Well hey there y'all!

        So this week went by really fast for me cause my week went as follows:


Monday: P-day till 5:30, Dinner, Teaching, plan, sleep.


Tuesday: Zone Huddle, Exchange with Elder Sudbury for the rest of the day and until 4pm then next day. (an Exchange is when you go to another missionaries area or they come to your area and you work with them for a day)


Wednesday Get home at 4pm and tract, Dinner, a member came out with each of us to teach. plan, sleep


Thursday: weekly planning until 12:30 then i went on another Exchange with Elder Lolesio till 2 pm the next day.


Friday: get home at 2 pm and go teach a lesson, then go eat dinner,  then go and teach back to back lessons to 2 different Baptismal dates,  Go out to Venus Texas and  teach an over age Child, get back plan, Sleep.


Saturday:  Have a BAPTISM at noon, then an interview for another date at 1:30, eat lunch, go tract, teach another lesson,  dinner with some members, Went and visited some LA's and had a grand ole time, Plan , Sleep


Sunday go to our first meeting block of church, then drive to Ft worth to hear Elder D. Todd Christopherson talk to the whole mission,  Get back eat dinner,  Go have FHE with a Baptismal date and her family.  

So as you can see a pretty busy week i had a good time this week we also had a guy who has been coming to church for 7 years come up and tell us he wants to get baptized this weekend.  its insane how the lord blesses you.  Elder Christopherson's talk was really good he told that we are here cause the lord put us here.  Also he took questions from us.  He is a really good speaker and he is and apostle so it was pretty cool.  The work here is moving forward and i love it here in Texas even tho i have been thrown around a little bit.  Well y'all are awesome keep being you!

Love y'all
Elder Walker

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Mansfield TX!!

Hi!!!
      Well this week was a good one.  I transferred all safe and sound and am liking my new place.  So in Mansfield i cover two wards and there is actually some work going on here!!!  Its awesome!  So we have two dates one for this Saturday with a girl named Paisley.  She is pretty cool and is excited to get baptized.  She is 17 and has a desire to have the gospel in her life.  The other Date is with a girl named Serenity.  Her mom is a LA and she is coming back to church and wants her 12 yr old daughter to get baptized so her date is for the 27th of November.  So its exciting to have work going on.  We have a few more potentials for baptism and there names are Mickey Buck and his brother Arthur,  a kid named Jaylen, i like Jaylen  he is a really cool black kid who has a lot of friends in the ward ,his mom is the only thing holding him back from the truth.  There are some more part member families and people who like the missionaries and this ward gives us referrals so we have a lot more potential here.  Nothing to exciting has happened this week tho as far as other stuff.  There are a lot of people here who went to BYU-I tho so they know about Rexburg which is pretty cool.  Well y'all thats all i have for this week so bye!

Love y'all
Elder Walker

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Transferred again!

Hey Y'all!

    Well this Transfer came and went already.  So on saturday i found out i was leaving again to another area with another companion.  My comps name is Elder Walgamont.  Elder Johnson served with him at the beginning of his mission and he is from Boise.  I am going to the Mansfield 1 and 2 wards.  My new address is:  2512 woodbridge tr.-  Mansfield Tx -76063.  This week wa an okay week we didnt have many exchanges so we didnt have a ton of lessons.  The daylight savings time switch was awesome tho i was really glad when i woke up at 7:30 on elder Johnson's alarm clock.  Because it was actually 6:30!!!   That hour of sleep was awesome.  Also we had stake Conference this week and it was a good one our Stake Pres is a convert and he has an awesome testimony and it was a really good conference.  Today we get to play some football with another Zone!  I'm really excited.  I havent played that much football out here.  I really miss the pads and just being able to throw your self at someone.  I really am gonna miss this place and all the people i have met here i will probably come back to this area after my mission sometime.  Well thats about all i gotta say this week.  Sorry its so short i'll tell ya all about my new place next week. 

Love all y'all

Elder Walker!

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November 1 2010

Hey everyone     

Well this week was pretty good we had a lot of fun with the Zone and with the Ward.  Thursday we had a Zone Huddle and i got to see Elder Spear who is like my favorite Companion ever.  I love that kid.  Friday the Ward had its first ward party in like 2 years that was just for our ward and there were non-members there so it was good and then on saturday, cause you know the whole keep the sabath day holy thing, we had a tri ward trunk or treat and we had like7-8 non-members to that one and best of all one of the ladies who came to it has a great need for the Gospel in her life.  Her name is Adrianna and she is a 40 year old mom with 4 kids all under the age of 12.  She lost her husband about 2 years ago and she has a 1and a half year old baby from him.  She found out like a month after he died that she wa prego.  She is awesome tho and will get baptized.  I dont know if she will get baptized while i am here or not but i hope so cause transfersw are in a week and a half and if tradition stays then i wont be staying but thats okay as long as she gets Baptized!  Anyways that was basically my week i love being a missionary!!

Love y'all

Elder Walker

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Hola

Well texas is great and i can send more than one emial now so write me some letters!!!!

Its coolin down over here as well and t feels good i mena this weekend was really wet we got soaked on Saturday.  Me and Elder Johnson are havin a really fun time here in Fossil Ridge. Hey you guys well i'm runnin low on time but i love ya!

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Hello My Family!

Well howdy y'all!

      This week was a good one we got a lot of work done and we had a lot of fun doin it.  Saturday we went and did service and moved like a whole tree it was pretty awesome.  Also i think i attached the video to my e-mail so i have proof that it really did happen and i can do it again!  Something cool that happened thi sunday is that at church there was a girl who i tracted into who came to church with one of her member friends.  Like i talked to her about 5 weeks ago and she said she was going to go to church and the reason it is so cool is that she actually did come!!  Her name is Samantha and she is a little different but she seemed really smart and like she wanted to learn.  So good things are happening in a Fossil Ridge.  As a Zone we get up almost every morning and go and play ball as a Zone so i am getting a liitle bit back i am also working on getting the ball down with two hands and just slammin it home.  Also this past week we made some pretty good ice cream i do say so myself they were Strawberry-Peach, and custard and triple chocolate chunk, and we tried cookie dough but it didnt work too well.  I love making ice cream now its soooooo good.  Other than that not much has happened this week.  

BRETT, i got your letter and i'm writting you back right now so yeah and there is the video for ya!  JEREMY, The zone conference was strange simply for the fact that he told us we could be perfect and he kinda confused a couple of us with other things that he said i was confused so thats why it was weird.  MISTY, hey sis your idea for conference was brilliant i think.  You r kids seemed to get something out of it if they wrote something that they all talked about.  Why does school stress you out??  Your not even in school? Ha hope you have fun at jakes B-day party tell them all i say hello!  love ya sis!  MIKE,  I know man i love it when people you teach get baptized, it means more, to me anyways.  Well mikey I thinkn you'll like the video cause i like it a lot!  MOM& DAD  Love you two Keep being awesome!!!!!!!

Love Y'all

ELDER WALKER

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Lovin Life!

Hey Y'all!!

