February 2, 2009 - Time is going by rapido!!!!

Hey Mom! A few quick notes before I get started so I don´t forget, first off new photos. I included a few pictures of the gym for Nick, if you could make some calls have David organize a special wing night like a month in advance and bring em some photos. I´ve finally started organizing some letters too and I might be able to get hem off. Secondly Im deleting alot of letters to make some space in my email. If you could make sure you have a copy of all of your sent letters and received that´d be great. Lastly I used betwen 40 and 60... maybe 70 bucks this last week. I pulled 400 pesos and used 250 at Sirloin Stockade. lol. I treated E. Heldt for his B-day. I still felt bad that I didn´t buy him a tie though. Lol. Bueno, one moment I´m putting the photos online and playing with my zune. I´m trying to put all the photos I have upto this point on my zune, but I need the software... blah. So anyway. I´m going to scroll through a few of your questions first. Well, second. This weeks been another sixflags experience. You run into the park like a sheltered child and hit every roller coaster you can, then you realize its hot and the rides are fun, but the lines suck and 95% of the time the ride breaks down before you get to it. All that patience and waiting for nothing. By the time the days over you feel like dad and you just go home, eat and sleep... That´s my week. Still we were at Sixflags, entonces the week passed REALLY fast. I´ll describe the attractions later on. That´s incredible about the cardinals. They really surprise me! I´d be happy to support them as soon as they don't suck. Looks like I´ll have to buy a jersey when I get home. But that´s after I buy shaq and randy Johnson jerseys = D I'm loading the photos now, I went to select the photos and it opens up the computers ¨my photos¨ folder. I´m in a public cyber cafe. There was blatent I´m not even going to say it, but choice ... pictures... aaaaggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That´s past now. Ok, moving on. Theriot went to Guadalajara? Send me some of the info he gave you all! Id be curious to see what happened what he thought and felt. Elder Heldt has had a few good experiences in these last few weeks. We had a few road bumps but its all good now. That and the screen saver on the computer next to me isn´t so good either. Ok, moving on. Monday we talked a little about goals regarded Christlike attributes and one for ... obedience, I forgot there for a second. For obedience we put to do at least 10 contacts each day. A mission goal is 180. But everyone hates it... I actually still only finished with about 30 this week... lol. Something happened though that made it interesting. We were walking from a fallen appointment, roughly half of all of our appointments, and I felt I should talk to this one lady, apparantly Elder Heldt did too, because later he mentioned he had the idea we should talk to her. I talked to her and was really nice and kind of giggly and said I really don´t care I´m Catholic. BUT, I have a son who I´d like you to talk too. We took down her address and went to a few more people, then a little later returned. He hasnt´worked in 15 days and drank alot of ´industrial´ liquor that and smoked a pack a day. We shared the first lesson. Later returned, shared the plan of salvation, he was happy to see us and welcomed our teaching. We returned, we had taken him the day before to Elder Heldts b-day party with a member and he enjoyed himself, but told us also that the morning of this day he went out to look for work. He had prayed and knew Joseph Smith was a prophet, he prayed in our lesson and thanked God for Joseph Smith and everything he did. Anyway, this morning he woke up really animated and with faith prayed for help and he left. First place he went to hired him for the next week. We STILL haven´t taught the Word of Wisdom but he stopped drinking and is down to 3 cigarettes a day. He´ll be baptized the 28 of February if not sooner, if he wants. That went over well. I ´m going to be a little more spunky with him next time we pass by, oh. He told us he couldn´t make it to church this week, because of some plans he´s already had. This is Saturday morning. Saturday night he shows up at our HOUSE to say he changed the plans and he can come to church now. What time are we going to pass by? Saturday and Sunday I wasn´t feeling good though and didn´t