August 29, 2011

Hey! Yeah i definately wish that i used cursive back in the day! Youre right... I never should have started printing.. Haha But im glad that everyone got the letters and enjoyed them. And Mom, you are hilarious! I laughed so hard about you saying that there are no cuss words in that paragraph hahahahaaha. That brightened my day hahaha. And yeah tell liz im jealous of her piano skills...i play a lot here and it would be awesome to be that ballin hahaha. But im excited to see how much better she gets when i get home. And Livvy, Yeah you crazy girl just have fun and enjoy your senior year! So im glad to hear you are quitting your job haha. But just remember to drink lots of water and dont overdo yourself in sports like you seem to in life. And Craig! Hahahahahahahahaha That was probably the funniest thing i have ever heard! I give you mad props for mooning mom ;) Hahahaha i love you dude. I cant wait to get back and hang out with all of you. And have fun with Sarah in town! Man i wish i could be there but its ok haha. Well this week was pretty iffy..... Some good and some bad.. Ill start with the good! Ok so i got the package! Thankyou so much. You dont know how good american candy is when you have been in guat for a while haha. So thanks so much! And now some bad... My camera got stolen... I am ridiculously angry! It was during a baptism and it was in the church! I wanted to kill someone! I had a bunch of awesome pics on there that i wanted to send home too. But now all that is gone.. But whatever. So just if you could put some money on my card so i can buy a new one. Im sorry to have to ask you guys for that. Man it was such a bad time cuz there is some other stuff that i wanted to buy for you guys but now ill have to wait for a while. Anyways. But yeah about changes. Im staying in my same area which im really excited about and im also getting a new comp which i am really scared about haha. So we will find out on wednesday who he is so ill let you know. But things are getting a lot better now. Im starting to feel a lot more comfortable with spanish and teaching so im really excited. Im finally getting to where i can speak pretty well. And we have 2 baptisms this saturday! But i have said that before so we will see. But yeah just something i wanna say. The mission is not anything like what i expected. In a bad way. Actually i should say missionaries. It is so ridiculous how many missionaries have no regard for rules or anything. There is so much drama with missionaries and other missionaries and also with girls! Its crazy how many times i have heard about elders kissing girls and all that crap. It makes me so dang mad! Yeah we are here to baptize people and help them but we are also here to help ourselves become better people. And that crap is not helping them to become better people. It makes me so mad! So i just want to promise that i will be the missionary that you think i will be. And not have anything to do with any of that crap! Anyways thats all i wanted to say. Just vent a little. I was pretty angry haha. But i gotta go. I love you guys and i hope to hear from you soon. Dad thanks for emailing too! I loved reading it! But im not gonna get to reply this week to it cuz i took so much time in this one. Im sorry! But i love you and ill talk to you all soon! Have fun! And good luck in the triathlon!
Love, Elder Gunnell

August 22, 2011

Hey! Haha about the water heater... It still worked after it got burned but now something else is wrong with it and we take freezing showers again :( haha but its ok. It wakes me up in the morning haha. But you know, i am kinda hoping for a change. Well i hope my comp gets changed and i stay here. I really like our area and we have a few people that are gonna get baptized right after changes. Changes are on the 31st of this month. And we will know on sunday who has a change. So i am nervous! Haha. Oh and the package hasnt come yet. But ill let you know as soon as it does. Thanks again for sending it. You are a peach hahaha. Well this week was super uneventful! We had like nothing happen! It was just pretty normal. We did go on divisions again. I went with an elder from california, his name is Elder Anderson. He is my favorite! He only has a month more than me in the mission so neither one of us is super good at spanish but we can both talk pretty alright. So it was super fun going with him and having a somewhat hard time talking to everyone haha and he is just hilarious so that made it even more awesome. But yeah it was fun. We didnt sleep much though... Haha when it was time for bed we layed down and started talking but we talked for a little too long and then got hungry so we made grilled cheese sandwiches at like 1 in the morning... We definately regretted it the next day haha. But it was fun. We did find a bunch of new investigators in our area this last week. We found this one family that is catholic but they are super nice and pretty receptive to what we have to say. So they are looking like a really good possibility. We are gonna have some members that used to be catholic help us teach them. We will get them in the water before you know it ;) haha. Well sounds like everyone is having a ton of fun in school! Wow i miss you guys like crazy! Oh and i got letters from you guys this week. I got one from the chub and one from liz and livvy and maybe one from dad, I dont remember right now haha. But thanks for writing me! I love getting your letters. I love you guys. talk to you soon! And see you soon-ish ;) haha
Love, Elder Gunnell

