Emails 7-14-08

Hello Hello!Well some things that my comp does not buy that he says sounds good at times is steaks, meat in general is expensive, and a few other things that I am not exactly sure of. It is a good idea to teach your kids all about shopping so they can do it when the time calls for it. I have been so many times with mom and dad that it was not bad at all when I had to do it for myself. I am not going to lie, I am pretty jealous that we have a pool. Especially now that I AM GONE! What is with that? Get all these cool toys when I leave, that is not fair! Just kidding that means I will have to make up for lost time when I get home. I cannot believe that Mom saw that kid just pee on her flowers. I would have probably killed him, no lies. I do agree though that they should not be over to the house if they are going to disrespect the house and our stuff. Anyways sounds like an interesting memory for sure.Well it sounds like things are going well for your kids and that they are just a growing. I cannot believe how big they are getting and how old. It just means that I am getting older to which is not a fun thought. I want to be a kid again. The new mission Pres is pretty cool. He is a nice guy and seems to be full of energy and excitement. It is a new regime and I am still getting use to it, but so far so good.Goodness it seems like Grandpa is going into the hospital a lot lately. I hope that things are okay with him. I still do not want to lose a grandparent while I am on the mission. Things have already changed a lot from when I was home. Things just keep changing and I do not know how excited I am about all the changes and such.Well things are going pretty good here in Lincoln. I won't lie that this last week was real disheartening. I had quite the crappy day on Friday. (when I found out) Anyways I love you and hope that things are going well for you all. Take care and I will talk to you later. Thanks for all your love and support. I can always rely on the family and that is a great support and help to me.Love,Elder Brickey

The Mommy-I had to get onto the computer to check on an email for district meeting and I was able to email you really fast, no worries I had permission. We did get with the McGraws and had a pretty good time. It was actually really weird to see them and Sister McGraw said that she did not care if she is not suppose to give me a hug cause she was doing it for you, and a little for herself. Thank you for the goodies I really appreciate them. They came at a very needful time for me.When I threw out my shoulder I did something to my wrist and so I had to go in and see if I had pinched a nerve or something, which did not happen I am A-O-K! What is a stimulus check? And where did it come from?Zone Conference was pretty cool. The new mission President seems to be really enthusiastic about the work and is a really nice guy all together, so far. I had a personal interview with him on Saturday. It was a lot different than the way that Pres Perry did it, but hey they are completely different people so that is okay. The fires are actually slowing down. The last I heard it was down from the 1200 to like 400 so that is good. They are all over the place though. We have a lot of fires all around us so that is really interesting and it means that we have to make sure that we pray a lot to keep the fires away. I guess that Mount Shasta actually has a lot of fires up in there so that is no good.Well things here in Lincoln are going pretty good. We have been doing a lot of work in finding and also with the members. We had quite the interesting week though. We had a member, less active member, staying above us with her care taker, and she was really a "special" person. It was really weird to have her knock on our door at 8 in the morning or at 11 at night. She now is living in Rocklin so not our problem anymore, so that is nice.Well I hope that things are going well for you and that you are okay. I miss you and love you mom. Take care.Love your son,Elder Brickey