Hey Mom and Dad, life is good here. I got to stay in Redditch this transfer but I've got a new companion, his name is Elder Christiansen from Salt Lake. He seems like a really cool guy we get along well already so that's really good. Sharon is still preparing really well for her baptism so that's all going awesome. So ya it's all good. Sister Isherwood said she facebooked you the other day as well. The Isherwoods are the bomb they take good care of us as well. We have alot of fun with them. They have us over every Thursday so that's really fun. Oh ya and Gerry's last name is Marsden.
Bear Lake sounds like fun. It's too bad the water is so choppy there but at least you had a getaway huh. I would agree though I would prefer to ski in places where the water is a bit more calm so I can't blame you for that one. At least the boat was holding up for those swells. I miss wakeboarding really bad. We have to do that as soon as I get home before it gets too cold.
It sounds like stuff is pretty busy at the shop lately huh. Better busy than not though right? I liked the cartoon haha that stuff was funny. That was Grandpa Max all over the place. It sounds like most stories we hear other than when he finally decides which one he thinks it is he sticks to his guns lol. Like Chicken Point for example. I also really like that quote you gave me for the life lesson. It's so true though. Especially in missionary work. People hardly ever remember what you teach them the first time but what they can remember is the feelings it brought. In a talk Elder Bednar gave once he talked about how they speak to converts sometimes and most of the time when they ask what it was like to be taught by the missionaries they say that the lessons were the most discombobulated group of scriptures and stories that they had ever heard in their lives, due to missionary faults I'm sure, but the thing they remember is the feeling they had while they heard it so that made them want to learn more. Amazing how that works isn't it.
Tell Devon I'm proud of him for not supporting BYU in the football game. Stay Red. It's the only way to go. That's really cool of Kally to send a t-shirt up for Devon. To be honest I got a bit choked up myself when I saw Blake's initials on the sleeve. I've had a few rough days the last little while but I'm making it through ok. It's all fine. I hope you guys are still going down to have a coke with him on a regular basis.
I didn't know Grace had gone to 8 man ball this year. Is Dr. Steve still coaching? If he is and you see him tell him hi for me ok. I bet those afternoon games are different than usual haha that's weird. That would throw me off that's for sure. Well anyways I better get going now. I love you both. Thank you for everything. Talk to you later. Love, Elder Brice Anderson
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
Hey Mom and Dad,
Life is going good here right now. We still have Sharon doing really well. We're having dinner at her house tonight so we're really happy for that. She's still doing awesome. Guess what else, she works two jobs and one of them is delivering pizza for a little place down in Studley so she volunteered to bring us pizza every Friday for the next month. She brought it to us last week and it was pretty much amazing. She even gets it for free cuz her boss is religious, I think he might be Muslim but I don't know for sure and she tells him it's for some poor kids who don't have much money who do work for the church. He sounds like a really cool guy to me. She said he's just so excited that she's found God that he doesn't really bother with which church it is she goes to. Pretty cool huh. We're chuffed.
Transfers is next week so we'll have to see what happens there. I'm not sure what's going to happen cuz I could see either one of us getting moved but I'm about 95% sure one of us is going. We're hoping we get to stay the same for one more but I think our chances are slim. We'll see. I'm working on my license now. I just have to schedule my tests and get those done. I'm going to schedule my test probably next week so I'll know whether I'll still be in Redditch or not. I have to take the theory one and after I pass that I can schedule the driving one and get that one done. So that'll all be sorted out soon. Hopefully within the next month.
I really liked the pictures of that monument. I thought it was going to be like a stone monument or something like that but I really really like the glass. I think that's really cool. Thank you for taking the picture of his name too I love that. That story about the transplant games was really cool too. That whole 3 pointer bit sounds familiar. I remember more than once that fetcher would start making it rain when I would play against him and he would just make me more frustrated than Ray Charles with a Where's Waldo book. But anyways I do remember Whitney and I think that was really cool of him to send that medal to you guys.
