From the Family to Nick:
Hi. It is me. Mom is threatening to beat me to a bloody pulp. I have
good news Nick. Next week I start school on Tuesday, and I move in to
my new place on Wednesday. Bring on the debt baby!
Anyways, I am ready for it. If this doesn’t work out I’m moving to
Nicaragua. I’ll get a job harvesting bananas or something and make
friends with the local drug lords. They will find me amusing and I’ll
beat them in Scrabble or checkers. Just kidding, I don’t play
checkers. Luckily, Sam and Matt won’t miss the rent money I’ve been
paying them since he is getting a new job at Charles Schwab the same
day I move out.
Right now we are in Flagstaff at the timeshare. It is quite nice. I
went mountain biking and it was awesome. I took an awesome panoramic
shot of Schultz Creek and even learned how to change the camera
resolution on my phone. The only down side is that my tush is tender.
I also had prime rib, cotton candy, and a smoked turkey leg. Not too
shabby eh?
I bid you adieu as I now embark on the journey back to the valley.
Keep teaching it up! Hope you have found some awesome investigators.
- Matthew the Seafaring Champion of Catan
Hello Nick,
So, last Tues. afternoon Dad and I came up to Flag. Weather has been
almost perfect. A few afternoon thunderstorms and wind. Perfect
temperatures. Dad relaxed whilst I quilted a bit and watched the
Republican National Convention – Just the big speeches. We also did a
little shopping – lots of eating and lots of driving around Flagstaff.
Traffic pretty much sucks here though. Dad even played several games
of Carcassonne, one of the few games we can play together. Matt came
up Friday afternoon and Sam & Matt & Alex that evening. Played games
that night, slept in a bit Sat. morning and the whole clan went to the
driving range. I’ll try to send a couple of pics. Matt went
adventuring on his own and the rest of us checked out the Coconino
County Fair. They grow some huge pigs and amazing turkeys up here.
The food was pricey but out of the ordinary – tornado fries and turkey
legs the best.
We came back and played some more games and went over to Amy & Mikes
to have pizza and play games. Sam and Matt and Dad left to go back to
the land of heat and humidity. Matt stayed another day – and although
he said he was going to go home, it’s almost 10pm and he hasn’t made
it out the door yet. He’s watching Dumb & Dumber, Prince Caspian, and
Iron Man between constant channel switching with Alex. Totally
relaxing week. Not looking forward to packing up and going home
tomorrow. I could stay here for another week easily without being a
tiny bit bored. Yeah.
Dad bought another notebook. I think it’s for me unless I want a
smaller one – Dad is hoping that happens I think. I downloaded
Carcassonne. It’s not quite as fun that way, I win almost all the
time, but it’s not bad. And since people don’t want to play with me
much a good substitute. Checked for ticket to ride, but not for
android yet. Also downloaded a fun pinball game – Dad was annoyed.
Oh well…
Only 1 day of teaching this week. Have lots of annoying errands and
business to take care of Weds. and then on Thursday Alex gets his
wisdom teeth out. I’ll report on that next week. Hope all is
flourishing in your life. Love you lots, Mom
Nickolias: This is a crazy thing. I’m going to be wisdom-toothless!
Holy snot. Maybe not snot, but probably some less putrefying thing.
Yea. I have been working and that was good and fun. But now I have
been relaxing here in this timeshare in flagstaff. I have played 1
game of ticket to ride Asia and then teams in Asia and then monopoly
deal as well as 3 games of settlers of catan with seafarers. I figured
up a sweet setup for it. Yea its going to be great! But also I have
found that I can’t sleep more than 9 hours in a row. Welp today’s
adventure is over. Next is wisdom teeth!
-Alezander da good
From Nick to the Family:
Well howdy do. This last week was exciting, and this next week is even more exciting! Just this last week we had transfers, so of course things changed around a bit. My comp stayed in the area yet another transfer, probably two because he is training again. I got shipped off to Ciudad Evita II, in the zone Aldo Bonzi. The temple is about a thirty minute walk from the apartment. Pretty cool. Excited to be here. Hoping I can get some work done. My new comp is a Latino! Elder Perez, from Mendoza Argentina. He has been out for 21 months, so it's getting close to him dying. He's good though. This area is a bit nicer than La Ferrere was. Well, I'll explain a bit more. There is a good chunk of the area that is basically like living in the states where we live. The streets are paved, more than less clean, the houses are more individual. The individuals are a bit more well off, have better jobs. It's an interesting contrast with what I saw before. However, there is also a good chunk of our area called the monoblocks. They are basically clusters of big apartment buildings. The less inviting type of apartment buildings, yeah. But it is really good. The ward is really good. The bishop is as tall as I am, but bigger. He reminds me of one of my seminary teachers, Elder Huso. I am excited to work here. There are four missionaries in our apartment, so it's a bit different. They are three native spanish speakers, so I'll get speaking some real good Spanish. Also, I received the package. Very well appreciated. I just opened it this morning. The muddy buddies recipe will be well used. Even if I can't find chex, I'll try it with corn flakes and report on the success. The CDs are very much appreciated. More so than you might think! The books were good as well. All the other trinkets are currently finding their uses as well.
Matt - Reading the first few lines of your letter, it sounded like Alex was writing. Was a pretty weird experience. Pretty crazy step you're taking there. But it's all good. Funny you mentioned Nicaragua, because one of the elders in the apartment is from Nicaragua. If you were wondering as well, a person that harvests bananas is called a bananero. Pretty cool. Learned it from a random cardboard box being used as a doormat outside an apartment. Nice to know you're still figuring out how to use our phone as well. Keep figuring out new things.
Mom - Sounds like you all had a little party up there. Traffic is bad up there though, I remember. The fair would be a cool experience. And when you said Dad bought another notebook the first thought that came in to my mind is that he bought a normal paper notebook. Was a little confused until it clicked. It's a notebook though? Not a tablet? Just from what you said I wasn't quite sure. Wisdom teeth eh. Pretty exciting prospect there. I'm quite grateful for all the recipes you've sent so far. They work well. I haven't quite been able to do the ranch one because I haven't really tried finding buttermilk. A little harder to locate. But if you decide to send other recipes, some possibilities are potato soup, french toast, and that cinnamon twist recipe. That one would be a little daring, but the results just might be worth the effort.
Alex - No more than 9 hours in a row huh. I quite seriously believe I could sleep for twelve hours without a problem right now. This area is smaller than my last, but we still walk. The wisdom teeth experience is coming. How exciting. Just remember, when they put the mask on to put you out, just go straight to sleep. Yes, it is possible to continue awake for at least some time, but just let yourself sleep. And don't be dumb and eat the stuff they tell you not to eat. And only pull out the stitches if they really really really really are bothersome. Otherwise they do dissolve within a month.
And so it is, dear family. To bid you adieu, I will share two choice quotes from the book I got earlier today. I actually read about 45 pages of it, but these are some of the best ones.
'If you cannot win yourself, make the one ahead of you break the record.' -Anonymous This one makes me laugh. A fun viewpoint.
'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.' -Not anonymous, but the name was diabolically French and difficult to pronounce, much less remember. This one makes me think as well. Just think.
Well, that was fun. Hopefully you can continue doing good things. This week will go very well. Meeting of all three Buenos Aires missions as well as the MTC here with President Eyring and others, and then a big culture event in a soccer stadium, then the temple dedication. Woo hooo!! Keep on doing good works. Let that light so shine!
Love,
Elder Hansen
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