5/5/2014
Mom,
I added you as a Skype contact and
we can use our iPads for Skype since no one has told us otherwise. We are
allowed to call or Skype home for 1 hour. So I probably will use the iPad to
Skype you. It will be wherever my companion and I have Wi-Fi. Maybe the church,
a member's home, our leasing center. We haven't decided where yet. Only using California aka Pacific (Daylight)
Time. I am planning on calling you at 5pm your time. I hope that works and make
sure everyone is ready. My ward is from 8am-11am and we usually make it out of
the building by 11:30am.
Zone Conference was on Wednesday
and it was really good. All the messages were great and it helped us all
refocus in on missionary work. All the Elders also learned how to properly
shave with a variety of materials. We also learned how to get the "soft as
a baby's butt shave" by one of the Senior Missionaries who was a
professional barber and later a Yale professor. It was really interesting and
he shaved President Cooke as the example a little with a straight razor just to
show off but mostly with his six blade professional razor he had. Let me say he
wasn't joking with the soft as a baby's butt that was a ridiculously close
shave. You wouldn't know that President had facial hair ever in his life and didn't
shave for 2 days. It is a long process that takes 10 minutes if your good and
know what your doing. (The missionaries that have completely adopted the
shaving process say it takes them closer to 30 minutes). I'm not doing exactly
what he did because of time restraint but I've adopted a lot of his techniques
and my shave is significantly closer, just not quite the "baby's butt."
This week has been really good.
Last Monday my roommate (J) and I went ice skating for P-day for about an hour
and forty minutes. It was fun and I learned to skate again so I could move
around the rink. It was a fun activity and I enjoyed it. We also drove around
Seneca State Park. It was very pretty and today we are going there again for
the zone activity for games and a barbecue. My companion and I were able to
meet with our investigator with a baptismal date a lot this week. The one is
still going and will hopefully be baptized this month as planned. The other
progressing investigator we have is doing phenomenal. Our first lesson with
just him he said that he decided to read the Book of Mormon but wasn't too far
in it. He only started from
the title page and got to 2nd Nephi. Needless to say, my companion and I were shocked how far he had read. He
already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and he his going great. He works
a lot so we can't visit very often but we are planning to give a baptismal date
this week.
Make sure to give my two oldest
brothers my congratulations on their amazing accomplishments. Tell my youngest
brother that I hope he is feeling better. There were a lot of people sick this
week in my area and even more people with bad allergies. I hope you have a
great week and that everyone does well.
P.S. I hope you had fun looking at
all the photos I took from my SD card package and understood all the little
descriptions.
Mom,
I found two modest shoe options I
liked the style of, a Rockport Brand and a Nunn Bush-recommended by my
companion. I tried them both on and the Nunn Bush were super comfortable and I
think that was the first time in my life I had nothing to complain about in a
shoe (you know my pickiness). The Rockports were alright but I didn't quite
like the fit, they were tight on both sides. Plus the Nunn Bushes cost less
than the Rockports.
So this Hermano bought me the Kore
by Nunn Bush. They are a dress shoe but are lightweight, slip resistant,
designed for walking, and very comfortable. They have a nice sole with a good
tread but they do have a gel pouch on the inside sole, I'll probably wear it
for a while then change it out before the inside sole wears down and then the
gel pops. Then this Hermano took us out to ice cream at Cold Stone. This Hermano
is such an awesome guy.
Dad,
I'm glad to hear that you had a great
Stake Conference. I'm also happy to hear that the ward is doing well in the
hastening of the work. I hope you had fun taking all your photos, just remember
not to overwork yourself on them.
I also emailed Mom that I am planning on
calling you 5pm your time (8pm my time). We will be able to talk for 1 hour. I
already am Skype friends with Mom for the upstairs computer. If you need it for
another computer just add my user to your contacts and send me a message. I can
check my email and Facebook all week if you need to give me any updates.
Today was zone activity and we went to
Seneca State Park and played capture the flag for a while which was really fun.
We then ate burgers and chips for lunch. Afterwards we hung out and I was in a
group where we played the game Scum. It's very similar to the Great Dalmuti
where you are trying to get rid of all of your cards; the lowest players have
to give their best cards to the highest players. The only main difference is
that there is an equal amount of high and low cards and the higher numbers have
the higher values. It was a fun day to hang out with the zone and play some
games and have a barbecue.
This coming week is all the end of the
transfer things. It is crazy too see how fast the transfers fly by here. This
Wednesday we have the temple trip. I'm really looking forward to being able to
go to the temple again. I believe my companion has his departing dinner this Friday,
so I'll hang out with another companionship. Saturday we find out if we are
staying or leaving our areas (don't worry there is an overwhelming amount of
odds that I will stay in Germantown for this next transfer it's a 99.99%
chance). The following Tuesday is when we find out the new companionships are
announced, so there is still some time before you find out who I'll be with.
This week has been really good and I've been loving it out here. I hope you
have a great week.
Brother #2,
I hope you have been doing well. I
heard you are doing fantastic in school! That is so great; keep up all that
hard work. You may not realize it now, but all those good grades, completed
assignments, and hard work will really pay off. It will really help you get
into a good college that will help you earn more money for a job you like and
on top of that you could get a scholarship where they give you money for being
smart and working hard in school. I'm super proud of you that you graduated from
your IEP. Keep up the great work. I can't wait to talk to you on Sunday.
Brother #3,
I hope you have been doing well. I
hope you are doing well in school, keep working hard even though the school
year is getting close to being done. I hope you do well on your States and
Capitals test and keep studying for it. I can't wait to talk to you on Sunday.
Brother #4,
I hope you are feeling better and
doing well. It's certainly no fun being sick. I heard you got a couple new fish
and a frog. I hope you are enjoying all your new pets. I heard you want some
more pets though. It's always fun having some pets but they are a big
responsibility. I also heard that you liked the photos of the bird on my
shoulder. Did you know that I ate all of my lunch with that bird on my
shoulder? I had that bird on me for almost half an hour. The little bird kept
peeping and talking into my ear. It was fun and sometimes you could make out a
word that the bird was saying. I can't wait to talk to you on Sunday.
Love,
Elder
Braden Dahl
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