February 23, 2009

Hey! Don´t really know how to start tis one off and I don´t have time, again. It´s Elder Heldt´s last week and he doesn´t really have much to email his parents about so I´ll see what I can squeeze in. I know didn´t fnish a story last week but I really don´t remember what it was about... so ... yeah. I just changed the keyboard settings to INGLES! YAYAYAY!!!! Lol. this'll be a little bit easier, I hope. well I'll start off with the questions. I did get Debbie's package on Tuesday. The Zone leaders went down to take care of a little business so I told them to keep eye out for one. Rena's for as much as I know hasn't arrived, maybe it has but it'll be awhile until I receive it... Speaking of the package, it's almost gone...lol. The churros went first, then the cookies are down to 2 the brownies are half way on the second package, the m and m's are aproaching the half way mark and the crunch are down to 1/4. I'm sharing reasonably well, but I'm also eating like an idiot. I eat a lot more than I even feel like eating, I just eat to eat it feels. It sucks though caus we haven't REALLY gone to the gym lately, we went Monday, Tuesday and Wed. and all were great sessions, except that we get home at like 8... which is when we should study. We leave really late and if we want to go we need to get up early. Thurs and Fri. We woke up both really late so .. yeah. Lol, no chance in whatever world there. I'm gong with Elder Arbon now, the Zone Leader caus Eler Heldt whacked up his shoulder. Can't lift. I really enjoy going with Elder Arbon though, we're at almost exactly the same weight. And everyday I came back feeling really good. He likes to eat my skittles and stuff. I' ll tell you what too, those 'Chocolate flavored' skittles.... are weird. I don't really ... mind... them, but I share them openly. I told them everythings free game EXCEPT! Tell me when you're eating a cookie, ask permission for brownies and nobody touches the cigars... We're waiting for a special occasion.... lol. For district class today we're going to buy a cake. Lol, yay! Fernando has NOT been baptized yet, he's next Saturday, he has sccessfully stopped smoking and everything. He's completely ready. Missed last Sunday, (9 days) ago for work, but we passed by afterwards, caus he got home by then, and he said, I just felt bad all day, something was just missing, just couldn't stop thinking about it. Lol. Saturday we baptized Andres (9 years old) and Cezar (43?ish). I baptized Andres, I could have kneeled to do it.... and he was a pain in the butt, I kept putting his hand on my wrist and he kept moving it somewhere else. I kept grabbing his other wrist he kept shifting it the other way. He kept moving too, he was 'nervous' I believe him, but still, ... wow. Cezar was baptized by the bishop. I don't know if I said this, but our bishops black and speaks english, he's awesome. And has helped me out of depression twice now. Cezar is the one who we were informed wanted to get baptized on Saturday, last Sunday. That day was hard. Good, but hard. We went to the temple Saturday morning, I saw Elder Francis too from the MTC, who's in Vallarta. Most of the Stake alla in Vallarta went to the temple. So they came, it was great to see him again. We chatted and stuf then Eler Heldt and I went to DAIRY QUEEN! I got a big blizzard with butterfinger and crunch. It was like 4.50 (American dollars( but that's totally cool... = D Afterwards we just worked on the baptism all day, programs setting up chairs filling the font, dropped our clothes at the lavanderia (laundromat) and all that. At the baptism though, the members.. insulting. They drove us bonkers. Complaining about some leak at the drinking fountain saying its our fault. Trying to turn the water heater off caus that 'was the problem' which would make the baptismal font cold... then I got called 'midget' over 50 #*%&#* times. Crap dude. It drives me nuts... every lesson we teach i get called chaparrito, which means, like shorty or literally translated 'really short person'. I'm used to that, but when 100 people bascially line up and say Chiquillin! (midget) oh haha I'm funny I made that up myself HERHERHER. Hey you're really tall, hey shorty, how's the weather, I'm the first person that's every said that HAHAHA HER HER HER I"m a #(%&# retard! Sorry...Ther's my vent for that experience...Moving on. After the baptism though we went with Andres and his family (parents and brother) and te tacos. The tacos, or the tortilla for the tacos is about the size of a washer... serious. Each one is about 50 cents. They are REALLY good though. I now found out that I like Trips, which is intestine. It looks super gnarly, but it's good. That and Chorizo, which is like spicey sausage. My third favorite, it's not really flavor full is Bisteck, which is bascially Bisteck without the 'bi' ... steak. I was drooling at this point, the wife who's name is ascencion (in English, Asention) went for the tacos and to take her sister in law home, but the Husband, Dad of Andres, recounted a story of how he fell in the corn grinder. He owns a tortilleria, a tortilla shop and the machien that grinds everything into the flour powder *maiz* he fell in, and almost died but managed to grab the edge. We're going for a family home evening with them tomorrow night. Tonight, however, Ascencion is taking us to Starbucks, for Frappuccinos! Lol. She's from Piedras Negras, which is by Monterrey, so she likes Northern style Mexican food. Like we have in Arizona which means I love her, then her family is from Utah, so her favorite soda is root beer favorite candy bar is Baby Ruth and Whoppers and likes Frappuccinos from Star Bucks. When I expressed my dire love for these items, which was expressed like a sort of fainting, gasping for air, anxiety attack with a confirming drool, she said she's going to go buy rootbeer and some baby ruth's and take us to Starbuck's... Lol. We get along really well. I actually mean that to be funny and serious! At this family home evening (noche de hogra de la familia) Cezar and Andy the recent converts and Karmen one of Elder Heldt's converts from about... 2 or 3 months ago are going to be there. It'll be great, and if we can we're going to bring Fernando. Well, I've run out of stuff to say, except that I have some good pictures to send over.. I don't have my cord though, so it'll be another day. I do have some stuff for you to forward. Actually I don't know if you even sent that letter to the guys or that letter to Alisha, but I'd like to know what's going with them. If you could devote a little update about them. I don't care how long it is, actually I do want it to be in depth. Lol. And tell me if they got the letter I had you email them. Here's another one for them.
HEY GUYS! To start off I'd like to initiate an ultimatum. David, you're fine, but Daniel, Nick, Joel, Ben and whoever else applies, JON! if I don't get a letter by my birthday, you can expect coldness and darkness the remainder of your lives and A GOOD HARD KICK TO THE BALLS! I'm working on sending you guys some letters, I really am absent of time, and if you think you don't have it either ... stop whining. Lol I still don't know what's going on, I'm a little in the dark. But everything's going good, I still want to know just how everybody's doing and all that. I kind of want a picture too. This Friday will be my six month mark. For me, I get to go burn a tie... but I can see that you've all probably grown up a little already and that doesn't mean that David isn't still going to be special. That's pretty much a graven image, not going anywhere. Zamboni's and 'man ora boy' have really set the bar for that one. I don't have a whole lot of time, in fact I'm leaving right now. But send me an email. How long would that take?? I just want to hear from ya'. It's kind of lonely here at times, and I definately miss you guys. Hit me up and I'm trying to get you a letter! Til Aug 010 guys. Stay cool play halo and buy me 'N64' games! When I get back I'll be a happy 9 year old... See around man. Ask my mom for photos, I know she's hoarding them but... check it out! LOVE SINCERELY YOUR FRIEND!-Jake D. TaylorMom, I love you too! Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for the emails and keeping up on me... Elder Kelly sent me three letters. You might want to catch up... lol. Tell Debbie, she's my favorite.. that's going to stick for awhile. Lol. I was going to break the rules and send her an email but I need to get up and go! Make it fancy, like write up something suave and say it was from me! LOVE YOU!DAD you're awesome, please sigue escribiendo!-Jake D. Taylor-----