Thursday, October 22, 2009

E-Mail 10-19-09

Hey everyone
What's up? This week has been OK. First off I got a new comp, his name is Elder Haro. He seems cool.

Next, I baptized again this week so that was good!!! It was kinda crazy. The other elders didn't drain the font from their baptism the week before. So when we got there to fill it, it was full of old water with dead AND alive bugs in it. YA it smelled bad and was just gross. So then we tried to drain it but the drain was not working and we needed to use it the next day. So guess what??? I had to take my shoes off put on my gym shorts and climb down in the nasty dirty gross water with a bucket. I had to hand out buckets of this water to my comp then he carried them outside. It took over an hour and a half. I bucketed out old, nasty, gross water barefoot!!! Fun huh, hahahaha ya nasty!!! So then after all that we turned the water on to fill the font and left. But when we came back the water was not really working so we left it on all night to fill. But it never filled it very much. So the next morning when we got there to check the font it was only a 4th of the way full, about 6 inches below my knees. So we had to baptize this guy but didn't have much water so I had him sit on his butt in the water and I knelt down and baptized him. Ya I had my first sitting baptism!!! Cool huh hahahah ya it was a good experience.

So lets see what else, this week has been boring no other cool experiences. So Ross had a good wedding? I'm glad it was good and everyone loved it. It was really hard not to be there and be able to be a part of it but it's OK. I wore the tie and took pics so I'll send them next week OK.

That is about it for this week. I got a new companion, he seems cool but I have only been with him for an hour so I'm not really sure yet but we will see. I am doing good.
I love you all!
Love
Elder Fackler

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

E-mail 10-5-09

Como Esta
Hey family,
Whats up? So how has your week been? Mine has been OK. Mom my eye is fine now. I put some cool Mexico drugs in it and it's all better. I have been wearing my contacts and everything so don't stress.

I didn't have my baptism this week because of conference. Next week I have 2 which means I'll finish the transfer with 6. That's an average of one a week! Sweet!!! Pray for them OK, there names are Alejandra and Carlos.

My cool experiences this week are I ate chicken neck and cow intestines, pretty cool huh!!! I'm a Mexican now. I ate a whole chili plain and it didn't taste to hot so that makes me a Mexican now.

On Tuesday I worked with one of the youth from our ward. We were knocking doors and we found a crazy lady. First she tried to hit on me, then she started telling us how bad her life was and how she would cut her self before she found Jesus. (ya crazy) But then after all this she said at one point in her life she was so mad at life that she ATE HER FINGER!!! (yes ate her finger.) Then she held up her hand and you got it... NO FINGER. I about threw up, told her thanks for her time and we RAN away as fast as possible!!! CRAZY

I didn't get to watch much of conference and what I did watch was in Spanish and was a little hard to understand. TV is hard to understand so I didn't really watch it. It made me home sick on Sunday to think about all of you guys eating waffles and hanging out. It's OK I ate eggs and chicken yum huh, hahahahah.

The weather here is killer. It is only 75 or 80 but it is so humid I just feel gross and sweaty all the time. I shower with cold water alot cuz if you use hot you are sweaty when you get out. Cold doesn't help to much cuz you still just get sweaty fast but it could be worse I guess.

So how are you guys feeling about the wedding? How is Ross feeling? I can't believe we are all getting so old. Ross is getting married and I'm going to be 20, no freaking way 20!!! I need a walker that's so old. You asked what I would like for my birthday, I would like an electric shaver. One with the 3 little circle things cuz they work better. I have to shave everyday now and I hate it, so an electric shaver please, and peanut butter M&M's and American candy, I miss it lots.

Stuff with my comp is going OK. I have just got to get through 2 more weeks I think. Pray for his safety cuz I am a very BIG person and he is Not hahahahahah!!! Just kidding.
I love you all so much and hope life is going good!
Love you all!
Love Elder Fackler