May 27, 2014
Hey guys!
I hope you all had a good Memorial Day weekend. I got your
letter and it sounded like you had some pretty good plans. Yesterday for Memorial
Day the ward had a big barbeque lunch at the big field right next to the
church. It was a pretty fun time; we got to play some football and basketball
with everyone from the ward, so that was pretty cool. Other than that it was a
pretty preparation day, we had an awesome lesson with our investigator tony (the
young guy that works for the BSA in Baltimore)
we taught him the plan of salvation and he really recognized the spirit. Unfortunately
because of his age and in Baltimore
there is an YSA ward so we have to give him up those elders. We even invited
him to go to church at the YSA ward last week and we found he went to church,
and we didn't even know. But anyways it doesn't matter who baptizes who, but I'm
glad he is moving right along. A's baptism is still on for this Saturday
and we are excited for that. Aoifa and D.. are taking us out to dinner on Friday
night before the baptism. As far as the rest of this week went, it was kind of
crazy. Elder B.. got rear ended on exchanges with elder S.. by some Mexican
guy going 30 miles an hour and rear ended the back of a mustang which rear
ended the back of our car. No one was hurt or anything but was HOSED with the
car situation. We went from a full car area to sharing with the other elders to
now we're going to have no car because it’s going to take weeks to repair. We
just got an estimate on it and its going to cost at least five grand to fix. I don’t
know what the heck our areas are going to do. I don’t know if were going to be
able to get a car to share again or what, but it really stinks. Anyways other
than that the guy in the apartment above us, went to the bathroom and his
toilet wouldn't stop running and so it flooded part of his apartment and went
down the vents from our bathroom ceiling and into our bathroom. Luckily it wasn't
a ton but we still had to clean it up because our apartment people never came
to clean it up even though they said they were coming but oh well. Tomorrow we
have zone conference which should be alright I guess. But other than that, we
have been walking a lot in the sketch and the hood. If you ever get bored look
up North Avenue
in Baltimore
city and that will give you an idea of the sketchy areas ha-ha. I appreciated
all of your letters, they always make my day. I hope you all had a good week.
That stinks that the jazz got the 5th pick that is bogus; of course Cleveland got the number 1
again. But anyways I hope the Heat 3 peat this year. I love you guys very much
and I hope you are enjoying the summer and the end of the school year, Have a
great week! I love you all very much.
Love, Wes
June 5, 2014
Hey guys!
This was a really crazy week. We had zone conference and car
repairs and all sorts of other crazy stuff. We picked up two new
investigators this week, so that was really good. Saturday we had the baptism
and that went really smoothly. It was
awesome to see D baptize his wife A. All of D’s family came in from
Jersey to see her get baptized. The family
that came in was pretty hilarious, typical loud jersey people ha-ha. They were
super nice though and really cool. After the baptism they took me and elder
B out to a super nice sea food place. They kept making us order super
expensive food ha-ha. We had fried calamari, coconut shrimp, oysters, and I had
tons of fried shrimp and fries. I think me and elder B's meals were around
60 dollars or so ha-ha. D and his family blew tons of money on Lobster and
stuff too. It was a pretty dang good dinner. The oysters were not too bad and
the Fried calamari was good. I have had calamari 3 times now in this area. This
week for dinner we also had Maryland
crab cakes, which were pretty good. And yesterday we had mahi-mahi which I
really did not want to eat but of course I grinned and ate it ha-ha. My
companion new how much I hate fish, so he was really trying not to laugh the
whole time ha-ha. So anyway on Sunday we have the confirmation in Sacrament
right? So this crazy lady who no one had ever seen before comes in to sacrament
and sits down next to sister W and her son because her husband is on the
bishop R (he’s from WJ by the way) anyway this lady is like yelling out
stuff in Sacrament and making the biggest scene ever. So we go up to confirm A.. and this lady jump into the freaking circle and start yelling she has the
priesthood and power of the HG!!!!! The bishop had to tell this lady to sit
down like 5 times and she finally did ha-ha. It was crazy! After that she
continued to make a huge scene and even went up on the stand to hug a kid that
was crying from his testimony hahahaha. So it was by far the strangest
sacrament I have ever been a part of. So that was a condensed version of
what happened this week. But anyway thanks for all of your emails! I can’t
remember if I got your package this past week or not... But if I didn’t say
thanks already, then thank you so much! Anyways I love you
guys and hope you all have a good week. Btw dad I’m glad that Ball has been so
good, I miss playing with you guys a lot. Hopefully it’s still good when I get
home. Anyways love you guys! :) Have a good week.
