tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79107509233405452692024-03-13T07:47:20.326-07:00Elder Esplin South Dakota Rapid City MissionElder Christopher Esplin is on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He entered the MTC on 09-09-09.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-11983229223201856922011-11-26T11:43:00.000-08:002011-11-26T11:43:42.886-08:00He Came Home!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OBl5SIiVB7A/Tmmlwr2ZNbI/AAAAAAAANjE/VJXXLhJx-_s/s1600/100_0372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OBl5SIiVB7A/Tmmlwr2ZNbI/AAAAAAAANjE/VJXXLhJx-_s/s320/100_0372.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vFEQyxPaQl8/Tmmm_v0_TvI/AAAAAAAANjo/oYPbbqkHOmo/s1600/100_0381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vFEQyxPaQl8/Tmmm_v0_TvI/AAAAAAAANjo/oYPbbqkHOmo/s320/100_0381.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I just had to post some pictures from the airport and such. I sure love this young man!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-32375056755866579302011-08-05T08:31:00.000-07:002011-08-05T08:37:41.152-07:00Less Than Six Weeks Left<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I cant believe Christopher comes home so soon. He will fly into the St. George Airport on September 8th at 4:28 pm. I am so excited. We received the official travel papers from the mission office. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is his latest email: <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Mom, thanks for the email. It was great. I am starting the last transfer of my mission. It is crazy! I just filled out the last planner of my mission, (putting the date and regular scheduled meetings and stuff), so I am kind of freaking out. But it is OK. I get to "die" in Sheridan<span class="Apple-style-span"> and it is nice. There are mountains and some of my favorite missionaries. I am getting along so much better with my companion. I learned something that really helped. It is: "silence isn't golden - tact is." So I just have to "want" to get along and we get along. I can either be happy or be right and I choose happy. So things are going great. We have two people on date now and we are just cooking along. Well I will send this in hopes that you will send back. Got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I got this one the day after I mailed his package. </span><br />
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I love it here. I got here on Wednesday and as we where driving in the mountain still has some snow on it. At first I thought it was a cloud, but as we got closer I asked the missionary driving me what it was and he said it was a mountain. I was so excited! He just laughed at me. He is also from Grand Junction Colorado. His name is Elder Gardner. He is way cool. He is not my companion but we live very close (we actually live in their area) so we hang out all the time. He is going to make a coat company to sell to missionaries. He is one of my favorite missionaries I have met so far well. I love you and hope you have a good week.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">July 5</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hey, I am doing good. The library was closed for the fourth so I am emailing today. Everything is going good. I am serving with Elder Dahl and he is good. He seems to likes to work. We live outside of our area and we have to ride up a big hill to get to our area which kinda stinks. We don't have a car and the last missionaries kinda killed the area. So there is a lot of work to do. I am doing good and I like my area. So thanks for everything. For the fourth of July we got to shoot a cannon. It was a revolutionary war four pound smooth bore and it was super fun. We shot tennis balls out of it. I got the garments except the order form says 7 tops and 7 bottoms and I only got 6 bottoms so I don't know what happened to the other one. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(I called and they sent him one more bottom.)</span> Other than that, I love it here and I am enjoying the last of my mission. Tara sent me a letter. Is she in your young womens? You said they were difficult.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(Tara is not difficult but she is leaving to go to college)</span> If there anything that I can do to help, I will. If you dont have a lesson plan you can have them all write me letters or my district there are Elders Gardner, Holmes, Dahl, Lund, and Bemis. Then some sisters but I dont think they would be as excited to get letters as the elders would be. That is just a suggestion. Have a good week. love elder esplin</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Then to his dad he wrote:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hi. How is it going? I am good. I am kinda having a hard time with my comp. It seems like everything he does just aggravates me. Then there are times when he just does really stupid things like throwing away a postcard from grandma because it has Indians on it. Then today we got in an argument talking about our "movie in heaven." He said that it was just stupid and that movies are all man made and I told him that all things were created spiritually before they where made physically. He said to just shut up and I said that the wicked take the truth to be hard and he threw some water out of his cup on me. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> didnt think we were really arguing but he got all mad.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> I want to be friends with him but like I said he just makes me mad. But I didn't really react because we were at Arby's and I just don't know what to do so please email me back. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">July 11</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hi mom. I am doing great. That sounds like fun to have Clan around. She was always one of my favorites. There is a missionary here that really wants Jessica to write him and he is one of my favorites. So if you would have her write him it would be great. He is from Colorado and his name is Elder Gardner his address is </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">So if you will get her to write him it would be great. She probably already has a boyfriend but I think Gardner could take him. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">There is a greenie that came out whose dad is reading my blog the greenie's name is Elder Stoker so this is for Elder Stokers dad - I think I am going to get a 30-06 but I dont know a 270 might be what I get. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The other day when we went shooting that cannon i saw a 45 long colt with a break action. It was way cool it is a top break. I think they arent making them any more, though. But it was way heavy. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I got to go. Have a good week love, Elder Esplin</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">July 18</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Well, good luck with everything. Not really much news my comp is being a baby and when I try to help out or criticizes he gets really offended, but other than that I am doing good. I am glad that my mission will be over soon there is just so much drama. I thought missionaries would at least act like 19 to 21 year olds but instead they act like a bunch of seventh graders that have very fragile egos and anger issues so yep I am pretty much sick of whiny missionaries. I try to be humble and stuff but then he talks to members and I overhear him talking to other missionaries and he says I am teaching him long suffering and patience. But his last five companions have sucked and he always compares me to them and I am sick of it. I think I might just call him out and tell him if he has a problem to do something about it. But then he will just pout for a couple of days. The other day we were out doing work and tracting just wasnt working out. There were some people out in there yard and it was his turn for the door approach. He walks up to the girl and says ''whats your name '' and then he just had the most awkward conversation and she turned us down. As we were walking away I said it would have been better if he had said his name first or something and he got all mad and was like ''you are awkward too '' and went on and just insulted me for a while. Finally I said ''your being a baby '' and he got all mad and so that ended tracting. He just sat down and I was like what are we going to do? He waited for me to do something. I have been here for a month and no one will talk to us so I dont know anyone to go see. So I apologize to him and sooth his battered ego and baby him back into acting like a grown up and cajole him back to work. But I am just sick of walking on egg shells and hoping I dont offend him. I think if he has a freakout again I might just go ballistic on him. Life is to short to put up with all this crap. So please let me know what to do and thanks for letting me vent. It is super hard because we hang out with other missionaries a lot and they have seen him freak out and no one wants to say anything because it might offend him. I dont know what to do because I have never had a problem with any of my companions before like this. I am afraid he might be with me till the end of my mission. I dont know. </span></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Finally he wrote this one and it gave me hope for him so I could post all these others. </span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">July 25th</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Things are working out with my comp. I just realized that he is different than me and we still fight and stuff but I pick my battles and we sit and wait for him to think. He tries quoting pmg(Preach My Gospel) at me so I quote it back and make him look at it my way, but we will get along. He has some crazy messed up ideas and he is wrong a lot. He told me not to call him out and I told him that he should stop being wrong. But I always apologize when we get into fights. Life is to short to get mad at people and stay mad. We had a priesthood lesson about avoiding bad thoughts and it was the one with "leave it alone John. Just leave it alone," so when I think about fighting with my comp I "just leave it alone" and then there is no problem. When you are humble things always work out. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">So, Macie is there. Is she Tom's daughter, the one that liked to ride horses? I thought she was cool. You should see if she likes writing missionaries. I know Tara is already writing me, but she can also. Ask her if she knows someone named Elder Cooper. He is a missionary serving here in the mission, not in Sheridan. But he is from Vegas, or if she knows a Travis Davis he is also from Vegas.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Kab said you all got in a fight about lambs and stuff. Well I hope you keep them. I want animals when I get home. I am still planning on working for about a year then going to school. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">It sounds like you had fun on the 24th. We did also but we didn't do much. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Just remember the church is true. Joseph Smith did see God and Jesus. And compared to that nothing else really matters much at all.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Have a good week. Love Elder Esplin.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Then I wrote back to him and he was online so we could chat. This is what I wrote to him. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hey reading that makes me so happy. You are a great missionary. You have learned so much in your life about getting along with people and what really matters. It makes me happy. </span></span><br />
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</div><div>Our lambs are so small that they all did not make weight. We are not having any for the fair this year. It is a bad year. Next year who knows. We don't have to worry about it. Logan's biggest best lamb got sick and died and the others were kind of sick for a minute but now they are just too small. </div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I will try to have Macie write. She is the one that loves to ride horses. She has often come into town to ride with Logan. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><div><br />
</div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That is too bad about the sheep but I will help butcher them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">How old is Macie?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Macie has gone to one year of college. She is a year younger than you. She is not going back to Vegas and should be here when you come home. Her parents want her to go to college so it may change.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I want to sell all the lambs.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div> </div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well keep one so I can eat it.<br />
