Emails 8-17-09

The Mommy-Before we got the dresser we used our closet and a cupboard/linnen closet to store all the clothes. It was not good, I did not like it at all. It was a real pain especially with my socks. The furniture usually has been donated. It is also from churches that get remodeled or new stuff. Our couch is actually kinda hideous and looks like it came from the 70s or early 80s. It is in great shape and was a custom built couch so whatever, it works. We are kind of able to keep in contact with people from our old area, but not really. We have quite a bit on our plate with trying to get the area moving and finding all the people we are suppose to be teaching. It is somtimes really difficult but hey nothing worthwhile is easy. We do go to the same church but at different times so it is hard to see anyone. We sometimes see people as we come out of sacrament meeting but usually not. It is getting hot here too. I was all happy with the cool weather and it goes and gets hot again, no good. You should see the lawns out here. Between the heat and then SO many forclosed homes there are a lot of sad looking lawns. Wow I did not know that Zack was getting married. I did hear from him that he moved in with a girl and she has a kid. He was thinking that they would get married but not till after I got home. Guess things changed. Our week was really good. We have an investigator named Megan. She is 14 and her mom is a member but was less-active for a while. She has been taking the lessons for quite a while and this last Wednesday we commited her to get baptized and she excepted so that is AWESOME. She is a really smart girl and really awesome, I am SO stoked for her and for her mom too. Her mom was SO happy she was in tears. Other than that things are moving along. We are getting the new area down and meeting more members so that is good. Other than that not much has been happening. Oh yeah there is a member in the ward that is REALLY into cars, so naturally we are the best of friends now. He has an Ariel Atom which is a VERY rare car and suppose to be one of the fastest american made cars. It looks a lot like a formula one car but is street legal. He is going to take us for a ride so I am super excited! That is fun that they are doing more road construction. Hopefully that will all be done by the time I get home. Anyways well things are going good and I am doing well. I love you mom and appreciate all you do. LOVE YOU!Love your son,Elder Brickey

Hey Hey Hey!Whats up FAMILY! How the heck are you doing? It sounds like things went pretty well this last week. That will be fun to go to the Temple dedication. Nicole is awesome, than again our family is AWESOME. I am definiately the most stoked about seeing everyone again. I am glad that your knee is doing better Shan. I am for sure not jealous of that injury. Than again I am just a whimp when it comes to pain and suffering. Though I deal with it quietly. Your kids crack me up. That is funny that Saedy is a bitter. I remember that was an easy way to get the things that I wanted when I was younger, my teeth were SHARP when I was little. Dallin though I do not have any claim on that. I did not really care what shirt I wore at least that is what I remember. Sweet deal though $1, I like that. You will have to tell Danielle HI for me. I have not seen or heard about any Clear Creek peoples in for days. I am doing well, yes still in one piece. A little scatter brained at times but overall good. I will not lie that I have rubbed it in a couple times with the greenie. I told him one that REALLY got to him. I told him that I have half as many pdays than he has months. It was NUTS. I am in the 2nd to last transfer. On Sept 14th, I think, I begin the final one! Wow that is SCARY! I cannot believe that it is that soon already. Well other than that all is well here. I hope you are well. I love you all and wish you the best. Take care until next time.Love,Elder Brickey

