ME IS HAPPY :)

Hey friends and family!!! I hope more people than my grandparents read this emails lolz but I hope you all had an amazing Christmas, here's my week!

Tuesday- We taught Warner and he's just cuter than ever! He reads the Book of Mormon more than I do he's so golden :):) not that much happened Tuesday...

Wednesday- Well ummm ya so 3 years ago from this day (21st) I was baptized by brocky poo so that was a good day!  Then we went to this place called Sheepshead Bay and did some look ups or less active members. Then we went to Bdubs and that was more than enjoyable

Thursday- We had exchanges with the zone leaders and I was with Jeppson he is so dope. We went to downtown Brooklyn and did some look ups. Then we went to get on a train and we look out side the train and we got on the wrong train we were goin over the Manhattan bridge. Oh man it was hilarious cause it's not even our mission so that scared us a lil hahaha, but we made it back safely! Then we exchanged back at like 7pm and Thompson and I went to Sister Charles house she's a Haitian member. Doesn't speak English hahaha. We took her with us to teach one of our investigators Ann Marie. Sister Charles threw down her testimony it was sooo good. 

Friday- we had the mission wide Christmas party and it was more than fun!! We all did skits! My zones was pretty funny :) I'll try and find the video. Then we ate, there I got to see Robinson my amazing trainer and so that made my day hahaha once you train for yourself you love your trainer so much more after. Oh btw I went to Panda after.

Saturday- Well Christmas Eve yay!!! Didn't feel like Christmas Eve at all cause ya not with my fam but it was still a good day. We went out to the tip of the island of Brooklyn and looked up an in active well he moved 15 years ago so umm no clue where he went. Then we went to this like wet land area and it was weird first time I was surrounded by trees for the first time in 5 months

Sunday- BEST DAY EVER OMG. I got to talk with my mommy and I missed her face so very much. Bridger is still a douche but that's ok I'm sure it'll fade off before I get home haha. Sorry I won't go off of talkin with them, but it was awesome talking with the fam and new fam and my friends. Love and miss you all soooo sooo much :) here's some pics!!

Downtown Brooklyn

Me and my Haitians

Cool place that didn't feel like Brooklyn lol

I just look hecka sexy in this

Elde Wa

TANNER HAMMOND IS HOT AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well my subject line is the best 2 things I can think of right now ;) I also hecka miss tanner haha. This week was good! Wayyyy cold it's like 10 degrees outside so kinda sucks, here's my week!

Tuesday- we went and dropped off Robinson and it was more than sad :/ my amazing trainee just gone haha. He just went to like 20 min away so not too far so I'll see him here and there. We later went and looked up inactive people. All of them are Russians man I just can't do it. I speak 2 languages but there's sooo many more here. Like Russian??? I don't understand any of them we go to haha kinda sucks but way cool at the same time I guess.

Wednesday- we had service and district meeting they both were pretty good :) Elder Thompson and I went to teach Warner and he was just in his underwear the whole lesson, oh my gosh that man is awesome hahahaha. This day I was way home sick cause idk why??? Hahaha anyways the day ended awesome I was just one happy fella.

Thursday- all 3 lessons we had set up canceled so that really made me mad but ya know it's okay.... so we were on the train and this guy gets once start talking he asks who we are and stuff. I go "so you have a religion yourself?" He goes "no, I don't believe in God" I'm like "oh so like do you believe in a higher power?" He's like "no, I believe in myself" then he goes on to tell us how could we believe in the Book of Mormon we're stupid we're young we should know better then I'm like "so how do you think we got here?" He goes "idk Evolution" I was pissed hahaha, then as we are getting off the train he goes "by the way I'm a return missionary" instant gut shot man... I was like so sad bout it. First of all not to knock anyone but believe in yourself man?

Friday-  We taught our first Creole lesson together to Ann Marie and we taught the plan of salvation and I thought we did exceptionally well. Besides she was like how do we have families after death and I'm like well Ann Marie I'll get back to you on that. Cause I had no idea how to explain that in creole yet!

