February 22, 2010 - Letter
Published by Elder Brady Lee Hafen under on 4:22 PM
Hey Mom it’s good to hear from you again,
You are so trunky for me to get home you counted up emails you’re crazy! Everyone here is trunkier for me then I am. All my friends remind me of how much time I have left. You know how I am; I just live in the moment, I’m so laid back I’m vertical. That’s what someone once said to me about Frye and I.
Well this week has not been a great one; we once again just had one of those weeks where not much right stuff happened and lots of wrong did. Christina and Charlene are dropped; they were more interested in us then what we had to offer them; and that goes for Christina, a 40 year old married woman. So, they are not going to be taught anymore. To be honest, Grone and I are relieved to not be teaching them anymore; it was a lot of stress and drama which should not have been there. As for Tim he is still not so good; we went to see him but it was not a good day for him so he politely said not today. As for Karrie, we have seen her as in drove past her, but not talked to her since. We have made many attempts to see her, called by her house several times but never have gotten an answer. Andre and Cecilia are still not baptized as far as I know; they seem to love money more than God, and won’t get their feet moving. But I still have high hopes for them.
Now for some good news; Janice is amazing! She told us the other day that she really wants to know the truth and so she’s really looking for it through us. She is reading and praying and Bob is actually helping out. Bob the other day kind of bore his testimony and said her church is not right and is unfair as to heaven and hell; where in our church he finds nothing unfair or wrong. So those really made Janice perk up. My real goal now is to have Janice baptized before I go, which is kind of tough cuz Bob is moved back in. We helped Jason move out of his house the other day and back into Janice’s. Today we’re going to take a TV to the dump for him. So we are making some progress with him; now we just need to teach him with his mom. We saw Richard and talked a bit with him; his girlfriend was over, so he was not too friendly with us cuz she was there. I think with his mom joining he will be more curious. Bob is doing well we think, it’s hard to tell with him cuz he doesn't speak his mind much and he is pretty quiet. He really likes us and enjoys listening to the lessons. I think the fact that he is will to go to church is a big thing. They will be coming this Sunday. Yesterday they were in Dublin together so they could not come but it will be good. Oh and Peter Simpson is good just the same as always.
Well I think that's everyone really big. Good to hear Cody is good and Cakes (Caitlin) is good. I have been writing her pretty good; I wrote to her not too long ago and have not gotten a reply yet. I’m planning on writing to her again real soon. I have something to send to her. I’m going to try and write her on her mission even while I’m home since she has been good to me and doing it. It’s really too bad we won’t see each other. I mean we really only miss each other by not much. So who am I going to hang out with when we go to Moab now? I guess she has been asking the same question these past two years. So, do I know Danny?
I have something to send to you I think you will just love, I just need to finish it all up. Grone has been helping me out a bit with it so it will be good. I’m not going to tell you what it is yet so it can be a surprise.
As for anything I need; I think I’m happy. I know I will need garments for when I get home and I will need clothes but that's for home. If you’re sending sweets, send me some hot tamales and Kool-Aid. I really miss those and I know you’re good; you will send me some good stuff.
Well the other thing I guess I can talk about this week is I have been sick, nothing big. I have had a cough for about two weeks so Sister Creer told me I had to go to the hospital. So I got some medicine. They said I have mucous built up in my left lung, not too bad but that's why I have been coughing. They gave me some antibiotic stuff and some nasty cough syrup stuff to break up the mucous. The members here are so funny; I called a member named Cathy Graydon, she is the mommy here in the ward for all the elders. She came rushing over with soup, oranges, cough syrup and the number for the doctors to get me seen fast. Then she told all the other members, so on Sunday I had an out pouring of sympathy and love from all the woman of the ward and they all told me to go home stay warm and sleep it over. The members love us so much here cuz Grone and I always do stuff with them and like to talk to them and do what we can for them. Also the youth like us cuz we talk with them and just get to know them maybe tease them a little bit too. But it’s been really fun here. I will be so sad when Grone leaves because he has been here so long; he’s the one who has the main relationship with them all.
Well I hope this email was good enough for you. I tried to make it long cuz I know that's the way you like it. Grone would like the address for Ali Edgington, he wants to write her. So if you can send that to me next week that would be great. Thanks for the good email mom love you so much and miss you.