Thank you for getting those post cards for Gerry and Justin. I don't have their addresses on me right now but I'll get them for you later if you like. Or if you wanted to you could send them to me and I could forward them out to them from here. Either way. So anyways I better get rolling now. I love you both. Thank you for everything. I haven't gotten the package yet but I should get it soon I would imagine.
Love, Elder Brice Anderson
Life is going good here right now. We still have Sharon doing really well. We're having dinner at her house tonight so we're really happy for that. She's still doing awesome. Guess what else, she works two jobs and one of them is delivering pizza for a little place down in Studley so she volunteered to bring us pizza every Friday for the next month. She brought it to us last week and it was pretty much amazing. She even gets it for free cuz her boss is religious, I think he might be Muslim but I don't know for sure and she tells him it's for some poor kids who don't have much money who do work for the church. He sounds like a really cool guy to me. She said he's just so excited that she's found God that he doesn't really bother with which church it is she goes to. Pretty cool huh. We're chuffed.
Transfers is next week so we'll have to see what happens there. I'm not sure what's going to happen cuz I could see either one of us getting moved but I'm about 95% sure one of us is going. We're hoping we get to stay the same for one more but I think our chances are slim. We'll see. I'm working on my license now. I just have to schedule my tests and get those done. I'm going to schedule my test probably next week so I'll know whether I'll still be in Redditch or not. I have to take the theory one and after I pass that I can schedule the driving one and get that one done. So that'll all be sorted out soon. Hopefully within the next month.
I really liked the pictures of that monument. I thought it was going to be like a stone monument or something like that but I really really like the glass. I think that's really cool. Thank you for taking the picture of his name too I love that. That story about the transplant games was really cool too. That whole 3 pointer bit sounds familiar. I remember more than once that fetcher would start making it rain when I would play against him and he would just make me more frustrated than Ray Charles with a Where's Waldo book. But anyways I do remember Whitney and I think that was really cool of him to send that medal to you guys.
Thank you for getting those post cards for Gerry and Justin. I don't have their addresses on me right now but I'll get them for you later if you like. Or if you wanted to you could send them to me and I could forward them out to them from here. Either way. So anyways I better get rolling now. I love you both. Thank you for everything. I haven't gotten the package yet but I should get it soon I would imagine.
Love, Elder Brice Anderson
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
August 23, 2010
Hey Mom and Dad,
It sounds like you guys had a good anniversary trip. That sounds like a really sweet drive out there. I miss seeing the mountains I tell you what. That story about grandma and grandpa was hilarious. I bet they were both just furious til they figured out it was you two haha. That's funny.
Our week has been pretty much amazing. Our investigator called Sharon is awesome. She accepted a baptismal date for the 11th so we're really happy for that. She's doing so good. She came to church last week and bishop gave her a gospel principles manual and by Tuesday she had read the whole thing. So we were going over to teach the Plan of Salvation and she already understands the concepts of temple work and exaltation. And it didn't even freak her out. She's pretty much the most golden investigator I've ever seen. She even got invited to go to another church with a friend this week and she turned them down to come to ours because ours "feels right". I couldn't agree more. But ya she's really cool. She even signed up on our dinner list to feed us next week haha. She's way cool.
You probably did tire Nat out going shopping on her crutches. You used to tire me out when I could walk just fine. Doing the loop at wal mart used to drive me insane. That's why I had to make up fun games like stealing your purse and putting random things in the cart to see if you would notice. That was the only way to stay sane! Ok so it wasn't that bad but those games were fun anyways.
It's true about Largesse and Spence as well. Largesse said he's saving up and hopefully going to be able to head over next summer and Spence and his girl are probably getting married sometime soon I think. But that's just me. It's not doctrine or anything lol. But ya it sounds like everything is going pretty good for them at the moment.
