Dear Mom,
So ya I’m officially a Zone Leader, ha-ha crazy huh! My companions name is Elder Magallon, he is from Jalisco Mexico. I still don’t know too much about him, it’s just funny cuz he was my Zone Leader when I was starting so it should be cool. He seems cool and like we will have alot of success so ya I’m excited, it should go good.
So my new area is in Querétaro, but on the other side from where I was before. It’s like 45 min from my old area. I’m in the other zone of Querétaro which is fine because I really liked Querétaro so I’m excited to be here again. The bus ride was ok, it was a long way and the other elders just take us and drop us off. We just go to our new area on the bus where are comps are waiting. Normally we go on Monday for changes but since I went up to Zone Leader I have to be here today to help all of the other missionaries get there comps and get a zone meeting ready. That is why I had to come yesterday but thanks for the money and stuff I love you ha-ha.
OK as for being sick, I just got the flu really bad. I had been sick with worms then got better but then my immune system was down and I visited a sick family and gave them a blessing…well they gave me something to! ha-ha the freaking flu!!! I got it Fri. and was better Sun. morning. I just had to get Gatorade and stuff cuz I could not eat or I’d throw up, that’s why I used my money. That stuff is really expensive here and hard to find. Mom, don’t be worried I’m really ok. I think it’s just my last area was really poor so the food we got was not good quality and people drank the water. That is why I got sick. My new area is way rich, like Querétaro is a way, way, way rich. Part of it’s like the U.S. so I should get over all this crap here, so don’t worry ok I’ll be ok I promise.
So story time now that you got all the info lol. I was teaching this American lady in my last area and she is way cool and like everything was way cool. Then we found out that her husband has killed all of these people here and is a hard core leader of a huge drug gang. He has been shot 5 times and stabbed and all of this crazy stuff. She went to leave him once and he went to her mom’s house and put a gun to her moms head and said to come back or he would kill her mom. It was so sad I felt so bad for the lady but she told us all this stuff then she is just like “Oh, ya and he thinks I’m having an affair with you!!!” So ya I got way scared!!! Some crazy drug dealer, killer guy, thought I was having an affair with his wife! Good thing I got changed lol or I might have been shot lol (jk) but for real possibly.
That is it for this week, there is not much time. Next week I’ll send pics home and everything, cross my heart, hope NOT to die, and no way I’d stab a needle in my eye!!! lol I love you mom, sorry but I’m really feeling better health wise. I’m loving my mission!!! I’ll write lots next week and tell you all the cool details about my new area ok. Love you and DONT WORRY I’m ok I promise!!! I feel better today ok. Love you with all my heart, thank you for being my mom and helping me come on a mission, this is the best experience of my life!!! I’m learning so much and have really found my own testimony about my Savior and our church. Love you.
Love (a Zone Leader) hahahahah jk love you bye,
Love your little birdie,
Elder Fackler
Monday, June 28, 2010
E-mail 6/21/10
Dear family
So that’s way cool that the kids pulled together and got you and dad a grill. That’s way good cuz I missed grilled food ha-ha. My stomach is totally better mom I told you I would be fine. Now I just have an eye infection hahaha, ya my body pretty much just hates me lol and Mexico. But I got drops and its getting better which is good so I should be fine lol.
There is a fight in the mission over who I am going with this next change. All of the other Zone Leaders keep calling me and telling me to tell president Nancollas to put me with them ha-ha I’m just not going to say anything I know president gets revelation and I’m just going to leave it all in his hands ha-ha.
As for funny stories, this week we took some youth we are teaching to the ward activity like young men’s. We took them and we were all playing basketball and we stayed to be there with them cuz it started at 8 so we had our ward mission leader meeting, then played basketball with them. At the end a group of young men put a team together and everyone was losing and the stake president’s team had just lost but it was like 9:20 so we were leaving. I told the stake president we were leaving and bye and he was like “no you are not leaving you are going to come play and be on my team!” and I was like “I want to but we got to go” and he was like “if you go I’ll tell your president you were here.” I just laughed and was like “it’s ok we brought investigators he won’t get mad” and he is just like “I’ll tell him you were kissing a young women!” So we both started to laugh and I was like “ok wow chill ok lets go!” So I played and we won 5 to 0 cuz we just played to five but guess what??? I dunked it! ha-ha for the first time in my life!!! I have just lost so much weight that I have become alot more athletic. It was just funny my stake president was just joking but it made me laugh I’ll tell him you were kissing a young women if you don’t stay and play lol but ya it was fun and I dunked it for the first time ever and I was home by 9:33 so only 3 min late ha-ha but ya it made me laugh!
