Osage Beach

Hey what's up yall? Well I guess first things first is that I am not getting transferred so that is nice. Second I am still with Archibald and he will be going home after this transfer. Third thanks for the package the ties and reeses and marshmallow bow it was pretty sweet. I didn't get any pie maybe Archibald ate while I was asleep haha! Jokes! Jokes! Well I guess I am okay with where I am it will be for sure the last transfer possible. Plus I got a lot of other missionaries that all are helping me with my ordeal just like back in Arkansas. Well I am not sure what time I am calling? We are eating with Bishop Skelton and then he said we could call or do whatever, but I do not have specifics I will let you know I am guessing late afternoon. Don't take that as a for sure though. Well this last week was pretty good I can complain but I won't haha Jokes! Jokes! No it was fine just kind of the same old same old nothing really anything new. Just seeing people trying to do my best. I guess I'll tell you a quick story. So I was on exchanges with Elder Van Woerkem who is my District Leader he is a cool guy and we have some fun together. Well we went to see a couple of Less Actives up in my area. The first guy has been in a couple of Motorcycle accidents and doesn't have a good memory and is just a nice odd man. Well he was telling us of his dilemma of having to choose which daughter to spend Christmas with. The next guy we visited I have only seen once and he seemed nice but we were running late for the next appointment so we had to hurry. Well this guy comes out and he was friendly but he was also kind of a jerk. He said that they were offended in Alaska and all this stuff. Then he said that the Word of Wisdom wasn't a commandment just a guideline. Then he called Elder Van Woerkem stuffy. So Elder Van Woerkem was like, "yeah I have been a little congested since I got to Missouri" Well this guy was actually saying that he thought he was a an arrogant a-hole in the simplest terms. We didn't have time to tell him that the Word of Wisdom was a commandment and settle his other problems but we said we would come back. Elder Van Woerkem is a pretty chill dude so he was like well that was weird so I can't wait for this less active to meet Archibald. It will be like the Korean War. Did I ever tell you guys that once a week with a Filipino lady who is less active we go over and sing karaoke? We do it with her and her non-member husband I am telling you I am getting good. I sang Under the Boardwalk last time and I killed it, Bishop Lines would be proud. Well that is all I have, have a happy holidays.

Osage Beach

Well hey I don't have a super long letter this week. Wow sounds like everything is going really good around home and 56 that sounds awesome I am not super cold up here I mean I think we are avergaing around 25 or so and it actually is kind of nice I am not going to lie I thought I was going to hate it. I mean I do hate it but its not bad. We had a little snow but not a whole lot so its not bad.

Well things went okay this week, DJ now has a baptism date for the 11 of January and we are taking her cigarettes away from her Friday so here comes the second time she is going to try to quit smoking we'll see what happens. No really cool stories we did go back up to visit the goat people and luckily the snow kind of takes away the smell of the goat but the Goat no longer has a head it has decomposed or coyotes or the dogs ate it. So you have a huge Goat head which is now a skeleton and the body is still there. I actually took a picture of it. Kind of cool right. 

Well I guess that is all I have, just know that I am enjoying myself and the gospel is true. I wish the best for Jordan and Bishop Lines and all of them. Love you guys.

This is how I dress for winter

Yuck...headless goat.

Osage Beach

I am thankful for the atonement, plan of salvation.
I am thankful for thanksgiving
I am thankful for the Holiday season
I am thankful for the Osage Beach ward
I am thankful for ASU chance to possibly be in the Rose Bowl
I am very thankful that they do this when I am on my mission (not really)
I am thankful for Family

The main things that happened this week obviously was Thanksgiving. Well we played football with one of the crazy families in the ward called the Kilpack's and so we get there all and they are all like okay "tackle except for the elders" third play I got tackled and that rule was thrown out the window. We played a good game and it was really fun I haven't played tackle football in a good long time. The rest of that day and the next day up until this day I am still feeling pretty sore that is the most exercise I have got in forever, it was sweet.

Well we had thanksgiving dinner with the Garceau's who are an older couple in our ward and there family. The rest of their family are not members and we went to this house which was an old heat and AC company building. We got there and sat down and one guy put on these four wheeling mud boggin videos and that was like there entertainment. See by this time in my mission this is normal but for you guys are probably like wow that is very Missourian of them. We ate and it was interesting one guy that was part of the family only had one arm the other was a prosthetic and on the end was a hook.

Speaking of people missing body parts yesterday in Wal-Mart there was a guy who was in an electric wheelchair and from probably his belly button down there was nothing there he was just a torso. Crazy Right? Well back to Thanksgiving after the Garceau's we went to the Skelton's he is our Bishop and it was fun we played scene it with his family. Then after that we went to our investigator DJ's house and that was also good. So thanksgiving was awesome.

Yesterday we had a giant nerf war in the church with the Camdenton, Lebanon, and Eldon elders we played for like four hours. I had to act like a zombie and eat people as they ran around and shot me with all the lights off that is what we do for fun on P-day's. Well that is all I have for ya guys. I am sorry to hear about the baby but it sounds like everything is good. Keep it up family talk to you in a few weeks. I hope I don't get transferred.