Much love,
Brady
You are so trunky for me to get home you counted up emails you’re crazy! Everyone here is trunkier for me then I am. All my friends remind me of how much time I have left. You know how I am; I just live in the moment, I’m so laid back I’m vertical. That’s what someone once said to me about Frye and I.
Well this week has not been a great one; we once again just had one of those weeks where not much right stuff happened and lots of wrong did. Christina and Charlene are dropped; they were more interested in us then what we had to offer them; and that goes for Christina, a 40 year old married woman. So, they are not going to be taught anymore. To be honest, Grone and I are relieved to not be teaching them anymore; it was a lot of stress and drama which should not have been there. As for Tim he is still not so good; we went to see him but it was not a good day for him so he politely said not today. As for Karrie, we have seen her as in drove past her, but not talked to her since. We have made many attempts to see her, called by her house several times but never have gotten an answer. Andre and Cecilia are still not baptized as far as I know; they seem to love money more than God, and won’t get their feet moving. But I still have high hopes for them.
Now for some good news; Janice is amazing! She told us the other day that she really wants to know the truth and so she’s really looking for it through us. She is reading and praying and Bob is actually helping out. Bob the other day kind of bore his testimony and said her church is not right and is unfair as to heaven and hell; where in our church he finds nothing unfair or wrong. So those really made Janice perk up. My real goal now is to have Janice baptized before I go, which is kind of tough cuz Bob is moved back in. We helped Jason move out of his house the other day and back into Janice’s. Today we’re going to take a TV to the dump for him. So we are making some progress with him; now we just need to teach him with his mom. We saw Richard and talked a bit with him; his girlfriend was over, so he was not too friendly with us cuz she was there. I think with his mom joining he will be more curious. Bob is doing well we think, it’s hard to tell with him cuz he doesn't speak his mind much and he is pretty quiet. He really likes us and enjoys listening to the lessons. I think the fact that he is will to go to church is a big thing. They will be coming this Sunday. Yesterday they were in Dublin together so they could not come but it will be good. Oh and Peter Simpson is good just the same as always.
Well I think that's everyone really big. Good to hear Cody is good and Cakes (Caitlin) is good. I have been writing her pretty good; I wrote to her not too long ago and have not gotten a reply yet. I’m planning on writing to her again real soon. I have something to send to her. I’m going to try and write her on her mission even while I’m home since she has been good to me and doing it. It’s really too bad we won’t see each other. I mean we really only miss each other by not much. So who am I going to hang out with when we go to Moab now? I guess she has been asking the same question these past two years. So, do I know Danny?
I have something to send to you I think you will just love, I just need to finish it all up. Grone has been helping me out a bit with it so it will be good. I’m not going to tell you what it is yet so it can be a surprise.
As for anything I need; I think I’m happy. I know I will need garments for when I get home and I will need clothes but that's for home. If you’re sending sweets, send me some hot tamales and Kool-Aid. I really miss those and I know you’re good; you will send me some good stuff.
Well the other thing I guess I can talk about this week is I have been sick, nothing big. I have had a cough for about two weeks so Sister Creer told me I had to go to the hospital. So I got some medicine. They said I have mucous built up in my left lung, not too bad but that's why I have been coughing. They gave me some antibiotic stuff and some nasty cough syrup stuff to break up the mucous. The members here are so funny; I called a member named Cathy Graydon, she is the mommy here in the ward for all the elders. She came rushing over with soup, oranges, cough syrup and the number for the doctors to get me seen fast. Then she told all the other members, so on Sunday I had an out pouring of sympathy and love from all the woman of the ward and they all told me to go home stay warm and sleep it over. The members love us so much here cuz Grone and I always do stuff with them and like to talk to them and do what we can for them. Also the youth like us cuz we talk with them and just get to know them maybe tease them a little bit too. But it’s been really fun here. I will be so sad when Grone leaves because he has been here so long; he’s the one who has the main relationship with them all.
Well I hope this email was good enough for you. I tried to make it long cuz I know that's the way you like it. Grone would like the address for Ali Edgington, he wants to write her. So if you can send that to me next week that would be great. Thanks for the good email mom love you so much and miss you.
Much love,
Brady
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