I teach. Love you family and will talk to you in a week.

Yo Yo- 8/18/08

Hey Family,
How’s it going? I keep hearing about the reunion, man it must of been great. The only thing is I don’t know if I would want to get in the water- after hearing about the monster that was in it…ha ha.
Well not a lot has happened. A lot in Redlands, our baptism was going to happen on the 24th but he told us he needs more time and that the date just came up to fast for him. And that he wants to make sure that he is doing this for the right reason; which is really good! That actually makes me feel better, that he now knows how important this really is; how important this ordinance really is.
Oh yeah, guess what? Elder Anderson got bit by a dog. Imagine that it wasn’t me for once. It was actually the Gunther’s dog and he is way big too (he is a Beethoven dog what is it called.... Saint Bernard?) Any way he is fine and we are all just way scared of that dog now.
Well lately we have been doing a lot of tracting because we don’t have a lot of miles left on our car. So now I am way good at talking to people on the door steps its awesome.
Well not much else has happened but I may have a new companion next week because transfers happen Saturday so...
Well, love you all and I will talk to you all later.

Yay- 8/11/08

Hello Family,

How are all of you doing? Ok, I have heard that you all have heard of the earthquake here and I want to say sorry for not telling you about it; because it was pretty big. Well, we were at a district meeting(and I was in Highlands during it) and it was so big that it actually threw us off our chairs on to the ground- it was way scary but also fun at the same time. I am not going to lie it was really cool and fun but it was also fairly long to (about 30 seconds long) but I am ok. [See article from NY Times below]

My new Mission President’s name is Reeves and he is from Bountiful Utah and really cool man. We also got some news this mission has a 90% chance of going Spanish, cool huh.

The answer to the question of did I have a hard time with not dancing at the dance festival...... it was super hard! In fact you will see when I send my camera card.

Also yes it still is hot but not to bad- it only stays around 110, so yeah it’s not that bad. But I do drink a lot of water. I didn’t know that once you drink water it comes right back out as sweet in seconds.

SAN DIEGO all the way in soccer! Knowing that the Olympics are on is killing me- ahhhh!

I love you family talk to you next week. Not a lot has happened this week. Maybe next week will be better.

Earthquake Rattles Southern California

LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake, the largest in Southern California since 1999, struck 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. It swayed buildings and tossed food off grocery store shelves, but there were no reports of major injuries or damage.
The earthquake, which registered a 5.4 magnitude, was centered near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County and was felt as far east as Las Vegas and south to San Diego.
“This is moderate,” said Erik Pounders, a geologist with the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena. “Which means it was strong enough to be felt, but wasn’t even powerful enough to knock everything off your desk.”
The quake began slowly about 11:40 a.m. and continued for several disarming seconds. Many residents experienced an eerie, dizzying sensation of having rolled from side to side on rollers that are common in high-rise buildings retrofitted to withstand earthquakes, which leave buildings swaying for several seconds after a quake.
The quake was the largest in Southern California since a 7.1 magnitude quake hit an unpopulated area of the high desert in 1999. The last powerful earthquake in urban Los Angeles — among the most seismically active regions in the world — struck in 1994 and was centered in Northridge, a section of the city in the San Fernando Valley.

New York Times (nytimes.com)
Published: July 30, 2008

PICTURES

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Hey Hey Hey

Well not much has happened this past week. The only great thing that happened (that actually happened yesterday) was that we got another date for someone to get baptized. His name is Jared Beck and he is 14. His family is members so his date will be on the 24th of this month, so that will be good. Other wise not much has happened. We have just been working really hard on getting more work. We found that tracting in San Berdino is way effective because the people there are so humble. It may sound weird but I like the poor places more than others, the only problem is the safety; but the work must be done.
Anyway that was my week maybe more stuff will happen next week... but hey we still got a date. Love you all.