I got Nat's package on Thursday. We went and watched the dvd at Gerry's house and she left the part on there with Dad being a pervo and pinching Mom's butt. Cheers for that. That made me feel right at home. Gerry found that quite amusing as well.
Anyways I better get going now. Transfers isn't until the 8th of September. I'm not sure what will happen there so we'll have to see. I love you both. Talk to you later
It sounds like you guys had a good anniversary trip. That sounds like a really sweet drive out there. I miss seeing the mountains I tell you what. That story about grandma and grandpa was hilarious. I bet they were both just furious til they figured out it was you two haha. That's funny.
Our week has been pretty much amazing. Our investigator called Sharon is awesome. She accepted a baptismal date for the 11th so we're really happy for that. She's doing so good. She came to church last week and bishop gave her a gospel principles manual and by Tuesday she had read the whole thing. So we were going over to teach the Plan of Salvation and she already understands the concepts of temple work and exaltation. And it didn't even freak her out. She's pretty much the most golden investigator I've ever seen. She even got invited to go to another church with a friend this week and she turned them down to come to ours because ours "feels right". I couldn't agree more. But ya she's really cool. She even signed up on our dinner list to feed us next week haha. She's way cool.
You probably did tire Nat out going shopping on her crutches. You used to tire me out when I could walk just fine. Doing the loop at wal mart used to drive me insane. That's why I had to make up fun games like stealing your purse and putting random things in the cart to see if you would notice. That was the only way to stay sane! Ok so it wasn't that bad but those games were fun anyways.
It's true about Largesse and Spence as well. Largesse said he's saving up and hopefully going to be able to head over next summer and Spence and his girl are probably getting married sometime soon I think. But that's just me. It's not doctrine or anything lol. But ya it sounds like everything is going pretty good for them at the moment.
I got Nat's package on Thursday. We went and watched the dvd at Gerry's house and she left the part on there with Dad being a pervo and pinching Mom's butt. Cheers for that. That made me feel right at home. Gerry found that quite amusing as well.
Anyways I better get going now. Transfers isn't until the 8th of September. I'm not sure what will happen there so we'll have to see. I love you both. Talk to you later
Monday, August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010
Hey Mom and Dad,
Thank you guys so much for your emails. That story about Todd was flipping hilarious. Sounds about par for the course for the boys up at County as well. Sweet stuff. I bet he was freaking out haha. That would have made me really mad I tell you what. I'm the first to admit I've done some dumb stuff in my day but being accused of something I didn't do would not make me a happy camper I tell you what. But at least it all got sorted in the end. Thank you for the spiritual message as well. And Dad for your life lesson. Just so you know the life lessons will never get old for me so don't worry. That is one of my favorite childhood memories. We always used to get them right before lunch at the shop while everyone was washing up haha. Good memories. I do know what you mean about some weeks being worse than others for missing Blake. I have my good ones and bad ones. I taped the front of his funeral program in the front of my Preach My Gospel along with a little Coke label right under it. It just didn't seem right to leave him there without it lol.
So our week went really well here. Our work is showing forth some fruits finally. We found a lady on Friday named Sharon. She is awesome. We met her son first and gave him a Book of Mormon and when we went back to see him he wasn't home but she was. He had left the Book in the living room and we invited her to read it and she invited us back the next morning. So we went by the next morning and taught her the Restoration with the Bishop and she came to church with us yesterday. We're going back tomorrow to teach her and her 3 boys, aged 21, 18, and 15. They are coming back from holiday on Thursday and she said she's going to convince them to come to church with her next week. Pretty cool huh. We're well chuffed. And then one of the young women in the ward has a friend who comes to youth with her all the time and she's hopefully going to be coming to church and to dinner with us at the members house tomorrow night as well. It's all really exciting. We're really happy. Now we just have to help them keep on moving forward. But it's all really good. And we didn't even have to speak in church yesterday so it's all good haha. It flipping rained like mad on Friday and Saturday I tell you what. But I'd rather be wet from rain than from sweat so I can't complain too much. It's starting to get dark earlier here. It's weird cuz I haven't walked around in the dark for quite some time now cuz during June and July it doesn't get dark until about 10 or 10:30. It's pretty intense.
