Emails 5-26-2008

The Mommy-I think that the award is just the same as last times award. We got second place this time, and there was not a dirty window sill that got us, it was dirt around the brim of the tub and smuges on the vent hood. I am not sure why Elder Remington's name is on the award, maybe they messed up. I do have a hard copy though that is correct, it is in my CRM (California Roseville Mission) binder. The package has a pillow in it. A member hooked me up with a supposedly good pillow that will help me sleep better and not have such bad cricks in my neck when I wake up. I guess we messed up on the shipping information. I would appreciate it if you would send it to me, but if it is going to be expensive it does not matter that much.That is funny that Ryan forgot to get someone to feed the Missionaries. We send around a dinner calendar here, but I think that it is a little harder to do there in Utah when the missionaries cover a lot bigger areas than we do. I think that all missionaries are either quick or learn to be faster. We always have things getting spilled and we have to learn to move really fast so we do not get our suits or whatever dirty. You would actually be suprised at how many Missionaries do get married or engaged shortly after their missions to girls that they met in the mission field. There is a missionary that went home in April from here, and he is already engaged to a girl from the mission, well he got engaged a few weeks ago. There is actually a talk that President Kimball I think did that is called "Lock Your Hearts". It talks about how we missionaries need to lock our hearts while in the mission and to only concentrate on the work and not on finding our eternal companion. I do not think you need to worry about me getting into any trouble with that, I agree on focusing on the work and not the girls that are here in California.It sure seems like things are still going back home. I do believe that the Poulson and Sheilds boys are graduating. I remember that when I would turn either 12, 14 or 16 that there was like 13 boys that would come into the class before I left and they were both in there before I left if I remember right. I cannot believe that Lindsey is getting married. If my memory serves me right, Lindsey and I went to school with a Soderquist. Today is just a normal p-day, nothing grand or exciting. I actually am not going to be able to play around either. Last week I sprained my ankle pretty bad and it is still sore so I am going to take care of myself and not play and let it heal some more. I never go to the Library to email here in Lincoln. We get to use the Family History Center in the building which has 6 computers so all 6 of us Elders can use them.What color ties do I have? Well I have some red, blue, one yellow, one pink, and a few other ones that I do not really wear that much. I like orange, green, yellow, well just things that are nice and fun. It is weird how much my tastes in ties have changed since I left on a mission. Well things are going well here in California. The work is slowing with teaching but that only means that we need to find more. The weather has been pretty nice, well in my opinion. It has been cooler and cloudy all week and Elder Remington does not like the cooler temps he likes it nice and HOT!Well I hope that all is going well for you back home. Take care and I love you.-Elder Brickey

Curley's-I am glad that you like to read my emails, I sometimes think that they are rather boring actually. I try my best to not judge and to keep myself positive which seems to help out. I remember that I was told that if I keep a positive attitude and always try and find the light instead of the darkness that things will go better. It is a little tough to have a dried up teaching pool. Though it does mean that you get to go and meet new people and also get some new experiences. I swear that when you tract you get to meet crazy people and you get some really fun and interesting memories. I just hope that we can get things going again here in the Lincoln area. I really believe that there is a lot of potencial here, it is just a matter of time before things will happen.It seems like you are having quite the week. I do agree with you about making sure that the toilet seat is down though. We were brought up that way so it is not so hard for me, well I should say it was not so hard for me. The mission life has kinda changed that. I am a lot more lazy on things that I use to not be. I am not jealous of the headaches and the hassles that you seem to be going through though. Than again the everyday life of a missionary is not all that stress free, but it is not that hard at the same instance. I was actually going to ask how Dallin was doing in nursery. I have learned that there is quite the assortment of kids in the world and I hope that my kids are not as crazy as some are. I might have to but the smack down on them if they are. I think that all my neices and nephews are pretty good kids. A little crazy at times and rambunkcious (?) but good kids. I think it is funny how they all have their little quarks and how different they all really are. I do have to admit though that Saedy was fun because she did not care who held her and she did not care what you did to her. I still laugh at the times when I would hold her upside down and she would just chill there and suck on her hand. Than I would flip or spin her and she would just laugh at me and have a big grin. Those were fun times. That is good that Dad is finally getting all his stuff done for his C&C. How is Scott doing on getting his stuff done? I do not think that there would be anything bad on either of their records, except for maybe a few tickets.Did the card for Scott, or Scooter, make it to the house? I acutally could use a favor on a calander with birthdays of the fam on it. I mean I know Mom, Dad, Cassie, Shan, Scott, and Nicole but I am a little unsure about everyone elses. I am glad to hear that you and the baby are doing well Shan. I am a lot like Dad on the fact that it is more important to me that you are both okay than anything. I am not sure if I want to know or not, but since there was not a PS than I guess I do not need to know. When again is the approx due date? Well I hope that you get feeling better I will keep you in my prayers.I love you all and I hope that you are doing well. Things here are going well. The weather has been cooler which has been really nice for me. The work is slowly picking up, hopefully. It is weird to think that there is only 2 more weeks in this transfer and then President Perry leaves like 3 weeks later. It will be interesting to see the transition between the two Presidents. Well other than that things are going pretty well. I hope that things are going well for you and that you have a good week. Love you and take care of yourselves.-Elder Brickey