emails 7-13-09

The Mommy-Hello there! How are you doing mommy? Things here are good. It is a little weird to get use to the changes that come from a new area but things are going good. For the fourth we only ate at two different places though we did have like six or seven offers. I do not need that to be happening, I need to lose weight not gain it. My bike is doing great and the guy at the shop is not a member. He just has a lot of missionaries come in and get their bikes fixed there. He was super nice and since we give him SO much work he gives us discounts and such so that is nice. For socks I need the church kind, they are my everyday sock. Just some black church type socks that are good. I like the gold toe ones that Shan and Ryan got me for Christmas, but whatever works. As for pants I went and got some today so I should be ok with that. But for your knowledge if you want it was slacks I am a little tough on them. Than again being on a bike is just hard on things. I am not really sure what I am doing to my g bottoms. Between stains, tears, and just being old I guess. I might use a couple new tops but for the most part it is bottoms that get THRASHED on a bike it seems. Or maybe it is just the mission that is hard on them. You know keeping me safe is a difficult job so they get worn out pretty quickly. Wow all of the Pontious clan is getting hitched. If I remember right Alicia is closer to Nicole's age than mine. I did hear about Mary and her need for surgery. I am glad to hear that things went well for it. Hopefully recover and all will continue to be good. I did get the pictures for your primary kids. It was really fun to open it up and see those. I do have to admit that I am not sure if I know who they are but I am grateful none the less. That is really weird that Skyler and Alicia are already expecting. Are they living in the ward with one of their parents? That is funny that Grandpa is joking about Grandma "updating" him. I do not think that Grandma could find a better fit then him. He is the best. Than again I LOVE my Grandparents they are just the best ever! I did not hear that one of your ladies went on a mission. That is funny that they got towed well sad but funny because I kinda know how they feel. I parked backwards in Chico a couple nights and one night we came out and found a warning saying that we cannot park backwards or else we would get towed so that was a fun thing to get. Well things are good. We picked up two new investigators this past week and the one lady accepted a baptismal commitment where she use to live so hopefully things will go well and we will get her committed to a date here soon. Other than that not much is going on. I have found that our receipes are a still a big hit. Especially the Smores and Brownie Pudding always loved. Well I love you and hope you are well. Let me know how you are doing and what is new in the life of my mommy. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love always,Elder Brickey

Curley Familia-Well it sounds like things are still a little crazy for you. I do admit that I am not jealous in the least ways for that. I will be however glad to help out in whatever way I can both here and when I get home. I am glad to hear that you have someone to sign your contract over too, or that you have a good potencial at least. I am sorry though to hear that things are still a little crazy with the job front. I am not excited about that in the least bit. I do not want to have to get a job, car, and schooling stuff going when I get home. But it is a good thing so I will get it done, though I might be kicking and screaming. I hope that you are able to get a job that allows you to stay close to home, though I do agree that if the Lord says go that is the thing to do. No matter where you go I will come and visit. HAHA you cannot get away from me!!!! Just playing though that was a little creepy. The new area is good. Things are starting to pick up and we have some decent potencial right now. I am looking forward to getting things going here in Antelope. I might still like Chico a little more but that is because of the memories and I was there for a lot longer. We do get fed pretty well though the dinner calander just changed so we will see what will happen with that. I do not know what souvenirs I will be bringing home. I really do not think there is anything really different here than at home so......Being "in charge" is not what it is cracked up to be for sure. Plus I still like to make my companion do as much work as I do and participate in everything that way they learn and can be better and do better for the rest of their missions. I do not appreciate all the planning though that comes with leadership and the meetings and such. They are for our benefit I know but it seems like we get A LOT of repetition. Maybe that is just because they have to repeat or that is the biggest problems I do not know. Well I love you all dearly and wish the best for you. Take care and I will talk at you later.Love,Elder Brickey