Well I'm about out of time now so I better get rolling but I just want to say I love you both. I hope you have a good week and everything. Talk to you later.
love, Elder Brice Anderson
Thank you guys so much for your emails. That story about Todd was flipping hilarious. Sounds about par for the course for the boys up at County as well. Sweet stuff. I bet he was freaking out haha. That would have made me really mad I tell you what. I'm the first to admit I've done some dumb stuff in my day but being accused of something I didn't do would not make me a happy camper I tell you what. But at least it all got sorted in the end. Thank you for the spiritual message as well. And Dad for your life lesson. Just so you know the life lessons will never get old for me so don't worry. That is one of my favorite childhood memories. We always used to get them right before lunch at the shop while everyone was washing up haha. Good memories. I do know what you mean about some weeks being worse than others for missing Blake. I have my good ones and bad ones. I taped the front of his funeral program in the front of my Preach My Gospel along with a little Coke label right under it. It just didn't seem right to leave him there without it lol.
So our week went really well here. Our work is showing forth some fruits finally. We found a lady on Friday named Sharon. She is awesome. We met her son first and gave him a Book of Mormon and when we went back to see him he wasn't home but she was. He had left the Book in the living room and we invited her to read it and she invited us back the next morning. So we went by the next morning and taught her the Restoration with the Bishop and she came to church with us yesterday. We're going back tomorrow to teach her and her 3 boys, aged 21, 18, and 15. They are coming back from holiday on Thursday and she said she's going to convince them to come to church with her next week. Pretty cool huh. We're well chuffed. And then one of the young women in the ward has a friend who comes to youth with her all the time and she's hopefully going to be coming to church and to dinner with us at the members house tomorrow night as well. It's all really exciting. We're really happy. Now we just have to help them keep on moving forward. But it's all really good. And we didn't even have to speak in church yesterday so it's all good haha. It flipping rained like mad on Friday and Saturday I tell you what. But I'd rather be wet from rain than from sweat so I can't complain too much. It's starting to get dark earlier here. It's weird cuz I haven't walked around in the dark for quite some time now cuz during June and July it doesn't get dark until about 10 or 10:30. It's pretty intense.
Well I'm about out of time now so I better get rolling but I just want to say I love you both. I hope you have a good week and everything. Talk to you later.
love, Elder Brice Anderson
Monday, August 9, 2010
August 9, 2010
So it sounds like the fair was slightly lame compared to other years. I'm sorry for that. But I see they still had the corn dogs so it sounds like a victory to me. I liked the pictures of Brandon and all of those guys looking like fruitcakes haha. That was ridiculous. And you won a rifle? That's awesome! You'll have to send me some pictures of it when you go get it. I think I'm going to go gun crazy when I get home haha. We're not supposed to hold them anyways but we don't even see them over here cuz they are illegal in the UK. But that's really cool. I wouldn't have thought Dad would have the luck to win a gun, Blake would've, definitely not me or Dad though. But that's cool anyways.
Thank you for that life lesson today Dad. It's pretty true if you want my opinion. Especially for us the last couple of weeks. This week was better than last but both have been a bit rough. But the important thing is that we learn from it.
Yesterday was a good day at church I tell you what. We had a good morning and everything getting ready and then our ride gets there and he was stressed out like crazy for reasons I'm not going to mention over the internet so we were trying to help him and then we get to church and the 2nd counselor of the bishopric comes and says one of the speakers can't make it so they divided the time between the two of us so we needed to give talks. That is not my favorite thing in the world. So our Sunday was a bit stressful I'm not gonna lie. But we survived so I guess I can't complain too much.