       Well this week has been a real good one!  Last Monday/uesday we set a Baptismal Date for Halloween with an investigator named Matt Gutierrez he is really solid and is engaged to a member and is basically super solid.  Also the other reason i am so happy is that i just got a letter from some Recent Converts, the Ayers i baptized them in killeen about 9 months ago.  When i was there the mom and daughter got baptized and in the letter they told me that Dave the husband of the family is going to be baptized on this saturday!!!!!!!!!!!  i was so stoked when i read that its so cool to see/hear about hings like that!  Thats the main reason i am lovin life so much right now and that the area is oing great and me and my comp are tight!  Anohter cool thing that happened this week was that on saturday we were going to do some service of texturing a wall and there were a ton of garage sells going on and i at one of these i found and ice cream maker for 1dollar and i also bought a ping pong table for 15 bucks and it is really nice and it doubles as a study desk and its a lot of fun to play on p-days.  Also the reason i am emailing on a tuesday is that we had a Zone conference this monday and a seventy came and spoke to us (Elder Snow).  it was a good conference kinda strange but good.  Anyways so my week was pretty fun i had a good time this week!  

DAD, I did recieve that bottle of stuff but i would like some more Emv please? Thanks!  I do get the college football updates here from one member who is really cool.  We talk every sunday about it and its really cool how texans love there football.  Thats great to hear about your business growing i hope it continues to grow.  So have you had a chnace to get any of that highlight film made?? you could put the video i put on here on there!  Ha well love you dad.  JILL/Jeremy,  you sound really good and like your havin a good time over there in DC  there are some people here who are from that area and they like it a lot too.  It sounds like y'alls trip up to New York was really fun and it sounds like you were really tired from it all.  Ha, your class sounds like it is really good too and that people really like it.  Anyways i really dont want/ need anything for christmas this year from y'all but what i want from mom and dad is a pair of strength training shoes so i can up  my vertical.  if you want to you could send me some Gift cards to places to eat.  Love you two!  MIKE man you sound like a busy person and like your very trusted and that you should be cause your awesome your gonna be AP in no time, haha i wont wish it on you.  your awesome mike keep goin! JEN I WILL WRITE YOU A LETTER.    BRETT hey man i am trying to send it to ya i will see what i can do but its not working right now i will try something else. Okay brett well i'll send via a member so dont worry it will be ther next week!

Love Y'all

Elder Walker

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Conference!

Hey y'all well this week was really good we have had a lot of fun and talked to some cool people.  Elder Johnson is awesome and our apartment is really cool too.  Conference was awesome and we watched it with members twice which i think is good cause that means that the members really like ya if they let ya stay at there house for 2 solid hours.  My favorite talk from conference was probably President Uchtdorf's talk in conference cause he was funny but it was really good.  Priesthood was probably my favorite session over all.  I was thinking how a year ago i was brand new in the mission and how different conference was then and even how different it is now and how i feel like i know what the speaker is talking about when he uses the Scripts and i can for the most part do chapter and verse and it makes a big difference i think cause i love knowing whats going on and i can think about it more in depth then before.  

Other than conference we should be setting a couple of dates this week with some really cool people and having a blast being a missionary.  I love being a missionary even tho its hard and challengeing its awesome and i know my missionary friends can attest to that and i'm happy to be serving the lord and trying to bring souls unto Christ.  Anyways Pord man i love you keep up the work in brazil and when you write me i'll hit you back i promise.  Brett man i will video it and send it to you on a sd card or a flash drive cause i can do it!   Anyways i'm excited for your letter.  Sean i sent you a letter i think if not i will write one today. BTW send me that video i can watch home video's on my mission is what i've been told so yeah.  Brooke you sound way good.  I hope that you have fun with mi madre she is a blast and if they buy that house i'm never leaving home.  haha JK i will be going to school down in SLCC and will probably have to move out of my parents house for that.  Thats funny that your Bro was rabbit hunting he is just getting started early.  Mom i will get more info on the GERD tomorrow cause i have an appointment tomorrow so i will  tell ya next week.  other than that not much has happened.  

 

Love y'all

 Elder Walker!!

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New Apartment, Same Area!

Hey Y'all!

    Alright well as the subject says i am staying in Fossil Ridge but moving apartments to live in my area.  I am still keeping the trend tho of getting a new comp every transfer and this transfer i am getting a missionary named Elder Johnson.  I think i know him and he is from California just like Elder Rindlisbacher. Not much happened this week as far as missionary service goes but i did DUNK it Last wednesday on a legit hoop!!!!  I was so excited and my comp is a witness so it follows the Law of Witnesses in the bible and the BoM!  Whoo hoo!  Ha sorry still i a little bit excited about it.  Also this week i got a scope of my throat cause my chest was hurting an the said that i have something called Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease but everything is going good i am still lovin life and havin a good time down here in Texas!  

MY new Address is: 3420 pebble beach way #3077, Fort Worth, TX 76137!  I will still get any mail sent to this address cause i'm moving down the street basically.  Anyways lets answer some questions: Dillon, I HAVE NOT WRITTEN HER ONE TIME MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! Also i would go with the Back pack for bike areas cause the shoulder bag kinda hurts your back, i found one so i know the difference.  thanks for the letter bro i kinda am upset at him too just so ya know.  DAD,  Okay well this week was like i said kinda lame for missionary work like our most prospective investigator and his girlfriend broke up so we havent been able to meet with him recently.  other than that missionary work was the same talked to about 150 people this week just lke normal and i avtually like knocking on doors so its all good.  My EmV is still going good and i spent 30-40 bucks on the doctor so thats where it went FYI.  aslo i love you dad thanks so much for everything! JILL, hey jill thanks fro the letter and everything i hope your flight goes good and everything and hope that you have fun up there with those soldiers.  BROOKE, hey well li am glad that you got my letters and that they brightened up your day and everything! I cant wait to go to college and learn junk and be around people. Ha sorry had a trunky moment there.  Also i just sent that application to you just so ya know cause its really funny i think.  ha well cant wait for your letter love ya brooke!  MOM, hey mom well i got your letter and am glad that you got to SLC safely.  Mom you should talk to sean and have him move it to the middle of July i mmight be able to be home for that so try and talk him into that for me haha.  So i'm glad that you liked The womwns conference thingy i heard it was really good and i'm excited for GC i love it on the mission its so awesome the talks are so bomb and i only have 1 more after this.I'm glad that wilson is actually doing good are they still running that stupid offence that limits everyones effectiveness??  I promise you mom that sometime in the near future you will be getting a letter from me.  AUNT HELEN, hey aunt helen thanks for the update on Dave!  he souds like hes doing great.  Also thank you for the email!  SEAN, hey sean well i will wriite a letter next wek to your e-mail okay?  BRETT, hey what is the members name who knows my DAD and MOM??? YOU should write me a letter!  Mike hey man well i wrote you a letter today and i'm sending it to ya tomorrow so yeah!!  Jeremy thanks for the email.  The names are Irreantum Rammeumtum Desseretand i forget the other one sorry!

 

Love Y'all

ELDER WALKER

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Transfers next week!

Hey y'all!!

   Okay well this week was pretty cool last wednesday we went and played basketball with an investigator who will get baptized in about 3 weeks and it was way fun.  It was okay basketball it was a short court and we had a blast just runnin up and down.  I like being a little bit bigger than i used to be i can throw my weight around more and get to the hole easier.  It could be the competition isnt as good but its still fun.  Other than that transfer calls are on saturday so with the new schedule i will be able to tell you about the transfer before it happens.  Also yesterday i got to confirm a girl we just baptized which was cool.  Other than that not much has happened here in Texas.  Sorry its kinda lame but i will write more next week.  So onto y'all's questions/ comments: Dillon,  well dill i dont know what to tell ya about the mission cause here i just bought stuff when i needed it.  you dont really need a ton of junk just the basics and when you get to the field you can but all that stuff so you dont have to worry about weight on a flight.  To your other questions i will write ya a letter next week cause i dont have time today but i will next week.  

