Emails 4-6-09

Mommy-Hey hey! How are you doing? Can you believe that it is already April? I cannot, it seems like time is just flying by. Well the new companion and I are doing rather well, but that can be expected since we just started serving together. Ask in about two weeks and I will be able to tell you better. No he is really cool. He goes home in August, so that is 20 months in the mission. He is from Louisville, Kentucky so my fourth of eight that is not from Utah. That is neat half in Utah half out of Utah good split. The movie about the life of Joseph Smith is actually not really available to anyone right now. Somehow someone got a copy and now it is circulating throughout the mission. I will send you a copy if you like? Wow snow again that is crazy, but hey I am sure that it is nice and helping out with the water levels and such. Sam Hansen is about 18 maybe, she is the same age as Chelsey Coombs if I remember right. The little get together went really well actually. We did not have everyone come that we were hoping but we had 12+ I think. It went really good and the investigators that we had there LOVED the movie and conference was just awesome too. We did get to see all the sessions and we actually watched the last session at the members house where we watched the movie. It was awesome! I do have a special memory of Grandpa I will get it written up and sent to you since I do not have the much time to write it in the email. Well things are going pretty well, other than I got really sick this last week and it seems like a lot went wrong quick. I have not one but two cold sores which sucks. I have not been sleeping so well cause I am all congested and coughing all the time. It is wonderful. I will pull through though of course. Well what was your favorite conference talk? I really LOVED Elder Holland's talk than again he is always really good. Anyways I love you and hope you are doing well. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love your son,Elder Brickey

Hola-Well it sounds like you had quite the eventful week! That is good that things are staying busy for you Ryan at work. I know that the unemployment rate or percentage is raising quite a bit. That is nuts though some of the things that are happening though. It is so weird to see how crazy some people are and what they do. That could be fun though at the sametime could be a little nerve racking. That is good that the cake thing went well. From all I have heard it sounds like you did a wonderful job Shan! Than again my family is just amazing anyways so I knew you would do good! ;-) I totally forgot about the Walker weenie roast, man I miss those little events. That is cool that Kirt and Nicole are going to be coming in for it as well. It sounds like the kids are quite an adventure! I do worry a little that Dallin loves all the villians even in the Book of Mormon movies but hey maybe that will help him know the Book of Mormon better. You should so record him doing it and shoe it to him when he is older, I am sure that he would LOVE that! That is funny that Saedy is the second most comprehendable of the neices and nephews. Than again Kirk has always been a very fast talker and Kenna would talk really fast too. That was all that were talking when I left so the rest is news to me. I am still thrown off from when I called at Christmas and Nicole had Saedy say HI to me. I was all "no my Saedy cannot talk" and all of a sudden bam there it was. So it sounds like the kids are all growing up and doing well so that is good. Things here are good. Elder Knight and I are doing well so far. We are actually pretty similar in personalities which is fun. Our little "Party" was awesome. One of the investigators that watched it after the movie was over and before the start of the second session (well last session whatever) came up and said that there were a couple moments in the movie that he was all "lets get me baptized right now" or "lets do this" so that was really cool. But other than that things are going well. I have been a little sick lately which sucks, but I am getting better. I have two gnarly cold sores on my bottom lip which sucks too. Well time is really flying by. I agree it felt like I had just started serving with Elder Rogers now I have Elder Knight, though I was with Elder Rogers for two transfers. I just cannot believe how fast time is going by. Well I love you and thank you for your support. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love,Elder Brickey