The other day we were over at Gerry's house and he pulled out some stuff he found in his attic. He had some old stuff that some of the mission presidents had given him. He had an old England Birmingham Mission tie pin and a few of the mission yearbooks from back in the day. He even had one that had Dusty in it. Pretty sweet huh. I thought that was really cool.
So anyways I better get going now but before I go I have one request for the package you send. I would just like some regular Jolly Ranchers. They don't have those here and the flavors they have for hard candies are terrible so some of those would be wonderful. And some deodorant. But other than that I'm good. Thank you guys so much for everything. I love you both
Thank you for that life lesson today Dad. It's pretty true if you want my opinion. Especially for us the last couple of weeks. This week was better than last but both have been a bit rough. But the important thing is that we learn from it.
Yesterday was a good day at church I tell you what. We had a good morning and everything getting ready and then our ride gets there and he was stressed out like crazy for reasons I'm not going to mention over the internet so we were trying to help him and then we get to church and the 2nd counselor of the bishopric comes and says one of the speakers can't make it so they divided the time between the two of us so we needed to give talks. That is not my favorite thing in the world. So our Sunday was a bit stressful I'm not gonna lie. But we survived so I guess I can't complain too much.
The other day we were over at Gerry's house and he pulled out some stuff he found in his attic. He had some old stuff that some of the mission presidents had given him. He had an old England Birmingham Mission tie pin and a few of the mission yearbooks from back in the day. He even had one that had Dusty in it. Pretty sweet huh. I thought that was really cool.
So anyways I better get going now but before I go I have one request for the package you send. I would just like some regular Jolly Ranchers. They don't have those here and the flavors they have for hard candies are terrible so some of those would be wonderful. And some deodorant. But other than that I'm good. Thank you guys so much for everything. I love you both
Monday, August 2, 2010
August 2, 2010
Hey Mom and Dad. I did get the package you sent so don't worry. Thank you for all of that stuff. Von Brughan is pretty chuffed about his vote for Pedro t-shirt. And I don't know if I told you yet or not but we found some moon boots in the flat as well so he's going to have a really cool picture to send home to his family haha. He's pretty excited.
Things are going crazy here with all the changes I tell you what. We dropped two zones because the total number of missionaries has gone down substantially in the last little while so it was going to be more effective to drop the number. They never really said why but my theory is that the number of missionaries is going down because more of them are getting sent to places where they have more success like Africa and South America. And if they ever open China I bet they'll close Europe altogether. But that's just Brice-doctrine. But ya we had our districts and everything re-organized so we're just getting used to all of that at the moment. It's intense.
So it's fair week this week huh. I hope you guys have fun there. Eat a fair burger and a hand-dipped corn dog for me while you're there. I miss those. But that's alright. One more year and I'll be back in the promised land lol. I can't believe I've been out here for a year already. It sure doesn't seem that long I can tell you that much. But it's been great. It all just seems like it's going by so fast I can't even believe it.
Thanks for sending the pictures of camping! I loved those. That reminded me of back in the day. Camping trips are some of my favorite memories. I'm sorry this one wasn't the same but you're right the grandkids will be there soon doing the same stupid crap we used to do haha. You'll probably find that thoroughly entertaining huh? I have to admit I'm looking forward to that myself. It should be pretty funny I think.
So anyways I better get going now cuz I'm about out of time. I love you both. Have a good week.
Things are going crazy here with all the changes I tell you what. We dropped two zones because the total number of missionaries has gone down substantially in the last little while so it was going to be more effective to drop the number. They never really said why but my theory is that the number of missionaries is going down because more of them are getting sent to places where they have more success like Africa and South America. And if they ever open China I bet they'll close Europe altogether. But that's just Brice-doctrine. But ya we had our districts and everything re-organized so we're just getting used to all of that at the moment. It's intense.