Jocey, well my address is 1331 airport fwy #305 Euless, Tx 76040 SO you can forward that to pord also thanks for your letter.  Jeremy, you were correct in your answer and i am impressed, do you know what the other three reformed Egyptian words are in the BOM??  Dad, its okay that you didnt write i understand about the whole being busy thing and i am glad that you at least sent me one.  It sounds like the funeral was a good one, well as good as it can be.  Did you use that scripture in Jarom cause i told you about it or did you find it on your own??  How was you trip to Milwaukee?  I hear that you fell down a couple times?  haha its okay dad your still my hero.  T-bear i love too, No homo.  Mom,  So mom thanks for the scores and the updates on that kind of stuff.  Also i am actually gonna write ya a letter today so i will tell ya more in that letter.  Brooke,  Hey thanks for the e-mail i always love it when i hear from you.  Also i am excited to hear back from you and its okay if you claim me brooke cause i claim you!!  Haha well i LOVE you!  Mike man i am in the process of writing you back so i will tell ya some cool things that i do that help people understand things! 

Love you guys!!!!

Elder Kevin Walker

 

PS the answer is Many Waters....The next question is what are the other reformed Egyptian words are in the BOM???

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Virginia Bound!!!

Hey y'all!!

    Wow Dillon thats awesome dude i'm so pround of you and want you too know that it wont be easy but it will be worth it.  You will see lives change and people change all for the message that you bring them.  I know that you will be an awesome missionary and we will stay in touch so dont worry about that.  Brett man thats tight i hope i can dunk when i go home i plan on being able to.  I am workin on it a lot so i can catch your oops, when we ball together.  Sean man thats insane!!! Your football team sounds legit haha.  Anyways the other thing is pretty crazy as well i cant believe it actually.  I'm writing you a letter right now so i'll talk about it in ther a lot more.  So your going to teach but not really or what that was a confusing thing you said.  Have you gone and talked to me madre about all this stuff in your life lately?  She probably would like hear about that.  i'll send more of my comments in said letter okay?!  Jeremy, hey thanks for the E-mail.  we did visit some people and do area book work and all that Jazz and we got soaked to the bone it was fun.  That talks on sunday were actually really good this sunday its funny that you asked.  They were really good. Pord, thanks for the response man i am glad that you can email that would really suck if you couldn't.  anyways i hope you send me a letter soon i would love to read it.  Misty, hey sis well thanks for the e-mail and it was really funny looking with abe's fingerprintsd all over it like the caps and miss spelled words and jazz it was prety funny.  Dad doesnt like water so i am impressed that he actually went swimming.  haha. Mom,  okay well p-days run about the same everywhere we either have a p-day activity which can range from sports to fencing or anything , or we e-mail and shop.  Which evey one we do first we do the other after it.  Its pretty much the same thing everywhere so i thought i told you before thats why i havent answered that question lately.   Thats really sad i am sorry about that for them all i can say is read Jarom 1:2-3 (I think)  The part i like to focus on is that Jarom said that he could have written things but he didnt cause his fathers had given us the Plan of Salvation and we need nothing else its really cool.  I'm glad that you keep tabs on my friends cause some of them dont write me often, none of them that you talked about in  your email of course but some of them.  Mom i'm sorry to break it to ya but you and Dad are kind of old sorry but it had to be said.  haha on the other hand tho you guys dont look to old ha .  What did the Bank send you cause i have only bought a gift for trenton and Macall's Wedding with my home card so i dont know what it could've said so you might want to check it out. They only thing that happened since thursday is that we baptized cameron and Caleb so its been a good week in the mission. 

Love y'all

Elder Walker

 

Trivia(for anyone who wants to try and answer): What does "Irreantum" mean?? Its in the Book of Mormon. 

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Rain anyone?

Well hello everyone,

      So this week has been very very Rainy.  We had a tropical storm pass right over us and it rained for like 13-15 hours straight.  There was water everywhere and roads were even closed and some schools got out early cause of flooding.  It was crazy not much work to be done for bike missionaries when its pouring rain all day.  Its supposed to get hot again today and next week too so not to excited about that but still happy that the rain is gone.  Also we are moving our P-day to Monday so i will write another letter on Monday telling you everything that happened Friday Saturday and Sunday.  So just to make it clear my p-day will now be the same time as everyone Else's in the world, on Monday's.  

Oh yeah, Caleb passed his Baptismal interview and is going to be baptized this sunday!! Yeah happy day.  Thats about all that happened this week because of the rain.  Oh i almost for got this one, There is a member in the ward who is teaching me how to knit!  I think its awesome cause i could knit my own stuff and everything if i learn good enough.  okay thats all for reals.  

Mike,  My address is 1331 airport fwy #305 euless TX, 76040. I'm excited for your letter.  Elder Miya, man well my plan is to go home and play ball for someone, probably SLCC.  I dont know past that, i have gained weight tho like i'm at 165 legit now i have decided that i want to ge bigger so i am taking protein and working out hard in the mornings, its worked so far.  last time i played ball i almost got an oop from another missionary in a game it was so close.  I am excited to play ball for real tho only got 1 more year.  Dad, i dont know who to send it too who do you think would like it i mean why not try all the utah schools and maybe Boise state?  I dont know tho, anyone who you think it would matter too.  I do care about your garden dad just not right now cause i'm in texas and cant eat anything out of it.  Do you think Shelley will take 4A state this year?  Is sugar just pitiful this year or is it just the coaching change throwing them off?  Thanks for all the follow up on stuff dad.  Brooke i did get your package and i sent ya a letter too that address so hopefully it gets there.  Someone better tell me when Dillon opens his call.  Good luck with class and track i have another letter in the mail for ya. Dillon,  hey man you arent horrible you have a lot to think about right now.  I'm just glad that you are going out there and trying it out.   Mom i am dry but only because i was inside the other day or else i would be soaked and not liking it.  Thats really funny about the Squirrel thing haha it makes me laugh real hard.  That is crazy about sean wanting to be a teacher ha kinda Ironic if ya ask me.  Sundat dinners should be lots of fun and lots of family.  I love ya mom!

Love all y'all

Elder Walker!

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Teen Drinkin is very bad...

Hello y'all

    So this week was one of funny experiences.  Saturday night at 2 o'clock in the morning we were awakened by a pounding at our door,  We both were like what is going on.  So we went into the living room and looked out the peep hole and there was this girl at our door crying her eyes out and she was freaking out like having a panic attack and just not having a good time.  We were kind of cautious about opening the door cause we didnt want some guy to be around the corner waiting to beat us up or something.  So we waited for a little bit and then we opened it up and she was like i saw jesus on your door and i need help.  We could totally smell a ton of Alcohol on her breath and we asked her what was wrong and she told us something then said that her sister lived here and was #731 and we are 831 so she thought that she was below us but the buildings aren't like that they are just the 8 hundred building so it was weird then some ladies came and asked us if there was a heavily intoxicated girl up there and we said yes and they she went with them.  That was my crazy experience this week.  Ha pretty funny huh. that's why i said that teen drinking is very bad.  