And that is cool that Macie is planning on staying but she should remember that your parents are almost always right. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(I did not even have to pay him to say that.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Got to go love you bye.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><div> </div></span></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-64559941078160736642011-06-24T09:21:00.000-07:002011-07-24T21:20:39.698-07:00TRANSFERED to Wyoming<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christopher is being transfered back to Wyoming. He loved it when he was in Casper but now he is going to Sheridan WY. He left Brandon, South Dakota on Wednesday, I think and should be in Wyoming by now. He seems excited about it. I know he loves whatever part of his mission he is in but I think he likes Wyoming best because it is close to home. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His new address:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was taking Richard to the foot doctor on Monday but all my boys were home so they spent some time chatting with him online on Kaber's account so I don't have very much email from him but he is funny. I will post the older emails I have first so it will kind of be in order. </span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, how is everyone? I am doing good. I sent a box full of books home for you guys. They have a ton of garage sales here and I spent under 2$ on about 80$ worth of books. It was great. I read the backs of the books and the cover of the hard bound one but I didnt read any of the books themselves, so maybe mom will have to read them first to see if they are ok. I think the paper backs will be ok but the big hardcover <u>Once an Eagle</u> is fiction so I am kinda worried about it.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mom, I have some good news for you. I am coming home on the 8th instead of the 15th because Pres. Layton had to rearrange his schedule so I will be able to be there for dad's birthday.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About Tara and the pictures - she sent me pictures in her letter so if you send me pictures and letters I will send you some. I did last week so you owe me. Are the pictures of the pants better than the ones I sent earlier.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I will send this so you can reply.</span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love elder esplin</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May 31 to Richard - Richard had to tell him we did not draw out for the deer hunt this year. He was not at all happy to hear that. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you mean we didnt draw out!! I think I drew out and I am going to go hunting this year. I need to kill something. I think I might buy a cow and turn it loose on the ranch and hunt it with my muzzle loader. I think when I get home I will go shooting. I want to shoot every gun in our house except maybe the 38S&W but the rest I plan on shooting. Well I will get home on the 8th of September. I just found that out on Friday and it is good because I will be home for your birthday. Well, I got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">What bees?? I didnt know we had bees. It is good that they are doing good. I am also doing good. I like it here in Brandon. Mom, you should have seen the books by now. I sent them through the mail. It is a different box than the one I sent Kab. He</span>y mom, did you send the pants pictures to the missionary mall?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I had a good week. We had a strange experience though. We were trying to talk to less actives and and we went to one door and the lady seemed nice enough. Then, all the sudden, she exploded and got all mad at me and Elder Davis because some of the members didnt keep their promises. And she hadnt seen anyone for more than five months and then we showed up. So we let her run herself out of steam and asked if there was anything we could do for her. We ended up taking the garbage out for her. It was kinda awkward. But other than that we had a good week. I hope you did also. love elder esplin</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">A guy named John just walked into church 5 weeks ago and we finally got an appointment to teach him last week. He has come to church for the last five weeks, so I was very excited. But we found out, when we got his address, that he doesn't live in our area. So we told our district leader and he said that we could teach him, but we had to let him know that there is a church closer to where he lives. We were planning on doing exchanges with our district leader after the lesson. So we made a lesson plan and were extra special obedient so we could have the spirit. Then we got a call from the zone leader and he said that the district leader had to go to teach John and Elder Davis was the one that was going to stay in Brandon area on this exchange. So he went to teach him and I didnt get to go. It made me mad. But during the lesson John said that he wants to keep going to Brandon Branch, so it was all ok after that. I just get so frustrated at these 20 year old kids that get made district or zone leader and think that they have to 'show ' there authority or "flex there zl muscles" and they have no real authority. I think they should just step in when a problem arises. Some of them think they need to be involved in every little thing. It is like they dont trust us at all. It just makes me angry, but i dont really have to deal with them that much. So, no worries. So if you could pray for me to have more patience and for John to keep taking the lessons it would be great. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I will send this in hopes of a reply. Love elder esplin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June 20</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">That is great that Jacob and Zach got ordained. I found something I want. It is the </span><u style="border-collapse: collapse;">Screwtape Letters</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> on audio book by Ralph Coshman. I also want the ones that have </span><u style="border-collapse: collapse;">Screwtape makes a Toast.</u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> I think they are really good. I lost my cd. The Profile of a Prophet and I would like that one. Also another great one is ''Of Lions. Dragons and Turkish Delight.'' It is a great talk. That is all the stuff I want as a missionary. Have a good day and week love elder esplin.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mom, I have to email you today because I need some new G's. I was helping someone paint and there was some paint on the ladder and I leaned on it. I need some new ones. I just need the tops because I dont have enough to go a whole week without washing them so could you please get me some by the end of the week. My address in Sheridan is</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">237 w Brandage</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheridan WY 82801 </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you could get me some I would be eternally grateful. </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS. tell Tara she should write faster. </span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-92214390854186287492011-05-28T14:06:00.000-07:002011-05-31T19:48:40.806-07:00News from South Dakota<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Christopher wrote a great email and I am sorry it took so long to get it posted. </span><br />
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It is like the scripture in Proverbs 4:18 </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"><span class="verse" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">18</span>But the <sup class="studyNoteMarker" style="background-attachment: initial; 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font-size: large;">That says how the better we do the more is expected of us and it gets more intense until we reach perfection. Elder Holland talked about it in last general conference said: </span></span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">"In the most famous sermon ever given, Jesus began by pronouncing wonderfully gentle blessings which every one of us want to claim—blessings promised to the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and the meek.<sup> </sup>How edifying those Beatitudes are and how soothing they are to the soul. They are true. But in that same sermon the Savior went on, showing how increasingly strait the way of the peacemaker and the pure in heart would need to be. “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill,” He observed. “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother … shall be in danger of the judgment.”<sup> </sup>And likewise,</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”<sup> </sup>Obviously as the path of discipleship ascends, that trail gets ever more narrow until we come to that knee-buckling pinnacle of the sermon of which Elder Christofferson just spoke: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”What was gentle in the lowlands of initial loyalty becomes deeply strenuous and very demanding at the summit of true discipleship. Clearly anyone who thinks Jesus taught no-fault theology did not read the fine print in the contract! No, in matters of discipleship the Church is not a fast-food outlet; we can’t always have it “our way.” Some day <i>every</i> knee shall bow and <i>every </i>tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ and that salvation can only come <i>His</i> way."</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">So, when you are getting tired and dont think you can move on - just keep going and the Lord will bless you with great strength. You will be able to endure everything. I know this is true and I say this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">Well, I got to go love Elder Esplin</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-33453896407898139082011-05-08T21:51:00.000-07:002011-05-08T21:51:50.851-07:00Mother's Day Phone Call<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Christopher called today and it was wonderful talking to him. We talked for about an hour before church and about and hour and a half after church. While we went to church Jacob stayed home because he has been throwing up and he talked to him by himself for two and a half hours. All the kids got to talk and Richard and I talked. This is our last phone call from him. He only has a little more than 4 months left.<br />
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He loves the branch he is in right now. He also loves his companion. I can't remember his name but he is from Las Vegas and likes hard work. Hurray! Yesterday he roofed his branch president's house. He was also very excited about finding some boots at a yardsale for $5.00. He teased Kaber for having a 9mm pistol. His quote was,"There is a place for 9mms in the world. I think it is in someone's purse." It was very funny. He also shared another quote with us it was by N. Eldon Tanner . "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f393a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The greatest blessing one can enjoy in life is to go to bed at night with a clear conscience, knowing that he has lived that day in harmony with the teachings of the Savior and has accomplished the work assigned to him to do." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He did not know where it was from or who said it so I Googled it for him. It was from 1975 January New Era. I love the internet. It is such a great quote. </span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-26717185901760282242011-04-28T20:17:00.000-07:002011-04-28T20:18:58.096-07:00Getting Ready for Mother's Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I cant believe that I get to talk to Christopher in only two weeks. I am so excited. He will be home in September. I can't believe it is has been about 20 months since he left. Before he calls I want to get all caught up on his emails. He is so funny and he loves missionary work. He has been a great missionary. The first emails we asked him about how he liked conference. I told him Kaber felt like he "had been beat with the 'get married now' stick."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yes it was great. Tell Rebekah happy birthday and everything. I too feel like I have been beat with a stick. It was the "don't worry about it stick" (I do think I will just go to school because I don't really want to find a wife in the oilfields of North Dakota.) I am on my mission so I cant get married so I don't think the stick that hit Kab can reach me. I am too far away. It was kinda strange knowing I would never see another General Conference as a missionary. It is just strange. Mother's Day will be the last call home of my mission. I am kinda freakin' out. I guess I thought my mission would never end, but in five days I have five months left. That is only 4 Fast Sundays! 4! Isn't that crazy? Well, I will send this and see if you can reply. Love Elder Esplin</span></span><br />