Emails Aug. 10, 2009

The Mommy-I did have enough for the dentist. He was really awesome too. He remembered my face from last year when I was in there with Elder Remington. He could not believe that it had been that long and he told me I needed to finish off strong for him. That should not be that hard to do. Well for the apartment remodel it was mainly furniture that got moved around. We also got a new couch because ours was falling apart, we also got a chest of drawers so now we have somewhere to put our clothes which is nice, and I am also getting a new desk which will be really nice since the desk I have is terrible. We are living with two other missionaries. One is Elder Bailey and he is from Monticello and the other is Elder Sanchez and he is from Murray. They are both really young. Elder Bailey is in his fourth transfer and this is Elder Sanchez's first transfer. So YES I am the oldy moldy in the apartment. Than again I am one of the oldy moldies in the mission which is weird to think about. That is weird that it is not recommended by the church to do the co-teach thing but they are doing it anyways. Good luck with that it sounds weird and probably confusing. That is cool that Lindon Days are coming up, and now over(after reading your second email). I miss those they were really fun. I bet that they really appreciate your help then if Bryan is going to be gone and Marcy is still recovering. That is crazy that Rudy is turning twelve and that Chase is a senior. I still remember both of them when they were LITTLE. It will be weird to have Chase be tall. Is he taller than me now? Like it matters I will still man handle the kid and show him who is boss. That is sweet that Mickell was able to go to the Temple with the Mission President. Dang though 6-8 hours to get to the Temple. Which one did they go too? Well things are warm still here in Cali. I would LOVE to be able to have the 70s for sure. Though I will probably complain when I get into the cold when I get home. Than again I do miss the cold and love it so who knows. I did not know that Ray Ormond switched over to Lindon PD. The last thing I heard about him was that they were struggling a bit with church and such. Hopefully they are doing well I love Ray he is one of the reasons that I am comfortable in water. I have a really fun memory with Scott, him, and going to a friends house of theirs out in Saratoga Springs. Well that is cool though that Kirt called. It sounds like he is having a fun time with his job taking him to Europe and the church taking him all over to talk. Sounds like loads of fun to me. That is funny though that Brandon thought it was normal to have a tooth in the roof of his mouth, a little strange but funny. Did they get it removed? That will be a story he can tell for a long time to come. That is really weird that I have been out of school for four years. It feels like yesterday that I was there. Than again it feels like yesterday that I entered the MTC and that is coming up on 2 years. The new area is pretty good. It is really weird to just flop and see everyone in the other ward at church still. We also cover these crazy houses that use to be military housing so they are all the same and a little different. Other than that things are going good. I am having fun and doing the best that I can and it is just great. I would be lying though if I did not say that I am getting a little excited for the prospect of home. I am split still though because I do not want to have to find a job, car, and get schooling going. Well I love you and hope all is going well for you. Take care and I will talk to you later. LOVE YOU!Love always your son,Elder Brickey

Hello There!Well it is good to hear from you. I am sorry though about the schooling and not getting that done. I know how hard it can be when you want something to let it go. Though I know that you will do great at whatever. I have faith in you Ryan plus you are a Brickey and we are just awesome anyways! ;-) Well I am glad to hear that you do not have to get surgery, I am not a fan of that option. Than again it was fun getting my tonsils out because I was awake one minute and asleep the next. The bizarre part was that I did not have any sedative whatsoever, just passed out cold from being so tired and having gotten no sleep for over a week. Mom can tell you about the recovery, I guess I was a little out of it. I am sorry though that you do not qualify for the medicaid. I remember when I got into my accident it helped a lot with those bills. Than again at the time I made no money and had A LOT of debt, well I guess not a lot but I had the motorcycle to pay off. I would not be surprised either if Aleana is running by the time I get home. Hopefully just walking but who knows. It is weird to think that all my neices and nephews are going to be grow up, well compared to the last time I saw them. I find it funny that they are so different and so much like all of us. I can see parts of me in your kids and Cassie's. I can only imagine what Scott's are going to be like. Well things are going good. The remodeling was not that bad, other than we did not have tools so I went and got some. We are getting new things though and that is nice. I cannot believe how well things are going actually. I am hoping that things finish off awesome. Well other than that things are just normal and the missionary stuff. Nothing to terribly exciting other than getting lost a couple of times which stunk. Well I love you all and wish you the best. Take care and I will talk at you later.Love,Elder Brickey

Emails 8-3-09

The Mommy-Things went GREAT at the dentist. Though it was weird to not get numbed up to have work done. He completely destroied my tooth and within ten minutes had a crown made and ready to go in. It was weird to have a whole in my mouth again. I have not had to deal with that for quite a few years. One of the missionaries got a picture so I will have to send them to you, it is crazy. We live with one other set of missionaries, but it is mainly just one of them that kept messing with the tstat and driving me nuts. But today was transfers and he is leaving to Auburn so that is solved. My companion and I actually got transferred, we are now covering the Antelope 2nd Ward, we use to cover the 4th. We switched with the Sisters in the zone it is weird. We will stay in the same apartment and everything but are switching wards. Talk about a transfer that I did not predict. Anyways. That is cool though that you recommended the Lundquists to Grandma and Grandpa. I bet they really appreciated that. I think it would be cool to be a missionary at the MTC. I do have a photo album that I bought when I was in Lincoln a year ago. It is pretty nice and has a good chunk of space left in it. Our week was good though. We actually were out tracting and this truck passed in front of us, then backed up. It turned out to be a less-active member and he asked us if we would come over and start teaching him. He came to church and has such a desire to change and get back into the church. That was an awesome day because one way or another we were going to run into him because we were going up to tract the street that he lives on. Talk about inspiration. It is just sad that now we are covering a different ward and I worry that things will be a little bumpy since he just opened up to my comp and I so we will see and definiately keep a close tab on how it goes. It sounds like the Brickey party was pretty cool. That is crazy that everyone and their families were there. Well as in everyone is married and those that showed up had spouces and kids which is weird to me. Good for them all though. I do not think that we will be able to see the dedication of the Temple to be honest with you. Well I have not heard anything that is, so I am just assuming. You have a co-teacher now, that sounds, uh, fun. Hopefully things go well with that. Does that mean that there are to many people and not enough callings or something? Well other than that I am going to be "remodeling" our apartment with this transfer. It is not in the best of shape and I want to give it a bit of a face lift I guess and I want my bed to be on the ground. Yep I have been on a bunk bed and I really do not like it so it will be nice to be back on the ground again. Other than that things have just been moving onward and forward which is nice. Well I love you and hope you are doing well. LOVE YOU!Love your son,Elder Brickey

