I am doing amazing, how are you doing?! I did mom i had an amazing birthday it was a ton of fun. We went bowling with some other elders and frank, so it was kinda like my bday's at home so that was awesome. Haha and how about this you are going to love it, alright so you know how someone made me a bday cake for my birthday? Well we get over there and i am way excited for it, and it turned out to be a lemon tart pie thing! Holy crud, i kinda wanted to barf, and the worst part was that i had to eat it in front of them and be nice, and say mmmmm this is sooo good. Mom hahah it was so gross that i got shivers down my spine everytime i had to take a bite. Ewwww haha but it was super nice of them to have made me anything for my bday right? So that was really cool. Haha yeah and that goofy looking old guy in all those pictures is Frank. Yes and i finally did get all your packages! Thank you so much for the shoes mom, i'm sorry they cost so much, that kinda made me feel bad you spent so much money, but thank you momma. I love you. :) Haha and thanks for the peanut, holy cow! that toy pretty much looks exactly like peanut so it is perfect and made me way happy! haha and tell jess and sam thanks for the batman cup, lame gi joe card, and for the awesome Alabama tie. Haha another funny story, so i was way pumped to wear that alabama tie, and the 1st day i wear it, when i went to sit down to eat dinner i dipped my tie on accident all over my greasy asian chicken. So i kinda love ruining a brand new tie on the 1st day, sorry jess haha! But i cleaned it pretty well so its not as noticeable.... awkward.
That is awesome that cindy's daughter is in your class. Doesn't she look like jean in little girl form! Tell Cindy i say hi and that i love her and miss her, tell her to write me an email too if she ever gets the chance. I am so happy mom that your class totally rocks this year and that it has been your b est class yet. That is amazing! Who are your favorites in your class this year? I bet you miss shauna in there, you 2 had a lot of fun together, but hey atleast she still works there right? That is good sam is going in to go get surgery, and that jessica will finally get those nasty tonsils out haha. I remember when she use to poke them with qtips and talk about them, and everytime she did i kinda wanted to barf. Haha i love you jess! But those are gross, so i am glad dad is helping out and they can be taken care of. Haha i think that story about Maddux may be one of the funniest things i have ever heard in my entire life! Haha Maddux is such a stud, and i bet drew got in so much trouble from tarah! Haha holy cow i can just see maddux saying avatar is gay! Hahhaha i love that little dude, and i love Reese so much too! I can't wait to see and hear about vander, i bet he is going to come out and just start punching people in the arm like joel use to love to do to me. I bet he is going to be just like joel. I am excited for halloween, o wait i'm not haha we have to stay in and not really do anything that night.
But i am super pumped about general conference. Because it gives me a chance to sit around for hours watching tv and it is totally kosher. No bad feelings haha just getting spiritually fed from the prophet and the apostles! Holy cow i can't wait for that it will be amazing. Oh just wondering you guys haven't sent off my winter stuff yet right? Just wandering, you still have some time to send it. :) I love you guys soo much, and you wanna hear something kinda cool. I am the district leader this transfer! Kinda cool, i am excited and it is fun to plan the meetings and see how everyone in the district is doing and i can arrange exchanges now too if my companion is driving me crazy! haha jk jk. Hmmm lets see anything else cool go on this week, well Ray Johnson has quit drinking coffee and almost the cigs too, so he is right on track for his baptism on oct. 9th He is amazing, keep him in your prayers. Well i'm sorry i know don't every give the best emails but things are going well here. I'm really happy to be here again and that's really cool. I love you momma and family and i'll talk to you guys next week!
Love
Elder Ingram
Monday, September 27, 2010
9/20 email BABY BO BO'S BDAY!!!