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<div class="gmail_quote" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hey dad! Did you get the answer you needed? (from General Conference) I got mine. Although it came in a different way than I thought it would. The answer was not get an education or get a job in the oil fields. It was get married and start a family. Isn't that so weird that I could have a kid within two years or less and Kaber would have one, too! I really liked that talk in the Sunday afternoon session. It made me think of what I want to be and the number one answer is a dad like you. That is what I want most to be and to do that I need to get married and I think the best way to do that is to go to school. I think that is the answer to my question. Well, I've got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">April 11th</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">First off, I really need my line of authority from Dad. Second, that sounds horrible for Logan (Logan had to have a root canal.) I know how three hours of dentist work feels. It is not fun. Was that before or after their dates? That is pretty cool that Jacob went on a date. I didn't think he had it in him. I hope they had fun. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Did you guys get the box I sent to you with all the stuff I got from that kid's house. I tore some of my pants the other day. So I am sending you the pictures for you to send to missionary mall and a picture of my new companion. (The pictures were terribly out of focus.) He is great. I think I already told you about him. But he is from Las Vegas and he is a hard worker.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">April 18th</span></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">That sounds like fun. I want to do a lot of hiking when I get home, so look up on Google Earth and see if you can find a couple of good trails. We were tracting the other day and I found a Vulcan Motorcycle for $4900. I think that is a good deal. I wanted to talk to the guy about it, but he wasn't home, so I guess I will try later. It was a 07 so I think there might be something wrong with it. What do you think of Kaber's plan to buy a house in Saint George. I like it, but mostly because I could live with him while going to school. I wonder if he has one picked out. Well, I will send this and see if you can email back. Love Elder Esplin</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hi, how are you doing? I am doing good. I got your box and it was great. I got the letter from Tara and she sounds fun. I dont know what she looks like, though. I am having a good week. The members here are a lot nicer. I think they did not like Elder Burnett so much. But he is gone and my new companion is great. He is a real hard worker. It is funny. I think I am on presidents "clean up crew" because he sends me into the dead areas with a crappy companion and then he gives me a great companion because it is easy for me to love people. He knows that I dont believe that there are any "dead" areas and the truth is there are no bad areas just bad missionaries. Because that is how it has been in my last 3 areas, Winner, Newtown and now Brandon. I think it is great because I know at least half of my companions will be great and they are. But I love all of my companions. It is just that some were less than hard workers, but that is how it is. And I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just love being a missionary. Especially when I get letters because that is the best. I want you to keep the airgun in Orderville because there is less chance of it being misused there because there is just less to misuse it on. Remember that it was a gun not much more powerful than that that killed president Lincoln. So be careful with it. Well, I will send this in case you want to reply.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Love Elder Esplin</span></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">P.S. Name the dog Chester or something. Give him a normal name. Well, I got to go now. Have a good week. Thanks for the box. love elder esplin</span></span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">April 25th </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mom, how are you? Thanks for all you have done for me. I am doing great and I had a good Easter. It is crazy to think it is almost May. I will call you on the 8th. Then I will have been out 20 months. If it has gone by as fast for you, as it has for me it is ridiculous, is it not? Thanks for being such a good mom. There is a lady that we visit and she is not that great of a mom. You know how in Newtown I was thinking about working in social services. I told her about that and she asked if I would take her kids away. When I first met her the answer was no but now I think I would take her kids away. Her son has started smoking and he is only 14 and he has gotten two girls pregnant. He is just ridiculous because he has no consequences. He got mad and cussed her out and went in his room and was smoking. I said take his TV and she said it was easier to just let him do it instead of having him throw a tantrum. I thought back to all the times i freaked out and threw a tantrum and how hard it must have been for you and dad to take all of it and keep hoping that i would turn out right. So I just want to thank you for not letting me have my way. Thank you love elder esplin</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">My comp is emailing president today because he needs to talk to him about medical stuff. I am sitting here in a library that is full of books I cant read and after an half hour I got so I couldnt stand it. So I am writing you to tell you that you I sent a box full of magazines and stuff. It is all good. I explained everything in the accompanying letter. If the box gets there before next Monday you need to email me and say you got it. Also is there a name to the girl that Jacob likes. You need to tell grandma hi and I love her, but I always forget to write her and that is it. I got to go love. Elder Esplin</span></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I will get to see Mt. Rushmore at the end of my mission. I got some news. My comp just got the call to go to Rapid City and be an office elder. It will be good for him. He has some health stuff. He got the call on Saturday and I am getting a new comp, Elder Davis. He sounds like a fun kid and everything should be great. We just moved a family here in town to out of town and they want to have a BBQ and go shooting. I really wish the white handbook didn't have pages 21 and 22. Then I would have the very best mission in the universe. Right now it is just the best in the world. Well, I am super excited about General Conference except that we forgot to bring our dinner calender to church so we will go 2 weeks without dinner appointments. It will be cool, though, this is the last general conference of my mission. I think I will try something my comp has suggested and write down three or so questions about life and the Gospel and stuff and see if they talk about them in general conference. One of mine will be "is a job as a deputy or law enforcement the right one for me" another one might be something else that I cant think of right now. I want you all to write three questions that you would like answered and then after conference have a family home evening and see just see if they didnt get answered. I will do the same then you all have to send me yours and I will send you mine. It will be great. I guarantee if you do this, you will get more from conference and your lives will be easier. Well I got to send this off to see if i can get a reply. I will be on till noon. I will be done then. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Love Elder Esplin</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hi, How are you. You haven't replied yet so I am sending you another. I want some more music and cds and pictures. Easter is on its way. This will be the third Easter I have missed in a row. Are you going to Danos or the Dunes. I was reading some of my old emails and I sounded kinda harsh when you all went to Danos. I know he is just trying to make it easier for everyone and trying to help. I guess it is easier on Grandma and you guys probably had a lot of fun at Danos. When I get home I will probably go there because I will already be in St. George and riding a bike from Saint G to Orderville wont be very fun. But then I might be working the oilfield up in New Town the more I think about it. The more I think that is what I will do and if I do that I will get my pilots licence and buy a Sesna or little plane and fly home and to work. That would be fun but ridiculous. What I would like to do is buy grandpa's truck from uncle Tim and drive that. That would be way cool. I think it is a 2 weel drive and it is so old so insurance would be cheap. It would be really neat to have that old truck. But I still want a motorcycle. Maybe that would be good also, especially if i stay down there in southern Utah. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Well I will send this now and hope you get to it before I am done.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fT7AQroo2is/TZFZ8HS7wwI/AAAAAAAAMyU/cTVznLTKaN8/s1600/100_9891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fT7AQroo2is/TZFZ8HS7wwI/AAAAAAAAMyU/cTVznLTKaN8/s320/100_9891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">We had a great stake conference yesterday. It was a general broadcast from SLC and it had H. David Burton, President Eyring and Mary N. Cook and Quienten L. Cook, who aren't related.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">It was a good meeting. Burton talked about when he lived in Salt Lake shortly after being married and how he saw Joseph Fielding Smith go to the same grocery store as he did, and it was way across town. His wife made him ask President Smith why he came clear across town to go to this grocery store and he said "it is because they keep the Sabbath son." I thought that was pretty cool. It definitely seems like reason enough to me if it is reason enough for the prophet. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Any way, that was my week. How was yours?</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I sent you a letter and I did get the box with the parched corn. It was great. My comp loves parched corn. Well, I will send this out. Have a good week, love elder esplin</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> I have about a half hour left. If you want to email me back. It is ten twenty one.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">March 8</div><div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">President Layton told me to email him today, and I am waiting for an email from him. I got bored, so instead of looking at guns. (I heard about a new shot gun from Keltech from my branch president) I decided to email you instead so that I will not be tempted to break any other rules. </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I remembered that I hadn't told you that president had oked animated movies for us to watch. He was going to say Disney but his wife said no to Pirates, so it is animated movies. Are there any that you all think I should see. Write and tell me. </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Did you put me in for the deer hunt draw this year? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yes we did put him in-along with all the boys. I sent him a copy of Angus's email. </span> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That is sure a good email. I dont think I want to extend because if I do it will be into October and there could be a foot and a half of snow here. Why doesnt anyone email me. I sent a letter to you guys. Well, more to Logan, Kaber and Jacob with some pictures I drew for their birthdays. Well email me back. Love Elder Esplin</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Why didn't mom send a bigol' email this week. Doesn't she love me. You guys should create profiles on <a href="http://mormon.org/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> so I can know what is up and going on, because we are to look at mormon.org 2 times out of the week not on pday. Well I got to go. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I just thought of something. By the time Zachary gets home from his mission we are going to have a lot of people who know all of the boys in our family only as Esplin. It could get confusing.</div><div><br />