Curley Family-Well it sounds like you have had your hands full. Between kids, family reunions, jobs, and whatever else you have it seems like you have no time for yourselves. I am sorry to hear about your knee Shan. I do not envy you at all for that. I have had a couple friends that had to deal with different torn ligaments in their knees and they were never fun. I probably should not have said anything because I think that I bruised something deep in my right calf today, it aches when I walk and pedal my bike. Oh well though if it gets worse or does not go away I will make sure that I get it looked at. I will not lie it sounds like Saedy is a sheer terror. Though I find it a little bit funny at the same time just cause I do not have to deal with it, yet anyways. I know that my kids are going to torrment me for all the things that I have done and do. Your kids sound funny though and seem like they are getting big and developing their own personalities. Though they might not be getting the attitude that you want. Anyways. Well as for me things are going well. Today was transfers and both my comp and I are staying though we are now covering a different ward. We are staying in the same apartment and everything which is weird. We changed wards with some of the sisters in the zone, so I do not know how I feel about that because we just got somethings going the way that they need to be and not to rag on sisters but they are just not outspoken enough to get things going the way they need to be with the ward. Oh well I guess the Lord knows best so what can you do? Just go and do the best you can I guess. Other than that things are cooling down which is sweet since you know me and heat do not get along. I will have to let you know how the new ward is. I love you and wish you the best.With love,Elder Brickey

Emails 7-26-09

The Mommy-I will not lie I do not really sleep when it is super hot. You know me I am a furnace and do not really need the heat. It has been good though because I have programed the tstat so it gets the apartment cooling down for when we get in and by the time we go to bed it is not horrible. The only problem was making sure that the other missionaries did not mess with it or turn it off during the day otherwise it got sweltering hot. I do not think I have gotten heat stroke, though I have gotten sick of drinking water in a day. I drank over 4 liters and that was not good for the belly. I have started drinking juices and such to replace the different things that I sweat out so hopefully that will help. Our investigator from Napal actually moved here for better opportunities and such. She is 50 and lives with her son and his family. She is really cool and made it to church on Sunday so that was good. The only down thing is that the only member that speaks Napale or a Eastern Indian language that she can understand is on vacation for the next two weeks. She wants to get baptized but she wants to give a talk when she does and she is not very comfortable with her english. We went bowling on last Pday with the missionaries from the Antelope zone and Citrus Heights zone, it was really cool. I did really terrible but it has been a while. Things are good here though. It is cooling down into the 90s now so that is nice. I heard that it is in the 80s and low 90s in Utah. I am jealous of that for sure. I am actually really excited for the fact of being in cooler/cold weather again. That is good that the lakes are doing good there. Things here are a little bleek. Water levels are not so good so it is nice to hear that home is doing well. I also want to play in water pretty bad. Our apartment complex has two pools and we ride past the one EVERY day which is loads of fun. I would not mind some pictures from Nicole and Ben's wedding. She might be sending some so you might want to coop that. I have a lot of space in my photo album so I am all good that way. I did get your package, thanks I really appreciate it. It was good to "retire" some old gs, they really needed it. I do not understand how I abuse them so much but I do. Well our other investigators are a bit slim. We have been working with this one lady that has some really serious health issues which prevent her from coming to church, so that is hard. We than are working with this in home nurse and she is REALLY busy, but has a lot of potencial. Other than that we are working with a few of the less actives in our ward and trying to get them back to church, the priesthood, or to the temple. We are working with a lot of cool and good people that way. Wow that is cool that Scott Ellison has been out for that long, I think Scott Twitchell is about the same in his mission. I could not tell you off hand. Well good news I am going to the dentist on Wednesday. I am going to finally get everything finished up so that is good. I am doing well too. There has not been to much exciting going on lately other than missionary work. Well I love you and hope you are well. Take care.Love always your son,Elder Brickey