So let’s see what else, my district did a little better but still not great. I’m just going to kill them all ha-ha jk. I love them they all just lost the fire and I don’t really know what to do to help them get it back. All I can do is just keep doing all I can to go with them and help them and be a good example. I think I need to work on taking control in their areas cuz I go work with them and just kind of let them do whatever and don’t tell them what to do. I need to take charge and tell them what to fix and what is a waste of time.
So Bridger is accident prone again, that’s not good at all. Poor guy I feel bad for him. What is he saying about a service mission and what is the church saying about all of it? What do they want him to do?
But that really is about it, after a year the mission is just kind of repetitive lol. I love you mom, tons!
Love, Elder Fackler
So that’s way cool that the kids pulled together and got you and dad a grill. That’s way good cuz I missed grilled food ha-ha. My stomach is totally better mom I told you I would be fine. Now I just have an eye infection hahaha, ya my body pretty much just hates me lol and Mexico. But I got drops and its getting better which is good so I should be fine lol.
There is a fight in the mission over who I am going with this next change. All of the other Zone Leaders keep calling me and telling me to tell president Nancollas to put me with them ha-ha I’m just not going to say anything I know president gets revelation and I’m just going to leave it all in his hands ha-ha.
As for funny stories, this week we took some youth we are teaching to the ward activity like young men’s. We took them and we were all playing basketball and we stayed to be there with them cuz it started at 8 so we had our ward mission leader meeting, then played basketball with them. At the end a group of young men put a team together and everyone was losing and the stake president’s team had just lost but it was like 9:20 so we were leaving. I told the stake president we were leaving and bye and he was like “no you are not leaving you are going to come play and be on my team!” and I was like “I want to but we got to go” and he was like “if you go I’ll tell your president you were here.” I just laughed and was like “it’s ok we brought investigators he won’t get mad” and he is just like “I’ll tell him you were kissing a young women!” So we both started to laugh and I was like “ok wow chill ok lets go!” So I played and we won 5 to 0 cuz we just played to five but guess what??? I dunked it! ha-ha for the first time in my life!!! I have just lost so much weight that I have become alot more athletic. It was just funny my stake president was just joking but it made me laugh I’ll tell him you were kissing a young women if you don’t stay and play lol but ya it was fun and I dunked it for the first time ever and I was home by 9:33 so only 3 min late ha-ha but ya it made me laugh!
So let’s see what else, my district did a little better but still not great. I’m just going to kill them all ha-ha jk. I love them they all just lost the fire and I don’t really know what to do to help them get it back. All I can do is just keep doing all I can to go with them and help them and be a good example. I think I need to work on taking control in their areas cuz I go work with them and just kind of let them do whatever and don’t tell them what to do. I need to take charge and tell them what to fix and what is a waste of time.
So Bridger is accident prone again, that’s not good at all. Poor guy I feel bad for him. What is he saying about a service mission and what is the church saying about all of it? What do they want him to do?
But that really is about it, after a year the mission is just kind of repetitive lol. I love you mom, tons!
Love, Elder Fackler
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Email 6-14-10
Dear family, so this week has been ok, kind of long. I’m still sick but I talked to the doctor and they gave me hard core, kill everything de-worming pills. We will have to see if that gets rid of whatever this is cuz I’m really sick of being sick. They think I have worms cuz I get sick for 3 or 4 days then better for 2 or 3 then sick again. It has been a cycle like that for the last 6 weeks so ya I just want to be better. I’m taking some hard core pills now that they said should kill everything. It just sucks cuz I have lost more weight and I lost it all in my face around my eyes so my eyes look sunk in and black around them like I got hit, so ya I just want to not feel sick anymore. It’s not like I feel super terrible, I just feel a little sick all the time for the last 6 weeks and it’s hard to eat and stuff. I’m ready for it to be over ha-ha and these pills should do it, they are made to kill worms and parasites so ya whatever it is should die. Maybe I will bring home my little pets!!! Now that my whine fest is over don’t stress mom! The mission presidents wife is very good at taking care of us and I’m sure she will help me get rid of this. She just didn’t know and finally I told her, now she is on top of it and helping me tons. I think these pills should do the trick!
As for my district sucked, sucked, sucked, I don’t know what else to do to help them. I have tried so much and it is just all going to crap. So ya today my meeting is going to be a little wild, ha-ha we have got to fix whatever is going on and get them excited about missionary work again!!! My meeting should be good I hope lol.