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I sent you </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">guys a letter the other day (last week) so tell me if you got it. We</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">have transfer calls this Saturday but it could go either way with my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">comp. He has been with me for 2 transfers but he has only been in the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">area for three and we "usually"stay for four. So it could go either way.</span> I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">f he stays I could be in this area till the end of my mission. I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">think I would like that because the people are great here. There are a lot </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">of hunters here so we get along great, until they tell me about how </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">long the season is here and how many deer you can kill and the pheasants </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">are ridiculous. It makes me want to shoot pheasant so bad my teeth hurt </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">because they are just everywhere. I want to come back to this area if </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">only to go hunting. I wonder how much an out of state licence is. Well </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">that is how I am doing. That girl from Casper she sounds like fun. I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">dont know if I told you, but I am planning a horse ride from Casper to V</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ernal. I got the map and everything and had a member in Casper draw me </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">a route. I was thinking that me and my brothers and maybe Angus, Clan and W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ig and probably Jesse and now that Cox girl and maybe some other</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">people. But I think I want to keep it about ten to 12 people and I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">think it would be more appropriate to have more than one girl. We </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">will go in the spring so that we wont have to worry about water. I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">think one pack horse for every two people and 2 extra pack horses for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">food and stuff. Doesnt that sound like fun. Well I've got to go. I will </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">probably email again around 5. </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It is good that your foot is getting better. When do you think you will be clear healed up and stuff.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Richard told Christopher about KaeCie and her boyfriend coming to our house and ride horses. The horse KaeCie's friend took off running with him and Logan had to chase him on Dulcie and grab the reins. </span><br />
It is also good that you guys didn't break KaeCie's friend because that would have been bad. Is Dulcie the fastest horse. I remember that Chip was faster than the rest, but that was before Dulcie came to our house. <br />
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I wrote him again at 5:00 and thought it may be too much. He reassured me. Also Richard asked him how he was going to finance his horse adventure he is planning. </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mom I dont think I can get sick of hearing from you (while I am on my mission). As far as Jacob not going to the prom - take his gun away till he graduates. Did he know that this girl really liked him to take her ,because he might not know. Even if it is really obvious to mom and other girls it probably went way over his head. How old is she and do they hang out, and </span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">does she like to write to missonaries</span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">? I swear I just cant get a girl to write back to me. I have written like ten different girls and none of them write back. I guess this is what I get for waiting till my mission to decide I want to talk to girls. </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">A member made me listen to a song in his car. I was on exchanges and he had the country station on, and I "forgot" to ask him to turn it off. I heard these two songs. One is "If Heaven Wasnt So Far Away" and the other is"Homeboy". I am guessing at the titles. I don't know if those are the real names. Like I said we were just in a members car. Well I will get this out. Write me back.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Love Elder Esplin</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I will be having a fund raiser in North Dakota from the time I get home till I get tired of working there. Anyone that wants to go will have to pay their own share. I will calculate how where and how much. But I need to know the who first. You didn't answer the question of how old this girl is and if she likes writing missionaries cause if she likes Jacob I might have a chance. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">As for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">missionary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> work here in Brandon, it is mostly tracting. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">missionaries</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> before me didnt teach much and when Burnett had his ipod we didnt go out much. We have a lot of larc's with less actives. Did I tell you about the push up lesson. I think I did but the only way we are going to teach the people around here is if we get referrals from the members. Elder Burnett and I are working on getting our top investigator baptized. So it will kick start the branch in missionary work. Then things will take off. Well, got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span></span></div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-27072554934615180222011-03-05T15:31:00.000-08:002011-03-05T15:33:26.247-08:00News From Christopher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">February 22</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christopher had some really good insight. I have thought about it often since he sent this.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ofda! That sounds pretty intense<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">(I was just telling him the news around Orderville.)</span> but it is Angus's email just made me feel bad. If we get a baptism each month is is a rare thing but it usually averages out to one a month. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for the weddings and stuff - that kind of thing happens but it is much better out there, in Orderville, than it is here. We have a less active family whose 13 year old son has gotten at least one girl pregnant and maybe another. But that is the way things are.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">But Hear This Warning</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">If you just stay one notch above the world - one rung higher on the ladder - as the world goes down, if you don't increase the gap, you will also go down. It is like the world and the church and each individual is on a escalator,<br />
and it is going down. The world doesn't seem to care, but the church is a little higher on the escalator and we were each born a little higher still. But, if we do not climb up the escalator faster than it goes down, then we will still go down. If the members of the church in the Book of Mormon stayed one commandment above the rest of the Nephites, then, by the end, they would have no problem killing and stealing because the rest were doing much worse than that. I just finished the book of Mormon yesterday and it kinda freaked me out how wicked the people had gotten. It is a good thing that their ancestors got a promise from the Lord to not just destroy them completely. The Jaredites where destroyed and they didn't seem half as bad as the Lamanites that lived. But, to be honest, the it is all because of the conspiracies and secret oaths and things of that nature. Be sure to avoid those. If there is one thing that will ruin America, it is this.<br />
Well, I got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">February 28th</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">This was a crazy week for us and I was telling Christopher about it. Our water heater broke and we had to replace it. Logan got a date for the Jr. Prom and is texting her and sending pictures. She is a girl from Kanab that he doesn't know. I have been trying to get Jacob to ask out a date but with no luck. Those are some of the things I talked about when I wrote to him. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That sounds like fun with the water heater and everything. The furnace went out in my last area when they where gone to zone conference and when they got back the toilet bowls and everything was frozen. I know why. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When I left the area we were getting around 30 lessons a week and had some people getting close to baptism then I left and they got baptized. Then my old comp left and then they killed the area. Last week they reported 7 lessons so I think God is punishing them. But that is just the way it goes sometimes. My interview went great and I feel a lot better now. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That is funny about Logan sending pictures and texting. I thought Jacob was starting to do that thing more also, but I guess it was just a ploy to throw us of his back. But whatever! When he goes on his mission he will wish he had dated more, because I sure do.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I will send this and hope for a reply. love elder esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">First this was a week ago. We told him we finally had a good check up on Richard's foot. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">February 7th </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My week is getting better and I think we will get a new district leader. My comp and one of the other missonaries sent their ipods home and got things worked out. The worst part is that we just dont go outside and work. I feel like I am just dying. want my comp to get transfered or decide that not going out is a bad idea. What I did with my last comp is get dressed and then walk in and be wearing my proselyting clothes and he would feel bad and get up and going. It is the equivalent of me standing by the door and waging my tail with a leash in my mouth. But my new comp doesnt get it. He just lays there. It is so frustrating. I ask him if there is anyone he wants to go see and he hum-haws around until half the day has gone by and we dont do anything. Then he cooks and I just dont know what to do. But maybe this is how Dad feels when he cant go out because he has a bad foot. I have a bad comp and I need to get mine "healing" also. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, that is how I feel. I would like to talk about guns with you all but I just don't know much right now. I guess Jacob got a 44 mag. Is it a Rossi or Marlin or what? And do you think I should get a 357 mag or a 44 mag. I kind of think a 357 because in a rifle or carbine it will be good enough for deer hunting. But so will a 44mag. Or maybe I should just use Jacob's gun and Kaber's gun when I get home and see which one I like. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(I usually fix his spelling and things before posting on the blog, but I have no idea what he is talking about here so I just let it go.) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> As far as Kaber getting a ccw I think, for me I will just get some crimson trase grips for my 1911 and a iwb holster and de santis makes one I really like as does galco and crossbreed holsters makes a realy cool one called the king tuck but that is what I want. I trust the 45 acp bullet to be a real stopper especially with a crimson trase grip or that NEW TRIGGER GUARD laser they have. Well, I am out of stuff to talk about got to go love elder esplin.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Then he wrote several more one liners that I am not going to put on here. He was on the computers for a long time and it made me worried about him. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Then this was this week. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks, I have actually been doing better about the whole thing. My comp and I actually got some pretty good numbers this week. And thanks for encouraging me to be more obedient. I was reading in my p. blessing yesterday and it said that if I was humble and obedient, I would be able to teach people. It was really good to have you guys also encourage me to be more obedient. I am now making a bigger resolve to be even more obedient. It reminds me of what my branch president told me in the mtc. When people climb 2k they tie 2 people together and they have to cross this really narrow saddle and they have the possibility of falling off either side, to their death. And when one person falls off one side the person that he is tied to has to jump off the other side. So I think that, as bad as we were last month, we will have to jump off the other side this month. We will have to be obedient and work hard. I was also thinking about jobs. I might try to be a wildlife biologist or a game warden. But I think I would like being a wildlife biologist but I will need to do more research on it first. Well, I got to go. I will maybe get another email out. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">He next and final email.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I talked to a guy the other day and he had the coolest watch ever. It </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was the Casio Pathfinder Paw 5000 and it was a solar powder atomic radio. It </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">kept the time right and it had a compass, barometer, altimeter, and all</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;">kinds of stuff. I think it was really cool</span>.</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I feel so much better about his state of mind after reading this email. I think he will be fine and I guess I don't need to call the mission president. