Fwd: Labor day 2011

Dear Readers,

As far as the biking pictures go.I had a helmet silly haha that was after wards i was wearing my hat. It has healed up perfectly like wolverine style. And Chillax of all the missionaries with us i have the most experience. No worries i know what i am doing :D.

Anyway. This week has been pretty good. we pretty much spent the whole week updating our ward lists and finding out if people still live here. Alot of the people we went to go see told us to buzz of unfortunately. As far as our teaching pool goes We have dropped down to only 3 investigators. 2 of them dropped us over the last couple weeks, :( but we will be having a baptism on October 1st if everything works out. Yesterday we went mountain biking again and i tore it up! All the experienced adults that were with us think i am an animal when it comes to downhill haha. they make me lead the way because of how fast i am, its pretty awesome. i have definitely put this bike through the test and i will be replacing the plastic petals because i broke both of them! GNARLY hahaha. Anyway i am loving my mission so far and hope you are all doing well at home.

I am getting along really well with my new companion, at first i thought he would be really lame, but i have warmed up to him now. I still miss Tingey, my "father", dearly but he will be visiting you guys when he goes home in October. he lives in Colo Springs area.

I am doing well here i feel, it is very hard because of the pride of the people of this area and they don't want much to do with us, but it is very rewarding when finally get in a door. I don't have any huge spiritual experiences this week, and every time i have had one i have let you know. we did have testimony meeting this Sunday and i love to hear all the different ways and things people bear their testimonies on. I don't really know what else to say, I'm healthy-ish and i have finally lost 3 pounds! YES

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bret Scott <bnscott2@gmail.com> wrote:

Happy Labor Day!

Elder Scott -- another week gone.  I hope this letter finds you in good health and good spirits.  That picture you sent of the road rash on your elbow made me laugh.  You can't afford to get hurt like that, take it easy -- did it heal up OK?  I'm sure it is red, tender, swollen and overall generally sore.  I'm not sure how I would know that...How exactly are you mountain biking without a helmet etc?  That doesn't seem like a good activity -- perhaps you should be playing BBall or something a little less dangerous.

Not sure if you're going to be able to email today -- the library is probably closed due to the holiday, hopefully you can get it done tomorrow.

Our hockey team won the league championship -- it was a rough game -- we won 4-3 in OT -- Brother Rothey got hurt -- some loser on the other team checked him head first into the boards and jacked up his neck.  He came back to the game in the OT period and I believe he made the winning assist.  I've attached a picture here.

Derek Munsey left for the MTC this week -- how exciting.

Mason finished his eagle project write-up last night -- and signed off -- so he'll be getting his drivers license after he passes his driving test tomorrow ( frightening ).  Weston is still struggling to get his project going -- but as soon as he can connect with the guy, he should be on his way too.  Fingers crossed.

How is the work going in Thousand Oaks?  How is your teaching pool?  Anyone progressing?  Any commitments to baptism? 

How are you getting along with your companion?  Have you settled in with the anti-Tingey-ness?  Pray for more love for him and be kind and forgiving.  Remember that the best thing you can do is love him, serve him, respect him and you two will be come close and therefore immovable in your teaching power. 

The church is starting a big media campaign here in Denver to promote the mormon.org website -- they want all of us to fill out facebook-like profiles so people can relate to real-life mormons.  They will be running TV ads and internet ads etc. promoting it.  The TV ads are pretty well done from what I've seen.  Should be interesting.

Our Elder Smith is being transferred this week -- he's been out just as long as you it seems.  He's been here for 2 transfers one each with 2 companions.   You might remember he is from Mesa, AZ.

Anyhoo Elder, I'm burning prime holiday daylight here inside on the computer.  My bike broke on Saturday so it is in the shop, I'm hoping they call so I can still get a ride in today.... we'll see.

We love you.  We are very proud of you.  Please try your best to let us know how things are going with you.  Things like:

1.  How are you feeling?
2. Energy level?
3. Attitude level ?
4. Things you've learned this week ?
5. Testimony builders
etc.

Talk you you later!

Dad
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Love, Elder Tyler Scott