03/23/2010 (Ponce, PR)

YA MADE IT!

wow i cant believe you guys are over there again (in England) and I'm 20 years old can you believe that? I'm an old fart haha i don't like being old its so weird but yeah anyways everything is going good and i did get your package it was awesome! thank you so so much i loved the calendar and the missionary card it was awesome but yeah thank you so so much i loved it and the cookies were great! i love homemade cookies so if you send any more packages just skip the candy and send me cookies haha they are cheaper anyways :) but yeah thanks a ton! :)

so this week was a good week. we were working pretty hard and trying to get stuff done. we were pretty low on the old investigators but now we got some new ones that are just way way way awesome. one of them is a sports journalist and he is like the coolest guy I've ever met. he really is amazing and he's just humble and he just keeps telling us he wants peace and happiness. he is awesome so we have been teaching him now and yeah it really is great. then there is another family that lives right next door to our bishop and he is awesome too. we have been teaching them twice now and they are great and they said that they are going to go to church this Sunday and that really should be awesome the dad is just amazing he really understands things and he's smart which is awesome. so we are teaching them and then the ones that had the date for this week well they kinda fell off the face of the planet for a week or two but we've been trying to get back in touch with them and I'm pretty sure we will be able to find them again this week so yeah hopefully we can continue teaching them :)

but yeah everything is going great we had interviews yesterday and transfers are about 1 week from now (a week from Wednesday) so we will see what happens. I'm pretty sure one of us will be leaving but we have no idea who it will be. so yeah we will see what happens. i really want to stay and keep working here but i also would like to see a little more of the island so i hope they leave me here one more transfer and then send me off but who knows :)

well you guys have fun in England and say hi to everyone for me and tell Eric he could probably buy himself a Scottish kilt and i bet they would let him play tennis in it hahahahha

love you guys

elder ward

Pictures!!! WOOHOO!!! 03/15/2010

Notice the Earring!!!

Elders Lamb, Wilson, Ward, Pliler!
Helping a member clean his house!

Elder Ward on the Teeter-Totter!

Boys will be Boys!!!

Elder Wilson on the Teeter-Totter!

03/15/2010 (Ponce, PR)

HOLLA!!!!

So yeah our week was kinda rough this week pretty much all or investigators dropped and they said not to come by this week it was kind of a bummer but o well we will try again next week. so needless to say we did a whole lot of finding and looking for people to teach. we did find a really really cool family that was just awesome. Something kinda funny - i'm beginning to notice is that all our investigators most of the time are not from Puerto Rico haha We found one family that is originally from panama and they are awesome and we have a return cita with them tomorrow so i'm pretty excited about that.

The guy that was supposed to get baptized on my birthday we couldn't see him either this week and so he won't be ready for his baptism this saturday but he did go to church which was great and this friday we have a cita with him and we are going to go back by and set up another date with him but yeah so that's kinda what went down this week it was good and we worked hard and we are excited to teach the new people we found. AND EXCITED TO FIND MORE!!! :)

But anyways it sounds like you guys are getting excited and ready to go that should be way fun to go to scotland. i really want to go to scotland and ireland sometime so i might have to make that trip before Andrea moves back haha but yeah you guys will have a lot of fun and Kennady will be so excited.

Jason sounds like he is doing good. that is so awesome about his mission he is going to have a ton of fun wow he's going to love it haha sounds like a really cool place to serve a mission.

But yeah about daylight savings time we don't have it here we always stay on the same clock so yeah we never change which is nice i think haha

but yeah i'm going to get going you guys have a great week and enjoy your travel haha!
i'll talk to you soon

love you guys

elder ward

03/08/2010 (Ponce, PR)

HOLA
wow yeah this week was so fast for me kinda crazy i cant believe we are emailing again but anyways life is going great our best investigators are the ones with the date for my birthday they have gone to church a couple times now and they are just awesome and are progressing really really well and he just fits right in with the ward its great but yeah we are still teaching them and they just love everything and love learning and he goes to church and he just asks all sorts of questions and like all the classes just help him so much its great but yeah we are working with the other people really hard but only the guy and his wife came to church this sunday so we got a lot of work to do with our other investigators but yeah ill let ya know how everything goes

thats so crazy about Jason i had to stay in the mtc for 9 weeks and he only has 8 that's so awesome he is one lucky bugger! I still haven't heard really anything from him for a bit so he better write me back soon!

Sounds like you had a fun time in Rexburg. I can't believe there is snow in the world right now IT'S SO HOT!!!! haha actually to tell you the truth yesterday was like the best most cool day in my entire mission. it was so cold i think it even hit like 70 i think i'm not sure but everyone was wearing like sweatshirts all day it was so funny me and my comp were just loving it it was amazing.

I'm so happy to hear about Brad. That's so good! I told you he was a tough old bird haha but wow thats great!

You can just send mail to my address in Ponce still if you want - I'll be here till March 31 that's the end of the transfer I think I will go after that but we will see what happens who knows o yeah and I remembered something I need for my birthday haha one of those oil vials for consecrated oil! Mine's all broken!

wow i cant think really anything else - things are going awesome we are doing great and the cheesecake gets better every week :)

love you guys
elder ward

03/01/2010 (Ponce, PR)

03/01/2010

HOLLA FAMILIA!!!

Wow crazy crazy sounds like life is going good back in mountain home. we did get to eat our cheesecake we had to toc doors for about 5 hours straight but we got it haha :) but yeah the mission is kinda crazy about what you end up liking i think its just you get old and your taste buds change cuz really the only things i don't like now are milk and green olives but now even the green olives are growing on me cuz everyone puts them in their food here haha it's kinda weird but I'm pretty sure the whole milk thing will never change cuz i still cant even stand the smell of it but yeah i love cheesecake remember when we bought that one in England :)

but yeah anyways this week was really good we are teaching this family that is way awesome we had taught them twice and the second time a member came with us and he was just awesome he really did his work cuz we taught and then he invited them to church and said he would come and pick them up the next day and then he came and picked them up and took the to church last Sunday and he like took them on a tour around the chapel and wow he was amazing and the best part is is that he only has like a year in the church but yeah that was awesome so then this week we were on a trade off cuz one of the other elders got sick so his comp was tired of staying in for a whole day so my comp went with the sick elder and me and the other one worked but yeah we went to teach them and they couldn't stop saying how great church was and then he just started telling us that hes going to go every week and that he wants to be a Mormon it was so so so awesome in his prayer he said "porfavor bendicenos que podams convertirnos a mormones de puro corazon" it was AWESOME! coolest thing ive ever heard an investigator say haha but yeah pretty dang awesome he has a baptismal date for march 20th (pretty cool date hu? :))

but yeah so why is Jason leaving already? i thought he was supposed to be there for 12 weeks? so that means he shouldn't be leaving yet haha when did they change it? he hasn't written me for a while

so that's awesome about the Olympics and Canada sounds like you guys had a pretty good little party haha I'm not going to lie i kinda miss the Olympics a little bit but o well haha

but anyways sounds like everyone's going good i feel so bad for brad i hope he gets feeling good soon tell him i said hi and "que sesienta mejor" haha that's what i always say to people when they are sick :)

but yeah i better get going it sounds like everyone is doing good ill talk you next week

love elder ward

ps don't worry about my birthday i have a ton of money on my card anyways and if I need anything I'll just let you know ok and I'll just buy something when i need it :)