talk alot. So next time I´ll be better. Saturday too we took the wrong bus, its the same number 641 but one says mesa one says lomas. We needed mesa, we took Lomas. It dropped us off WAY out of the way. We ended up climbing down a hill, really steep nearly dying. Jumped a river to climb up the other side of the hill, taught a lesson to some guy that lives in the goma (middle of nowhere) then left to house to see his neighbors house and half the hill were on fire! We then proceeded up the mountain and down the other side climbed through a burnt down farm thing, and into a gorge followed the gorge for half an hour, saved an abandoned dog then found ourselves in another goma. Climbed up another hill, to find ourselves relatively close. We walked up, nobody was home and we took the bus back to the city. Lol. We were both sick too. Like a cold sort of thing. Headache, sore throat and stuffy noses. Wow that was awesome! Now back to your email. I´m going to take more pictures today, hopefully. We´ve really blown this day without a cause. lol. Today was better at the gym because it seemed that I could lift a little bit more but it'll be awhile. I´m hoping whoever my next comp in March is will want to go, or at least to go and chill if he doesn´t work out. I have one favor to ask though. I HATE buying weight lifting supplements. The thing is though, I need protein. We don´t eat alot here, let alone meat. And I´m actually finding it a little harder now because of this. We were wanting to buy some protein here so we could fix that problem but everything's imported from the states. One month of it is 70 bucks - I was thinking it might be good if you guys send me something, lol. This ones for Nick, tell him I just can´t eat anything with protein and need something to replace it, I don´t want the bulk building crap or any of that junk. Just that. He´ll know, don´t do it yourselves, there´s a bunch of scams, and Nick's the body builder. This brings me to my next point. Feberuary 27th will be my 1/4 of the mission mark, and I think it´s time for some good pictures of the guys... if you could help me out?? David, Dan Nick and Benny boy. Let´s see Special, Mr. Daniel Stud Duck and headshot. Lol Hopefully Debbie wins the ´favorite cousin´ with the package you sent over. Lol. I´m demanding for one from Rena too, lol. Competition is always more fun to watch. Hermana Raquel IS the one that looks funny with her daughter next to her. The other woman is Francisca, she was baptized this last Saturday, or so I heard. The younger woman and her daughter is Marylou and >Kimberly who were also baptized by Elder Martinez this last Saturday. I wanted to be there so bad, but ... gguh... I did meet the sister in law of Hma. Raquel yesterday. We´re going to pass a visit for there later. They live in the boonies, the Mesa Colorado is where the pavement ends and the dust begins. I have a bit more time to use the internet today because Elder Heldt is signing up for BYU lol. It´s good to hear about all buddies in the house, Pikachu, which to this day Dad spells wrong. Have you heard about Koopa Troopa?? Have you even talked to Joel lately? Do you even have there numbers in my phone still??? Do you use my phone? Josh´s house sounds awesome, I hope he´s satisfied and stays there for awhile. I want to play video games with him and Erin when I get back... and make his yard really cool. Nadal beat Federer in the Australian, hey hey! Lol. Sweden´s thrown is blown. I want to congradulate Nadal... in Spanish! who did Serena play against, you left that out.... Thanks for the advice and comments, I´m goin to try and Dance a little more instead of thinking how wet I am... When those schools start that´ll be cool. Hey read this to Aleisha.Buenas Dias mi amiga, ¿como ha estado? Queria a escribir algo para usted y a ver como está mí español. Risa. Pero, la verdad muchisimos gracias for the tarjeta de la navidad. Lloré un poco cuando lo recibí, quizé también a escribir a Jessica, pero ya no he tenido mucho tiempo para escribir, si pudiera decirle a escribirme, pues sería muy bien. Mi favorito palabra hasta ahorita is chido o bato, tal vez pato. No Sé exactamente porque, pero está bien. = ) Como estan Lester y Jessica y el bebé, no he escuchado de nada acerca de ellos. Pues, mi gramatica ya no está muy bien, pero creo que podrá leerlo a ese. Espero que sigue adelante firme y con bien salud. Saludas a la família! Que le vaya muy