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">But other than that, it was pretty good. The other day I met the reason </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">that I came to Brandon, I think. There is a less active guy that is from U</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">tah. He is a cop here in Brandon and he loves to hunt. I think he </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">might be the reason I came here. Also, I think it is because of my ability</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">to get along with people and I think my companion needed it. It </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">seems I can get along with people, unless they are my brothers. Funny </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">how I can do that. W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ell, all the things that you are doing sound good. How is Kab doing on </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">the wife thing. JK. Can you give me Kelin and Kobs addresses or </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">tell them to email me. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The stake president talked in branch conference yesterday and said </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">there are 52,000 missionaries out. If every unit of the church would </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">send out another missonary the number would jump to 80,000 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">missionaries. T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">his is what the prophet has asked us to do in the last to Ensign </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">and in the opening address of general conference. So what is the E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">splin family doing about it?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: red;">Then Richard told him about our goal to read the Book of Mormon by June 27.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">You should get the Cds. There are 26 of them and if you listen to one a day you can do it in under a month. That is what I am doing. We have to be done by February 26 and we started in December. I started listening to the<br />
Cd's on the 7th or eighth and I just finished Alma today. Remember, the Gospel is a more effective teacher than even the sword. I will send this so you can reply. love elder esplin</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-86953996233860684352011-01-19T22:26:00.000-08:002011-01-19T22:28:52.134-08:00Christopher's Latest<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Christopher is doing great in Brandon, SD. It was -13 there this morning. It is so cold on his mission everywhere he goes. His letters always make me laugh because he is still Christopher. His address again in case anyone wants to write to him. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am doing good. My companion is a pretty funny guy. We are so different. He </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">grew up in Clovis, CA. It is like a rich suburb of Fresno. He claims </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that he wasn't a rich kid but I was talking to him and he said that he </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">never had a job. A real one anyway, with a steady income. I thought it was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">kind of strange, but, oh well. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You said Kab got a 2 inch 357 mag. Tell him </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that I don't think it is a good concealed carry gun. I was talking with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a guy about the invention of the 357 mag. He said it was made to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">take the place of the rifle in a cop car with a pistol that had a 6 to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">10 inch barrel. That it is such a good gun if it has a long barrel, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">but the performance in a short barrel gun isn't that much better than a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">38. To be worth the noise and kick I think a good concealed carry gun </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">would be a 38 or, I hate to say it a 9 mill or 380, especially for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">warmer climate. Unless he wants a 4 or more inch barrel he should stick </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with guns designed for short barrel concealed carry shooting, or get a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">derringer and load it with 410s. </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">If you cant tell I really miss guns. I miss handling them and taking </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them apart and different things. B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ut more than I miss that, I miss you guys - and that is saying something.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I found out the other day that I have restless hands syndrome, because </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">every time I have something in my hand I have to play with it. And when I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't have anything to play with I find something. It is crazy. A member </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">actually called me out on it when we were eating dinner with her. She </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gave us a soda and I had to play with it and she said every time we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">eat there she notices that I play with my pop can. It was kind of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">funny.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, I got to go. Love Elder Esplin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ps you shouldn't have sold the truck to Kelin. He needs to pay for his mission. A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">nd what happened to his Jeep anyway. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-73496270737473102962011-01-10T20:23:00.000-08:002011-01-10T20:23:49.955-08:00Brandon, South Dakota! Again<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">Christopher seems to be settling in to Brandon, SD, pretty good. He sounds like he likes it there. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Well, first things first. I hope dad feels good about the surgery. I really like it here in Brandon. I went to church Sunday and that night I had dinner with the branch president and it was great. His daughter is like 11 or something. She initiated me into the missionary ninja society. She </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">gave me the power of ESP of all things and it was super funny. When </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">she was doing the test she pointed a plastic gun at me to see what my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">reaction was. I just sat there and she said I failed at that part </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">of the test because I didnt throw my hands in the air and run off. T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">hen when she was gone her mom said that was amazing because no one had </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">defied her like that before. I think I will like it here. I met the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">senior couple here in Sioux Falls and they are great. They fed us taco soup </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">and it was pretty good. I also ate at Famous Dave's and that was reeeeeeal </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">good. As for the knife I think I sent 2 and I got it on my six month </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">mark instead of burning something and I like it. So I hit my 16 month</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">mark yesterday and we were at a member's place and they asked me how </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">long I was out. I looked at my watch because it usually buys me more </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">time and they just laughed and said I was counting down the hours </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">and days and stuff. It was funny. That same member showed me a music </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">video called Provo BYU Girls. It is a parody of someone who sang a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">song about California girls or something. It was great well. I got to go. Love Elder E</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">splin (mom this is as long as I could make it)</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-70246019717305050782011-01-08T20:37:00.000-08:002011-01-08T20:49:30.735-08:00Brandon, South Dakota!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Here are Christopher's latest emails. His transfer was a long one. He emailed as soon as he got there. He is pretty funny. I guess I will know more about his companion and stuff next week. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hi, how are you all. I am doing good. I got transfered to Brandon, South D</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">akota. I have only been here 12 or so hours. I asked Elder Dattilo </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">to email you my address but if he didn't, here it is. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Elder Christopher Esplin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1109 Teakwood </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">#4</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">So, I sent you a bunch of clothes on Monday, when I got transfered. I hope </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">you guys fit the Wranglers should fit Jacob and the rest will fit Kab </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">or Ike, because apparently he is as big as me now. The suit I bought at a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">thrift store and it was a little small so I sent it home. The magazines were</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> from that same lady. I think that her son bought them and she got </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">mad at him and gave them to me or something. Anyway, he ended up in jail. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> sent a bunch of watches also. I think 5 and I think I mentioned them </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">in my letter. But there is a George watch and a Dakota Steel that I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">don't want ruined by the time I get home. I really like them. The George I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">got from mom and dad in like tenth grade and the Dakota watch I got </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">from a family in Winner. Now my brothers can wear them but they can't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ruin them and if they do they will have to replace them. The rest of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">the stuff you can share and I just didnt have room for it. Well I will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">send this out and see if I can get a response. Love Elder Esplin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I forgot to mention that for transfers I took a bus. I took one to Fargo with Elder Horrocks. And then from Fargo I took one by myself from Fargo to Sioux Falls. It was crazy! I didn't have a companion for 5 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">hours! I didnt know what to do with myself so I just read the Book of M</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ormon. Then I got to Second Nephi and I went to sleep but that was</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">about as exciting as it gets. My new stake president is named Pres. S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">teel and that is apparently Russian for Stalin <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(This is him saying that his stake President is mean. It took me a minute to figure this out.)