February 9 Letter

Hi Friends,
Sorry about the long wait.  We have had a few technical problems and we are finally able to post Skyler's latest later.  Thanks for checking back.

February 9, 2009

     Hey, how's it going? Sounds like things have been going good down there. Steph said she was worried about the farm in her email, but with a little bit of faith and the will of the Lord they will be ok.  But I know things will get better.  Man, don't remind me it's been a year! That's just crazy. I don't know where the time goes, you know.  Today was cool, we went bowling with one of our investigators named Ryan Klebe.  I set a record for myself, bowling a 157, woo hoo!!! So that was coool! As for our baptisms last week, they didn't happen.  Remembr the elderly couple I told you about.  Ya, well Richard, the husband, he has cancer in 6 organs and had a doctors appointment that week and told the doctor he was getting baptized and the doctor said "No your not.", so that was devastating. We just have to wait for his health to get better.  So it is but one trial of faith for us, so that must mean we are gonna have more success.  But ya, that's cool you got to meet Elder Jerginsmyer's mom.  She told ya about our miracle, huh. Ya, it's pretty cool.  What happened was in December (I can't remember if i told you we had a 40 day mission fast so that we would have 100 baptisms for Dec.), well, it ended and we didn't come close, we had like 40. Isn't it ironic!  Well, the next day, President Seal got a call from the area Seventy, saying, your mission will be getting 14 new missionaries.  That's on top (I think) of what was coming in, so we will have 14 more missionaries. So President Seal said "Why? Why are they sending them? What for?",  and the area Seventy said "Bcause the First Presidency said that there are people in the Oklahoma Tulsa Mission that need baptized".  Isn't that cool! So you see we had a miracle in a very different way, awesome, huh.  So those missionaries will be coming out at the end of February.  So you never know, I might be training one of them.  Anywase, things are going good. As for the ice storms, we only had like maybe half an inch, so it wasn't bad at all. But then we got like 4" of snow, that was the most snow I had seen since I was home.  But ya, now the weather is about 70 degrees and tomorrow a chance of thunderstorms and most likely, you betcha, TORNADOS!!!!!!! So maybe I will see one.  Oh, and be careful when you compliment me, it might just go to my head, ha ha, just kidding!!!! Tell Dad his letter didn't count. I could barely read it, ha ha!!!! Ya, I got it laminated the other day and put it in a sheet protector. That thing is worth some money.  I said to Elder Sholle when I got it in the mail "Do you know what this is Elder? You have no idea! It's a letter from my Dad! Is that crazy or what? Wow, I do believe in miracles!!!  I don't think he fully understood, you know what I mean. Anywase, elder Sholle says hi as well.  As for b-day stuff, I don't know, ties, I guess and oh, I could use like a new John Deere shirt, my other one shrunk, so if so, get me a xlt in that as well, but if all else fails, just put some money in my account because I might want like a new camera or a gps if I ever get a car! You can never go wrong with ties, you know, and oh, I might need a new pair of shoes, you know like some work shoes.  You could probably send the ones I wore back home, my Nikes that are worn out. They are comfy, anywho, I don't know what I want for my b-day, I'm already blessed. But ya, maybe you could think of something I need, I don't know.  Gift cards are fine, but when I get transferred I don't know where I will go to. I might get transferred to Chacota, Oklahoma(that's where Carrie Underwood is from), it's a really small town, so you know what I mean.  But hey, maybe I'm wrong, I'm sure if you gave me something I could  find good use for it.  Oh, tell Dad he has to send me some duck and goose jerky. I haven't had wild game for ever. I'm gonna go crazy!!!! Anywase, talk to ya later.
love, Elder Silcock