Well
congratulations pa for turning another year old whoooooooooo hooooooooo
Papi’s
an older man now! how do you feel, tired, sore, arthritis pain? Don`t
worry
it will come at your age;) How old are you dad? 47 48? you better not be 50 because at the
fiftieth the SMACKDOWN will come! I`ll make sure of it, if you haven`t seen hot
rod in a while go watch it and get pumped lol (i`m referring to the scenes
where rods dad always whoops the crap out of rod) don`t worry I`m sure you are
still able to pinky pin me;) some things will never change lol. > SOO first
of all I`ll tell you that I did buy a camera, from Venezuela, and it is pretty
cool. I would say that it takes better pictures than my other one BUT, it cost
150 bucks. When we went over to the members house who had gone to Venezuela to
pick them up, he showed us on the computer what the prices were in the U.S.
Well my camera is an Olympus vg-160 and when it popped up on amazon at 90
dollars. I just about pulled a wester;) but I controlled myself and gave the
member a big hug because he did us a HUGE favor and then left. Well I guess not
everything is cheaper in a communist country, thank goodness for the country that
we
live in with it`s free market. The cameras here in Colombia are more
expensive
than they are in Venezuela. But theres nothing I can do except kick
myself
for dropping my other one (once again, the story is so shameful I just
can`t
tell it.) At least I like the new one, it has good functions and takes good pictures....so
it will have to last until the millenium because I can`t let myself buy another
one now! oh well
>
On a more bright note SERGIO AND HIS GIRLFRIEND MERLI GOT MARRIED LAST
TUESDAY!!!!!!!
whoooooo hooooooo let’s have a party! Last Tuesday was THE BEST DAY EVER!!! I
got up so happy! it was the FIRST marriage of someone I taught and got to see
get baptized that I have experienced!!! Man it was totally legit, the only
thing was that I didn`t have my stinking camera! but a member took fotos and
gave them all to me. So we had to wait about an hour at the notaria and then we
went in and watched the 30 minutes marriage session. The guy who married them is
a member as well so he had the Mormon Tabernacle Choir playing in the
background and gave them a
sweet
proclamation to the family that had 10 suggestions for a better marriage on the
back. Afterwards we threw them a little party at a members house. Then the night
before we were joking about having non alcoholic champange to drink so I got to
thinking....And came up with the idea of sparkling water mixed with cranberry
juice. No one really knows what cranberry juice is so I thought it would be fun
to have something different. So at the local super we found in the imports
section, a gallon of ocean spray cranberry juice and bought some sparkling
water. Then we bought them a cake as well! The thing I didn`t remember about
cranberry juice is that it is a bit bitter. And the sparkling water made it
even more bitter!! but with the super sweet cake it all evened out well.
Everyone
there kept saying OOIIIIIHHH Elder this juice is kinda strong! you sure it doesn`t
have alcohol. So it was super legit and to add the icing on the cake Sergio passed
the sacrament this week!! We were super stoked and are working with them so
that they can get sealed in a year or so!
>
Also another sweet thing happened this week. We got visited by a 70! His name is
Elder Uceda and he is the president of the Sudamerica Noroeste area of the world.
It was really cool to get to listen to him almost all day and he taught us some
really, really valuable stuff! I really soaked it all up and it was just a spirit
filled day! One of the things that I most liked about what he taught was a way
to really search the scriptures for hidden meaning in spanish and english.
He
focused on every word of the verse and explained every little detail and
meaning.
I realized something REALLY BIG!! Remember at Christmas when I had told you
guys that it`s pretty easy for me to pick up on things and get moderately
good
at them, but I have never been proficient or the best at anything. For me this
is the formula! Studying every little aspect and understanding everything at a
really deep level. Taking time to perfect every little part of whatever thing
it is and really mastering it. That made me really excited!! Because even though
I know that doing things in this manner takes a lot of time, effort and practice, I finally have the
formula to achieve my goals and aspirations!! I hope I wrote that in a way that
you could understand it!!
>
So today we went to play a little soccer in the cancha! We invited Sergio and he
got there with a surprise for us! He gave us futbol jerseys!! Mine is from Manchester
city and it`s so legit! I was super happy and energized to play today with my
sweet new jersey. I`ll send you guys a pic of some of the action:) Also
last
week after my haircut I remembered one of dads sayings;) ¨you know what
the
difference between a bad haircut and a good one is?¨ no, ¨A couple of
weeks.¨
I think I got that one right right dad? So I applied that tactic not
wanting
to shave my head this time around. Now it`s barely noticeable;) but
mom,
I`m not making any promises about not shaving my head in the near future;)
well
I`m sorry again for such a kind of short letter that kinda just overviewed
everything
but I had to fill out a page of information about my travel plans. So
I
have to say bye. LOVE YOU ALLL!!!!!
>
-Elder Crook
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