November 26, 2012

Oh wow!  I forgot it was Luke's birthday.  Cool.  lol He still likes disney cars.  I will be happy to get some pictures.  I also got the memory card back.  I will send the other one in  a few weeks.  I need to take some more pictures. 

 

But Thanksgiving was wonderful!  We had 2 dinners though.  :(  We were so stuffed.  We ate the Texas BBQ, then we went over to another member's house and had normal dinner there.  Too much food!  But it was so delicious.  And we got to meet some non-members and talk to them.

 

We're working hard to get some people batptized before the end of the year.  It's going to be really close.  We have a baptismal day on the 29 of December. 

 

Now it's getting closer to Christmas.  The weather here isn't even cold, but my companion thinks so, lol.  We're getting excited, we're seeing christmas lights and christmas trees start to pop up everywhere. 

 

Everything is going well. 

 

From Elder Giles

November 19, 2012

Yep, Thanksgiving is coming up.  What are you guys doing for Thanksgiving?  Are you staying home?  Or are you going to a friend's house?  I will be going to a member's house.  Instead of Turkey, we're having Texas BBQ.  It sounds delicious! 

 

Hooray for Zach!  He can earn and save monies. 

 

I will be excited to get your mail!  It's always great to get things from home.  I'm still eating candy and the snacks from the package. 

 

This time close to the end of the year will be crazy.  We have 3 baptismal dates.  1 is on Dec 15, and the others are on Dec 22.  We're really trying to help them get baptized on their days.  It will be tough, but we can do it. 

 

I hope you have a great thanksgiving!

 

From Elder Giles

(His mom writes: We are staying home and one family join us this Thursday.)

November 12, 2012

I'm doing just fine here. The Ward and Branch feed us every night.  We've only had to cook dinner for ourselves 3 times.  We're not the best cooks, but we're improving.  We like it when other people cook for us. lol 

 

Now what we're doing is trying to have 2 more baptisms before the end of the year.  We have a couple of people that will be able to be baptized before the end of the year, we just have to help them prepare.  I hope we can have them baptized.  I won't mind if they get baptized next year, but the mission president wants us to baptize 3 people before the end of the year.  We already have 1, Daniel Zopfi, but 2 more is needed.  We're really close.

 

I can't wait to get your pictures.  I'm doing a lot better at taking pictures.  When I send the memory card home again, there will be even more pictures. 

 

Also, thank you for the candies.  I'm still eating them, yum yum! 

 

From Elder Giles

October 31, 2012

Hello!

I'm finally sending my pictures. The card isn't full, but I think it's close. I will try to send it
more often. We've finally had a baptism! There's some pictures in the camera that are of the 
baptism. Also, there are some pictures I printed off.

But, Halloween is coming up! I think the rule is we have to be in our apartment by 6 p.m. 
We're not allowed to be out. I guess long ago, missionaries went trick-or-treating and got
in trouble. That's ok, we'll probably do some study then play some games.

I think we're doing to get a lot of candy from people, especially, members. They really like
giving us stuff. It's weird to think about Christmas. I won't be home for that. I don't even
know if my companion and I will give each other presents. Also NO SNOW!  Has it snowed
there yet? By the way, send me pictures of Luke's Halloween costume. I might make a 
costume, but I don't think I'll have time.

I hope you will enjoy the pictures! I am getting better at taking pictures.

Love Elder Giles

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November 5, 2012

I sent the memory card a few days after I said I did.  I thought I was going to be able to send it on Monday, but nope.  I think you'll have recived it by now.  I did get your white package.  It was filled with yummies.  Mmmmm.  I'm still eating it. 

 

I am excited to get some pictures of you!  :D  I am excited to see Luke. 

 

Things are giong well here, we have some deaf people to teach.  We are teaching 2 lesbians.  They are married.  It will be tricky, but we can do it.  Eventually, if they want to be baptized, they'll have to get a divorce.  But we were blessed with a family that just showed up to church.  They're all deaf and we've never seen them before.  We talked with them and they said that they would come to church the next week.  We'er excited to see them again and hopefullly start teaching them.

Love Elder Giles

(his mom wrote him: we received the pictures today. yes, we enjoyed them. we miss you already)