Saturday- well it was my first b-day away from home hahaha definitely didn't feel like my birthday so it was weird. That's the cool thing about the mission you don't ever focus on yourself you give all your time to the people around you. Don't worry about yourself just others. Then we had the ward Christmas party! Honestly so fun. Warner came and like the whole ward was downstairs eating and he goes "King watch this" in my head I'm like "oh fetch what is he gonna do" he stands up and yells at the whole ward and goes "Hey it's Elder Kings birthday today can we all sing him happy birthday!??" I think that was the happiest I've been in my life. When people from home weren't givin me as much as attention as I used to get my new family gave it all at once and I was beyond happy. Ugh such a great night. I love my mission sooooo much. Then the elders and sister came and brought me ice cream when we got home and that was hecka good

Sunday- good ol church and then we were in the bus on the way to Terry's and my comp and I started speaking creole and like half the bus was Haitian and their minds were blown hahaha. We got a couple of their numbers. Then we missed our bus stop and like 7 people helped us find out how to get where we going. People in the streets haven't been nice to me like that my whole mission it was awesome haha :) 

That was my week I love you all and miss you all so so much MERRY CHRISTMAS! I can't wait to see some of your faces in a week!!!! I miss my family soooooo much. Especially Trav and Bridger :/ as much as I thought I wouldn't say that haha. Anyways don't forget I'm still human so you can wish me a Merry Christmas;) okay bye here's some pics!!

Elde Wa

SECOND TRANSFER OVER

Suppppp :) I've been sooooo happy this week!! Haha here's my week! Sorry if my email is too long just try to read it, it's good I promise :):)

Last Monday- so p day sucked for sure hahahaha we got groceries and didn't even get to do laundry so this week has been a struggle. then we went to Rego (the mission office) met the APs there and they took me and two Chinese elders to get our trainees. So we get there to meet them and I look in the room. This tall 6'5 white kid is just standing there clueless out of his mind hahahahaha his name is Elder Thompson. So I go "sak pase monchè" he's like I'm good. So I was mad he didn't hit me back up, but me Robinson and Thompson (new comp) just sat with the APs and it was actually way dope! He's super cool. He played ball in high school. Way mad cause I haven't had a comp I'm taller than yet so like ya. Way personable kid! I love him already! Me Robinson and Thompson have been in a trio this whole week. Robinson will leave this week.

Tuesday-first whole day for my trainee and I'd say it went well!! We went and taught Warner which went way good!! He's so anxious and so excited to get baptized. Bishop told us Jan 15th would be the best day. So we're looking forward to that! It's so weird seeing my trainee scared to talk to people on the street like I was literally there 12 weeks ago, so we need to work on that cause he needs to get comfortable with people. Baby steps haha. Then we went to dinner with Terry and it was way good. She paid so thank goodness cause money don't grow on trees I've come to realize. Terry is my mission mom idk if I've said that but she is hahah

Wednesday- We had district meeting and service nothing really happened. We went on exchanges and me and Thompson went with Saintran to a Haitian lady's house and she fed us so that was good. 

Thursday- We had Zone meeting and it went pretty good! As always. Then we went to Junior Bella's a pizza joint on the corner from our apartment tasted so bomb. Then we had ward correlation with Brother Uland and it went way good! He made us chocolate chip raisin cookies I hate raisins more than life but I ate the cookies and it was actually good hahaha. 