Oh yeah i dont remember if a i told y'all or not but we have a date for the 12th of September for a baptism.  Its nice to set some dates again and see the work move forward.  Okay now on too you.  Dillon its okay that you never write me anymore we can still be friends and I'll write you on your mission. Did you ever get my letter??  I hope it helped ya out.  your awesome dude where do you want to go??  Pord man thats great that your finally out of the MTC make the work go forward and be awesome just like you are buddy.  Your probably going to baptize like crazy down there!  Misty thanks for the E-mail,  Your guys sound awesome!  Tell aliyah that she will have to teach me the guitar when i come home cause i want to learn it really bad.  Also i'm jealous of the cool weather.  Mike man did you get my letter?  I sent it to ya last week so i hope you got it.  I think i answered your question in that letter but i'm not sure so anyways i love ya man.   

Mom thanks for the Package  i loved it i am actually wearing one of the shirts that you sent me right now.  I love everything in there.  I'm trying to stay focused and everything and be as good as i can be.  I have heared a lot about Glenn Beck this week so far.  Some people think that he is good and others not so much.  anyways what can ya do right people are so weird.  How come dad said no to coaching? i thought he would have loved to do that he would have made sugar really good i think.  Again mom thanks for the package and everything. Love ya mom!  Dad i did get my Emv and i love it still.  I'm glad that Jen likes it now too.  Its good to know how much longer you have left we have a bout hte same amount of time left.  Thats weird that your retiring tho.  Would i still get half tuiton paid for if i went to a church school, even tho you are retired?  Just a question i was thinking about, not to seriously but tossing around.  Also did you ever get that Highlight film made??  I love you dad!   Jill and Jeremy thats awesome about your meetings and your baby and your raise and all of that stuff i'm so happy for you i love y'all and i will write more in a letter or next week.

Love y'all

Elder Walker

P.S. Jeremy it says in 1 nephi somewhere that ishmael had 2 sons!

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A long long time ago...Well one year.

Hey Y'all!

    Well what a week its been, We are going to set a baptismal date tonight with some overage kids which is really cool!  This week has gone by super fast, well to be honest this year has gone by super fast.  There have been some slow days and some days that i wonder where they went.  All in all i am relatively happy with my first year as a missionary the sad thing is that i hear the second one goes by even faster.  So this week we went on an exchange and i went to a different area and i ate dinner with Steve Danielson's sister!!  Dad do remember Steve?  His sister told me that he worked At BYU-Idaho and that he opened up a pineapple Grill in rexburg so i knew who he was it was really weird.  It just goes to show ya how small the world really is!  I have come to a conclusion that the world is even smaller if your a Mormon cause its almost guaranteed that you know somebody whose knows the same person, Its really weird.  

Well more about my new area, umm its in the Hurst stake in Texas and we have almost the smallest area in the mission, its kinda ghetto but not really like there are poor people but not like killeen or fort worth.  Elder Rindlisbacher is from Fresno and he actually went to school up in Idaho in 2007or 08 and he stayed there for one fall term.  He is older than me in real life but he has been out on his mission for 3months less than me.  He is a really funny guy he reminds me a lot of pord, Not in stature but in personality.  So this is gonna be a great 6 weeks cause he has been here for 2 transfers already so i think that he will be gone after this one.  Thats just my thoughts so dont quote me on it.  

Anyways Mike umm well i have been in 5 areas and 4 zones and have had 9 companions.  Its a lot of companions/areas/ Zones!  Well Estes sounds like a ballin place man, And being a Spaniard would be awesome i am jealous of you/ and i cant wait for your letter i have a letter but no stamps/ money to buy stamps so you will get a letter next week as well!  Misty thanks for the letter and i bet your glad to be two kids lighter for about half the day for the next 9 and a half months roughly.  I'm glad Jayce reminds you of me that means that i was good lookin at a young age as well as now, haha.  Love ya misty!  Dad hey dad thanks for the e-mail and all the updates and stuff i'm jealous of the tandem riding cause you guys get to help each other pedal i have to do it all by my lonesome.  Your texan sounds really good dad haha you could pull it off, maybe we'll see.  I have a favor to ask of you; Will you put some more money in my account sorry i am trying to spend less i really am and i think i am spending less.  Anyways thanks dad.  Mom,  it is weird that i have been gone for that long it feels like such a short time ago.  I still remember Olive Garden and how fast the drop off was.  I'm glad i'm here tho i'm also glad that my friends are doing great how about pord do you hear much from him from anyone??  I havent gotten my package yet i might get it today.  thanks mom so much.  Jax hey i couldnt see whatever it was that you sent me sorry i tried but it wouldnt come up.  Jen I told ya that Killeen was the best place ever ha.  I probably talked to that guy while he was down there we saw them all over the place down there.  I bet mom and Dad would never tell ya to go away, no matter how distoyed there house gets ha.  Well y'all i love you guys so much thanks for all that you do!!

Te Amo Mucho!!

Elder Walker

 

P.S. Brooke I Need you Address Cause i have something i need to send ya! Love you! 

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Hello Everyone

Hola!

   Well everyone i got transfered again.  I'm now in Fossil Ridge and my address is 6960 N. beach Street # 831 Ft worth, Tx and i'm not sure of the Zip so you'l just have to guess 76137 sounds right but you might want to check with the post office.  Well my companion is Elder Rindlisbacher and he is from Fresno Cailifornia.  He has been here for 2 transfers already so i'm porbably gonna get another companion this transfer.  Well thats about th extent of big thing that happened this week except that people who i konw are already going home its so weird seeing them leave.  Other that that my week have been pretty normal.  

So on too y'all.  Pord man i wish i could have opened your letter thing but it didnt work i tried but i couldn't get it open i will try again next week tho and i hope that you thought that card was super funny cause i did too.  Mike man i have a letter already written here for ya i just need to buy a stamp sorry i am so lame sauce but thats crazy that you were in yellowstone at least thats what i think you said.  Well i will find  a stamp today I promise.  Brett i will write you today i am doing a new system that i write friends one week and fmaily another just switch off and this week is friends so u will probably get a letter.  Sean i will wrtie you more than one sentence this e-mail i pormise. Well there ya go two sentences.  Mom thanks for the e-mail i konw its not easy to do up in Waterton i'm guessing thats where you are anyways.  Well mom i gave ya my address if you haven sent that package already to the office then thats where you can send it.  Jill & Jeremy thanks you for the e-amil this week and those pics of my next niece!!  I was wrong but thats okay i'm pretty much used to girls ha.  Its so good to hear that she is doing perfect!  I hope being pregnant is all you hoped it would be.  I'm runnin short on time this week y'all but i love you guys so much! 

Love Y'all

Elder Walker

Sean i'm just kidding man i will send ya a letter also cause i have a lot of time this day to write so i was just playin a joke with tho whole 2 senteces thing but i sent you a letter and you never wrote me back so i dont feel to bad. Love ya bro and i  would love to play some football with ya!!

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August 12

Hola Y'all!