Holy cow, i am no longer a teenager anymore! Haha isn't that kinda amazing?! And its kinda nice to, because i can say I'm at least in the same age group as Megan, haha so now i don't seem so young right?:) I am already having an amazing bday. First we went to the temple with elder cook and stoker. Wow the Palmyra temple is awesome mom. We all have to come back sometime and go there. It is sooooooo small but it is awesome. It is the only temple with see through glass, and you can see right out to the sacred grove from the temple. It is sweet. And the celestial room in Palmyra is my favorite one i have been too. It is awesome there are stained glass all around of trees to make it look like the sacred grove. It was pretty much amazing. Man i love the temple. :) And then after that we went to this pizza place called nima's right in Palmyra. And it was mega good. Haha i loved it, and i went to this church store there and bought a replica 1830 book of mormon, and 1835 doctrine and covenants. They are pretty amazing. And now i am emailing you, and after this we are all going to go out bowling, and frank is coming along too with another one of our investigators. And then we dinner tonight at the wyatts at 6, and then the baker family is having me come over at 730 for my bday cake! Haha so i have got a pretty amazing bday planned. I am so happy and grateful for everyone that is making this day so good for me. :)
I haven't gotten your packages yet, but i have been in canandaigua all day and won't get home till tonight! But i bet they are there. I got the package from gma and gpa, haha and i was so pumped for the pink cookies and the memory card. That was very nice of them. Oh and for transfers, i am stayin here in Geneva for another 6 weeks with Elder Westley again. I am pretty excited about that, i wanted to stay here for sure. Elder Westley is a pretty cool guy, he has been out on his mission for about 13 months now and he is from virginia. We work really well together so that really good. Haha we are tryin our best working with Chris the 13 year old but something crazy happened with his family this last week. Now his brother is in jail and all this crazy stuff, so things are a little rough over there but we are still working with him. Ray and Jacinda Johnson are doing amazing! They have both quit smoking now, and are at church every week and read and pray together every day. They are doing so amazing and Rays baptism date is still for October 9th! I know he'll make it and those 2 working together is just awesome. They want to go to the temple and get sealed together pretty bad, and i think that is something they will be able to do real soon. :) Yup and of course Frank is still taking care of us like always haha. He is amazing mom. He is really like the most Christlike Person i have ever met in my entire life. SO he is looking out for us and taking good care of us.
Well i am glad i finally heard something about sam. You guys had me worried for a little bit. But things will be ok, and you guys will have to keep me posted with everything that is going on with her. Haha i am finally sending pictures home today since i got the new memory card, sorry for being a bum with sending the pictures, but i think you will like these. I'm glad too that jess went to church with megan, and that you guys got to go have dinner with drew and tarah again. How is maddux my little buddy, and how is reese the little cutie?! I love them so much.
Alright momma i will give you some love extra little help with the ward. I'm sorry that things are different now since everyone is kinda gone, and things may be a little different with shauna, but all of that doesn't matter just like you said mom. It is not about all the relationships and friends at church, they are very important and the ward should be reaching out, but it all boils down to your relationship with God, momma. He loves you so much, and he wants you there and he wants you to be happy. :) Start going with a fresh outlook at it, don't think about the family not being there or not having as many friends there, but go looking for personal revelation! Like have a question and pray about it, and have faith and know that going to church you will receive and answer and just feel better. I'm sorry mom i know it is tough sometimes, but you can do you are the bomb haha. Mom i feel like a stripling warrior, you have been the best mom in the world and have taught me pretty much all i know. And because of you i don't doubt or fear because you taught me to go to church. So just keep being amazing alright? Read Alma 56:47-48. That's about the amazing moms.
I'm sorry i know i never give enough good details about what is going on but sometimes it is so hard to remember, keep asking questions like in the beginning so i have to think to answer those! I love you so much mom and i hope you guys aren't too bored without me at home for my bday! I love you guys so much and i'll hear form you next week!
Love,
Elder Ingram
I haven't gotten your packages yet, but i have been in canandaigua all day and won't get home till tonight! But i bet they are there. I got the package from gma and gpa, haha and i was so pumped for the pink cookies and the memory card. That was very nice of them. Oh and for transfers, i am stayin here in Geneva for another 6 weeks with Elder Westley again. I am pretty excited about that, i wanted to stay here for sure. Elder Westley is a pretty cool guy, he has been out on his mission for about 13 months now and he is from virginia. We work really well together so that really good. Haha we are tryin our best working with Chris the 13 year old but something crazy happened with his family this last week. Now his brother is in jail and all this crazy stuff, so things are a little rough over there but we are still working with him. Ray and Jacinda Johnson are doing amazing! They have both quit smoking now, and are at church every week and read and pray together every day. They are doing so amazing and Rays baptism date is still for October 9th! I know he'll make it and those 2 working together is just awesome. They want to go to the temple and get sealed together pretty bad, and i think that is something they will be able to do real soon. :) Yup and of course Frank is still taking care of us like always haha. He is amazing mom. He is really like the most Christlike Person i have ever met in my entire life. SO he is looking out for us and taking good care of us.
