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Letter from Kelson - Week # 44 - Transfers!!! And some Big News!!!

Good Morning From Sunny California!!!! So this week was crazy. And I know that some of you are super disappointed in my last week's e-mail...So Sorry as I was trying to help my companion to receive some of the music which I have acquired the computer shut down and I lost a lot of stuff and time too. So this past two weeks still needs an update. I also apologize for the lack of elaborate story explaining the shutting down of the computer, my time today is limited and my fingers can only move so fast.  My companion is going home in 2 days, and I am receiving a brand spanking new companion. Fresh out of the MTC!!! I am excited, afraid, upset, and a bit worried because I feel a bit inadequate to fill the responsibility of Senior Companion as well as Trainer. I have no Idea who my companion is, His name is still up in the air, but I do know one thing. Elder Baryshnikov and I will be in the same general Area!!!!! He is now my district leader and I am one of his little minions...h...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 43 - Freakie Weekie!!! (Thanks Elder Bailey)

Good Morning From Sunny California!!!! HOLY MOLY!!!! EVERYBODY!!! IT IS P-DAY AGAIN!!!! I knew it was coming, but it almost seems like I was just talking to ya'lls yesterday. Now you may be thinking to yourself, "how does Elder Wheeler always know what I am thinking to myself?" It is because I am Psychic and because of this great power, I will now just blow your mind with my next reading of your inner cortexical neuron discharges. You are also thinking to yourself, "I wonder what would make this past week a Freakie Weekie?" Well I don't know quite yet, I haven't written anything, but your mind has been blown because of my awesome powers of inception... I don't know if you have ever served a mission, but things never go according to plan... never...My trainer Elder Outlaw once said. "If you want to see God Laugh tell him your plans." I think this past week he had a bit more than a chuckle. We had 3 exchanges and it just added to the ...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 42 - Baptist at our Fast and Testimony Meeting!!!

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Good Morning From Sunny California!!!!! Why howdy doody everybody!! It is so nice to be able to see your bright smiley faces after not seeing them for soooooooooo long. Why do you have a puzzled look on your face? Don't you see me watching you? Can't you see me? Well, maybe there is a bad connection on your side because I can see you all just fine. ...Oh, hey! Stephanie your nose is running...and Lily you should be nice to Stephanie, she might return the favor in 20 years or so.  You're still puzzled; well that is your fault. You should check your internet connection and then call the operator. They can help you see me. I don't know if any of you have been able to read my subject for this e-mail, but I can tell you that I love all people no matter what religion they are. With that being said, this past week was AWESOME!!!! We had all sorts of fun and excitement in teaching lessons and what not. Let's start at Monday; nothing really happened...Wow, what a...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 41 - What day is it again?!?!?!

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Good Morning from Sunny California!!!! As you can tell from the headline there has been a new thing presented before the "Board of Important People Who make Important Decisions."  They have decided that they are no longer distinguishing each day, They have decided that the whole week will become one day and that we will just keep moving until we die. It is truly sad, this decision that they have made, but I guess since they are important people who evidently make important decisions then it must be okay, but along with that I am giving away my agency to say "I want to have 7 days in my week," and I am following the social norm and becoming a little drone and robot.  The reason for my subject being the way it is, is because I feel like one of those drones. I lost track of what day it was as they are just blending together. Yesterday definitely did not feel like a Sunday; everyone was talking about the Super Bowl, thus not normal for my Sund...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 40 - Another day and the Life of a Missionary!

Good Morning From Sunny California!!! What is happening Ya'll!? Are you enjoying this great new year that is moving right along? Have you found out anything new about yourselves that you never knew before? Would you care to share them with me? If not I understand... :( I'll just cry right here on the ground, curled up in a ball, and think of how great a life I have....hehe Just kidding.  This past week was kind of crazy, we had lots of meetings, because my companion is now the new District Leader and he had to go to some training meetings; I had a Doctor's appointment for my ankle, curse you evil DR. SPRINKLER; we had several appointments that followed through; and just a random family walked into the church building and wanted to meet with the Bishop. I'll start with the meetings. We moved Districts, which just means that I am still in the same area that I was in before, but I keep in close contact with a different set of missionaries. We now are in the distric...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 39 - I don't have to PACK!!!

Good Morning From Sunny California!!!! It is a wonderful day today, I think it is somewhere around 50-60 degrees with a slight wind coming from the west and just a hint of clouds in one area of the sky...GOSH I HATE THIS!!!! I want cloudy skies, with 20 degree weather and some SNOW!!!!! It is January and I want my SNOW! Maybe if I pray harder, God will grant me snow...or he will just laugh at me and say just you wait. Anyways it is that time again and we have received our transfer call.  Elder Nethercott and I are staying to his bitter end. He goes home at the end of the transfer and it is going to be interesting for the next 5 weeks. So, Elder Nethercott has never wanted to have any leadership position, and he almost made it. For this last transfer he was made the District Leader and I am now his "District Monkey"...YAY Monkey. For those wondering, yes this is my second companion that I will be sending home, gosh I will need to stop this, otherwise they might call me...

Letter from Kelson - Week # 38 - Oops I did it again!!!

Good Morning From Sunny California!!! The theme for this e-mail is such that it deals with the catchy pop tune from my childhood in the 90's by Britney Spears, before she went crazy. And It also has something to deal with an injury to Elder Wheeler and then forgetting to tell my mother about said injury until she is either notified by a bill or the mission nurse calling 7 weeks or more after said injury... So without further adieu "The story of the Turkey and the Sprinkler"  It was a cool Fall morning in the Land of El Dorado Hills, The sun was shining; the Air smelled of fresh cut grass with a hint of Body Odor because I hadn't showered yet; and the ground was quite moist because of a rain storm the day before. Elder Wheeler woke up this wonderful morning with one intent/thought in his mind... "I am going to play FOOTBALL Today!" This thought spread to his companion who was Elder Baryshnikov and his now baptized friend Austin McD. These thre...