11-13-13
Dear Family,
I’m so sorry I didn’t get
more time to email yesterday. We’ve been pretty busy, as you can tell! So I’ll explain what we’ve been doing in a
little more detail.
Tuesday the 5th
I wasn’t feeling the
best, so I took some Airborne! Which really helped! (even though it tastes
*bleh*) haha!
We came up with the idea
to go to parks and play Christmas music!
I’ll probably play the cello and Elder F will either play alongside me
(I would teach him) or he will talk to those who pass by to listen. We have a few ward members who have cellos
that we might ask to borrow!
Wednesday the 6th
It wasn’t too
eventful. Elder G went with Pres Riggs
to the Temple for the last time before he leaves. That poor kid. He doesn’t want to leave. I don’t blame him.
Thursday the 7th
We had something called “return
& Report”. Its where all the
trainers & trainees get together so that President Riggs can give us advice. At first I was nervous, but it turned out to
be OK!
Friday the 8th
I got some more sheet music
today! It is pretty awesome that we are
allowed to do that! I’ve already got “If you could Hie to Kolob” mastered. It’s a beautiful arrangement though.
Saturday the 9th
So in the middle of the
night, I got the worst charley horse cramp in my right leg. I was limping the whole day. We played soccer with JS though! (and all of his friends- lds and
non-members). It always makes me miss
Dawson! Love you bro!
*PS JS will probably be
playing for REAL Salt Lake soon. He just
needs surgery on his ACL. By the way, is
there a time he could stay at the cabin in Jan or Feb? His is such a cool guy and I’d love for you
guys to meet him when he goes to BYU. He
leaves over there in January I believe!
Saturday we helped Sister
B move. At the end they surprised us
with Target giftcards. We accepted them
thinking they were like $10 each. We
ended up finding out that they each had $50 on them….In total they gave us
$200. Wow!!
Sunday the 10th
We had the primary
program. Sarah attended, which was
awesome. It wento over all the basics,
which I believe, was exactly what she needed!
After church we were
biking around. I wasn’t feeling too hot
(I felt kinda sick) but I didn’t say anything to Elder F. Apparently, I was pale (more than usual) so
he pulled over and gave me a blessing. I
immediately felt better. Elder F said
that the color immediately returned to my face as well! I was kinda cool!
We went biking more and
Elder F blew his back tire. We got a
ride from a nearby member, which was nice, cause we were about 5 miles away from
home!
Monday the 11th
So because we had Target
gift cards we needed a way to get to Target (It’s not in our Area). So we asked the Sisters if we could borrow
their car. They let us use it so we
ended up buying them Swedish Fish Hershey “hugs” and sour patch kids. (So I
gave hugs to girls in my mission…Just like Dawson gives “kisses” to girls back
home) J
I got magic cards! (Yes daws, I got the theros set). I taught Elder F how to play and he loves it.
Elder F got clothes and
extras like that. He forgot to buy a
tube. So I later a member took us back (and
we ended up hitting Bambi)
Tuesday the 12th
I emailed you. It was nice, even though it was brief.
We did service for a few
hours for a guy named bro G. His house caught
on fire and a propane tank blew up with him next to it. He will be Okay but we helped around his
house.
We also ate at the S Family
home. They threw a “party” for Elder G since he leaves tomorrow.
Wednesday the 13th
We helped a part member
family move. They gave us new beds
(full-size, literally brand new!) and a new table. It was really awesome!
We got to use Facebook Today! So you might notice that my page, pictures and
posts are going to be different. There’s
quite a few restrictions we have but we get to get on for an hour each
day! It’s really neat!
So a few thoughts:
Bishop Neilson is the
Ward Mission Leader?! Way to go! I’m so excited! In fact, I thought about how he would be a
great member missionary the other day!
I got my package literally
right after emailing. It was
perfect! Thank you so much for the
Harmonicas! I’m excited for the Life of
Christ! I’m just nervous about the props
and getting everything together.
I love you all so
much! Thank you for supporting me out
here! I can’t wait to tell you more
experiences that I’ve had!
Elder Dex Armstrong
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