ElderRyus: Day 153

I asked about Christmas needs...
well, I don't really need anything, Everything that I could need I was able to find at the thrift store, I have coats, gloves, jackets, boots, wool socks, and everything else that I would need. I'm actually surprised how much I like thrift store shopping.. everything is so cheap and if I'm willing to look around I can usually find anything that I want or need. I'm pretty much scrooge on buying anything with the card I have from home, I don't mind spending the monthly allotment, pretty much I get food. I would need suggestion on what I should buy that I enjoy. A lot of missionaries buy ties or watches or that kind of stuff and I just don't get it.. I have no shortage of ties, I came out with twelve and just trading around I have something like fifty plus ties. So I don't really know. I bought a suit bag a while back at the thrift store so that will be pretty nice, won't have to fold my suits anymore. This week was a good week, but it was fairly average.

I'm sure your new car is awesome, anything you don't like about it?

I like it alright, I would buy a Subaru like it, I wonder how much they cost...

Any guesses about where you might be transferred?

I don't have any good guesses, but it would be fun to go to a city or to the states part of our mission.

How's Elaine? I put her name in the temple, but I couldn't remember her last name so I just put from Swift Current.

Thank you so much! She is doing well, she is improving, not as much as I like, but she has been reading her scriptures more. She didn't come to church on Sunday because she went to her great grandchild's baptism.. at the united church so that was lame.

How's "Elder Weins"?

we haven't been able to get in contact with her again. :( we'll get her though

Do you remember the funny things that happened last week that you were going to tell me?

Nope. :(

Why is it hard or yucky to sort Christmas stuff at the thrift store?

It's just not interesting.. I don't care about cute little light up snowmen.. I want to look at their jackets or suits or that stuff. It's fun though because since we volunteer there we can look through the things that are not in the storefront yet.

Best Moment? (do you hate this question, since I always ask it)

I am not bothered by that question. This week was good, the best part was that we went out to a little town and helped a younger couple move a freezer, it was heavy because it was full of rotted meat, we took a while and widened some doorways to get it out, but we did. then his wife had some pizza stuff laid out and we got to make our own pizzas. It was great! Everyone has given us tons of meals this week, not in their home but just leftovers or just made us meals. That was amazing. We haven't had to eat food that we bought for a while.

If they ask me to talk about you for Christmas, what would you like me to point out?

I don't know :/ Probably just that I'm very humble and I take pride in my humility.

Anything new for service since the holidays are here? Missionary caroling...? People might let you in if you look cold....

Just lots of snow shoveling, we'll be out doing that tomorrow! :)

What advice did you mission president say the last time you talked with him?

He just told me to work hard, not anything crazy, He was very nice and told me this is probably my last transfer in swift.

Tell Kamas to feel better, and tell everyone that I miss them.

These are pictures that he has sent us but our computer wouldnt let me upload them. So these are from a while back.