Well i am glad i finally heard something about sam. You guys had me worried for a little bit. But things will be ok, and you guys will have to keep me posted with everything that is going on with her. Haha i am finally sending pictures home today since i got the new memory card, sorry for being a bum with sending the pictures, but i think you will like these. I'm glad too that jess went to church with megan, and that you guys got to go have dinner with drew and tarah again. How is maddux my little buddy, and how is reese the little cutie?! I love them so much.
Alright momma i will give you some love extra little help with the ward. I'm sorry that things are different now since everyone is kinda gone, and things may be a little different with shauna, but all of that doesn't matter just like you said mom. It is not about all the relationships and friends at church, they are very important and the ward should be reaching out, but it all boils down to your relationship with God, momma. He loves you so much, and he wants you there and he wants you to be happy. :) Start going with a fresh outlook at it, don't think about the family not being there or not having as many friends there, but go looking for personal revelation! Like have a question and pray about it, and have faith and know that going to church you will receive and answer and just feel better. I'm sorry mom i know it is tough sometimes, but you can do you are the bomb haha. Mom i feel like a stripling warrior, you have been the best mom in the world and have taught me pretty much all i know. And because of you i don't doubt or fear because you taught me to go to church. So just keep being amazing alright? Read Alma 56:47-48. That's about the amazing moms.
I'm sorry i know i never give enough good details about what is going on but sometimes it is so hard to remember, keep asking questions like in the beginning so i have to think to answer those! I love you so much mom and i hope you guys aren't too bored without me at home for my bday! I love you guys so much and i'll hear form you next week!
Love,
Elder Ingram
Monday, September 13, 2010
9/13 email
Haha i'm doing pretty amazing. I caught a lame head cold the last couple days but i am finally pulling out of it so i am pretty dang happy about that. :) Yeah we have been working hard up here and doing what we can with the people of Geneva and it has been awesome. I love it here. Isn't that crazy i have been out here for almost my whole first transfer!! It is insane, it has gone by way quick for me. Haha i know i have only been out a little longer than 3months but it seems like it hasn't been long at time and other times its like hmmmm 3 months haha. But i love it hard. I don't have the biggest idea of what is going to happen for me next transfer, but i have a pretty good feeling i am going to be staying where i am at right now, and i wouldn't mind that a bit. But who know they could send me off to Buffalo and i could love the warm winter there! Haha that place would be so cold, and it is a walking area too! But wherever i get sent i am ready to go and will love it there. Hmmm my plans for this pday are actually kinda nice, we are going take it easy. Get all our laundry, shopping and errands done, and then just go to the Victor Mall so i can buy the rest of my winter snerf. Well i have seen the palmyra temple, but i haven't gone it yet! We are going to go do that for my bday next week for pday, that is going to be amazing. Haha nah don't worry about sending that furry hat for the winter up here, just send that brown beanie if you can find it. probably send my high tops up since it will be winter, they could keep me more warm!
Hmmm as for snerf for my bday from everyone.... i wouldn't mind some sweat pants, another hoody, some slippers, haha i'm not sure. Anything wintery or ties would be awesome. Like any winter stuff would be good, or even cool weather stuff, you know gloves, nice socks, scarfs, and any other of that type of stuff. Maybe any church music or talks. Haha i don't mind, a bday on the mission will be different i'm excited for it!:)
That's awesome you guys got to go out and hang out with Megan. Thank you guys for doing that, i bet you wanted to too, but it makes me happy you guys stay in contact with her and hang out with here every once in a while. I love you guys.
I'm glad Joel and kasey are so pumped for their baby, i am so excited for them andi can't wait to see what that little dude will look like! I am so happy for Jess too, how cool is that that dad put her back on the health plan. I love you Jess, and Joel And Kasey and Drew and Tarah haha. Yeah tell bishop woodbury to write me, i would love that.
ALright let me tell you some interesting stuff that went on this week. So for the first time i ran into someone who kinda hated us and tried to rip us a new one... It was kinda interesting let me tell ya. There is this street In geneva called Dorchester, its in a pretty bad part of town, and we went up to this black guys porch and he just laid it down us. I won't tell you all he said but it was kinda weird. Its sad because we just wanted to make his life better you know and bring him the gospel, but his heart was just sealed right up. I wish these people could realize what they are missing out on you know? Thats too bad.
