merry christmas!!
i love you guys. oh man monday was so awesome to talk to you. thanks for the great letter dad. happy birthday old man. i'll be there for the big 5-0. sorry you guys were all sick. that sucks. ha ha i can only help but think back to two years ago when i was there. oh man i was so sick. the worst in my life. it all started with a big mac right before a temple session with dad in ogden. ha ha it's a miracle i'll even eat big mac's these days. i hope jaynanne likes wsu. college is seriously easier than high school. but more important. don't get too lazy. i can't wait to be there for next christmas. sounds like you had a good one. sounds like church was good too. i know what you're saying about crying during the hymn. ever since being on my mission i've become just a big baby. ha ha if the moment is right i'm quick to cry. feels good though. i can only imagine going to a sacrament meeting with some good singing.
i don't know what to say. i said it all while talking to you. seriously. i ran out of things to say ha ha. but i'll think of something. let's see. well even though i already told you i'll tell you what we did christmas day. church started at 10 with both branches combined. so we got up at normal time and got ready. the other elders opened their packages from their families but i was impatient and opened it last wednesday. they didn't really get anything cool. especially compared to my awesome package! ha ha.
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| Elders Laycock, Petersen & Pres. Francis Simon |
the sacrament service was really awesome. the larson's spoke with a translator. it was so good. i really really like them. i hope we can stay in touch. their talks were tear jerking. then the district president gave a really good talk. but right in his talk he said santa wasn't real. ha ha. i don't know if any kids were listening but he assured the parents not to worry. ha ha. he is a good guy. after that we thought church was over. the last we heard is that church would only be the first hour and then after that everyone would go out and visit less actives. well since that was the news we spread, most people left. everyone forced us back into the classes for the other two meetings. so there was only like 20 of us or so. ha ha oh well. after sunday school i did a quick baptism interview. for the third hour we combined and watched the 1st presidency christmas devotional. it was awesome. really really good. president monson seemed so old in it. there was a cool video in there of Christ's birth. you should look it up online. after church we were planning on going around to deliver cookies to our recent converts and some awesome members. our ride ditched us so we asked the kk1 branch pres. he was leaving town right after church so he couldn't. we asked the kk2 branch pres and he said...also can. ha ha.
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| Christmas Trees? |
so we went around and delivered all of the cookies me and laycock made along with a few pictures of us. it was a hit. we also caroled two songs at every house in malay. awesome success. we were able to hit 22 houses. president chuah was a miracle. it was a great christmas. then we went home and played that card game you sent me after planning. perfect day. :)
oh yeah so those pictures are from the christmas party. the four of us were decorated as christmas trees. it was a competition. it was pretty funny actually. the members got really into it but there's only so much you can do so we basically all looked the same. the christmas party was really fun. it was on friday night. there were a ton of less actives there and actually we got a lot of investigators there. let's see. seriously my package was awesome. easy cheese is awesome. the two games are great. the candy is all good, no lame tacky business. the yo yo goes up and down. jaynannes letter topped it all off. sweet.
yesterday the ap's came and today they gave us a quick training. president and the aps are hiking to the top of mount kinabalu tomorrow with the district president from kl. i'm jealous. today we went to the beach for elder hawkins' and sister wong's last p day. it was a lot of fun.
oh yeah so it looks like april 5th is the day although i think it will be the 4th. i'll let you know once i get flight plans...maybe. me tovar and williams are extending and going home together. thurman chose not to for some reason. it should be a blast to go home with those guys. oh yeah but i will totally miss general conference. it is that first week of april so i'll be here in malaysia. here they play it a week late so that first week will just be fast sunday. then when i get home it will just be fast sunday again. ha ha. i'll just watch it on the internet.
it's sweet that you finally got a pingpong table. i can't wait to try it out. i can't believe spencer has an iphone. i've just been thinking about that for the last two days. i want one!! what price range are we talking? how big is the memory? i've got a bunch more questions.
well dad you said I'll never quite comprehend the blessings my mission has been to the family. i hope so. i remember in sandakan i was teaching somebody. i said i know my family is blessed because i am out here serving the Lord. then i thought to myself is that really true? so the next p day i asked you. i can't find the email but you said yes of course it's true and you told me a few evidences of it.
just yesterday in district meeting we were talking about the blessings that missions bring and elder larson said "you guys can talk about this but you don't really know what you're saying and you won't know until many years later when you reflect back over the years." well maybe i can't see it but i do have faith and hope that i will. actually i already feel like i've seen tons of changes and blessing so i'm excited to just see even more later. i really love you guys and i hope that things are going good back home. i always pray for you. mom dad thank you for your patience and teachings over the years. you guys are awesome. without a doubt i've got the best family anyone could ask for.
i hope you have a good week. i'll let you know what happens next week. hawkins is dying but new missionaries don't come for another week so most likely me laycock and bradley will just be a threesome for a week. i love you. don't have too much fun over christmas. jumpa lagi
elder petersen
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