   Well this week has been adventurous, kind of anyways.  So the thing that sticks out in my mind mostly this week is bike problems.  Monday, We were at Walmart buying some spare tubes and when we walk out to leave Elder Wallis notices that he has a flat tire so we have to fix it right there at Wal-Mart and we don't have a pump so we have to ask to use one of there pumps.  Tuesday, we riding along and about a 5 miles from home i get a flat tire, luckily there were some members who lived only lie .5 miles away so we walker or bikes over there and they gave us a ride home so i could patch my tire.  So at home i patch my tire but as i'm pumping it up something happens and it Explodes like seriously blows like a 5inch hole in my brand new tube.  So i had to put another tube on there.  Wednesday,  We had a good morning but after luch we just start riding and elder wallis' bike gear shattered so the only gear that worked on it was 6. The bad thing about this is his bike is like brand new so we had to take it back to Super target and the we went to Wal-mart again and bought a new bike. it was crazy!  Today is running smooth tho were doing good.  So that has been my week so far.  

Also i find out if i get transfered or not this Saturday so Dad just hold back on the Emv till next thursday when you find out where i'm going.  Bart is going to be baptized next Saturday tho so ooi am happy seeing the fruits of your labor is nice.  Well anyways on to y'all  Dillon man thanks so much for the e-mail it didnt say much but still appreiciated.  How Chris doin?? Do y'all talk a lot or not too much?  How about Colt do you ever see him?  just a couple of questions that you can answer next week.  Mike,  Man thats Funny/Gross people are so weird.  I havent quite hit it yet man i got about 2 weeks till i hit it its on the 26th.  Its crazy how fast time has gone by, you'll be here soon enough man.  Thats way awesome i've never done that, praying at a Community Gathering thats cool.  Maybe you should learn some Japanese next so you can talk to the Japanese kids.  Haha well man i'm excited for your letter.  Pord thanks for the short little leter man did youget my cool card that i sent you yet?? Its awesome just so ya know.  Brooke, well sorry you havent gotten a letter and all those questions have been answered twice you just need to go and ask the people living there if they have any mail for you cause they are dang good letters but anyways my address is:(1331 airport Fwy #305 Euless TX, 76040)  So why are you moving so much??  Where did you get a job?  Also I Love you!!

Dad, Yes it is scorching down here haha. The work is going slow but going!  Its good to hear that the little ones help you pick/eat those raspberries.  Its too hot here for anything to grow right now and ist starting to get a little brown in Texas.  I'm jealous of all the fun oyour having w/ you grandkids haha keep enjoying it.  the projector ahould be fun.  well like i said up there you can holdoff the Emv foe another week well love ya dad.  Jen,  awesome i'm glad you got that letter i was worried that you didnt get it.  Tell walker hi and that i love him haha.  Mom, It is weird but i still have a year left to make a difference right? Tell sean and Chris i say hi and tell sean to write me back!  Ha love you mom.  Jill hey Sis well i'm glad i can put a smile on your face from a 1000 miles away!  I'll answer that question in a letter.  Transfer calls are this week.  I like the outline a lot especially the part about maesurable/ tracable goal cause this ward has a missionary plan and its not tracable so its kinda pointless.  i think that is looks really good personally i just skimmed it but i like it.  Anywasy you should totally try and see me when you fly to fort worht that would be so awesome!!!! Ha well i will keep jeremy and you in my prayers okay? Alright well thanks again for the letters you guys all rock (except those of you who didn't write me)

 

Love Y'all

Elder Walker

 

Ps nobody ever answered this question: How many sons did Ishmael,in the BOM, have?

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I didn't Crash!

Hello everybody!

   Well August is here already! Where did July go?  All well keep on keepin on, right?  Well as the title reads ia am safe this week so far and didnt crash on my bike! Yeah  i'm happy about that!  Also this week was President Sagers first Zone Conference, and it was really good.  We talked about the Atonement pretty much the whole time, so it was awesome.  He is really smart and knows a lot about stuff.  We also watched something called the District 2.  It was about some missionaries in San Diego, and John Hepworth was on it and it was so trippy i didnt know what to think.  I guess that they were trained or something in a specific way and they are gonna start teaching us off that.  It was really cool.  Also at this Zone Conference we got new phones and they are pretty cool actually they aren't really that cool but really cool for a missionary.  So the ZC was a success and i liked iot a lot.  

On a different note not so spirtitual, last week we had a really cool P-Day activity, we fenced!  I know what your thinking but it was way fun and we had a tourney and i Won!  Which was even cooler.  I'm probably going to take it in College.  Its a lot of Defensive Slides so it felt really natural.  That was way fun.  Also Dad i was just wondering if i could get some more Emv  before Transfers which happen in about 2 weeks. So if possible thanks.  Back to being spiritual we had two really good lessons this week with new gators and they both will be at church this week!  Their names are Harold and Lorelei.  They really are great people and they both love the Missionaries!  So this might be premature but i think that they will get Baptized before October. anyways that was my week and i'm sure there is more but i cant think of any so on to you guys.  

Elder Dayley man thanks for the E-mail your so consistant i love it i know i will always get a letter from you buit my Add is 1331 airport fwy # 305 Euless TX 76040  So i will write you today and you can write me monday sound good?  That Verse is funny man the Bible is so weird i cant understand it half the time.  Thats why i love the BOM & you!  haha peace out mike. amor buddy! Misty hey, thanks for the E-mail 2 in a row way to go!  I bet gracies violin was awesome haha thats so funny but i hope that she sticks with it cause it is an awesome talent.  I hope that you get to sleep in cause you need it you sound exhausted... How was the run?? Anyways g2g misty love ya.  Brooklyn, hey beautiful!  Well i thought i sent you a letter but maybe the wrong address i mean you've only had 3 so which one is it for sure?  I will write you a letter today as well and i will answer all questions.  I love you too!  And i'm not scared of my sisters.  Well kind of.   Dad Thanks for the E-mail!  You guys sound like your havin a grand old time in the Burg.  Jen+Walker+Miyah+you guys= Fun ha just a little bit of math havent done any in a while so i thought i'd see if i could still do it.  You do sound like your complaining tho, ha you should make jen and Walker help they would love to help you!  I hope my friends dont disown you guys now that me and pord are gone.  President is a really good guy too so you can know that i am safe!  Jill hey thanks for the update and thanks for all the info and my guess will have to be a boy cause he will be born in Jan and thats the time when boys are born in our family.  haha.  well sis love ya so much thansk and good luck.  Jen and c&o well guys i love you and did you ever get my letter?? ifn ot i will write another one but i am in kinda a hurry so i g2g i love you and thanks for the E_mail again jen love ya. 

 

Love Y'all,

Elder Walker

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I love being a missionary

Hola mi Familia/amigos!

      So this week has been a blast!  We moved up Bart's date to the 14th and had our first interviews with President Sagers and i wrecked again on my Bike!! So those are the main stories from this week we met with Bart last Friday and we talked too him and he was fine moving up the date and he was excited about it.  President Sagers is awesome and so is his wife.  She actually grew up in St. Anthony and knows coach Miller and his brother.  Also she knows where fun farm bridge is and thinks that i am crazy for jumping off of it.  So we connect cause of that.  Also Yesterday exactly a week from the last accident i ate it while coming home for dinner again.  This one tho is a little bit more explainable, I was going around a corner and my front tire slipped out from under me and i skidded my hand on the ground and cut i up on both sides.  It was awesome and of course Elder Wallis was laughing again it was kind of delayed but he still laughed.  Oh yeah, before that tho while we were tracting we talked to this one lady and her son and she was all like i know your wrong your adding to the scriptures and blah blah blah and i just said well ma'am just read it and she said No but her son said sure i'll read it so we gave it too him and left on a good note.  We decided that she was probably gonna kill him for it but he did the right thing. So that was my week it was pretty fun and kinda painful but still fun.  