Hmm lets see a good story to make up for that one. Haha ok so there is this crazy black lady who lives on hoffman st. Her name is Alasha, and she is kinda wierd. We were teaching her and telling here all about what the missionaries do and some of the things we don't do so we can focus more on the Lord. Haha and mega awkward, she was all upset we had to spend 24/7 together with our companions, because she wanted to invite me over one night to have dinner and spend the night... yup. So we were kinda like hmmmm, well it was nice talking to ya, see ya later? Haha wow that was hilarious and terrifying at the same time.
So our investigators are doing good. Frank and Ray Johnson especially. Chris the 13 year old isn't doing the best. His attitude has just like turned 180 and it is so weird. But we are doing all we can to work with him you know? SO haha i promise this week i am sending off my pictures since it is the last week of the transfere, just send me my old memory card so i can take pics on my bday! Well i love you guys so much and i hope this letter wasn't too lame, haha i'm just not sure what to tell sometimes! Momma i love you so much, i just want you to know that. I see alot of people out here, and i am grateful for everything about you. You are an amazing mom. :) I love you. Well guys i will talk to you next week!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Elder INgram
Hmmm as for snerf for my bday from everyone.... i wouldn't mind some sweat pants, another hoody, some slippers, haha i'm not sure. Anything wintery or ties would be awesome. Like any winter stuff would be good, or even cool weather stuff, you know gloves, nice socks, scarfs, and any other of that type of stuff. Maybe any church music or talks. Haha i don't mind, a bday on the mission will be different i'm excited for it!:)
That's awesome you guys got to go out and hang out with Megan. Thank you guys for doing that, i bet you wanted to too, but it makes me happy you guys stay in contact with her and hang out with here every once in a while. I love you guys.
I'm glad Joel and kasey are so pumped for their baby, i am so excited for them andi can't wait to see what that little dude will look like! I am so happy for Jess too, how cool is that that dad put her back on the health plan. I love you Jess, and Joel And Kasey and Drew and Tarah haha. Yeah tell bishop woodbury to write me, i would love that.
ALright let me tell you some interesting stuff that went on this week. So for the first time i ran into someone who kinda hated us and tried to rip us a new one... It was kinda interesting let me tell ya. There is this street In geneva called Dorchester, its in a pretty bad part of town, and we went up to this black guys porch and he just laid it down us. I won't tell you all he said but it was kinda weird. Its sad because we just wanted to make his life better you know and bring him the gospel, but his heart was just sealed right up. I wish these people could realize what they are missing out on you know? Thats too bad.
Hmm lets see a good story to make up for that one. Haha ok so there is this crazy black lady who lives on hoffman st. Her name is Alasha, and she is kinda wierd. We were teaching her and telling here all about what the missionaries do and some of the things we don't do so we can focus more on the Lord. Haha and mega awkward, she was all upset we had to spend 24/7 together with our companions, because she wanted to invite me over one night to have dinner and spend the night... yup. So we were kinda like hmmmm, well it was nice talking to ya, see ya later? Haha wow that was hilarious and terrifying at the same time.
So our investigators are doing good. Frank and Ray Johnson especially. Chris the 13 year old isn't doing the best. His attitude has just like turned 180 and it is so weird. But we are doing all we can to work with him you know? SO haha i promise this week i am sending off my pictures since it is the last week of the transfere, just send me my old memory card so i can take pics on my bday! Well i love you guys so much and i hope this letter wasn't too lame, haha i'm just not sure what to tell sometimes! Momma i love you so much, i just want you to know that. I see alot of people out here, and i am grateful for everything about you. You are an amazing mom. :) I love you. Well guys i will talk to you next week!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Elder INgram
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
9/7 email
Yeah that was pretty amazing to have another chance to talk to you on the phone so soon! I'm sorry if i rushed off real quick but the mission president let me call from our cell phones, and we don't get very many minutes each month and i didn't want to get distracted! haha oh man i could have talked to you guys forever. So if you ever see a phone number with 315 answer because that is a New York area code. SO things are going great here in Geneva mom. Sorry i haven't been giving you much details, haha sometimes i don't know the things people want to hear about. Ok so we have a car, and it is the exact same car we have at home. The only difference is that it is silver, so it is easy to drive and i am used to it to. And our investigator frank got me and elder westley bikes that we can use too around this area so that is just pretty dang awesome. They are way nice bikes too! The only hard thing about using those bikes is, we live up at the top of the town and every investigator we have lives at the bottom. Haha so gettin there is easy but coming up, we are biking uphill for a couple miles, and yeah that kinds stinks let me tell ya.
