So I found out the reason why I hadn't been getting mail recently. When we moved into the members house the mail man didn't know we did. So he saw mail coming in to the house of people he thought didn't live there so he said that some of it may have been returned to the senders. And on top of that the mission office had the wrong address for us too. But I did get the Easter package which was awesome. Ive run out of room on both of my tie racks so I'm gunna have to start hanging the extra ties on regular hangers.
Your Easter weekend sounds like it was a lot of fun. This week was uneventful. We haven't been able to contact any of our investigators. We been mostly tracting throughout the week. Saturday night we went over to a less active families house to visit with them and they were dying Easter eggs so they let us do a few. On Easter the members we live with gave us a little bit of candy and we had Easter dinner at this other families house and had family night with them.
On Friday the ward had a talent show thing and Jim played guitar at it. The dumb part was that he came late and left early. But overall it was pretty good. I've been super tired lately and I've been getting enough sleep (or rather the allotted amount).
Earlier in the week on Thursday, it was in the 70's. The day after that it was like in the low 60's. Then on Saturday it was cold and it snowed. Sunday was still cold and it rained about half the day. Today it isn't as cold but is still pretty chilly. Sorry that this email is so short but it just wasn't a very good week. We don't really have anyone to teach and when we find someone we cant ever get a hold of them again. But... the good news is that the 8th is mothers day! Apparently Skype is approved but the mission president kinda looks down on it and says that its too distracting. So I'll be able to call and talk to you so let me know what number to call and where you'll be and what time to call. The morning would prolly be best cuz I have church at 1:30 mountain time and we usually get there at 1. So any time before that would be awesome. Anyways Hope you all are doing good. I Miss you!!
Love Elder Butler
A blog for close friends and family to keep in touch with Elder Butler while he is serving a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Thursday, June 9, 2011
4-18-2011
Hey peoples
That's awesome that Kristin and the baby are doing good! That's crazy she had her 2 weeks early. This week has been pretty awesome but tough. Tuesday we spent the morning cleaning the new apartment. It really stinks having to clean up after who knows how many sets of missionaries. We had to fill in all the holes in the walls from thumbtacks and clean the oven which was disgusting and wash the walls and everything. It was nuts. Tuesday we also taught this less active family that just moved in. Were teaching them again tonight. were gunna watch The Testaments with them. Also on Tuesday we went and taught Ji* who was a guy that we were teaching for a while. He seemed to be pretty solid that he agreed with almost everything we taught him and believed the Book of Mormon was true, but he wouldn't accept baptism yet. So were gunna put him on the back burner for now.
Wednesday we had to teach seminary. We were planning on watching the Joseph Smith movie but the TV wasn't in the room and we don't have a key to the library or anything. So we had to teach the regular lesson which was on section 107 which is about the priesthood and stuff and everyone already knew what was in there so we ended up just playing hangman. The rest of Wednesday was planning and tracting.
Thursday morning we had interviews. That was really good talking with president alone and role playing with the zone leaders and the AP's. After interviews we went and did some service for this old guy. Then we tried to see some people but none of them were there and did some tracting. We got one return appointment which was cool.
Friday we taught seminary again and then had district meeting. We went to the appointment that we set up the previous day and committed her to baptism on the 1st. Her name is Co* and she has a lot of health problems. Then we did a little bit of more tracting and stuff.
Saturday was cool. We tracted more in the morning and found this girl named Rory. We taught her on her doorstep and committed her to be baptized on the 1st. Later on in the day we went by a potential from the area book and committed him to baptism too! His name is Ta*. Then we did some tracting and finished off the day.
Sunday was frustrating. No one came to church so they all lost their dates. I got a flat tire on the way to dinner. And Elder McGrath was having problems with his bike too. But after dinner we went by this family's house that lives just around the corner from the members that we live with. They are the Wa* family. And I found out on Sunday that they lived in the Ridgeview ward while Amy was serving there. So when sister Wa* mentioned that she lived in Ridgeview ward back in 2006 or so I asked her if she knew Amy because I cant remember the actual time that Amy served. So that was crazy that she knows her. Sister Wa* was inactive for a little while but recently she has been coming back and is becoming really strong. Her husband is inactive and he smokes and stuff but is in the process of quitting.
So that was pretty much it for this week. So what is everybody planning on doing for Easter? I can't believe its this Sunday. Oh and i just realized that today is my 8th month mark. At the end of this transfer I'll have been out for 9 months. Time is just flying by. I haven't really heard from anyone in a couple weeks. That picture from my bike wreck was actually my heavy coat not my suit thankfully. But speaking of suits I need to get mine dry cleaned cuz i have yet to do that ever. Its nuts that everything is happening all at the same time. Rachel coming back, Kristin's baby, Jeff moving, Easter. That's outta control.
Hope everyone continues to do well and I cant wait to hear from each one of you.