I’m so stressed, my district is doing bad, my comp is driving me nuts, and best of all I had to walk up a giant poop river yesterday…YES! A POOP RIVER!!! My area is a huge hill and it poured rain yesterday. We had been working at the bottom of the hill so we were coming home and there is only one street that goes to my house and area. All of the water was coming down that street and the drains were plugged with trash so water couldn’t drain. That street was a river that was knee deep for me (ok so it is not so bad being a giant) and about mid-thigh for my comp! The drains suck here and were full and so the rain couldn’t go in so it made a river and we got to hike up it! Ha-ha CRAPPY day but funny story lol!!!
Other than that life is going good, I’m learning and God is having me have these experiences to grow! I love you guys.
Love Elder Fackler
As for my district sucked, sucked, sucked, I don’t know what else to do to help them. I have tried so much and it is just all going to crap. So ya today my meeting is going to be a little wild, ha-ha we have got to fix whatever is going on and get them excited about missionary work again!!! My meeting should be good I hope lol.
I’m so stressed, my district is doing bad, my comp is driving me nuts, and best of all I had to walk up a giant poop river yesterday…YES! A POOP RIVER!!! My area is a huge hill and it poured rain yesterday. We had been working at the bottom of the hill so we were coming home and there is only one street that goes to my house and area. All of the water was coming down that street and the drains were plugged with trash so water couldn’t drain. That street was a river that was knee deep for me (ok so it is not so bad being a giant) and about mid-thigh for my comp! The drains suck here and were full and so the rain couldn’t go in so it made a river and we got to hike up it! Ha-ha CRAPPY day but funny story lol!!!
Other than that life is going good, I’m learning and God is having me have these experiences to grow! I love you guys.
Love Elder Fackler
Thursday, June 10, 2010
E-mail 6-7-10
Hey family,
Sorry, I didn’t write earlier it just has been a crazy day. This morning a family we baptized took us up to these mountain in our area and took us to this little nature park thing. There were Buffalo and Deer and Havalena. They really wanted to take us and were super excited about it so we went with them. It just ended up taking forever to get done and get back so that’s why I didn’t write earlier sorry. The little zoo thing was fun and the family is just super cool so we had fun.
So this week was bad for my district. They just let everything fall apart so ya it was not good at all. Today we had a zone meeting so I really have not had any time to talk to them about what is going on. Last week we had a zone meeting too and I have not been able to talk to them at all. Even worse was it was a way bad week for me! We only took one person to church for the first time and 3 in total so ya!!! I’m getting stressed about what is going to happen in June.
OK, so something funny that happened is…alot of apartments here have one bathroom that all the people in the apartment complex share. Ya gross, but anyway we were with an investigator and my comp went out to use the bathroom and all of the sudden we hear this lady scream bloody murder!!! My comp comes running back in. It was so funny my comp walked in on one of the neighbors using the bathroom! I about died laughing and he was so embarrassed he wanted to die! The lady was super nice it was just so, so, so funny!
Other than that not much has happened. I’m excited to come home and have Aunt Kari there. I think it will be so fun to be close to her and her kids I’m excited. Also I’m so stoked to be an Uncle, how is Ross about it? How are you feeling about being a grandma? How old hahaha! Grandma just kidding! I’m excited and I’m glad I’ll get home right after the baby is born to be part of it!!! I got to go before it gets to late here. I love you guys so much and am doing good, don’t stress about me ok! I love you so much and pray for you guys every night. Thanks for all you guys do for me.
Your son,
Elder Austin King Fackler
Sorry, I didn’t write earlier it just has been a crazy day. This morning a family we baptized took us up to these mountain in our area and took us to this little nature park thing. There were Buffalo and Deer and Havalena. They really wanted to take us and were super excited about it so we went with them. It just ended up taking forever to get done and get back so that’s why I didn’t write earlier sorry. The little zoo thing was fun and the family is just super cool so we had fun.
So this week was bad for my district. They just let everything fall apart so ya it was not good at all. Today we had a zone meeting so I really have not had any time to talk to them about what is going on. Last week we had a zone meeting too and I have not been able to talk to them at all. Even worse was it was a way bad week for me! We only took one person to church for the first time and 3 in total so ya!!! I’m getting stressed about what is going to happen in June.