Brett man i hope that you get too stay so you can see those baptisms that would be awesome.  Pord man i love you to keep working there is a card for you in the mail. Mom, thanks for the e-mail and the updates and everything i think that you guys had some fun in St, George.  It sounds like it anyways.  It is weird that they got married its even weirder that danielle and Dustin are getting married and trenton and Macall are getting married saturday.  I love you mom and will send ya a letter.  Misty thanks for the e-mail i really love hearin from ya!  Abe sounds very brave to me, and that is funny he seems really cute i wish i had some pics of him (wink wink).  Tell aliyah and Grace i love them and have a letter for them.  Jen thanks fort he E-mail!  I havent heard from ya in a while. It was good to hear from ya.  I sent you a letter but i sent it too your address in Kentuky so bad plannin on my part but i love you Jenn.  JIll & Jeremy Thanks for the E-mails and that is really cool about that lady i'm glad the work is moving along there too but i am in a hurry and i love y'all so much.  Dad thanks for teh E-mail and its okay that you miss one week i will live i think so dont sweat it i am still kickin and thanks for the updates and stuff i'll write you a letter with moms!

Love y'all

Elder Walker

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Happy B-day Jen and Pord!

Hey y'all!

     Well this week has been really fun and exciting.  Me and Elder Wallis have been workin really hard.  A funny story,  Yesterday while we were out contacting we went to walmart cause its really hot outside and we went inside to "shop" actually we just talked to people the whole time and didin't buy anything.  The last guy we talked to tho was this LA guy who hasnt been to church in like 25-30 years and we talked with him for like 15-20 minutes just sittin there chatting, and he said thay he would try out the church in Texas cause we told him the people were really nice.  The best part of the story tho is as we were leaving the Wal-mart parking lot I was just riding my bike just goin along and out of nowhere i just filp over my bike!!  I flipped hit my head and slammed my shoulder scraped my hands up it was crazy and i didnt realize thie then but my pant got ripped :( but i am doing fine now just a little bit sore and there is a sister who is fixing my pants so i am excited about that.  Also becasue Sacrifice brings forth blessings and i sacrificed my body we set a Baptismal date with a Really awesome guy named Bart! Its set for the 21st of August but we are planning on moving it up to the 7th or the 14th!  Bart has been meeting with the missionaries for abour 6-7 months now so its pretty awesome!!  Other than those 2 things its been life as usual, oh i also went and saw the Dodges and they said that they loved you mom and they said that you cried right after they introduced themselves

Mom i think your awesome too even if you missed last week its okay.  I still Love you so dont worry, we can still be firends. haha.  Thanks for the E-mail mom i really liked this one it was a good one.  I'm glad that you are trying to be better but i would except you anyway you were so just know that.  Brett man i am not AP, yet.  haha but its gettin real hot over here too me it feels like 1000 but it was only 106 with heat index. So not as hot as where you are but still pretty hot!  How about you brett ar eyou AP yet??  Well man keep up the work baptize em all!  Elder Mike man you were in you greenie are forever!  Well to me it seems like forever acuse i have only stayed in my areas for 3months at a time so i know how ya feel tho a little bit i get attached and them BAM! Gone. It gets easier to leave everytime i promise mike you can do it keep pressing on and BAPTIZE everyone in COLORADO!  love ya man keep it up!  Hey Jocey thanmks for the E-mail and the forward tell pord my email will ya?? Thanks Joce!  Hey Jill thanks for the Email and i hope things will keep workin out i know they will cause you are so awesome!!  Love ya sis! Hey Brooke i am in the middle of a letter to ya so i'll save my comments for that.  Dillon same to you okay?!  Oh yeah Jax sorry about not putting your name in last week i totally forgot! but i will never forget again so keep the letters comin

Love Y'all!

Elder Walker

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SO HOT!!

Hey everyone!

This week has been a blast!  We have had a good time just ridin our bikes everywhere and tryin not to die in the heat!  Its really fun talking to people while your drenched in Sweat and dripping it on there front porch they feel really bad for ya and they give you a Gatorade or a Water and your lovin life because of it.  Elder Wallis is doing really good he doesn't like riding bikes but he is doing it anyways!  He knows A lot of the same people that i do from Salmon, he knows Nathan Stokes and nooner and Mark and Riley and he knows the Infangers.  So we talk about those guys all the time its fun.  This week doesn't have any really big stories or anything like that.  Yesterday tho we went and biked to the top of our area not to terribly far but it was so hot and we stayed out till like 3:30 in it and got a little bit red.  I think that its kinda funny that i don't burn here like i do back home i thinking its cause the Sun is about 3000 feet farther away but ya know i could be wrong.  But we had a really good week since Thursday... I think that we should have a couple of dates before the end of this month and should baptize in August! 

Anyways, Dill man thanks for the E-mail and i'm excited for that letter so i can read what you wrote to me and i just want ya to know that your awesome and that you can be a way good missionary!  I love ya bro you gotta keep the faith cause there are some struggles going on w/ our friends.  Dad thanks for the E-mail i'm glad that you ran cause i almost missed ya.  Congrats on the whole being done for about a month thing.  You only have 2-3 more Semesters left, thats gonna be weird for ya your not gonna know what to do with yourself.  Well, a district leader doesnt do much he basically give a couple trainings a transfer too his district and he helps where needed and he takes numbers for mid-weeks and for end-weeks.  Thats it but mostly i am still just a missionary nothing really has changed for me.  The bike is awesome i dont know what to do in a car anymore probably.  Thanks for the Emv i got it just fine and i was worried about that cause i thought that i put in the wrong address so i am glad that it is a smart thingy. Thats crazy about that fire thing.  I am glad that jen is makin good money and stuff you guys wil have fun with her when she comes home.   Well papa i love you thanks for the e-mail.  Jill thanks for the e-mail but you didnt answer the question so you lose and you do to dad.  Im glad your Baby is doing okay and i hope that its stays strong but i am in the middle of writing you a letter so i will save my comments for that.  Mike my main Elder man!  Well dude i hope that i am brown when i come home and not red like a Lobster.  But a quiencenera sounds like a balst and i will definately look for those cause i love food now and can eat like a mad man.  But mike i got 9 minutes so i gotta go love you man.

Love y'all

Elder Walker.

 

 

 

P.S. tha answer to last weeks was 4!

P.S.S. This weeks question is :How many sons did Ishmael have??(One in the Book of Mormon) 

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A new companion

Howdy howdy!

       Well this week has really flown by!  I cant believe that it is thursday already.  So this week was fun we had transfers and i got a new companion (like that wasnt expected) His name is Elder Wallis, and he is from May, Idaho.  Its in the valley between Salmon and Challis.  He lived really in the middle of nowhere and he is pretty cool tho so far.  Mom i am so glad that the Dodges made it over there and got to say hi and everything its so sweet!  They are a really cool family and there daughter just went on a mission to somewhere that i cant htink of right now but she really left like a month ago.  So i think that they really enjoyed seeing you guys.  But anyways i am also a district leader now.  Thats the only other really cool thing that happened this week.  