Its not very humid here right now, but fall is already here. its in the 70's or the 60's now and the leaves are starting to change thier colors too. It is so pretty out here mom, you would love it. I have taken a ton of pictures and i am sending those home on monday, i just forgot to yesterday so you'll have to wait another week. Sorry momma. but could you guys send me my other memory card so i can have it here when you have my other one?
Things are going pretty well here too now mom. It is awesome. We are meeting with this couple, Ray and Jacinda Johnson, and they rock. Jacinda is an inactive member and her husband isn't a member. they both live in this sweet trailer park, haha, and we go over there alot. Ray Johnson now has a baptismal date for oct 9, and his wife and him have come to church and have been saying their prayers and reading the scriptures together. They are amazing and they both want to get married in the temple so bad so they can be together forever, and not just for here. I know they will get married in the temple in the future and that will be awesome! They both have pretty bad smoking problems but they are working on that and they are doing really well.
Another Kid we are working with is Chris. He is 14 years old and he is so cool He is just this little goofy kid, but he loves he mom so much and his family. His mom and brother and sister were baptised a few months ago, and he has seen them change alot for the better and now he wants us missionaries over to start teaching him. He loves it sooo much, and he already has a testimony of joseph smith and this being the true church! And he wants to be baptised too so he can be with his family and live a better life. they have had a tough life, haha holy cow, his mom has 6 kids and all of them are from a different dad. And they live in govt housing and are pretty poor but they are awesome. I love seeing how happy the gospel can make people mom. It is just awesome.
Oh sooo my bday is coming up, you should send me my vans up here so i just have some regular chill shoes for pday instead of just those sneakers. That would pretty much be amazing. And last week i went to the EB Grandin building, the hill cumorah, and the sacred grove again. And we went around palmyra too. WOw mom those places are awesome, we all need to come out here and take a trip sometime because the spirit is soooo stong and its amazing to be here where all this stuff actually happened! I love it hard.
A couple words that we use around here is snerf. haha thats a word pretty much for anything like, what is all that snerf about? And another one is womp, and it is junk food. We have so many fat missionaries here it is crazy. So whenever they want to get fat they say lets go eat some womp! Those are a couple fun words to use. I have become good buddies too with elders Stocker, and Cook too they are just amazing and i love them soo much. We see them all the time at district meeting and stuff and they are cool. We did a companion exchange and i was with Elder stoker for a couple days. That was nice getting a little break from elder westley haha.
WEll mom i love you soo much and tell sam and jess i love them too. Haha sam is a tard she thought i got in a wreck and broke my legs. haha what a nub. Sorry i am on a computer this week with a timer so i gotta be quick! Love you guys sorry about no email yesterday, lame labor day haha. Talk to you next week!
Love
Elder Ingram
Its not very humid here right now, but fall is already here. its in the 70's or the 60's now and the leaves are starting to change thier colors too. It is so pretty out here mom, you would love it. I have taken a ton of pictures and i am sending those home on monday, i just forgot to yesterday so you'll have to wait another week. Sorry momma. but could you guys send me my other memory card so i can have it here when you have my other one?
Things are going pretty well here too now mom. It is awesome. We are meeting with this couple, Ray and Jacinda Johnson, and they rock. Jacinda is an inactive member and her husband isn't a member. they both live in this sweet trailer park, haha, and we go over there alot. Ray Johnson now has a baptismal date for oct 9, and his wife and him have come to church and have been saying their prayers and reading the scriptures together. They are amazing and they both want to get married in the temple so bad so they can be together forever, and not just for here. I know they will get married in the temple in the future and that will be awesome! They both have pretty bad smoking problems but they are working on that and they are doing really well.