</span>and he doesn't want any </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">missionaries eating with members. I am sure he has his reasons and I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">don't intend to go against him. But if a member wants to feed me, I won't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">say no. But President Layton is talking with him about it so what I am </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">trying to say is dont get into a huff and write a letter to the first </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">presidency or anything. Well, I don't have much else to say. Love Elder E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">splin</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span">PS The snow here is crazy deep and I need you to send me a letter so I can have proof of address. A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">nd dad good luck with your foot. I know that it will probably hurt but I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> know you are tuff and will make it. Love Elder Esplin</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-9386057735000799642011-01-03T16:29:00.000-08:002011-01-03T17:39:38.719-08:00TRANSFERED!!We did not hear from Christopher this week, but his companion wrote to us to let us know what was going on. <br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey, Esplin Family,</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Esplin got transferred to Brandon, South Dakota. He should get there on Wednesday, or Tuesday night. But he wont get a chance to email, that I know of, so he asked me to let ya'll know.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">love</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Dattilo</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Brandon, South Dakota is a suburb of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is fairly affluent and 92% white. It will be quite different than where he has been. According to Wikipedia.</span> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-78983054441910201932010-12-31T18:32:00.000-08:002010-12-31T18:32:45.031-08:00Cool Christmas PicturesHere are some pictures from Christopher's Christmas celebrations. He also sent a super short email. We talked for so long on the phone on Christmas Day. It was so great. <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hi. How is everything. We had Christmas at the Labar's. It was great. H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ere is a picture of Grandpa Labar </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and the Christmas tree we had. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he green laser is so cool. I can shine it all over the place. Right in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">town where there are a lot of lights to interfere and I can still </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">shine it like a mile away. The photo book is also great and the Labar's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">really liked it. <span id="goog_641046603"></span><span id="goog_641046604"></span></span><br />
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Here are his last two emails. He sent in December.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, that sounds like you had a good week. I also had a good week we had </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">an apartment check on Wednesday and Thursday we went to the temple and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had a Christmas trizone. It was great! I got to do baptisms for the dead</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and an endowment session. Before I went I prayed to know if the people </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">on the other side were accepting the work and while I was sitting in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the celestial room I knew they did. After baptisms the temple </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">president talked to us and said we were acting as companions to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">missionaries on the other side and I figured that Grandpa could have </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">been teaching the people I was doing the work for. It was really cool. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As I was sitting in the temple the thought entered into my head </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that it wouldnt be too hard to just shave for the rest of my life and not </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">have to worried about growing a beard or anything, and now I am sad </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because the Holy Ghost confirmed a truth I didn't want to live. But I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">guess I will have to now. (I am not really sad.) Well the mission is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">going great. I got a box from Nola Harris. I think it is the ward box. It </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">is kind of sad though because Elder Dattilo hasn't gotten a box for C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hristmas. The boxes are all for me, but he gets all the letters so I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't feel too bad for him. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There is a girl here that reminds me of L</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ogan. I don't know if I told you that, but there is one. And if Kaber </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wants a job, I can hook him up. There are so many jobs here, and I know </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a family he could maybe split the rent with. So email me back. Love, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">elder esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is the Christmas Trizone picture. To see me find the tallest elder and go right 2.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hi, how are you all? I am doing great here. It is snowing and blowing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again here. It cant snow straight down. It has to blow in from the west or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">east. It seems like it never really snows in North Dakota - just in M</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ontana or Minnesota and then it blows in. My area is doing ok, but the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">people that we thought would be great are just not doing anything and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we cant go see them to much because they live 50 miles away, and we have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">only got 1000 miles a month. So we just keep going and doing the best </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we can. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Kaber told me a little story so I will tell you one. We went to W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hite Earth and there was no one to let us teach yet, so we went to a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">barn that some members own. They have some burros and we petted them. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hen, they had a bunch of little ponies, and Elder Dattilo tried to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">catch one. It was pretty funny because he was scared of it when it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started to run. That is my story. It was very fun.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I will probably get transfered on New Years. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I cant wait to talk to you on Christmas. I will call at about 5 your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">time or so. I sent a box home. I hope you all enjoy your presents. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">haven't gotten my box yet, but I think I will. They told me at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">post office that if I send it by Tuesday you will get it in time for C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">hristmas. And another thing, there will be a lunar eclipse tonight. I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hope you all have a great Christmas. Love, elder esplin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ps my number is 701 667 #### if you want to call me on Christmas, feel </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">free to do so.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span> We never did call him because he was always calling us as soon as him companion got off the phone. I didn't think I should put his number just out there in cyber space. I am having a hard time not calling him now that I know his number. It is a good thing he is getting transfered and the phone stays in New Town. It was so wonderful to talk to him. Next Christmas I just might have my whole family home because Jacob does not turn 19 until January 5. I love having missionaries but I certainly miss them when they are out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-28669347018232137722010-12-09T20:55:00.000-08:002010-12-09T20:58:47.566-08:00Why I Don't Update Every Week!Nov. 29, 2010<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I got my boots and as far as not freezing we just dress warm which </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">reminds me do you have the long johns that I sent home? I could really </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">use those here. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">well it sounded like a lot has happened since I left. What is all this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">about Elder? And as far a Jarren goes - it is probably just his friends - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">and did JD go on a mission what is going on with that?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is seriously his entire email for the week.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The next week it was a great one. He was so funny. I write him huge long emails and Richard writes maybe a paragraph. You can tell which make the most impact on him. Richard said he and Logan were making a scabbard for Jacob's gun he got last year after Christopher left. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">First off - when did Jacob get a 44 mag. and I am just guessing that it is carbine. What other guns have come into my family since I left? I need a complete list of prices and manufacturers and stuff. I would also appreciate it if you would not buy any more guns till I got home. (Mom </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">that one is for you) besides you need to be saving for your missions </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">and Kab needs to be saving for a wedding or something. I still expect a</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">sister in law when I get home and if she is married to anyone younger </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">than me I will break his arm. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> am still planing on being a cop but that is so I can write about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">guns and people will believe me better. It will provide plenty of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">retirement and everything.</span></span><br />
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We had a good week this last week. The week before was, numbers wise, one </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">of the best weeks of my mission. We had the best numbers in the whole </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">zone. We taught about 30 lessons and ten of them where with members </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">present and those convert into the most baptisms. The crazy thing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">is we didn't try that hard, things just happened. But this week nothing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">was going right so we decided that we would have to try extra hard and</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">we got around 23 or 24 and 17 where others and as Kaber can tell you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">those are just lessons missionaries get when they are tracting or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">trying old investigators. I just wanted to tell you that this week </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">was one where I worked hard and the numbers back it up because </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">sometimes you work hard and the numbers arent there. Sometimes you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">dont do anything and the numbers just fall into your lap. It is rare, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">for me anyway, to have a bunch of numbers that I worked for because, like I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">said, most of the time it seems the harder you work the less numbers </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">you get.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">We had a good week. We went out to Mandaree and an old Mandan Indian </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">showed us a beautiful look off. I took pictures. The hill is called H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">eart Butte. I guess all the hills on reservations are called buttes and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">it is shaped like a heart - like a real one - not a cartoon one. I think I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">could live here. This bit of land here if you go south, east or north </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">you will hit water within 30 or 40 miles and there are natural springs. They run in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">the spring and summer but they dry in the fall and freeze in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">winter. (Here is a website about the Indians of New Town.)<a href="http://www.mhanation.com/main/main.html">Three Affiliated Tribes</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Also this week I got my hair cut by Elder Garrard. Him and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">his comp are serving in Wiliston. If you know anyone that needs work, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">just send them up here. There is plenty of work to go around. They just </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">need a camper or something because there are no rooms available and a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">tent won't work.</span></span><br />
