Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

 

Hey familia,

Glad to hear your YW thing went well momma. I just looked at the blog, it needs some excitement haha. i Tried to send you pictures like 2 weeks ago but i forgot it didnt work so i'll have to send them again. i got more too. anyways. The food here is pretty good for the most part. i havent really got to get much of the southern food though. I've only had fried chicken and gumbo. oh! and deer steak and hamburgers haha. it was pretty good actually. everyone here hunts, i'm pretty jealous. but yeah we get fed maybe 4 nights a week which isnt to bad. we can usually find someone to feed us if we dont have a planned meal. the memebers are pretty cool. they just dont like planning ahead haha. until i was on a mission i didnt like it either though. now i kinda depend on it. so wierd. Anywho, Things are going pretty good out here. we have 2 baptismal dates that should hopefully go through as long as we do our part. the 2 people were clearly super prepared and just another witness of people looking for truth and not knowing where to find it. its really cool too when the see the miracle of us showing up at just the right time. not everyone sees that. sometimes its like hey, youre looking for truth? Hi i'm Elder Dalton and this is Elder Whatcott! that doesnt always work though haha. people are pretty blind out here. you can explain something clear as day but if their pastor says otherwise logic doesnt exist. pretty awesome. we are trying to learn how to astonish people but we havent perfected it yet clearly. we had a Seventy come talk to us yesterday though for a zone conference. Elder Nash. he actually spoke at conference too. I asked him how to astonish people cause we all got to write questions on the board for him to answer. it was pretty sweet. so hopefully we can apply it well. its crazy how leaders of the church have disernment like they do. as we all shook his hand he would just stare into each of our eyes and read our souls haha. i actually asked him afterward what he saw and he told me that i have great potential but i need to stay humble. haha. imagine that huh? luckily i've been working really hard at doing that and staying focused on the fact that this is not my work and that its God's and i cant do it my way. Hopefully i can keep the attitude i've had cause i've liked being this way. feels like home in a wierd way. I havent focused this much on what Christ would do in awhile and i've missed the feeling of joy that comes from it. its great. That was actually the best part of Elder Nash speaking to us. He talked about the atonement and people longing for what it can do for them. and how it will allow us to love them and it be sincere. it reminded me of all the love that Heavenly Father has shown me and how I have been Consumed by Christ atonement and Love before and i should feel like that all the time. I havent felt the spirit that strong in awhile. it felt really good. I wont tell you i was a little emotional too. Sometimes its hard to really feel the spirit around us, just because, i assume its cause its always with us, but it felt good to really know he was there yesterday. It's very sweet. Anyways, i'll send some pictures when i have my camera with me. hopefully soon. Tell the mcalpins I Say HUGE THANK YOU. And also the Downeys. I really appreciate it. You dont have to put all my letters on the blog by the way haha.

POPs,

Hey father, Glad to hear you made it with the opening. i'm not gonna lie, i try to pray for your job situation even though i dont want to live in oregon, i guess i really dont have too though haha, but i've prayed that you will get a job that reflects how hard you have worked for your whole life so you can enjoy it a little haha. so hopefully that helps you out. no promises though. I would love to shoot some quail right about now. or anything for that matter. Glad to hear all is going good.

Katie. I dont remember what you wrote in the letter that didnt get sent on time but good job haha. Oh yeah. School is more important then water polo so learn a crap load. i know it sucks haha. but in water polo remember. kill kill kill. lob shots are for sissies. miss ya girly. I know i was a jerk of a brother sometimes, but i love you a lot.

Connor you da man. do more. haha i miss you a ton too.

Love you all, Elder Dalton