Nate's birthday was last week. In honor of him making it to 21 (as my mom put it, there were some days she worried he wouldn't make it to adulthood) I'm posting another edition of 'gems' we've gotten in his letters. These are just a few excerpts from his letters the last few months. These funny anecdotes are surrounded with stories of missionary work and his testimony. These are the parts that let us know it really is Nate who is writing these letters.
1. Having an investigator the first time at church stand up in priesthood and bear his testimony.
2. A member buying our groceries for us this week anonymously.
3. Elder Sutton identifying George Forman as "the guy from the Green Mile"
4. Elder Sutton redeeming his lack of boxing or movie knowledge by getting me on a protein diet that's working like a charm.
5. Running out of gas *(Elder Sutton at the wheel, not my fault) on Sam Cooper Highway en route to a baptism, having to jog a half mile to the nearest gas station, buy a some gas and jog it back. (Shades of a similar incident with Aaron Johnson and Jane Bruce 2 years ago which Mom's family thinks I made up)
6. Getting good news emails from all of you.
*Nate was notorious in our family for running out of gas. His solution was usually to just switch to another car. He ran completely out of gas several times.
He got transfered to Memphis, Tennessee at the first of the year:
Memphis is the white field, we're just trying to hold one sickle at a time. I'll end there before the crappy metaphor and botched biblical parallel police come after me
Memphis is the white field, we're just trying to hold one sickle at a time. I'll end there before the crappy metaphor and botched biblical parallel police come after me
In response to telling us about his new companion from Wyoming:
I also count it as a personal success that I've gotten him to sometimes say "I saw" and "We saw" rather than "I seen" and "We seen". Old habits die hard. No offense to Grandma and Grandpa.
Well, Jerry Sloan resigning sent shockwaves even through the hispanic world. Not really, but it was a mexican who told me thursday night. I thought he was talking about Jim Boylan, but wow, look what happens, I go on a mission and the whole world falls apart. I don't know what to believe anymore. Is Deron Williams a problem now? What happened?
This was him telling us about what happened on his birthday:
Otherwise it was just a pretty busy day, with another baptism and a big Relief Society Party celebrating the anniversary of the Relief Society, which included a short play (in spanish) about the founding of the relief society. There's something very inherently entertaining about 15 hispanic women dressed up in Pioneer garb and Emma Smith having a thick Chihuahua accent.
Crossed the year mark Thursday. We still haven't gotten to burn shirts (Elder Sutton is serving right next to me). We were going to do it yesterday, but Elder Pitt felt it would be breaking the sabbath. I call it a gray area.
I decided to try to get a haircut at a barbershop near Graceland. I learned my lesson, apparently you need to go to areas where there are white people to get your hair cut, because barbers who've only cut Afro-American hair, don't really know what to do with mine. It looks pretty bad. I did get to talk the barber about growing up in Memphis during the Civil Rights movement.
Otherwise it was just a pretty busy day, with another baptism and a big Relief Society Party celebrating the anniversary of the Relief Society, which included a short play (in spanish) about the founding of the relief society. There's something very inherently entertaining about 15 hispanic women dressed up in Pioneer garb and Emma Smith having a thick Chihuahua accent.
Crossed the year mark Thursday. We still haven't gotten to burn shirts (Elder Sutton is serving right next to me). We were going to do it yesterday, but Elder Pitt felt it would be breaking the sabbath. I call it a gray area.
I decided to try to get a haircut at a barbershop near Graceland. I learned my lesson, apparently you need to go to areas where there are white people to get your hair cut, because barbers who've only cut Afro-American hair, don't really know what to do with mine. It looks pretty bad. I did get to talk the barber about growing up in Memphis during the Civil Rights movement.
We miss Nate a lot, but these letters sure are fun to get.
I love all of these!! And Nate :).
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