Texas has cooled down a bit and started to rain like crazy.  The rain is awesome tho cause it breaks the humidity so it cools down a lot.  Oh, also in the transfer i lost thee car so back to riding the bike a lot in the nice texas Summer!  Woo-hoo i'm so excited to melt!  I really enjoy the bike now tho after this trasfer it will be six straight months on a bike for me : ) so i am really getting used to it.  My legs are really tough now so i cant ride my bike all day if i had too.  This is elder wallis's first transfer ona bike he has only been out for 2 transfers/ 3 months.  Its gonna be kinda interesting to see how he does in the Texas heat.  The new mission president is doing great he says its real hot, i havent like personally met with him but he seems to be doing good.  

The fourth was fun we tracted from about 5-630 and got some peppers that were stuffed with chicken cheese and onions and they were so good!  The lady wasnt interested but she was nice.  Then we went to a patriotic Fireside and i learned some cool thing about the constitution it was cool but that was my week.  So Jax thanks for the Email man its like my sister came back from the dead!  haha jk sis i still love you so dont worry about it but in my book tyhing from the fam you said you send the best packages and i think mom is definately winning in that catergory.  But that race sounds like it was a long one, and i dont think you could ever beat me in 1 on 1 ever again i out weigh you now so you have no more leverage in the post!  Ha well i love you sis and jake too and jared and lexi!  Hey jocey thanks for the Info and thanks for everything keep incouraging pord to stay out there tell him it gets better!  Hey T-bear man thanks for the address i'll hit you up as soon as i can okay?! Much love bro good luck! Jeremy wow umm that was a very Thurough Answer but corect in what i was looking for so good job i am impressed.  Hey Chris! Well good luck man if your going to join the military the air force is where to go you will love it just get a good MOS or whatever its called in the air force.  I just hope that your home for my hoecoming talk!  Mike man thats crazy but no i am just a DL nothin even cool but your mission is awesome man keep pressin forward and use that espanole!  Hey Misty thanks for the E-mail i love them.  Your house sounds like its gettin busy.  How is Abe doing? did his Fever go away? Well mist i love ya sis thanks for the Email again!  Dillon i am sorry i havent written ya a letter yet but i will try my hardest today but that just sucks and i am glad that you are willing to be patient and dedcide for reals if your going or not.  i am really glad that you are serious about this tho and not just like whatever. but my time is short and i will write to day promise!  Brooke i will write ya i am sorry i have been so busy latly and i promise nothing has changed and your not a distraction you help me just so ya know.  Love you.  Jill thanks for the pictures and no i will never get sick of hearing about it keep umm coming i love it.  I didnt have time to read your thing so i will print it and read it later. 

 

Love y'all!

Elder Walker

P.S. The Answer is 3 Manassah, Ephriam, nad Judah.

PSS the next question is:  How many cities were sunk in the ocean in 3rd Nephi??

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Happy Canada Day

Hey y'all!

     Well another week another e-mail.  This week was fun we have met our new Mission President and shook his hand.  It wasn't a personal thing it was just a meeting with about 40-50 missionaries.  President Thurston is now home i'm betting.  President Sagers and his wife and two of their kids are now all in Texas.  Did you two, mom and dad, go and meet him??  The meeting we had was kind of different in that he wasn't as excited as President Thurston was normally.  He is a really smart guy in that he knows the scripts backward and forward he taught CES(institute) for like 23 years.  Hes a great guy so I'm excited for the next 14 or so months i get to learn from him.  As for the missionary work we have found people to teach now.  We have been doing some good work this whole transfer we have averaged as a zone 10.5 Member Present Lessons and 160 Invitations to learn which is pretty good.  

This week is also transfer calls!  I've been in Highland Village for  6 weeks now its so weird how time just flies by.  I cant believe it sometimes that i have been gone for 10+ months now its so weird.  Whats even weirder is that Logan is getting Married!  All I can say is its about time!  Mom i got my package and thank you!  Wow there was a lot of stuff in it!  I liked it and i am keeping it from melting by refrigerating it.  For the 4th i think i will be going to church and then after that tracting and then back to the church for a fireside that is supposed to be really interesting.  Tell Aliyah "Hi" for me and that evebtually her mom will find out what happens at Grandma's house ha.  Dad i'm glad that Mom is sticking to her person trainer i mean i remember when you tried this before and it didnt really work cause you were dad and its kinda like when you were my coach.  Anyways, you are finally getting into the trend of it all.  What kind of phone is it?  I'm jealous only for the fact that i have to wait to get a cool phone for 14 more months.  I'm doing good on MonaVie but i would like some Emv and the address is 210 twin oaks dr, double oak tx 75077.  You can send it to that address and i guess anything else you want to send too.  Thats good that T is have a good time maybe you could get me his address so i can send him a letter.  Do you know which mission Jordon went to??  I think that i would be cool to have his address to if anyone could find it, Jocelyn??  Well dad i hope that you figuer out your phone and stuff.  

Dillon, man i am sorry your life is boring just try and stay busy cause idleness is the Devils Playtime.  You should just try as hard as you can to finish them papers and get gone my friend jusy remember that it only happens once to go on a mission and if you miss out you wont have another chance to be a teenage kid preaching the gospel!  Well man i will write ya a letter with more stuff.  Mike man thats crazy, there was a spanish missionary in my first area who ahd like the same thing except that she lived in the same place.  But really mike i a sending you a letter today i know i'm horrible but i will send it today.  Brett i got your letter and am in the process of responding.  

Jill i got the package and thanks for the Swedish fish i love them and they are delious!  I am also going to write you a letter today.  Misty thanks for the letter i am glad to hear that everybody is doing well and learing how to swim i was looking at some puictures yesterday and was like man those three are gonna kill me when i get off the plane i'm gonna get taken to the ground!  which probably will happen but i will try and get tougher so they cant.  As for the program umm i dont have access to a gym or really any workout anything so i could do much, But i have just lifted hard and havent run as much as i did back home so the weight stuck to my body and i have turned into muscle.  thats really all that i have done but i love you Misty thanks for the letter i lve y'all.

Love y'all

Elder Walker

P.S. Here is a little trivia for everyone and i expect an answer form you all the question is: How many Tribes of Israel were in America??

I Will tell y'all the answer next week!

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June 24

Hey all y'all fellers!

     That is a Texan greeting right there! Ha well this week has been awesome for me and Elder Barney we had two baptisms this week!  I said that last week but it happened and now they are officially baptized, so its still big news!  The Highland Village area is just seeing so many good things.  I think that in July there will be some more baptisms as well and this place  has only had 5 baptisms the past 2 years combined and so far in 2010 they have 5 with more to come so this area is hitting and an all time high. 