Hello There!To tell you honestly I had no idea that it was even the 24th or that it was Pioneer day. It was just another day to me. It is weird how holidays do not mean much when you are a missionary. I do not think that the ward did anything to celebrate, I do not know. Other than that it has been hot and it is REALLY fun being out in it, but hey the Lord called and I responded. It is really good actually because sometimes people let us in due to the heat. We were also lucky and had one of our investigators come to church. She is awesome and wants to be baptized, but first wants to improve her english so she can talk in sacrament meeting after. Yeah that is a new one for me. Than again teaching a none christian was interesting in itself. I am doing well other than that. Especially compared to you Shan. Maybe you should go on a mission the Lord seems to protect us a great deal. It seems like you have gotten all the abuse that I probably would have gotten if I did not come on the mission. You know like when I dislocated my shoulder, than almost cut my finger off, than went and got REALLY sick, etc wonderful times. I hope that you get feeling better Shan and take it easy so that you do not make it worse. I really have learned that one here on the mission. That is cool that the kids are all growing up and on the move, keeping you on your toes I bet. That is sweet that Dallin said he wanted to get baptized when he gets older too. I bet that made you really excited and happy when you heard that. Kids are awesome and they are SO fun. Well than again I do not have to deal with the screaming and such so that is good too. I am glad that you were able to have some kind of fun though, even if it had a wreck involved and pain. I guess you need to be more careful and less clutzy, just playing. Well I love you all and send you my best wishes. Take care.Love,Elder Brickey

Email 7-20-09

The Mommy-Well HI there! How are you doing this fine and wonderful day? Things here are going well. I have been cooking the treats myself. I have made the smores like 10+ times and the brownie pudding only once. The brownie pudding was in Oroville with a Hawaiian family, well half Hawaiian their names are the Halls. Sister Hall is really cool to because she liked it better if we called her Auntie because she felt like we were her family. The smores have ranged from members to comanions to my district and zone. It is a huge hit with everyone that tries it so far. I have given out a couple copies of the recipes though and people usually have me come show them how to make them or try when they were feeding us next. It was really fun. It is getting really hot. My speedometer has a built in thermostat and it has read between 76 (which is usually our apartmen) and 127 is the highest I have seen it so far. It really is hot and sucks to be biking in it. We try to ride to get the wind but it is roasting hot too so it does not work so well. I do not know either the Lunt or Glazner name so, I do not know who they are. I still liked their pictures though. We have found our investigators through tracting and one was a referral from the Auburn Zone Leaders. She lived there and moved into our ward. She is really neat she is from Napal and is a little hard to understand at times but it is fun to talk to her. We are about 10-20 minutes from Roseville. It is not part of our Zone. Each Zone is usually one stake. We are in the Antelope stake then there is the Citrus Heights stake then it is Roseville. This past week though has been fun. Today we actually went into Citrus Heights and went bowling which was fun. I did not do so well for a while, I am a little out of practice. Other than that we had a lot of cancelled lessons which was sad but hey that is what happens. We do have some good potencial though. Our one investigator called us her boys and was sad that she could not stay and talk to us for a while because she is a nurse and said that it was to hot for us to be out. That was pretty good. It sounds like Steel Days was pretty cool. They did start going up to Art Dye before I left. I remember because we could not hear the concert as good when they moved up there. Why is Kirt in Europe? That is cool though I would love to drive in Germany and go ZOOM ZOOM. So it is probably better that I not go there cause I might die. Well things are going well. I am still in one piecw for the most part. Things are going good though and I am happy with the way things are shaping up. Well I love you mom and hope you are doing well. Take care and I will talk to you later. Oh yeah I got things lined up for my dental. If everything turns out the way it sounds I will only need $200 put into my account to get everything covered. I will keep you posted though. LOVE YOU!Love always your son,Elder Brickey

Curley's-Well I am glad to hear that you were able to get out of your lease. I know it was causing stress so I am glad it all worked out in the end. I am sure that the job thing will to eventually. If you do go out of state that would be fun to go and chill there for a while. I was actually thinking at one time in the mission of doing like a road trip when I got home but there is that need of money that always stinks so maybe not. Well I am sure the Lord will take care of you. You do have quite the spread though of possibilites with states though I do have to admit. Wow I do have to admit that for suveneurs there is not really anything special. There is the Nor Cal stuff but I can really careless about spending $20-$50 on either a shirt or jacket, no thanks. I have had a few knives offered, once a gun but I am not sure how legal it would have been. There is also a TV that I might be able to get from a guy I was working with in Chico. He wants a bigger TV and I told him that I would love a TV like the one he has, so he told me that when the mission is over to stop by and he might just give it to me. Who knows though because I do not know how I would get that home. I have no clue actually as to why this city is called Antelope. You could probably find it on Wikipedia or whatever. I am ready to call it quits with the heat. It is in the 100s everyday which stinks. I go through A LOT of water. I have a camelback and I drink it like it is going out of style. The only thing is that I get water logged in my stomach but I still feel partched which sucks! Oh well it will make Utah SO nice to come into. That is cool that you saw two deer, and bucks at that. I love to see wildlife, though I have not seen anything for quite a while since I left Mt. Shasta. Well things are going good none the less. I cannot believe that it is almost 21 months since I left. Time is flying by it is nuts. Well I love you and wish you the best. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love,Elder Brickey