Another Kid we are working with is Chris. He is 14 years old and he is so cool He is just this little goofy kid, but he loves he mom so much and his family. His mom and brother and sister were baptised a few months ago, and he has seen them change alot for the better and now he wants us missionaries over to start teaching him. He loves it sooo much, and he already has a testimony of joseph smith and this being the true church! And he wants to be baptised too so he can be with his family and live a better life. they have had a tough life, haha holy cow, his mom has 6 kids and all of them are from a different dad. And they live in govt housing and are pretty poor but they are awesome. I love seeing how happy the gospel can make people mom. It is just awesome.
Oh sooo my bday is coming up, you should send me my vans up here so i just have some regular chill shoes for pday instead of just those sneakers. That would pretty much be amazing. And last week i went to the EB Grandin building, the hill cumorah, and the sacred grove again. And we went around palmyra too. WOw mom those places are awesome, we all need to come out here and take a trip sometime because the spirit is soooo stong and its amazing to be here where all this stuff actually happened! I love it hard.
A couple words that we use around here is snerf. haha thats a word pretty much for anything like, what is all that snerf about? And another one is womp, and it is junk food. We have so many fat missionaries here it is crazy. So whenever they want to get fat they say lets go eat some womp! Those are a couple fun words to use. I have become good buddies too with elders Stocker, and Cook too they are just amazing and i love them soo much. We see them all the time at district meeting and stuff and they are cool. We did a companion exchange and i was with Elder stoker for a couple days. That was nice getting a little break from elder westley haha.
WEll mom i love you soo much and tell sam and jess i love them too. Haha sam is a tard she thought i got in a wreck and broke my legs. haha what a nub. Sorry i am on a computer this week with a timer so i gotta be quick! Love you guys sorry about no email yesterday, lame labor day haha. Talk to you next week!
Love
Elder Ingram
8/30 email
My week went pretty well. Things are going great out here in Geneva. We had quite a few investigators this week that don't really want us around anymore but thats all good, because we found a few others that we are going to start working with this week, so things are still going on. We are still working with frank, he is amazing. And we are working with this guys named Jeremy, who owns horses and is kinda a country dude, and we are also working with this couple Ray and Jacinda Johnson who are awesome. They are way cool, and they have a shi-tzu that looks exactly like peanut! haha it makes me so happy to see that little dude. They are really great and they are wanting to get baptised, we are setting up a baptismal date next time we see them. They both just have a really bad smoking problem, so we are going to have to work with that, but it'll work and they can quite if they really wanna be baptised you know?
We were out tracting yesterday and we met this puerto rican guy named carlos. He is 20 years old, so pretty much my age. And it was so cool he just had us come right on his porch and talked with us. Haha let me tell you that is rare, every either says we're catholic we don't need you, haha or somethin else happens. So anyways, we were talking to him and he just wants a change in his life. Mom it is so sad to see how some peoples lives are out here. He was telling us how tired he is of doing the same old bad things, drugs, smoking, drinking, parties, bad things with girls. And when he first moved here too he got beat up real bad and got stabbed real bad too. Things are rough and its just so sad to see people who live in that crap. And he told us he wants a family, a wife and kids, and wants to go to church and just have a normal life, and it's awesome to know that through the gospel of Jesus Christ that's possible and we can help him get what he wants.
