September 28 Letter

Hey what's up! How are things goin'? Sounds like things are going good. But we might be moving nicks baptismal date back to the later part of October. which is OK with me because i want our converts to retain. so ya i am excited to stay i kinda like it here. i am still training a missionary his name is elder Woodward he is a stud. we get along great and have alot of fun together. he is from a town by riverton UT which is right by salt lake city. but i forgive him for that haha!! so ya it awesome! anywase that's to bad that the windmills are spreading false rumors about us just be glad that we don't have to be judged by the city of burley or them because that just wouldn't be fair would it. that's why I'm grateful for justice and mercy. because of Christ those 2 principles can both be inforced. so i know how stressful it can be but be the better people and share your love to your enemy's. i think the savior said it best to love your enemy's bless them that curse you. now unfortunately that's easier said than done, but we call ourselves Christians so it is something we do it is an action. it may be the hardest thing in the world to do to love your enemy's and bless them but if the savior can do it then surely he can help me have the strength to do it. anywase so dad did get his new truck that's awesome please send me pictures and stuff. that's awesome that declo is doing great I'm so glad they beat filer because i hate filer. and Boise state is #5 that's way awesome is that the big pole you know with all the big dogs on there or a smaller one you know what i mean. anywase tell everyone i said hi and stuff and i will talk to ya later and oh could you send me like 4 more pairs of garments those extra support ones didn't last very long some of them are coming unstitched so that's not good. anywase hate to do that to ya and wish there was a better way. but anywase talk to ya later. By.
Loves Elder Silcock

September 21 Letter

Hey what's up! So it was a slow week, huh. Ours was kinda disapointing. Ernie, the guy I was tellin' you about, dropped us, it was kind of a bummer. It's a long story, I will just tell you when I get home. But we still have Nick, so it should be good. So did Dad ever get the truck? Anywase, you want to know how small of a world it is. President Merkley was trained by DR. Joe. Crazy, huh! President Merkley said to tell him he sends his love, so could you do that for me. Anywase, I will be looking for the shirts and could you do me a favor? Could you put some money on my account, I need to fix some stuff up on our apartment because Elder Sattler is gettin' transferred, because I trained him so good! Their givin' me another greenie, ha,ha. Maybe I should take the humble test, ha,ha! Anywase, so ya, transfers are on Friday, so hopefully, before then, but if not it's no big deal, I just like to have the apartment in good shape when I get a new missionary. Anywase, I'm trying to think if there is anything else to tell you but I get a blanc sign, so I will let you go, and so I will talk to ya later.

Loves, Elder Silcock

September 14 Letter

Hey, what's up? So Dad finally might be getting a new truck, that's awesome, I can't wait to see pictures of it. It sounds like a nice truck. I just hope he takes care of it, you know what I mean! Anywase, we had a pretty good week. We were able to set another baptismal date. It's a kid named Nick, and he was taught byt the missionaries about a year ago and he couldn't be baptised because his Dad wouldn't let him, but we miraculously found him and he set a date with himself. We didn't really have to do anythig. So that was cool, and this week we have a mission tour, which is where a General Authority comes to the mission and speaks to us. It's going to be Elder Jensen, so nothing major. But it's still cool. I'm not complaining. But ya, there hasn't really been anything major happen here. Same ol', same ol'. And ya, I got your package and everyting fits good. And thanks for keeping me posted on the football thing right now. I really hope Declo can go to the championship again. Anywase, I think that's about it for now. I will let you go, so talk to ya later.

Loves, Elder Silcock

September 8 Letter

Hey what's up? So it sounds like it's been a good week. Your the new Beehive advisor huh, that's cool. I think you'll be good there. Ya, it's really unfortunate about the whole Fine Furniture thing. Hopefully they won't hate us, but you got to do what you got to do. Tell Chris he needs to quit showing off on the saw, haha! I bet that was a bloody mess! I wish I could have been there, haha!! (*Chris had an accident with a table saw and nearly cut off the tips of two fingers, but Dr. Joe was able to fix him up. He will have two more deformed fingers, but at least he has them!)
Anwase, that family that I was tellin' you about that we found, well, they kinda dropped us. They had a date for the 19th of September, but not anymore, kind of a bummer. But our other investigator, Ernie, we were able to re-set a date with him. So on the 26 of September we should have a baptism. But Ernie is really a funny story. He has some learning disabilities, so he is kinda slow. But he is like, 50 years old, and lives by himself. The house he lives in is the one his parents moved into when he was a kid. And it's kinda sad, because they still have half the house packed with boxes from when they moved in. So the house is a disaster. And on top of that he has about 12 outdoor cats in the house, and they don't really care where they go to the bathroom and everytime we go over we get fleas, and Ernie doesn't have very good hygiene, so we challenged him to take a bath every day and to brush his teeth every day. It's sad that it's that way, but that's just how he was raised. So last week we bought his a suit at the thrift store and a white shirt and tie and gave him a haircut, got him looking good for church, so we have really helped him clean up, him and his house. It's so much nicer now, even though we still have a long ways to go with him. At least he's getting baptised. The gospel will bless him so much. It's already changed him a lot. But anywase, I got to go, so I will talk to ya later.

Loves, Elder Silcock

August 31 Letter

Hey yall, so it sounds like it was a crazy week. But ya, I kinda had a low week as well. Our baptism fell through. We had some way crazy stuff come up. Too crazy to tell you now. So that was a bummer, along with some others, but I don't dwell on them. Because the Lord blessed us yesterday, we had a family come to Church and theya re all getting baptized right now. It was kind of a miracle, becuase we prayed to find a family and the Lord led us to one, so that cancels out all the bad I think, even though we didn'y have a baptism on Saturday.
(The next part refers to a building we own and are trying to decide what to do with it) But if you ask my opinion on what to do with the furniture store, either *********** (sorry, can't let you in just yet as to what our plans may be), would be way sweet, but that's just me, there are a lot of possibilities. So things are changin' in the Ward huh, that's good to hear, I guess, and don't worry about where you go because the Lord knows where you can go. (Skyler is referring to my release from my Stake Primary President calling this week) So Bryson gave a talk, huh. I'm glad that something I said touched him. I was really hoping something would. So anywase, that's pretty much my week and tell everyone I said hi, especially Scott. I need to get his address and write him a letter. So ya, I will be looking for the package. So ya, talk to ya later!!

Loves, Elder Silcock