Emails 5/25/09

The Mommy-Hey there how are you doing this week? Things here are going particularly well. I did get the package that you sent to me with all the Easter stuff. Well for the softball games it is something new but President Pendleton really liked it and wants to do it again so that is really cool. It makes the meetings something to look forward to and be excited for. Yeah I have a hole in the second tooth back from my canine on the top right of my mouth (my perspective with my tongue). I am not sure how it started or anything but I just remember eating something and it hurt bad so I started brushing extra good and flossing and rising with mouthwash. Than one day I saw this shadow and so I stuck a toothpick in and it went into my tooth so I decided to go to the dentist to see what was up with it. I will not lie I have no idea what an onlay is. I do know that from the xray that was taken there was the shadow or darker color that went up to my root so I am suppose to get a root canal because the root has been damaged or what not. Anyway I will talk to the dentist that will be doing the root canal and let you know what he says. That is cool though that things went well for Nicole and Ben in getting their endowments out. I have heard about the painting in the St. George Temple. I will have to get down there and see it some time. Other than my tooth things are going well. We sadly had an investigator that was getting ready to be baptized drop us. He went and told his parents that he wanted to be baptized and they antied him so he does not even talk to us anymore. We are still going to try and get into contact with him though. Other than that we are trying to get some new investigators and some things going. We have a lot of lessons set up for tomorrow so that will be good. Well other than that I am doing well and going strong. The weather here is warm and sunny. It is crazy to have hot weather so early but it works. Well I love you and hope you are doing well. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love your son,Elder Brickey

Curley's-Well it sounds like things are going well for all you back home. I am glad to hear that you had a good time (ish) at the St. George Temple trip. I am sorry to hear that Saedy is sick and not herself. I hated being sick and still do actually. I hope that she is doing better. That is funny that Dallin likes to be Clark Kent. Well things are going well here though. We have a lot of good potencial and it seems like we have some good things coming up this week. Since school is now out, well College anyways, there are less people so that might be a little tricky. We also have Zone Conference coming up this Wednesday so we have to prepare for that which is fun. It is up in Anderson so it is a bit of a drive and a bit of miles that we have to drive which is not fun when you have a limit on miles. Oh well it will be good. Well other than that things I guess are good. I hope that all the kids are doing well and not causing to much mischief. I also hope that you are doing well and finding time for yourselves since life is getting a little busy with everything that is going on. Well take care and I will talk to you later.Love,Elder Brickey

Emails 5/18/09

The Mommy-Hello there! How are you doing? Both Elder Knight and I are staying for another transfer together. That is sweet that Nicole and Ben have a place. Well looks like I will have a few places to crash when I get home. Between Scott, Nicole, the cabin, home and wherever else I have a lot of places to go. I did hear that Jess was going to go and do a C-section, or was thinking about it. That is a big baby for sure. I am sure that Ryan is super excited. He is going to be a good dad. So did Chad and Camie get the adoption thing to go through then? I did not hear about that, or if I did I forgot. That is cool that you have a lot of things done or prepped for Nicole's wedding. She must be getting excited. It is crazy to think that in less than a month the second to last Brickey will be married leaving just me! That is right you are going to be going to the St. George Temple this week. That is awesome, I am so excited for Nicole and Ben. They are so doing the right thing. It is going to be cool for Nicole because she is able to have the support of pretty well everyone in the family. That will be sweet though because when I finally get married ALL my family will be able to be there! Well lets get away from that subject cause that feels weird. Well this week we did not have much besides get people settled from transfers. We did have a meeting with President Pendleton on Friday though which was cool. After the meeting we played some softball. We split into North vs South and I am North so we do not have as many ZL's so Pres was on our team. We dominated in the game. I went 6 for 6 at the plate and had three catches and two assists for outs. It was super fun! I have a sweet raspberry on my left leg from a slide to catch a ball. We are doing good in the work though. We have some new investigators that seem really promising so that is always super nice. Other than that not much else has been going on besides normal missionary work. Well I love you and hope you are doing well. Take care and I will talk to you later!Love your son,Elder Brickey