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Well, I got to go. Love, elder esplin</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-40263864350375626352010-11-22T21:15:00.000-08:002010-11-22T21:15:01.224-08:00November 15 and 22ndNovember 15<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That sounds like fun. There are a ton of vets here on the rez. I had a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">great week this week. W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">e were tracking and I got the hiccups and all i wanted to do was go </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">get a drink. But we decided to finish half of the street then go back. W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">e had thought we knocked all of the doors in an apartment </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">building and we were walking out the door to get in the car when we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">noticed a door. We knocked on it and the man who answered the door </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wouldn't let us come in, but he had some chairs out in the breezeway so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we sat outside and talked. He was telling us that he was catholic. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hen he stopped talking for a while and me and my companion </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">didn't say anything for a while. then he said "what if I have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">done some things that I know I will be punished for?" and my companion </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started talking and I listened. I felt that I needed to open my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">backpack and I did and told him I had something for him to read. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had three different kinds of pamphlets in there and I grabbed all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">three. One was about the restoration, one was about the plan of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">salvation and one was about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I sat </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">holding all three and wondering which one I should give him. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">chose the Gospel of Jesus Christ and so I gave it to him and opened a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">copy that I had of my own and started looking through it, wondering </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">why this one. Then I saw a section entitled repentance and asked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">him to read it. He read the wrong one. He read about faith and it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">said that he needed faith to understand repentance and how it could </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">help him. Then I read to him the bit about repentance and when I got</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">done reading he was crying. He said that that was the answer he needed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and my companion said that the more he understood about Jesus the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">more he would want to be baptized. We are going to see him tomorrow. Wel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">l, have a goood week love elder esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">That sounds pretty good. Transfer calls where Saturday and I am staying in Newtown for another 6 weeks, at least. I really love it here. I think that I maybe could live here. The lake is so cool and we got our first "real" snow also. It averages out to about a foot and a half with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">drifts about 4 feet down to nearly bare patches. We have some of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">most amazing frost on out bedroom window. It looks like-I can't really describe it, but the window is awesome. I will send you some pictures. </span></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Remember the guy I told you about last week. We thought we lost him </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">because they said he moved to Minot, but last night we went and were </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">seeing people and we were teaching about the plan of salvation and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the guy that said Scotty moved came in to watch tv in the other</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">room. We asked if Scotty was back and he said he was. So after the</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">lesson we went to see Scotty. He was way glad to see us but he </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">still had an addiction problem. We gave him a Book of Mormon and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">told him that if he would read a chapter every day he would be able to</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">overcome his addiction. Then we gave him a blessing and told him to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">overcome. It was great! The spirit was so strong. We also had a T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hanksgiving Party and the Elders quorum was in charge. It was a</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">wild game feed. We had two mystery meats that where rabbit and lamb. T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">he rabbit was kind of dry but good. After the meal we got so many</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">left overs I gained 7 or 8 pounds in 4 days. Part of it is because Elder D</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">attilo got sick and we were stuck inside from Wednesday till Sunday. W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">e went out Sunday after church. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is part of the email I sent to him. </span><br />
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">On Friday Isaac and Logan took their horses up to the elementary school and helped with an all school activity. They rode the horses and showed off their skills with the horses and the whips. Before that though, when Logan was getting the horses ready Buck tried to shoot past Logan and Logan reached out and grabbed his head and tried to stop him but Buck would not stop and stepped on Logan and Logan lost his balance and had to hang on tight and Buck tripped and tried to catch his balance by walking on Logan's long legs. Long story short-Logan got stepped on and hurt. The back on one leg has the skin ripped off in a four inch long patch and the other leg is bruised. That will make running tomorrow a bit painful. </span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">We are all doing pretty good. I sure love you. I hope you have a great week. Thanks for the letters. I will try to get you more. Raise your level of obedience and become proficient in the language of the Spirit. Love you. MOM</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks for telling me about the fireside. I will try to raise my level of obedience. As for the magazines, the boys can take them. I really don't care. It would be nice to have them when I get home but I would rather my brothers read and learned from them and then tried out what they said and found out what works and what doesn't. Then I can learn from my brothers. That is something Brother Labar here in Newtown keeps saying is that he can learn from everyone here. And he is 61 years old and a very intelligent man. I talked with President Layton today (we are</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">having another trizone) and I have been having trouble waking up in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">the mornings. He told me to think of it like I am hunting. Because I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">sent him some pictures with my last email to him. One of Logan with his </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">deer and one of the baptism we had here last. I told him to pick which </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">"trophy" he liked best. He said that the baptism was much better </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">because it lasts forever. Well I will send this and see if i can get an </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">answer. love elder esplin</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Too bad about Logan's leg. He should know better than to get stepped on. The ponies did kinda the same thing. I think it is Satan trying to make him miss basketball because he wants Kanab to win or Escalante. If you want to put my knife somewhere safe I have that little cedar box in your closet. A key to it is on Dad's key ring to his gun cabinet. That should be a safe place but they can totally look at the magazines. I sent them home because I couldn't keep them and I didn't want to throw them away. We are having a Thanksgiving Party and the Elders are in charge </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of it in our branch. We are going to have lama and buffalo and venison</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">and elk and a mystery meat. Well, I got to go. love elder esplin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This is in response to Richard's email about getting wood and Logan gathering cows. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">I wish I could help people like Logan. All we help do on the rez is help at commods (besides all the spiritual stuff, you know) and it would be nice to do some hard work again. Do you remember when we broke the spring on your truck? That was bad. It kept making that strange noise when the spring would rub on the frame and we couldnt figure what it was. Well, I hope you have a good week also. love elder esplin</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-39839164236549410602010-11-22T17:50:00.000-08:002010-11-22T18:13:24.291-08:00November 2nd Emails<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">November 2</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I sent him some pictures of the kids at Halloween. We recycled some costumes and he noticed. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That is realy cool. The snow princess is the same picture that Rebekah </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had last Halloween, right. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ell Logan to stick those antlers up in a tree and I will help him </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mount them when I get home. I think they would look good with a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">European mount because the antlers are so dark. S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">o I wrote you a letter and sent a box home. I wonder if you got it. W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">e had Elder Gibbons of the 70 and his mom is a Heaton from O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">rderville. So it is pretty good. There are just some random photos. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">made a pumpkin that was a pirate. It won first place in a tie with a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">pumpkin made with a pattern and it beat a bunch of pumpkins made with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a pattern. I was really happy. We had a branch Halloween Party and had a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">bunch of people come. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">love elder esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Christopher sent us a copy of the letter he sent to his president this week. </span><br />
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Dear President,<br />
How are you? How was Haloween? I had a lot of fun. We had a branch mission party and a lot of investigators and less active people came. My brothers went hunting this fall. It is the second deer hunt I<br />