So in rochester last week we went and just visited the president and the we went and played basketball for a while with all the elders in the Palmyra and rochester area. It was a blast. Haha how about i have lost even more weight and am gettin more muscle, i don't even weigh in the 190's anymore! I love it hard. My companion Elder Westley is cool, haha he is a little different than a person i would normally have hung out with but he is nice. He loves to sleep and takes naps, haha so i do my best to make sure we are busy so he doesn't just go take a nap. It's real cool to because President Christianson is doing all he can to make this mission better, there have been a lot of things going on here with some people that hasn't been good, but he is taking care of it and making sure everyone is being productive and being what missionaries should be. :0
It is a little warm this week but it'll start getting cooler soon. Just send me the coat, the garments and just maybe a sweater or 2, and i'll buy the rest here ok? That'll just make it alot easier and won't cost as much with all that shipping. And there is a mall out in either waterloo or Seneca falls i can go to get what i need. :) I'm sorry shauna isn't working with you anymore that is mega lame! But atleast you got a job right? And tell sam she rocks and she needs to keep up the grades that is amazing. And have here be careful so she doesn't really jack her knee up! Yeah tell jess to not to worry about going to that singles ward if Jarrett is there, he will just create problems for her. What about a university ward? Haha I love hearing about Reese and Maddux, i love those two little guys so much. And i'm sorry you don't get to see joel or kasey much anymore, i will remember those family nights we had for the rest of my life, those were some of my favorite experiences we have had together as a family. :) Can you belive i have been out here for 3 weeks already! thats halfway through my first transfer! i love it hard. So things are going well mom, i can't really think of anything i would really need besides that coat and the garments and those sweaters, because i can get everything else i need here. And before i go mom i have a scripture i found for you that might make you feel better. I remember you telling me that you feel really bad and wish you could have paid tithing that whole time we barely had any money but you just couldn't. Mom you don't have to worry about that just read this scripture Mosiah 4:24 ( and the first sentence of 25 till guitless). Mom you didn't have the money but you had the heart and the desire to do it, so you are good. And you don't have to worry about that, ok? :) Just do what you can now. I love you guys so much and keep me in your prayers! Talk to you nubs later
Lover
haha i said lover... awkward
love
Elder Ingram
We were out tracting yesterday and we met this puerto rican guy named carlos. He is 20 years old, so pretty much my age. And it was so cool he just had us come right on his porch and talked with us. Haha let me tell you that is rare, every either says we're catholic we don't need you, haha or somethin else happens. So anyways, we were talking to him and he just wants a change in his life. Mom it is so sad to see how some peoples lives are out here. He was telling us how tired he is of doing the same old bad things, drugs, smoking, drinking, parties, bad things with girls. And when he first moved here too he got beat up real bad and got stabbed real bad too. Things are rough and its just so sad to see people who live in that crap. And he told us he wants a family, a wife and kids, and wants to go to church and just have a normal life, and it's awesome to know that through the gospel of Jesus Christ that's possible and we can help him get what he wants.
So in rochester last week we went and just visited the president and the we went and played basketball for a while with all the elders in the Palmyra and rochester area. It was a blast. Haha how about i have lost even more weight and am gettin more muscle, i don't even weigh in the 190's anymore! I love it hard. My companion Elder Westley is cool, haha he is a little different than a person i would normally have hung out with but he is nice. He loves to sleep and takes naps, haha so i do my best to make sure we are busy so he doesn't just go take a nap. It's real cool to because President Christianson is doing all he can to make this mission better, there have been a lot of things going on here with some people that hasn't been good, but he is taking care of it and making sure everyone is being productive and being what missionaries should be. :0
It is a little warm this week but it'll start getting cooler soon. Just send me the coat, the garments and just maybe a sweater or 2, and i'll buy the rest here ok? That'll just make it alot easier and won't cost as much with all that shipping. And there is a mall out in either waterloo or Seneca falls i can go to get what i need. :) I'm sorry shauna isn't working with you anymore that is mega lame! But atleast you got a job right? And tell sam she rocks and she needs to keep up the grades that is amazing. And have here be careful so she doesn't really jack her knee up! Yeah tell jess to not to worry about going to that singles ward if Jarrett is there, he will just create problems for her. What about a university ward? Haha I love hearing about Reese and Maddux, i love those two little guys so much. And i'm sorry you don't get to see joel or kasey much anymore, i will remember those family nights we had for the rest of my life, those were some of my favorite experiences we have had together as a family. :) Can you belive i have been out here for 3 weeks already! thats halfway through my first transfer! i love it hard. So things are going well mom, i can't really think of anything i would really need besides that coat and the garments and those sweaters, because i can get everything else i need here. And before i go mom i have a scripture i found for you that might make you feel better. I remember you telling me that you feel really bad and wish you could have paid tithing that whole time we barely had any money but you just couldn't. Mom you don't have to worry about that just read this scripture Mosiah 4:24 ( and the first sentence of 25 till guitless). Mom you didn't have the money but you had the heart and the desire to do it, so you are good. And you don't have to worry about that, ok? :) Just do what you can now. I love you guys so much and keep me in your prayers! Talk to you nubs later
Lover
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Elder Ingram
8/23 email
Haha how are you doing?! That is awesome that you got to go up to utah to see how grandma and grandpa were doing. I'm glad they are both doing well, and that grandpa will finally be back to work, that is good. :) My week has been great. We got a lot of work done this week, and met a lot of new people who we can start working with. Haha this is a little funny story i got to tell you. Ok so we met the black old guy named bernie, kinda like bernie mac, and he listened to us and told us to come back some time. So we came back, and he wasn't home so we just left him a note and told him that we would be back some time later. So we stopped by again, and rang he doorbell. You hear him say, " Holy crud, (then we walks part way down the stairs), who;s there?!" We say its us the missionaries. haha " Then he says its a terrible day for me boys you'll have to come back some other time" THen he starts moaning and groaning real loud like, ooooooooowwwwwww ooooooohhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhh, he did it like 3 times and we were already walking away and he kept moaning. It was pretty funny, its like dude, we were already leaving you down need to howl like dog, it was sooo funny. Out of all out investigators right now we only have 2 white people and they rest are black or Puerto Rican.