Love Elder Butler
That's awesome that Kristin and the baby are doing good! That's crazy she had her 2 weeks early. This week has been pretty awesome but tough. Tuesday we spent the morning cleaning the new apartment. It really stinks having to clean up after who knows how many sets of missionaries. We had to fill in all the holes in the walls from thumbtacks and clean the oven which was disgusting and wash the walls and everything. It was nuts. Tuesday we also taught this less active family that just moved in. Were teaching them again tonight. were gunna watch The Testaments with them. Also on Tuesday we went and taught Ji* who was a guy that we were teaching for a while. He seemed to be pretty solid that he agreed with almost everything we taught him and believed the Book of Mormon was true, but he wouldn't accept baptism yet. So were gunna put him on the back burner for now.
Wednesday we had to teach seminary. We were planning on watching the Joseph Smith movie but the TV wasn't in the room and we don't have a key to the library or anything. So we had to teach the regular lesson which was on section 107 which is about the priesthood and stuff and everyone already knew what was in there so we ended up just playing hangman. The rest of Wednesday was planning and tracting.
Thursday morning we had interviews. That was really good talking with president alone and role playing with the zone leaders and the AP's. After interviews we went and did some service for this old guy. Then we tried to see some people but none of them were there and did some tracting. We got one return appointment which was cool.
Friday we taught seminary again and then had district meeting. We went to the appointment that we set up the previous day and committed her to baptism on the 1st. Her name is Co* and she has a lot of health problems. Then we did a little bit of more tracting and stuff.
Saturday was cool. We tracted more in the morning and found this girl named Rory. We taught her on her doorstep and committed her to be baptized on the 1st. Later on in the day we went by a potential from the area book and committed him to baptism too! His name is Ta*. Then we did some tracting and finished off the day.
Sunday was frustrating. No one came to church so they all lost their dates. I got a flat tire on the way to dinner. And Elder McGrath was having problems with his bike too. But after dinner we went by this family's house that lives just around the corner from the members that we live with. They are the Wa* family. And I found out on Sunday that they lived in the Ridgeview ward while Amy was serving there. So when sister Wa* mentioned that she lived in Ridgeview ward back in 2006 or so I asked her if she knew Amy because I cant remember the actual time that Amy served. So that was crazy that she knows her. Sister Wa* was inactive for a little while but recently she has been coming back and is becoming really strong. Her husband is inactive and he smokes and stuff but is in the process of quitting.
So that was pretty much it for this week. So what is everybody planning on doing for Easter? I can't believe its this Sunday. Oh and i just realized that today is my 8th month mark. At the end of this transfer I'll have been out for 9 months. Time is just flying by. I haven't really heard from anyone in a couple weeks. That picture from my bike wreck was actually my heavy coat not my suit thankfully. But speaking of suits I need to get mine dry cleaned cuz i have yet to do that ever. Its nuts that everything is happening all at the same time. Rachel coming back, Kristin's baby, Jeff moving, Easter. That's outta control.
Hope everyone continues to do well and I cant wait to hear from each one of you.
Love Elder Butler
4-5-2011
Hey peoples
So I just found out that both me and Elder McGrath will be staying in the sixth ward for another 6 weeks. We also found out that we will be moving in with some members on Thursday. The mission will no longer be leasing the apartment so we have to clean it all out and pack everything up. I have a package that I'm gunna be sending home for myself that has some stuff that I don't have room to lug around the rest of my mission. So don't open it. just put it in my room or at grandma and grandpa's house. It just has some letters people have sent and just some little things and stuff.
The past week has been pretty decent. On Tuesday we helped what is now a former investigator move to another part of springs. It took a lot longer then we were planning. We also had dinner with a less active family. Wednesday we had planning and did some tracting. We also had a lesson with this guy who seems really interested. Thursday we did more tracting and then helped someone else move with a bunch of people in the ward. The funny thing about Thursday was that elder McGrath crashed his bike.
So there are these paths that run in between some neighborhoods. We use them on our bikes all the time cuz they cut down on travel time. There is this one part of the path that goes pretty steep downhill to a tunnel that runs under the road. We were going down this part of the path. The stupid thing is that right before the tunnel is a tree. So the path makes a sharp turn that goes around the tree into the tunnel. And on both sides of the path are a fence. We're cruising the path and I'm in front and I realize I'm going a little too fast. So I start to slow down Elder McGrath is behind me and his breaks aren't working and he hits the wooden fence, flips over his handle bars and hits the ground pretty hard. It wasn't funny at the time but it sure is now.
The rest of the week was pretty much the same as everyone else. We were at conference pretty much all weekend. We had an investigator come to Saturday afternoon session so that was pretty exciting. Saturday the weather here was in the 80's. Unfortunately we spent most of the time inside. Then Sunday came and it snowed. So the temp dropped 50+ degrees in less then 24 hours.
Anyways that's all I can think of. Hope everything is going good with everyone.
Love Elder Butler
So I just found out that both me and Elder McGrath will be staying in the sixth ward for another 6 weeks. We also found out that we will be moving in with some members on Thursday. The mission will no longer be leasing the apartment so we have to clean it all out and pack everything up. I have a package that I'm gunna be sending home for myself that has some stuff that I don't have room to lug around the rest of my mission. So don't open it. just put it in my room or at grandma and grandpa's house. It just has some letters people have sent and just some little things and stuff.