             Texas is really hot now as you saw in the title the thermometer in our little Mazda said 112 Degrees!!  It wasnt actually that hot but it felt hot.  The car was in the sun so it was reading about 9-11 degrees too hot so it was only 100 ha.  I am starting to like Highland Village a lot the members are opening up and actually being people not just spiritual robots who wont talk to us about anything except the scriptures. Not a terrible thing but its nice to be able to have a normal conversation with someone about normal life.  The work here is progressing and going great things are just a little bit harder than down in Killeen.  Rich people are kinda stuck in there ways.  The scripture about it being easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than a rich guy to get into heaven... Kinda true but i wont judge to harshly.  Just one more story that happened on Tuesday: We went out to dinner w/ our exchange and right before we sat down to eat some guy came up to us he was being nice and asked us what we believed and stuff he eventually pulled up a chair and we had about a 20-30 minute discussion and he left with a book of mormon and 3 pamphlets he doesnt live in our area or even our mission for that matter so i guess i wont know what happens to him for a while.  Also the water got turned off at the Mcintyres so we slept at our Zone leadrers apartment last night it was fun. The water got turned off because their pool overflow stopper thing wasnt working so they had to turn it off to save the house and some cash.  It was all good tho.   Well now to some of your questions/ Concerns:  Brett, man that sucks i know how ya feel man when i got trasfered out of my greenie area we had 2 dates and 3 more potentials so man i feel for ya that sucks. You could ask your pres to let ya go back for it?  In our mission if its your first or last one you can go back so it wouldnt hurt to try that anyways.  Good luck in your new area!  Aunt Helen!  Well thanks for the email i love gettin those things.  I'm actually not by Houston or the Gulf but everyone here is buzzin about it and i have seen some pictures about it but i havent jumped in it yet.  Thanks for the encouragement i love y'all thanks again.  Jeremy i will tell you when i get the package what you almost didnt let her send haha.  Well thanks for the quick little note and now i dont think you guys forgot about me i was wondering there for a while.  Ha jk well Jeremy tell JIll i love her too even tho she didnt email me.  Dillon man thanks for all the emails man i am loovin them i cant wait for them every week.  I think that all of this is a sign and you should hurry up and get those things finished!  You will love life out in the field i'm not saying its easy i am saying that its fun!  I hope that you keep busy with stuff until you go out just keep me informed.  Dad, Thanks for the Email i love hearing from you it is always nice to get the info that you send to me.  I am excited about your buisness and everything and how good y'all are doing i cant wait to get home and mak money for myself.  Have fun in SLC this week and good luck watching Aliyah!  Well i love you all and mom thanks for the package i'm sure i will loev it when it gets here. 

Love y'all

Elder Walker

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June 17: Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Hey Y'all!

      Happy Fathers Day Dad!  This is your 34th Fathers day is that weird??  I didn't realize until just barely that we have 2 baptism's on y'alls Anniversary.  I will now remember when your anniversary is haha.  I cant believe that abe is already 1 year old that means that alex had her b-day too huh?  Well too both of them happy b-day!  This week nothing momentious happened except for the two baptism's were going to have this saturday.  today we actually helped a lady move and it took us from 1-3 so thats why my email is so late today but it was really cool.  Her boyfriend wasn't a good guy and she wanted to move out and she called one of her "christian" friends who turned out to be mormon and she called us asked if we could help and of course we said yes.  It was really cool and she was really sweet a non-member but i think she will get baptized.  Not much else happened, we were the 9th companionship out of the whole mission last week i guess that is pretty cool right?  

Well brett man it suonds like your area is doing bomb thats way awesome about your dates for the 26th and the 3rd.  Its way cool yeah i got your letter and i wrote you back, keep up the good work man and play hard but work harder haha your awesome man.  Mike i am so gonna send you that letter now so just expect it from me.  Keep on truckin man and i know thats so weird that i will hit a year next transfer, you'll be there soon enough.  Mom thansk for the letter i love you but i am runnin really short on time and i am lovin the mission right now and i am so excited to write you a better letter next week Dad your the best ever keep makin money and have fun at that resort get away thingy.  Bean thanks for the letter man i am sorry about your knee and i hope to play ball with  you sometime in the future!  PORD thats so awesome man i will so be there no matter what its scheduled and i am ready to be there, Dill thanks so much for the letter and i am not that big and i dont really know how tho foght so dont worry about it and i would never hit you.  You made me Steaks that one time which were really good so we can be friends no matter what.  Okay i love you sorry if i forgot you i wont next week okay well bye bye

Love y'all

Elder Walker!

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June 10: Mui caliente en Tejas!!

Hello hello everybody!

  Well this week sure has gone by super fast, i cant believe that i am already sending another E-mail.  Well some cool stuff has happened since last Thursday, Monica (Marissa's Mom) has moved her baptismal date from the 10th of August to the 19th of June!!  So her and her daughter will both be getting baptized on June 19th next Saturday!  Its really cool, also we got a car to drive around for a while  yeah I'm so happy its not permanent and we only get 500 miles a month so we cant really drive that much but its enough to be enjoyable!  The car is a 2007 Chevy Malibu and its white and it goes pretty quick from what i have experienced so far. Anyways the title of the E-mail is true its getting hot here like super hot it hit 100 last week so yeah i miss the nice cool Rexburg weather its sad to say but its true.  For those of you who say that you would switch me you wouldn't want to stay here for one more day after one day in the 100 degree weather.  I felt like melting that day this was before we got the car so we were sweating it out on a bike and man was it hot!  

Texas is fun tho i am enjoying myself here Highland Village has some really cool people.  Also another cool thing that happened this week was that we had President Thurston's Last Zone Conference.  It was a really good one i enjoyed it a lot.  The Trainings given were really good.  Also President Sagers comes here on the 28th of June. Crazy!  Its coming really fast and its gonna be really weird when it happens I think.  Speaking of that Mom and Dad did you guys happen to see him?  If yes, how did it go?  Dad you should ask Rick if he remembers a family named the Hansen's who lived in Oklahoma his First name is Neil so if you could he wanted to know cause he knows Rick and Spencer.   Mom my address i already told you just send it to there its really close by so I will get it like one day later than i would if you just sent it too me.  I cant really think of anything that i need specifically.  Elder Barney's first name is Samuel (Sam).  Mom even with Colton gone i don't think you will ever be empty nesters I mean Jordon will come over Sean probably will come over not to mention all of the College kids like Scott who will keep coming over.  So, you will never be an empty nester ha.  I love you mom thanks for the E-mail i appreciate it!  Dad thanks for both the letter and the E-mail i recieved both of them, your letter on tuesday and e-mail today!  We always seem to have some kind of car trouble dont we?  Thats to bad about the cars and your too nice to let mom drive your CTS.  Just kidding i think that your just nice enough.  I hope that everything keeps goin up in your Buisness and i hope that you can retire comfortably when i get home or even before, that would be cool.  I feel kinda sorry for you having to mow darrins lawn but just a little bit haha.  Speakig of college tuition did you ever get a chance to go too coach miller and talk to him about the game film at all?? If you did thanks if not its okay you'll just have to pay for college haha jkjk.  I love you dad good luck in finishing out school and everything talk to ya next week.  

Mike thanks io am trying and my comp has a red spanish book the same one you have and i am trying to get him to give it to me so then i can really learn some Espanole.  It is weird that you have been out for almost 6 months!!  I have been out 7 transfers man so weird but before ya know it you will be at 7 and i will be at 10 thats creepy.  but i am running out of time and i have to say a few more thing but thanks Elder Dayley for the email.  Dillon thats good that your moving along you should probably tell her tho she might want to know when one day your gone and cant call her or email or anything that might be important.  Just a thought, and you know i was just kidding about the camera breaking thing.  Good luck with filling out your papers tho man i hope that it works out for ya.  Thanks Dill.  Pord i am excited for your letters,  and thanks for comforting my mom ha your awesome.  i hope you find those songs cause then you can take them with you and listen too them and love them like i do.  Jeremy thanks for the picture its really cool i hope that things keep going strong cause i would love to have somebody with the same birthday month as me in the fam!   Alright times up y'all love ya have an awesome week!

Te Quero,

Elder Walker

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