August 8, 2011

Hey! Sounds like everyone is having fun still haha. School starts soon huh? That is crazy how fast the summer went haha. But yeah it was a crazy experience on the bus haha. But that is so awesome about Liz and her blessing! It really is such a blessing. Ive been reading mine a lot lately and i see the blessng that it is. So im excited for her. But yeah some bad news.. Our baptism fell through again. She is still having some problems. So im just gonna stop telling you guys i have a baptism till it actually happens haha. It is pretty discouraging though. This week we had a total of 7 baptismal dates. And almost all of them said they dont wanna get baptized anymore. It really bummed me out cuz i havent had one baptism yet. But i know its ok and we will have one soon. We were pretty bummed on saturday cuz thats when it happened but then we had been praying and fasting for help and on sunday we had 8 investigators come to church! So that was so awesome. And this one guy Mario is awesome! I saw him skating a while ago so i contacted him after skating with him for a few minutes and we have been teaching him a lot lately. He says he has no doubts about anything we are teaching him. So we invited him to be baptized and he said yes for the 27 of this month! So we are excited about him and really hoping that he will be able to. But he needs to get married cuz he lives with his girl and they have 2 kids... So we are working with them on that. We asked him if he would follow the law of chastity and he said yes, and that if he didnt follow it he would be breaking a commandment. So we were like heck yes! This guy is awesome! But anyways yeah he is our best possibility right now. So yeah! Haha oh and i hit 4 months the other day! Crazy right? haha. Hey Craig you said you have the music for colder weather! You should make a copy and send it to me :) Love you dude and i miss you. I hope your knee is ok so you can wrestle and redeem your brother by taking state ;) haha. And Liz and Livvy, you guys excited you are seniors?! That is so crazy! I hope you guys have a ton of fun. And Mom and Dad I love you guys! I hope you guys are staying young ;) I dont wanna come home to some old farts ;) hahahaha just kidding. Well I love you guys so much and i pray for you everyday. I hope to hear from you all soon! Oh and i got a letter from dad this past week. So thanks dad! Youre the best. Anyways i gotta go. Love you guys and see you soon!
Love, Elder Gunnell

August 1, 2011

Hey! It sounds like you had a fun time in Utah! Im jealous haha. Except the weather is probably better here ;) haha. Anyways.. Yeah the baptism fell through again... She just did something that she wasnt proud of so she wanted to wait a week. What she did didnt disqualify her but she just wanted to try and make things better. I guess ill tell you what she did haha... She got in a fight with a girl at school that stole her phone and she beat her up pretty good. So she felt really bad. But she really has a desire to be baptized and she said she will this saturday. So we are really hoping it really happens this time and nothing goes wrong. But other than that things are going good. Oh haha the other day i was one divisions with the zone leader and we were in my area but we had to go to another area to do an interview and on the way back at night we were trying to find a bus. So we found one and there were all these crazy people on it and they were like we arent working! But where are you guys headed? And it happened to be on the way so they took us with them. When we got on we were like crap this was a mistake.. There were like 6 people on the bus and they were all drinking and smoking. And there was this drunk girl dancing up front. It was insane! Anyways so we prayed that it would all be alright. So then we get to where we are gonna get off and we go to pay and they were all like it doesnt cost anything.. Just a kiss! You both have to kiss the girl! And then the girl was like yeah kiss me! And the other elder i was like shoot! And just hopped off the bus. And i didnt really understand what they said cuz it was super loud. And i was like give you a what? And then i turn around and this drunk girl is all puckered up and ready to go and im like oh freak! She said a kiss! So i ran to the door and jumped out. Hahahaha! Then we were like what the heck just happened?? Then we just died laughing. And then when we got home a little later our five gallon bottle of water exploded and flooded our house. hahaha What a blessing right? Hahaha it was a hilarious day. So that was super fun. Anyways that was probably the highlight of my week hahaha. Everything is going awesome though. Spanish is getting easier and easier everyday. Im starting to love it so much. But yeah i hope all of you are doing super good. I love you all and i hope to hear from you soon! Oh and this computer sucks so i cant send pictures today but ill try next week.
Love, Elder Gunnell