The past week has been pretty decent. On Tuesday we helped what is now a former investigator move to another part of springs. It took a lot longer then we were planning. We also had dinner with a less active family. Wednesday we had planning and did some tracting. We also had a lesson with this guy who seems really interested. Thursday we did more tracting and then helped someone else move with a bunch of people in the ward. The funny thing about Thursday was that elder McGrath crashed his bike.
So there are these paths that run in between some neighborhoods. We use them on our bikes all the time cuz they cut down on travel time. There is this one part of the path that goes pretty steep downhill to a tunnel that runs under the road. We were going down this part of the path. The stupid thing is that right before the tunnel is a tree. So the path makes a sharp turn that goes around the tree into the tunnel. And on both sides of the path are a fence. We're cruising the path and I'm in front and I realize I'm going a little too fast. So I start to slow down Elder McGrath is behind me and his breaks aren't working and he hits the wooden fence, flips over his handle bars and hits the ground pretty hard. It wasn't funny at the time but it sure is now.
The rest of the week was pretty much the same as everyone else. We were at conference pretty much all weekend. We had an investigator come to Saturday afternoon session so that was pretty exciting. Saturday the weather here was in the 80's. Unfortunately we spent most of the time inside. Then Sunday came and it snowed. So the temp dropped 50+ degrees in less then 24 hours.
Anyways that's all I can think of. Hope everything is going good with everyone.
Love Elder Butler
Monday, May 16, 2011
5/16/11
Hello friends and family!
I am so sorry that you haven't seen anything new on Steve's blog. It won't allow me to copy and paste into it. I would have to rewrite his letters in order to post them. There are many notes on the help area about this issue so I know that it's not just my problem. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
Keep checking back to see if we are able to resolve this issue. If it doesn't soon then I guess I will retype them into this blog ( boo hooo). :(
Have a great day and send a paper letter to Steve to let him know that you care.
Love his mom,
Julie
I am so sorry that you haven't seen anything new on Steve's blog. It won't allow me to copy and paste into it. I would have to rewrite his letters in order to post them. There are many notes on the help area about this issue so I know that it's not just my problem. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
Keep checking back to see if we are able to resolve this issue. If it doesn't soon then I guess I will retype them into this blog ( boo hooo). :(
Have a great day and send a paper letter to Steve to let him know that you care.
Love his mom,
Julie
Monday, March 28, 2011
3-28-11
Well... I guess I'll start with the bad news from the week. So Ka* was supposed to get interviewed on Tuesday. We called her and left a message to make sure that she was still good for it. she called us back later that day and said that she didn't want to be baptized anymore because we almost cost her her job on Sunday at Red Lobster. She said not to come back and not to call her anymore. So no, there wasn't a baptism on Saturday. Wednesday we spent most of the day planning and doing service. Wednesday night my throat started to feel a little bit scratchy. I woke up Thursday morning and I flet like crap. I was all congested and had a cough and my throat was real sore. so we stayed in that day and I rested and took some drugs to get me feeling better. Friday we had District Meeting and we took it a little slow but I still wasn't feeling the best. Saturday i did a little bit better and Sunday about the same. Now I feel fine. I'm at about 98%. Transfers are next week. Elder McGrath has been out for 17 months and he thinks that he is staying here. He thinks that this is gunna be his last area. Honestly i don'tknow what is gunna happen with me. I think I might leave though. I have no clue where I would go. It could really be anywhere. I can't tell you who everyone is in the pictures, because I don't know which ones you're talking about. Sorry. But the snaps were a prank that we did on the Manassa elders when I was in Antonito. We put the snaps on tape and taped them to all the doors, cabinets and drawers (and the toilet seat) so that whenever they would close something it would go off. Then Elder guymon poured a bunch of Kool-aid in their toilet tank. The reason why the letters have been so short is that I've been waiting for your email to come but then I run out of time waiting and I have to whip something up. So this email that I'm replying to is the newest one I have gotten. Fore some reason your emails haven't been getting to me. I don't get them till the next week. My email time is at 10 mountain time and I only have and hour. So usually if I don't get an email from you I'll write a few notes to other people and write my letter to President. I haven't gotten any word from anyone in quite a while. That may be because transfers are coming up and they hold the mail so it doesn't get lost. Neal should be going into the field next week. And Spencer should be finishing up school pretty soon. Something that I've always wanted was a Chia Pet. Ha ha but that woudl be really hard to carry around the mission. I have gotten a hold of a lava lamp that I'll prolly send home so I don't have to lug it around. the only thing I'm worried about taht is that I don't want anyone using it and breaking it and I might send some clothes home like Tshirts and stuff cuz I really don't need as many as I have. But the problem is that stuff will prolly cost a lot and I don't really have a good way to get down to teh post office. So for the next package the only thing I can think of that I would want is some moccasins. Dont send any like hygine stuff cuz I already have way too much of that. Talks and stuff are always good. Ummmm I don't know I can't really think of much. What ever you send will be awesome! But that is all for now.I love and miss you all. Elder Butler
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