Curley's-Wow you had a eventful week. I am glad to hear that I was remembered for a little while after I called. Though I do have to admit it will be nicer to be able to see you all too. It is all good though the work is awesome and I love my mission. We are working with some awesome people. We are doing the new member lessons with Ernie, he just got baptized on the 9th, and we have other lessons with less actives as well as investigators. We actually just picked up a new investigator named Apple. She seems really interested and seems to have a sincere desire to learn so that is cool. Only time will tell though on what happens there. We were suppose to have a baptism this Friday but he got antied by his parents and friends so he backed out. We are trying to meet with him still though to see if we can resolve his concerns. We also went and had a meeting with all the ZL's and the President. After we went and played some softball which was sweet since I love baseball. I actually went 6 for 6 at the plate and had a couple really good plays in the outfield where I played. I am surprised that I did not hurt my shoulder it did not hurt or anything after so that was nice. Well I am thankful for all that you do. I love you all very much. Take care.-Elder Brickey

Emails 5/11/09 and a talk

We were able to talk to Elder Brickey for Mother's Day. With talking to him, the emails were not as long. He is doing GREAT and just had a baptism on May 9.

The Mommy-Hello! It was so good to hear from you yesterday! Thank you so much for all you do mom, you are the bestest! It was really fun to talk to Kyle we just walked down memory lane about mission stories and missionary life it was fun. That is weird to think that the next call will be Kyle and I talking to Mickell. I remember when Mickell and I went to Harper's to talk to Kyle. The world spins it around pretty quick it seems. Well we got the calls and I will be staying in Chico for at least another 6 weeks! I am pretty happy actually, I love it here a lot. Thanks again mom for all you do. I could not have gotten a better mom! LOVE YOU!Love your son,Elder Brickey

Curley's
It was awesome to get to talk with you all yesterday. I still cannot believe how big the kids are getting. Well I love you and hope your week goes well. Talk at you later!Love,Elder Brickey

We are so excited, he will be home in about 5 months. He is loving the mission and has some great investigators. He is so glad that he has been able to touch so many lives. He loves those he is teaching and has tought. Life is going well and he is loving what he is doing.

Emails 5-4-09

The Mommy-It is good to hear that you had a good week! Things are going well here in Cali! The weather has cooled down a bit and we have gotten some rain so that was good. We also have the baptism of Ernie, Jesus, this Saturday so that is really exciting! With our lessons we count them to investigators, less-active members and sometimes to active members when we help them set specific dates and names with a follow up to see how they are doing. We use to count lessons at dinners when we shared the lessons or part of one to them. So that is how we count lessons. We have always counted our lessons and we count other things as well. For Daniel he was I guess laid off for a time because it was not "fire season" but now that we are getting back into "fire season" he got the call to go back to work so he is really excited about that. I am a terrible brother. I have Nicole's letter I just have not finished it yet. I also have not finished my letter to Kayce I am not doing so good on writing letters. I am sorry to hear that Abby had difficulties with her pregnancy. I did work with her in the singles ward. She and her husband CJ are good people. CJ was actually one of my first Home Teaching comps when I reactivated. Wow you are getting a new shed. Any reason as to why you decided to get a new shed? Well I do not get out of church until about 4pm here so I am not sure when I should have you all call. We might have to break it into a couple different parts or something. I think 6pm here so 7pm there would work out. So yeah. Well I am excited to hear from you. I will talk with you later. LOVE YOU MOM!Love your son,Elder Brickey

Hola-How are you all doing? Hopefully good. It sounds like things are going wellf or you back in the big UT so that is good. Than of course your kids sound like they are doing awesome. That is fun to hear about all their different personality traits and see the few that I might have had an influence on. Anyways. That is sweet that Dallin likes some of the "old" movies I think is how you put it. Though I do not think that they are very old personally. I do however have a little of a worry about Dallin and the emotional scars that he will have due to wearing pretties. Yes I know that I use to as well and that is how I know these things. No I think that EVERY little boy has to go through that at some point in their life. That is awesome that you got accepted into the PhD program Ryan. CONGRATS! That is cool that you will be staying in Utah for a while now as well. I hope that your graduation is awesome. Well things are going well here. We have a baptism this Saturday and then we have baptism coming up later in the month as well so that is sweet! Things are going really well here in Cali. I love you and am excited to talk to you all on Sunday. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love,Elder Brickey