Love Wes
June 12, 2014
Hey family!
Happy fathers day yesterday Dad! First off I want to start
by saying sorry about not getting my package, honestly I haven’t even sent it
yet because I have been so dang busy. I will definitely send it as soon as I
can! :) So I have been on exchanges the last 4 days of this week with a
traveling assistant named Elder H. We have been so super busy I can’t
believe how fast this last week has gone by. Elder H is a super stud
missionary, he is a semi pro soccer player for a team in Utah and is insanely good. We played soccer
with him and the ward on Thursday and it was super fun! Everyone
was laughing at my Vans where my left foot is hanging out of one of them ha-ha.
But I was sooooooo stoked to get those Vans from you this week! Thank you
soooooo much for sending them to me. I was not expecting to get them that fast
so I was super excited. Thank you so much again for sending them to me you guys
are so nice. While were talking about sports though me and Elder T my
former companion were playing basketball as a zone on Monday and me and elder T were both dunking and President Richards walked into the gym and was
watching us and he banned dunking in the mission :(( Me and elder T were
both kind of ticked but oh well. Anyways back to our exchange with elder H.
We had an awesome exchange. Me street contacted over 150 people this week, it
was crazy! We have over 50 return appointments, so I’m not going to even know
where to start! Elder Hsaid that he has gone on an exchange with almost
every companionship in the mission and hadn't seen people as unified and had as
good of teaching as us, so our heads got kind of big ha-ha just kidding but it
was an awesome exchange. So you are all probably wondering about transfers....
Well Elder B got transferred and I’m staying in Baltimore for another transfer and President R called me and said that I’m training a new missionary. There is only like 7
elder coming in and he chose me to train!!! I’m so fetching nervous! Training
is like the highest stress job you can have ha-ha! So I’m kind of scared but it
will be fine. I’m sure I will get a good missionary because I’m in an important
area and it’s a really bad place so hopefully he doesn’t give me a goober ha-ha.
I’m sure whoever I get will be fine. By the end of this transfer I will have
done half of my mission is two areas!!! I have never heard of another
missionary in the mission do that. But anyways you all should pray really hard
that I won’t screw up on Training ha-ha. Elder Benard is going to be a district
leader in the west side of the mission in Fredrick Maryland. Oh and btw the
interesting elder in the other companionship in Jones falls with us that you
have heard about is getting transferred and D.S. is coming in to
replace him who Elder B trained ha-ha. Should be an interesting Transfer
for sure. But your guy’s week has sounded like it was a blast! I have never
heard of any of those bands except for one republic though. I’m glad you all
had a good Sunday and made it a good father’s day for dad :) Sorry we weren't
allowed to call. But I guess that’s why dad gets a little present from me ha-ha.
I miss you guys a ton. I can’t believe how far I am into my mission. Time is
going by so fast lately its unreal. A lot my friends just left last week and
this week on mission so that’s been cool to here about. That’s awesome R is going to Mexico!
When does he leave? Anyways I love you guys very much and you don’t need to
worry about sending letters to another place because I’m stuck here in the same
ward again ha-ha ;) Thanks for all you guys to for me I love you guys very
much, that’s stinks that the Heat lost but oh well. Let me know how the world
cup is going ha-ha. Have a great week guys! Love ya! Happy fathers day again
dad!
Love Wes
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