From the Family to Nick
Dear Nick;
I get to be first again! It's fall, and it's only 105 today. I'm ready
for winter, got all kinds of ideas for where to plant flowers this
year. it seems that the back patio with my beautiful raised planter is
where all the Aboos settle and I can't keep up with the dust . We are
being encouraged to plant cactus along the back wall to discourage
"robbers" from coming over the fence. our neighbors on both sides are
moving and putting their homes up for sale. guess they couldn't stand
how loud our TV was. oh well more parking space!. I'm looking forward
to women's conference next week. that is all my news. Love you,
grandma
Well hello nick, sam is making me write to you. I do so under great
duress, you know how vicious your sister can be Not because I don't
want to right you, but because I despise writing in general. However I
hope things are going well. Things continue here, we planted our corn
and it is growing. I am still working. We have been working on the
garage a litte. Soon I will plant a couple gardenia and a plumeria,
and maybe a few more veggies. Anyway have fun,
Matt and Sam
Hi! I really don't have much to say unfortunately. I went on a great
date on friday. It was a fun bit of social interaction in this cold
barren waste if loneliness that I am coming more adapted to slowly.
Then kevin came over and we played smash against 2 comps. I got 60
damage and gave 640 damage. Only you will know that that’s impressive
due to the inherit lack of interest these people who call themselves
mom and dad and sam and matt -the-brother-in-law. Other than that I
slowly wait the return of saturday and sunday. Till then my firend.
Asta la vista.
-Zander.
Nick,
You created a bad situation last week when you did not know your
mother's birthday, because Matt called and asked for it later that
week and I had to pay the price when she went ballistic about
ungrateful children……. She has really been concerned about the turtles
lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't put a king size
mattress out in yard for them.
Taught HP today it was good - It was on Elder Hallstrom Saturday
morning address. Ty is flying to South Africa early October and the
thought popped into my head how he will probably freak a lot of people
out when he sleeps with his eyes open.
Momma says she loves you - She has a bad headache and is leaving me
to mail this to you.
Pictures were a nice touch.
Dad
From Nick to the Family
This last week was pretty good. It didn´t reach perfect but it finished well. It was a little bit rainy and cloudy this week. Not bad, though. Just waiting to start cooking with the summer coming up. Technically it became spring here last week. This last Saturday we had two baptisms, two siblings. Their mom was a less active member, but she has re committed and is changing, coming to church. She has three kids, the oldest boy being twelve, then a daughter of 9 and another boy of 6. It was pretty cool to see her reactivate. Also, the bishopric and the ward mission leader here are pretty darn good. The ward in general is struggling a bit, but the bishopric and the ward mission leader are bomb. So we were able to teach the kids and prepare them for baptism. Our ward mission leader is a preparing missionary, and he was able to baptize the kids. His first time baptizing, so he was a bit nervous, but it turned out perfectly. It was the best baptism I've been in yet. Well organized, the bishopric and ward helped out. I hope that all turn out like it. I also wanted to explain better a custom that they have here. I don't think I've explained yet. There's a drink here, a type of tea, called "mate." (To properly say the word, start saying the word "mom" and cut off the final m, then say "tay.") It is drunk from a certain type of cup, also called a mate. It's made out of mate wood as well, generally, or occasionally the hoofs of the cow. They drink it from a special straw that is also a filter. The cheap straws are stainless steel, but the better ones are of silver. Drinking mate is a big custom here. To drink mate, you fill the cup with yerba mate, the herbs, then add sugar, then hot water. You drink the mate, which is usually just like one big sip from a straw. Then you add a little more sugar, more hot water, and pass the cup to the next person. People, especially old people, will just drink mate for a few hours and chat. They all use the same cup and straw. They say drinking mate makes you less hungry, but I don't believe it. As missionaries, we aren't allowed to drink any form of mate. (There's also mate cocido, which is just like a normal tea that you'd make in a mug or cup or whatever.) However, I tried mate once before the mission, in seminary with Bro. Huso. Looking back he went to Argentina, because he gave us mate cocido and dulce de leche once. It tastes like grass and twigs in hot water. Also, as missionaries we aren't allowed to drink any form of cola. Or water from the tap. Mainly whenever we visit people they give us soda that isn't cola or juice made from the flavor packets, generally Tang. It's pretty cool, yup. So hopefully you enjoyed that large tidbit. I am grateful we aren't allowed to drink mate. That would be a very large amount of time spent.
Grandma - Cactus along the back wall, huh. Here, all the houses minus a few have fences all around them. Then 95% of these fences have pointy things on top of them to keep people from jumping over. In the poorer places, broken glass bottles. In the richer areas, barbed wire, pretty pointy metal designs, or razor wire. So instead of robbing from houses the people are generally robbed more in the streets, but only in the worse areas, generally at night. So we're safe.
Matt & Sam . things are still moving along, eh. I do know how kind and loving my big sister can be when she wants to. Hope you enjoy your pretty flowers and vegetables.
Alex - The ratio is good. I'll accept that. It's a start. But you have to get the damage up to 1000 to be really admirable. Then you are a Super Smash brother. I also just got reminded of rampage, which I want to play again. Matt would probably appreciate it a bit more, this old desire. Ah, rampage.
Dad - In the end I didn't end up with the birthdays of either Mom or Sam. Ugh. I wanted to try to get the date now so that when it comes up I'll be able to say happy birthday. Now I'll have to ask the question again, perhaps various weeks in a row. Good to know the turtles are still moving along. Hopefully they are still growing. I want to be able to use them as roller skates. With general conference coming up I've gotta study up on the last conference a bit more. I've been studying other things lately. South Africa, huh. That's pretty cool. A good experience for Tyrel. Hope that Mom recuperates. I've recently found out that allergies attack me in the season. Spring is allergy time, whether it be in the northern or southern hemisphere, in September or in February and March. But I live still.
Well, I'll leave you with a quote. I would send pictures but as always I'm on a time limit, as well that my comp is currently using my SD card reader. I was charitable this week. I thought of Alex and his choir abilities when I first read this. Big on starting something and then improving it. It reads:
"Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except the best. " -Vincent Van Dyke
Love you, family and all others,
Élder Hansen
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