November 2, 2010

Somebody stop this camel!!!!!!

Hey everyone.

So first off. I'm super confused. Did the Giants WIN the World Series? Or did they just get IN? Dad said that they were 2-1 as of the 1st. If they won it, I'm stoked. I'm so glad to be a Giants fan and glad that I got off the burning Diamondbacks bandwagon to join my hometown team when I did. It was when we played the Angels in...what was that....2002? I stuck with them for a while now. Nice to have a world series under my belt.

Second off. WHAT UP KIDS!!!!! ONE YEAR!!!! WOOOOOO!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT!!!!!! Not gonna lie. There were some times when I thought this mission was going to take forever!!! So it has seemed slow at times. But now I look back and its just fast! On Halloween the other night I was thinking about last Halloween and remembered EXACTLY what I did. Tyelar, Jenny and I took Jayse and Nathan out trick or treating and then came home and watched Halloween on TV. I remember Mom told me that I needed to be smart about when I was going to bed and got a little irritated when I said she was worrying too much. That Halloween movie sucked. That was the night Mom and Dad watched Dracula on TV too. Dang....that was a year ago?

So shoot. Lets see. To answer the rest of moms questions. One. I have not yet received the package yet. But that doesn't mean you should cancel sending packages. Sister Bailey (the sister in the office) said that they can sometimes take 6-8 weeks to get here. If that's true then it should be right on time. Sweet. Two. My new companion is great. Elder Atanacio from Sao Pablo. He's Tagalog. Its kinda tough to speak to him because he mixes lots of Tagalog in his Visayan. He's really nice and just corrects if things are done contrary to the white handbook--which was once. I chewed some gum on a jeepney and he called me out on it. But I laughed and told him that I was allergic to gum so its all good. hahahahahahahahaha. He laughed too. We had our ZLC (Zone Leader Council) yesterday. It was a monthly meeting with all the zone leaders, president, the APs and the finance clerk. The finance clerk is a giant ex-military mechanic who tattooed his own arm. Yeah. He's like a fat Rambo. And he doesn't talk. He just yells. That was a terrifying experience. When he sat down you could hear exhales around the room from the ZLs. I was holding my breath too. hahaha. it was way fun though because most of my mission buddies were there. A lot of us became zone leaders at the same time. So we got to hang out a bit and have some fun just talking. The food was pretty good. You know, Chicken Parmesan, french bread, pasta salad, garden salad, and then a little apple crisp. You know. Things that I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD TOUCH MY LIPS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS!!!! IT WAS HEAVEN!!!! I wasn't gonna say anything but Sister Hansen's chicken parmesan didn't touch yours mom. And her apple crisp was good but Elder Doxey (who is from Galt and knows Adams family really well) and I were talking about some Kids Inc. APPLE CRISP. Yeah. I capitalized that because that stuff is a fruity grenade of flavor.

So right now I'm reading the Gospel of John before Christmas. That was what Elder Andersen asked of us. So thats what I'm doing. I suggest we all do it. Buhaton ba ninyo mobasa sa ebanghelyo ni Juan sa dili pa karong Pasko? or in English...Will you all read the Gospel of John before this Christmas? haha. Only 53 days till Christmas. They start counting down till Chirstmas and kinda start celebrating Christmas here on September 1. When I found that out I thought, "This is a country of little Grandma Tedescos!" hahahahahaha.

ZL is tough stuff! We have only taught one lesson in 5 days because we are opening up a new zone and we are helping open an area that is BRAND new. As in they have never even heard the gospel up there. Pretty cool to be entrusted with that. Hope I measure up. ZL is a lot of work. But its better than DL. I didnt have to give a workshop on Monday. hahaha. I was getting really tired of giving those. I love teaching but I was running out of stuff to talk about. So its a nice change. I'm over finances though for the zone. Not my favorite. But I've honed my thriftiness over the last year. So...not too worried.

What else? Elder Seupule dropped that family of 8 the other day. He texted me and told me that they just weren't progressing well enough. I'm not very happy with his decision. I think part of it is that he doesn't understand what they say and doesn't know that they believe what we say. Part of it also is his fire and brimstone side wanted to drop an investigator. He always talked about dropping one. I think he really wanted to. Which makes me sad if he dropped them for the thrill. You know?

My shoes are broken. I took pictures but have no way to send them right now. Lost my card reader. They are messed up bad. hahahaha. I've been putting it off for a while now. Like, 6 months. My other pair is fine. I started really taking care of them and shining them a lot. I can see my face in them. Its sweet. I just use them instead of a mirror when I shave. haha. Just kidding. They aren't that shiny.

Alright. So I'm gonna close now. Had two people get baptized Saturday in Polambato. Really happy. Have a lot more coming up. Elder Seupule is lucky.

Love you guys.
Elder Treadway
366 days to go.........................to be continued.................