So it's fair week this week huh. I hope you guys have fun there. Eat a fair burger and a hand-dipped corn dog for me while you're there. I miss those. But that's alright. One more year and I'll be back in the promised land lol. I can't believe I've been out here for a year already. It sure doesn't seem that long I can tell you that much. But it's been great. It all just seems like it's going by so fast I can't even believe it.
Thanks for sending the pictures of camping! I loved those. That reminded me of back in the day. Camping trips are some of my favorite memories. I'm sorry this one wasn't the same but you're right the grandkids will be there soon doing the same stupid crap we used to do haha. You'll probably find that thoroughly entertaining huh? I have to admit I'm looking forward to that myself. It should be pretty funny I think.
So anyways I better get going now cuz I'm about out of time. I love you both. Have a good week.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
July 28, 2010
Hey Mom and Dad,
First of all, I have to say that those pictures of climbing the mountain are awesome! And it sounds like Mom didn't have a heart attack from the stress so it was a successful climb. But that looks really cool I'm glad you had fun doing that. We just have transfers this week and Elder Von Brughan and I are both staying here so we're really excited for that. Our mission is going through some drastic changes lately. We just dropped from 8 zones to 6 since the overall number of missionaries has gone down quite a bit so our districts and everything have gotten all rearranged so that's crazy. And then starting next week p-days are moving to monday. It's pretty intense stuff.
Thank you for doing all those things for Natalie. She told me how great you guys were and she really appreciates all of it so thank you so much for that.
I hope the camping trip went ok. I really miss that alot. I would've totally gone for some of that extremely unhealthy camping food. I bet it tasted good if nothing else. I've decided I'm going to eat healthy for the last year of my mission and try to lose a few more of my extra pounds. I'll have to only buy vegetables to eat in the flat cuz you can't really choose what you get fed when you go to members' houses you know. So I'm going to try and do my best.
I haven't gotten my package yet but we're going up to the office today for p-day to collect our post so I should be getting it today I would imagine. We'll have to see what happens. Gerry is taking us up into Birmingham today for p-day to check things out and get some good chinese food in Birmingham's "Chinatown". We're pretty pumped for that. Oh ya and I did get the letters from the young women tell them all thank you from me. I'll try and write a letter back when I get a bit of spare time.
Thank you again for the pictures Dad. And for the life lesson. That was great. Sad story, but a good lesson learned from it. Thank you for that. I had better get going now because I'm out of time but thank you both for everything. I love you both
First of all, I have to say that those pictures of climbing the mountain are awesome! And it sounds like Mom didn't have a heart attack from the stress so it was a successful climb. But that looks really cool I'm glad you had fun doing that. We just have transfers this week and Elder Von Brughan and I are both staying here so we're really excited for that. Our mission is going through some drastic changes lately. We just dropped from 8 zones to 6 since the overall number of missionaries has gone down quite a bit so our districts and everything have gotten all rearranged so that's crazy. And then starting next week p-days are moving to monday. It's pretty intense stuff.
Thank you for doing all those things for Natalie. She told me how great you guys were and she really appreciates all of it so thank you so much for that.
I hope the camping trip went ok. I really miss that alot. I would've totally gone for some of that extremely unhealthy camping food. I bet it tasted good if nothing else. I've decided I'm going to eat healthy for the last year of my mission and try to lose a few more of my extra pounds. I'll have to only buy vegetables to eat in the flat cuz you can't really choose what you get fed when you go to members' houses you know. So I'm going to try and do my best.
I haven't gotten my package yet but we're going up to the office today for p-day to collect our post so I should be getting it today I would imagine. We'll have to see what happens. Gerry is taking us up into Birmingham today for p-day to check things out and get some good chinese food in Birmingham's "Chinatown". We're pretty pumped for that. Oh ya and I did get the letters from the young women tell them all thank you from me. I'll try and write a letter back when I get a bit of spare time.
Thank you again for the pictures Dad. And for the life lesson. That was great. Sad story, but a good lesson learned from it. Thank you for that. I had better get going now because I'm out of time but thank you both for everything. I love you both
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