Friday- We went and looked up In-active people in Brighton beach. Omg soooo many Russians literally it's like I'm in Russia hahaha.  They're actually very nice people. GUESS WHAT?!?? My trainee talked to his first person on the street! He looks at Rob and I after and just starts dancing, we just like ran and hugged him. Very proud moment Hahahahahaha I love him already. Oh and Thompson had bread and threw it at seagulls on the beach and they literally attacked us hahahahahah we were so scared lolz

Saturday- I had trainer meeting today and they literally tell you your trainees life is in your hands like I make or break his mission hahaha. I'm like ight I just started but I got this no problem. Meeting was super good I learned a lot. Then I ATE AT PANDA AGAIN. I will update you guys every time I eat there FYI. Then in our way home from Rego we were on the train at a stop in Manhattan and this guy starts screaming and saying all this bull and starts ripping off all his clothes he goes "I own this! This is my shi**!" Just one of his few sentences. Everyone just runs off the train and I'm like just standing there so intrigued I didn't even think. Then cop came and got him off then we were off on our way home. 

Sunday- we had church went way good! I did a lot of translating today so that was good! My trainee can't understand which is very understandable for sure, but it was fun :) met this way cool kid that served in Brazil from Tennessee he's dope. Don't remember his name but he was chill. Then we went over to Terry's with Saintran and Jeppson cause Saintran leave back to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday he is finished so that's sad. Oh and it snowed a lil bit :)

That was my week fam and friends :) just wanna say I love you and this gospel with all my heart. This week has probs been one of my most favorite weeks of the mission so far I'm so darn happy :):) okay have a good week! Here's some pics!

Ps... my birthday is ummm this Saturday and I'm still human so tell me happy birthday

Elde Wa

I'M TRAINING!!!

What up my family and friends?? So Friday night I got a call and I'm training the new Haitian Creole speaker comin in today! So that'll be fun :) Robinson my current companion will be with us for a week cause transfers aren't till next week! Wish me luck! here's my weeeek!!

Tuesday- Well our p day got moved to this day cause we had interviews on Monday which btw went good :) I got some sexy winter boots so we good. Bout all we did cause weather was bad/:

Wednesday- We went and found this less active guy and him and his wife invited us in, well turns out they both can't speak English just Russian. The wife spoke a tad bit of English so that was good hahaha we gave them a scripture she read it in Russian and told us what it means to her, didn't understand but it was awesome! She was at church on Sunday :):)

Thursday- We taught good ol warn dawg he's so freakin awesome straight up know I was supposed to meet this man. In pre earth life I was probs like "breh I'm comin to change your life just give me like 58 years so do you till I get there" something like that hahaha.

Friday- Holy weirdness we went all the way out to Brighton beach and we got to this neighborhood  and it was dead quiet. Oh my so weird I'm so used to noise 24/7 it was like I was back in Utah hahaha. Btw every morning and night I fall asleep and wake up to sirens. In the mornings it's like 5:00am and cops and fire trucks are goin off I'm like what in the flip could be happening this early. Then I got my training call!!! I was so excited for some reason lolz but I can't wait I'll grow a lot in just the first of my mission so I'm happy bout that.

Saturday- So this morning we had the amazing opportunity to go to the Manhattan temple with this Haitian family, Brother and Sister Charles it was so awesome!! Brother Charles got to do baptisms for his Dad and his grandmother. His dad died 1 year exactly from the day we went so that was so freakin cool. Well ladies and gents this was probs the weirdest night of my mission by far. We looked up this in-active member she was Russian and she lived with her dad. So she like tells us 4 times that Joseph Smith was a prophet hahaha way cool. Then she was gettin weird and stuff we were about to leave and she goes "wanna see my kitty?" We were like a ya!! So brings the cat out and asks us to give her cat a blessing, we were like umm we don't think we can do that?? Hahaha she does do it. My comps like we can say a prayer for him? She goes okay.. then my comp says the prayer I almost died cause I wanted to laugh so hard, ugh good times. Then I gave her a blessing my first 1 on the mish!! Pretty cool. That whole experience kinda creeped me out not in a rude way...

Sunday- Good day, church like always!!!!! T-Rob and I talked to 100 people on the streets today so that was awesome, bout it hahaha.

Here's some pics!!

Elde Wa