August 9 - 15

Companion - Elder Asher

I took videos of South Gwinnett's [High School] "dancing" band and when they came into the field I thought, "Wow, I am not in the west anymore" hahahaha

[By this I guess you mean they weren't that good?  Or they are way better?]

Well, they weren't that good.  But it was more of a culture shock I guess.  When I watched the movie Drumline I could believe that's how they did it here in the South, but when I watched South Gwinnett play it was hard to believe that's exactly how they do it in the South.

So is Daniel excited to be getting to Nuevo Mexicano?

[Yeah, he's super excited]

Thats good that he's excited.

Transfers this week - we're both staying . . . .

I'm going to try and send stuff home.  Like shoes (you'll get why), general conference cases.  I bought a CD holder case thing so its easier to pack, and pictures and videos.

We don't teach as much as the Salt Lake Mission.  P-days are tough, school just started, us and the Centerville Elders are like cut off from the rest of the zone and we're on bikes.  Centerville is in a threesome and they have to bike to the library and it takes them forever to email.

[Saturday, Elder Ballard and Elder Gaye(?) spoke to the missionaries.]

No time to take pictures.  Elder Ballard and Elder Gaye(?) had to leave and go do the same thing for the Atlanta Mission.  We only got to shake his hand.  Elder Ballard broke his toe so he's been limping.

Elder Garcia

August 1 - August 8

(From July 24th)
          From Tyler to Kaleen:

                 A year goes by fast, by the time Daniel hits his year mark I'll

                 be home!  It's neat to say huh? A brother going out each year

                 and one coming back each year.

          Kaleen to Tyler:

                 That is weird to say about a year from now.  Yeah that will

                  really go by fast!  Also, little Scotty could be walking by then!

          Tyler to Kaleen:

                  I'm now at the point where I'm (almost excited) to go home

                  but I'm glad I'm still here on the mission.

(August 1st) [Mom's responses/additions in Purple]

From Kaleen to Tyler:

     Here's a story for you -

            Wednesday night [after Daniel was taken to the MTC]

            a bat flew in through the fireplace! Dad caught it.

[up in the corner of the living room with a rubber glove, standing

on a chair - Scott took pictures and Artem threw it out the back door] 

            I should upload the picture and send it to you 

            (if you want to see it). Ew it was so gross!

            Then on Thursday night I was on the computer and I

            heard this noise and I thought someone was trying to open

            the back door.  So I went into the kitchen to turn on the 

            light and another bat flew over the top of my head!

[probably the same bat looking for revenge!]

             I ran

            upstairs to wake up Scott.  It took us a long time to catch

            it. It actually landed in the wooden bowl on top of the

            cupboards by the sink.  Scott put a cookie sheet over the

            top and we ended up letting it go outside [again!].  That bowl is 

            going in the garbage. Turns out the fireplace vent got open

            somehow.  Crazy huh?

Tyler's response to Kaleen:

        That's pretty cool.  Hahahaha I pictured father totally being
asian/ninja catching it while it flew out of the fireplace.  I do want
to see it.  You know what I pictured when the bat was in the bowl?
I pictured you getting Scott and you two popped out your guns and 
shooting the bat in the bowl.  hahaha

August 8th
         August already!
I know...10 Months!!! but who's counting?  I figured it was easier to 
write back in an email [because] I'm two weeks behind in my journal 
writing and it's hard catching up.
The week has been very slow. We had two teamups with the members 
and one solid appointment.  Hardly any dinner appointments as well but 
I didn't worry about that.  We have a good amount of investigators to 
teach but the only problem is, is to get in with them.
Yeah, President Wolfert is a good mission president.  It'll probably be 
a while before I get used to it.
Transfers are on August 17th.  So I think Daniel and I have the same 
transfer cycle. It's a five week transfer because last transfer was 7.
I like the ties.  Especially the lime green one!  I thought Temy was going 
to send me his plane tie? [maybe a month before he's off his mission].
The new drop-off [at the MTC] is not fair!  They broke tradition! oh, 
well what can you do I guess.
Hahaha that's pretty funny that Daniel tried to find girls to write to him.  
Daniel and I aren't lucky like Temy is haha.

Elder Garcia