bien! Su amigo Jake TaylorAnyway, hey I have some bad news. Elder Bolander went home. He got really REALLY sick, I heard. I DID get your letter s with the money, lol. That was awesome. No worries there, and I got your Valentine´s day pacakge, a month early! Lol, I´d scarf the chocolate, but I´m trying to save at least ONE for Valentine´s day. Lol. Im´going to write an email and I want you to forward it to the guys k? I´m actually allowed to do that. Lol. And please ask them to email and/or write me. Guys what´s up! This is being written without a lot of thought or effort, but I´m pretty sure you don´t care. Lol, but to start off David, Daniel, thanks alot for the Christmas card, that...was...awesome... David, thanks for the other letters as well, you are the speaking representative of all the guys. The rest of you, I´m keeping a moving talley of all the weeks you have NOT written to me, and after two years I WILL KICK YOU IN THE........! Prepare yourselves. I have almost bought at least one present for all of you. David and Nick, shirts, but they're unique you´ll be happy. David something else too, but we´ll see. Daniel... .. Ben I´m still looking. But I´ve seen some pretty slick stuff in the black market. Take a day and scribble me a letter, David´s got it down. I want to hear the stupid boring stuff. Tell me how wing nights are going down, when something funny happens jot it down, that s the stuff I want to hear. One day take a time for the four of ya to hit up Smash bros and Halo 3. Do it for me man.. .do it for me. Lol I heard they sell sticker books of Halo so I´m going to take a look, I´ve already filled a daily planner with doodles of Zelda and Mario. Got a Nintendo Controller belt buckle, halo shirt that´s already ruined. Stuff like that, lol. Not much has changed in me huh? Lol. Hey, I have a request for Dabíd Burbanovich, I need you to try and find a game called Kirby´s dream course, SNES. It might be hard to find or Kevin and Mike might exist, we´ll see. And did you ever take that photo over? Does it look like Mike?? Lol Ben who have you killed lately. I sent my mom nicknames of you 4 and it was as follows Special, Mr. Daniel (for lack of thinking of the others, or using the offensive ones, lol) ( I love you Dan!), STud duck, and I just went and said Ben is headshot. I found that very befitting. Lol. I can´t remember alot of the inside jokes and funny stuff that we had. I need you to send me a good list of those! I do remember when David got hit on, by the gay guy! Universal Studios rules! What else, I don´t have alot more to say, but you´re probably curious about me, other than Nintendo. You should all see the pictures of the gym I go to! Lol. Mission work is good, miracles and blessing around every corner. I have grown alot. I want to come back a better friend and have a lot of good times and memories. How´s everything/one looking? Is everyone going to be there when I get back?? I hope so. I am loosing a little weight. Walking and eating a little more wisely, using money better. Unless its mine then i buy food like Nick in a weight supplement store. Or Joel in a hostess factory. Lol, sorry. My companion now is cool. He´s U.S.A. and likes video games. Movies music. Hey, he´s normal! He likes to work too. I´m really focused more on the work than anything else. Still not completely but it´s coming along. What else do you want to know? MAYBE IF YOU WRITE ME I¨LL TELL YOU!!!!! LolTil then, then, = D ,---__--.Jake D. Taylor / / \ \ l \_l____l/l \! o o !/ !______l Alright, Love ya Mom! Thanks for EVERYTHING!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I really do you love you both for all you´ve done and your support. I was brought back to a brutal recognition that this is only my 3rd change...lol. And I have alot to go. I do not want to fail. That´s everything. Its hard though and mindwrecking. Lol. It´s better when you get along with your comp These last two weeks, have been dust in the storm of life. Flys by but still gets in your eyes. Anway, sorry that I used such a sum of money in one day. I don´t like to think I have a little bank to use on whatever. A little gift sometimes though, lol. Tell me if there´s anything you want to send that might be here and I´ll buy it put in a box tape it up and put in on the door step then act surprised.. I´m going to go look for a Monster energy drink lol Alright, that´s it! Til next Monday!-
Your Baby, Elder Jacob Daniel Taylor