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

Emails July 6, 2009

The Mommy-Elder Lancaster is from Smoot or Star Valley Wyoming. It is close to Idaho in about the middle of the border. He was in Rocklin when I was in Lincoln and they are the same stake. Then I was his ZL in Chico he was out in Willows/Orland. So I have been around him a couple of times so that was pretty nice to at least kind of know who I was going to be serving with. The Elder that went to Mt Shasta I did get to talk too. He actually got a ride from some members up in Mt Shasta so I got to see them. It was actually really funny because I went and helped carry down his stuff and when the family saw me there were all "wait a second we know him" so that was really funny. They told me that it looked like I have grown up a bit since they last saw me. So looks like your baby is getting older. In Chico we had Zone Conferences combined with Redding and Anderson so we switched between the three stakes for the hosting area. I was able to get back up there a couple times before I left Chico but Redding is still and hour south of Mt Shasta so I could not run into anyone from there. I might be ok with socks, though I am a size 11 in shoe. Pants I might need a new pair but I could just spend $20 and get a decent pair from Wal-Mart or Kohls. I am just lazy. Than the g situation is 32 regular cotton poly. The missionary from PG is Sister Shannon McCarty. Dad actually ran into her friend at a bank not to long ago which was pretty funny. I think she has lived there her whole life but I am not sure. She gradutated 05 so a year before Kyle and two after Jodi I think so she said that she did not know either of them. We did get part of the 4th off. From 4 on we were with members at BBQs and stuff so that was really fun. Though I probably gained a lot of weight due to eating at every stop on the way. I have no idea if things go on for the 24th or not. That is cool that Brad and Ryan came over. What cause had them come over? As for Brad tell him it was because of religious freedom or something. A lot of them are actually wanted over in Russia so they thought they would be safe in the land of opportunity. I did get my bike fixed. The shop was really cool to the guy took it apart saw that it was nothing big and just fixed it without charge. It was SWEET! I did not know that there was a relative in the area. Does he live in Antelope itself? If so is he a member and should I look him up and go and say hi? I did here about Kyli and that is to bad about there still being problems. I know how difficult it can be to go through the custody battles we actually helped a couple people through them it was CRAZY to see and participate in. You probably need to have a steel and cement barrier put down that side of the house to protect it from damage or falling down. Though that might not actually do much but get chipped down until nothing remains. Things are good though. We have a lot of things that should be taking off here really soon. It was really sweet to see the work of the Lord by placing me where he has throughout my mission. I have insights and things that were and are needed here it is awesome. Other than that though things are just one step at a time and one day at a time. How are you doing? Anything new and exciting going on? Well I love you mom so very much and hope you are doing well. Take care and I will talk to you later.Love always your son,Elder Brickey

Curley's-Hello there! I am sorry to hear about the job Ryan. Though I can promise you that it only means that the Lord has other plans for you. I know that because it is almost like a transfer in a way. At first you wonder why and then you realize later the reason. I do commend you for not putting yourself down. More than likely it is your boss and just her issues. You are a wonderful person and she is missing out on having an awesome person working with her. I am sorry to hear also about the house thing. I will definitely keep you in my prayers. Than again I do not think that you guys have ever left my prayers but I will keep these things on my mind for you. For the subject heading. I did my email to Mom, Dad, and Scott and I did not have one from you. I than had a feeling to check my yahoo account and BLAM there it was. I bet though with your hectic week that your minds were elsewhere but it is all good. I love you no matter what! Well I am getting the area down. It is a smaller city to me at least but there are a lot of houses close together. My bike is working good now. I took it in and got it fixed and it turned out to not really be anything so that was nice. My companion is from Smoot/Star Valley area. It is on the border of Idaho about halfway up the state or so. He loves it there. He goes to U of Wyoming and plans on living there forever. Plus he gets to light off wicked awesome fireworks whenever he wants how cool is that! Well I hope things get going better for you. Love ya tons.Love,Elder Brickey