missed because of my mission. I will send you a picture, but I will also send a picture of what I harvested this fall. I will let you decide whose time is better spent. This is a nine year old girl we baptized and it brought her whole family back to activity and the deer is kind of self explanatory. Well, I got to go. love elder esplin<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dear Elder Esplin; </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I think that you did better with your hunt than </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your brothers did. The deer is no comparison to the harvest of souls.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I cant believe that you have missed two hunts now, where does the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">time go? The way I look at it, your brothers only got one deer but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you not only were blessed to see a baptism but see a family come back </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">into activity. Your harvest will continue to reap blessings. Thank </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you for all that you do, love Pres Layton</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09782191373193961756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910750923340545269.post-52305922117616426462010-11-22T17:26:00.000-08:002010-11-22T17:31:30.160-08:00The Rest of October<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I am finally getting Christopher's emails posted. The funniest ones were when his brothers were telling him about deer hunting. They are so funny. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">October 18 </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, this has been a good week. I sent a letter Saturday you should get </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it today or tomorrow. I don't really remember what I said, but I had a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">good week and had 65 in church. It was great! Well, I got to go. Be back </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in a couple of minutes. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">n case I can't email for a while please please write me a letter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey, I am back. We are doing good. The furnace at our place broke, but we got it fixed. But we had to wait a couple of days and it got kind of cold. The coldest it got was freezing. I had a good idea because I shut the door and our room got up to 47 degrees that morning when we woke up. But we were out helping people all Sunday it was fun. I got a letter from grandma. I learned how to make gravy but I need meat and milk and oil - bacon grease works best. Well, send me a letter and or email me. I got to go. love elder esplin</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">October 25</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">All the boys were home because it was "Fall Break" which translated this year to deer hunt. They all wanted to tell him about what they were doing. It is so funny I have to include all the emails. It is a good thing they never read any blogs. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Well, your brothers are out deer hunting right now. We have the day off of school. I have a job of laser engraving on an urn for Stacy Figgins today. I hope I can do it by myself. I am nervous. Kaber was here for the weekend but he is at school and work today. So far your brothers have had no luck with the hunting game. The weather here has been rotten. It has been raining for three days without stopping. Everywhere is mucky mud and the deer are all holed up trying to keep dry.<br />
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I hope you got our box and letters. I sure love you. I will try to watch for you today. perhaps we can be on at the same time. I love you MOM</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">I haven't got a box yet since my year box but I did get a letter from you. It is the picture one. That is sad about McClain aspergers ...too bad. I think it is good that they didn't diagnose it till he was grown up. He </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">graduated with it and that is proof enough that he can live with it. H</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">e doesn't need a cop out. I think he will be able to work through </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, we are having one of the 70s come through our mission, Elder Gibbons. I am going to hear him talk Wednesday, this is the last time </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">this will happen on my mission. The first one was right when I came out</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">and it only happens once a year. I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> go to Fargo to hear E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lder Gibson talk</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ell, write me back tell the boys that the deer have to come out</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">sometimes and it will probobly be in the morning since it is almost a full </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">moon.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Hey Christopher How are you doing? We have not got a deer yet but we will keep trying. School is out Monday and Tuesday so we will be out looking. It is so muddy I did not even try to go up in the oaks. We started on Cedar Mt. and it snowed quit a bit then in the evening we whent out on the sand and just saw lot more hunters. Do you have any where you think we should hunt?<br />
<wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> Have a good week Love Dad</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Try hunting Poverty and out there by the Quists. Get up early. I think an early hunt will be the way to go.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Hey are you there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Jacob and Logan got a shot this morning but they missed.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Yep, I am here. How big was the deer they shot at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">One was a three point and another three point and Logan chased them for a while and there was a spike.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">And what are they hunting with? They should remember what grandpa told me when I went hunting. That all I needed to do is ''put the center of the scope on what I want to shoot when I pull the trigger.'' </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Where were you at when he got the shoot and did you do any pre-season scouting? A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">nd remember if all else fails to go to the ranch. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Hey! This is Logan. Well, it was pretty exciting hunting this morning. We found a new road on Cedar Mountain and were driving along then we saw a little buck standing on the steep up side of road. I t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: orange; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hink it was a barely split spike about 10 in tall. So we jump out and I start to say shoot on three and Jacob shot before I could finish. After we shot a big three point jumps out and they run around a little bend. We chased them and I just see them going over the next ridge so we chase them and cant find them. I thought Jacob shot the little one then I yelled at Jacob and was mad. So I went down a different way and scared them up again but couldn't shoot fast enough so I followed them down a steep canyon and up the other side and well chased them for about a mile and a half then took 3 miles getting back because I got lost. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">e will go after the regular hunt is over. The youth hunt is 10 days. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">That is pretty cool. What were you shooting with?</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">I was using the 243. and J had the 270. but we both missed and Isaac was sitting in the car holding his new gun 243.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">That is pretty cool I am going to buy a 270 or a 30.06 when I get home. The gun I want right now is a Remington 7600. It is a pump action rifle with a box magazine instead of a tube mag. so you can shoot pointy bullets. I think it is really cool. It is faster to shoot than a bolt action or lever action. Logan will you look up this gun for me. I really think it is a good gun, but that is just because the gunsmith in town said it was a good gun. Tarus sells a gun that I think Logan would like more. It is a reproduction of the Colt Lightning and they make it in 45 colt 357 mag and I think 44mag. I think he would really like that gun.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What ever Logan said was a lie. What happened was Dad saw some deer so me and Logan jumped out and I aimed right at the middle of the deer and pulled the trigger. The bullet proof deer then ran away. Logan and I then chased them up the hill. At this point Logan went totally crazy and stated yelling at everything and everyone. He was at the bottom of the hill yelling at me to get in the car. At the same time Dad was yelling at me to track the deer. In the end Logan chased the deer like a dog and I hiked up and down a couple of hills.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I dont know when it will turn cold. It seemed like it already had a few </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weeks ago but then it got warmer. But I think it will get really cold </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">soon. I dont really want the electric blanket back. The furnace in our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">place works really good and I am usually a lot warmer than my companion. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">think i only have six weeks left here in Newtown. I dont want the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thermal g's either. They dont fit too good. But you could send the under </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">armor. I would like that. And my boots if you cant get the new ones. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The zipper on his boots broke. Just the pull tab - Missionary Mall would not replace them like they promised. Not going there again. </span> I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">guess I can live with the old ones. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That gun sounded fun and scary. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Kaber's new muzzle loader pistol that always misfires. </span>But I have a few questions and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">suggestions. Did he load the balls with a patch or just bore butter? And i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">f he shot faster the heat wouldn't spread through the cylinder to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">other barrels and mess with them. Hot metal does funny things to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">bullets. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As to my brothers being carzy. What did you expect and would you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">change their behavior? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yes I would really love to change their behaviour. I just don't see that ever happening. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">You said that you feel it with an urgency that Jacob get his patriarchal blessing and that is probably the holy ghost. Also I really liked general conference. It was great! I loved when Uchtdorf talked about trees and said but what has this got to do with flying an air plane. They are all so funny. Another one of my favourites was when that guy talked about the trees and them ripping the posts out of the ground. But my very favorite was from priesthood session when the British guy Kearns, I think. He talked about how when he was little he was down on the Arabian Peninsula camping and his parents told him to put on shoes and he wore flip flops and said they are shoes and he got stung by a scorpion and he talked about that. But it seemed to me, just what i got out of it, was that if we dont teach people the real doctrine and just baptize them we are sending them in without shoes and<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Yes, general conference should be a great one. There is something that I have noticed and that is they dont talk about food storage any more. I guess we either dont need to do it, or it is to late, or they figure the ones that are going to do it are doing it and the ones that aren't, aren't. Anyway they dont need to keep telling us. So for general conference please listen to see if they talk about food storage. Becaus it is weird to think that they would just drop it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">About my comp, he is about 5'8" and weighs around 300lbs. He is very funny and he likes to cook, like me. He has a smallish family - 5 kids. But some of them are half brothers he has lived in Guatemala and Texas and Alaska. He is pretty cool. </span></span><br />
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