Holy cow, puerto rican spanish is so dang hard to understand. We are teaching like 3 families in these housing projects, and it is tough. They speak so much more slurred and fast than any of the mexican workers around here. It hurts my brain, and i am trying my best but its kinda tough to understand and speak with them haha! Well sundays are sweet, we got to PEC meetings at 8, then we have church from 930-1230. Then we have the rest of the day to go meet and do our regular stuff. I'm not sure if i told you but i go to church at the Peter Whitmer Farm, its kinda epic.
The weather is already starting to cool down and i guess fall is starting early? The leaves are already changing colors and stuff, so get me thermal garments for sure. I wear 34 or 36 for bottoms and get me tall medium tops. IT has been raining the last few days and i am such a wimp to the cold haha. But its cool. Oh and the other day when we were teaching this lady named Alasha, it was so funny, we were in the middle of a lesson, and her friend pulled up, she walked out and bought some drugs right on the street during our lesson. Interesting let me tell you. haha wow, i love it hard. Geneva is sweet, i have taken a bunch of pictures and i'll send them home next week for you ok?
I'm glad to hear your class is well, and don't worry about Viki, i mean just look at her.... awkward. And I am so happythat sam and jess are doing so well too. I love hearing from you guys on monday, its amazing. So tell drew or joel to write me some time again too! My mission president is awesome mom, he really is. I am so lucky to be in this mission. It is pretty much the coolest place ever. So today for pday we are going to rochester and i'm not too sure whats going on there, but it'll be fun. Yeah i am eating well, and that Frank i told you about earlier always gets us groceries or food, so i'm good. :) Well i love you mom and i can't wait to hear from you again soon. Make sure to still try and have family night, and make sure everyone is saying thier prayers! hahah love you guys!
Love,
Elder Ingram (baby bobo)
Holy cow, puerto rican spanish is so dang hard to understand. We are teaching like 3 families in these housing projects, and it is tough. They speak so much more slurred and fast than any of the mexican workers around here. It hurts my brain, and i am trying my best but its kinda tough to understand and speak with them haha! Well sundays are sweet, we got to PEC meetings at 8, then we have church from 930-1230. Then we have the rest of the day to go meet and do our regular stuff. I'm not sure if i told you but i go to church at the Peter Whitmer Farm, its kinda epic.
The weather is already starting to cool down and i guess fall is starting early? The leaves are already changing colors and stuff, so get me thermal garments for sure. I wear 34 or 36 for bottoms and get me tall medium tops. IT has been raining the last few days and i am such a wimp to the cold haha. But its cool. Oh and the other day when we were teaching this lady named Alasha, it was so funny, we were in the middle of a lesson, and her friend pulled up, she walked out and bought some drugs right on the street during our lesson. Interesting let me tell you. haha wow, i love it hard. Geneva is sweet, i have taken a bunch of pictures and i'll send them home next week for you ok?
I'm glad to hear your class is well, and don't worry about Viki, i mean just look at her.... awkward. And I am so happythat sam and jess are doing so well too. I love hearing from you guys on monday, its amazing. So tell drew or joel to write me some time again too! My mission president is awesome mom, he really is. I am so lucky to be in this mission. It is pretty much the coolest place ever. So today for pday we are going to rochester and i'm not too sure whats going on there, but it'll be fun. Yeah i am eating well, and that Frank i told you about earlier always gets us groceries or food, so i'm good. :) Well i love you mom and i can't wait to hear from you again soon. Make sure to still try and have family night, and make sure everyone is saying thier prayers! hahah love you guys!
Love,
Elder Ingram (baby bobo)
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