OK, so something funny that happened is…alot of apartments here have one bathroom that all the people in the apartment complex share. Ya gross, but anyway we were with an investigator and my comp went out to use the bathroom and all of the sudden we hear this lady scream bloody murder!!! My comp comes running back in. It was so funny my comp walked in on one of the neighbors using the bathroom! I about died laughing and he was so embarrassed he wanted to die! The lady was super nice it was just so, so, so funny!
Other than that not much has happened. I’m excited to come home and have Aunt Kari there. I think it will be so fun to be close to her and her kids I’m excited. Also I’m so stoked to be an Uncle, how is Ross about it? How are you feeling about being a grandma? How old hahaha! Grandma just kidding! I’m excited and I’m glad I’ll get home right after the baby is born to be part of it!!! I got to go before it gets to late here. I love you guys so much and am doing good, don’t stress about me ok! I love you so much and pray for you guys every night. Thanks for all you guys do for me.
Your son,
Elder Austin King Fackler
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
E-mail 5-31-10
Hey what’s up family?
This week has been ok. My district fell apart which is not good. We had a great week last week then this week it all just fell apart again. So today we are going to have a wonderful talk about diligence and help them see the importance of it. I’m going to read them a lovely scripture that says “He who is a slothful servant will not be counted worthy to stand at the last day!!!” Hahah lets see how they like that! It’s just dumb they went from way good to complete crap in one week so it’s time to take the gloves off and role up the sleeves!
As for me my week was good. I put 2 new baptismal dates on the calendar and I had 5 people in church, so not too bad. I just wish my district would do that. My bishop loves me, we have gotten church attendance way up. When I got here every week the attendance was like 60 or 70 people, we have been activating families like crazy and this week we had over 150 people in church so we doubled the activity rate. Our bishop and members love us so much and think we are the greatest. We counted yesterday we have activated 9 whole families and baptized 5 new ones! Ya they love us.
So stories, not too much has happened this week. OK I have one, so my companion had to go to the bathroom way bad so we went to this really poor member’s house so he could poop… so he asks to use the bathroom and the guy was like ya its out back so we go out back to this out house thing. The guy opens up the wood door and we see the bathroom it is so gross you cannot even imagine!!! Like you see in the movies when you see gross bathrooms, the toilet is black, the floor is dirt, there are flies everywhere, and there is a trash can full of poop toilet paper because they didn’t have water pressure to flush toilet paper so they throw it in a can next to the toilet!!! So ya it was gross and I about to die trying not to laugh! So my comp goes in to use it (poor guy) and I go in the house. So then the guy gives me water and there is a giant hair in it and ya… it was just not a good place. So my comp finally comes out and we run away and he is just freaking out and so was I. It was just funny but so gross at the same time ha!
I have not been sick anymore so don’t stress, I’m doing good health wise and life is going good. Sorry I’m writing so late, we have just been at a meeting all morning. I love you and I am doing good. That’s cool Bridger walked for graduation, I’m proud of him. Everything is going good, love you guys! Tell everyone I said “HI” ok.
Love Elder Fackler
This week has been ok. My district fell apart which is not good. We had a great week last week then this week it all just fell apart again. So today we are going to have a wonderful talk about diligence and help them see the importance of it. I’m going to read them a lovely scripture that says “He who is a slothful servant will not be counted worthy to stand at the last day!!!” Hahah lets see how they like that! It’s just dumb they went from way good to complete crap in one week so it’s time to take the gloves off and role up the sleeves!
As for me my week was good. I put 2 new baptismal dates on the calendar and I had 5 people in church, so not too bad. I just wish my district would do that. My bishop loves me, we have gotten church attendance way up. When I got here every week the attendance was like 60 or 70 people, we have been activating families like crazy and this week we had over 150 people in church so we doubled the activity rate. Our bishop and members love us so much and think we are the greatest. We counted yesterday we have activated 9 whole families and baptized 5 new ones! Ya they love us.
So stories, not too much has happened this week. OK I have one, so my companion had to go to the bathroom way bad so we went to this really poor member’s house so he could poop… so he asks to use the bathroom and the guy was like ya its out back so we go out back to this out house thing. The guy opens up the wood door and we see the bathroom it is so gross you cannot even imagine!!! Like you see in the movies when you see gross bathrooms, the toilet is black, the floor is dirt, there are flies everywhere, and there is a trash can full of poop toilet paper because they didn’t have water pressure to flush toilet paper so they throw it in a can next to the toilet!!! So ya it was gross and I about to die trying not to laugh! So my comp goes in to use it (poor guy) and I go in the house. So then the guy gives me water and there is a giant hair in it and ya… it was just not a good place. So my comp finally comes out and we run away and he is just freaking out and so was I. It was just funny but so gross at the same time ha!
