48 weeks out

hi family

so this week has gone by so fast. its like grease lightning! does it go by fast for you? wow and i cant believe dakotas on his last transfer. that is fricken crazy. i thought he left in September. is he getting sent home a little early? wow i cant wait to write him and stuff. crazy cool beans. makes me feal like a greenie on the mission. wow the whole world just grows up while your gone. brenden is going on a mission beau got a mission call. that crazy. and do you know if he is happy that he is going to texas? because i know how i felt when i got my call. but now im so great full that im state side. i can shower every day. not once every nine days. even the bad food still isnt going to kill you because of some parasite. and most people have indoor plumbing.

so yea. this week has been kind of crazy. elder keil left so its kind of whats the word boring? with out him. because he was so energetic, and funny, and had all kinds of cool storyies. (i mean yea he was a little fetch but i still could live with him) to elder platt who hasnt done anything with his life ever. like his first time in a target was on the mission. he hasnt been on one single date. and he hasnt road a bike in 10 years. and you thought i spent alot of time on video games. but at least i lived a little bit. he said he and his family own over 3000 video games. and he has spent at least an hour on each of them. and he has beaten most of them. but my heart goes out to him. he has ten brothers and sisters. and he is the very youngest. his parents are like 70's ish and they spend all there time running there business's. (there like insurance agents or somthing) so he never really had a family around. all of them are at least 10 years older than him. but yea the mission is the best thing that could ever happen to him. and he is actually really funny some of the times. but most of his comments are irrelavent. (that house is green, that person is walking) but imsure that the rest of this transfer is going to be great.

so yea we had alot of driving this week. we had temple conference. we went up to a small town called Blanchard, we had to drive to Duncan twice, and then we had district meeting in anadarko. and every single time i drove. i meanyou guys spent 20 hours in the car over a week. but at least you had a three day break. i have drove over 15 hours but its been like every day. my legs hurt. i shouldnt complain. life is great. driving is better with the cruise control. so ican at least let my legs chill.  we went to Duncan for zone pday and then we had to drop off elder keil the next day. thats about a two hour drive. plus the zone leaders are really cool. but dont let them take your ties. ( i have gotten 3 ties stolen from me because of them)  the next day elder platt was sick. so he just stayed in bed for like 10 hours. and i played the uke. cleaned the house, washed the car, worked out, solved the rubix cube 10 times, took a nap, read half of Jesus the Christ, and drew some pictures. it gets really boa ring as a missionary when you don't have a tv.

temple conference was so awesome! i love the temple its so uplifting. every time i go i learn something new. or something sticks out to me. i wish i could have a temple journal. and write down everything that i learned. this is my 5th time going to the OKC temple. and its so little. but so awesome! im jealous that you guys get to go once a week. or when ever you want really. i wish we could go for pday or something. but its closed on Monday. we also had a training on the heavenly gift. i loved it is so amazing. and how we can give the "gift" to any one. like ward members and the branch president. less actives. part members really any one tha we come in contact with we can share the spirt with them. we practiced giving the gift to each other as missionary's. and we prayed specific for other missionary's and there needs. its so great. like some to the best praying experience i have ever had.

we did service on Saturday. and i helped cut down trees for this inactive member. it was really fun. elder platt is allergic to grass so he just watched. but i want a chain saw now! it was so much fun just cutting up stuff. you know me ilove weapons of mass destruction. but you know just in case a zombie attack happens. you could get me one for my birthday. it is coming up. just kidding.  o but seriously my camera has been missfunctuning for the past couple of months. and i was wondering if you could send me out some money and i could buy a new one. and that could be my birthday happiness. just a thought.

well my time is running out and i have to go but i love you guys so much and i really am gratefully to be your son/brother/grandson/ anything else i forgot.

love you all so much and i miss you

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