I have not been sick anymore so don’t stress, I’m doing good health wise and life is going good. Sorry I’m writing so late, we have just been at a meeting all morning. I love you and I am doing good. That’s cool Bridger walked for graduation, I’m proud of him. Everything is going good, love you guys! Tell everyone I said “HI” ok.
Love Elder Fackler
E-mail 5-24-10
Hey family,
What’s up? I’m doing so freaking good, MY DISTRICT DID AMAZING THIS WEEK! Last week on Monday we had this huge talk and I just got them fired up hard core and we just exploded! I took 5 people for the first time and 8 in total to church, one of my elders took 6 for the first time and 10 in total and the other took 4 for the first time and 7 in total yayayayaya and the sisters took 2 in total and no one for the first time. As a district we took 27 people to church in total, that is more then alot of zones take ha-ha! I am so happy, now we just have to keep it up we can’t let down and we will tear it up in June. I feel good that we are doing so much better.
I have been kind of sick, I ate rabbit and my body didn’t like it to much!!! The night I ate it I pretty much spent with my head in a bucket throwing up, cool! From about 11 at night till 4 in the morning I didn’t leave the bathroom! Yup great night ha-ha! Freaking rabbit I hate it!!!!!!!
As for my new camera I really like it. It works super good and takes good pics. I’ll send pics next week ok I just don’t have much time. Me and my district are going to eat with the bishops wife because we did so good she said she would make us all hamburgers, so ya we are going to have a little fiesta!
As for me I’m doing good. Some girl is trying to molest me. It is a 15 year old girl and we baptized her little sister, we were there and she started asking me what happens if a missionary kisses some one and all this stuff. I was like “ok we got to go!” As we were leaving I went to shake her hand and she was like “No I’m walking you guys outside” and she didn’t let go of my hand and tried to put it over her shoulder to walk me out. I was just like “what the freak” and yanked my hand away and smacked her in the head hahaha. Then she turns around and she said “you are so tall, if you kissed a short girl like me how would you do it?” I said “that doesn’t matter, I’m a missionary and don’t kiss girls!” and we ran out the door!!! When we got out I looked at my comp and at the same time we both said “Yup never going back there again!!!” ha-ha freaking stupid girl.
But ya that’s really about it for this week. I’ll write next week ok. I love you guys tons and hope you are doing good!
Elder Fackler
What’s up? I’m doing so freaking good, MY DISTRICT DID AMAZING THIS WEEK! Last week on Monday we had this huge talk and I just got them fired up hard core and we just exploded! I took 5 people for the first time and 8 in total to church, one of my elders took 6 for the first time and 10 in total and the other took 4 for the first time and 7 in total yayayayaya and the sisters took 2 in total and no one for the first time. As a district we took 27 people to church in total, that is more then alot of zones take ha-ha! I am so happy, now we just have to keep it up we can’t let down and we will tear it up in June. I feel good that we are doing so much better.
I have been kind of sick, I ate rabbit and my body didn’t like it to much!!! The night I ate it I pretty much spent with my head in a bucket throwing up, cool! From about 11 at night till 4 in the morning I didn’t leave the bathroom! Yup great night ha-ha! Freaking rabbit I hate it!!!!!!!
As for my new camera I really like it. It works super good and takes good pics. I’ll send pics next week ok I just don’t have much time. Me and my district are going to eat with the bishops wife because we did so good she said she would make us all hamburgers, so ya we are going to have a little fiesta!
As for me I’m doing good. Some girl is trying to molest me. It is a 15 year old girl and we baptized her little sister, we were there and she started asking me what happens if a missionary kisses some one and all this stuff. I was like “ok we got to go!” As we were leaving I went to shake her hand and she was like “No I’m walking you guys outside” and she didn’t let go of my hand and tried to put it over her shoulder to walk me out. I was just like “what the freak” and yanked my hand away and smacked her in the head hahaha. Then she turns around and she said “you are so tall, if you kissed a short girl like me how would you do it?” I said “that doesn’t matter, I’m a missionary and don’t kiss girls!” and we ran out the door!!! When we got out I looked at my comp and at the same time we both said “Yup never going back there again!!!” ha-ha freaking stupid girl.
But ya that’s really about it for this week. I’ll write next week ok. I love you guys tons and hope you are doing good!
Elder Fackler
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