Walker's Week #103

Hey family, whats up? So this week was super good. We had an activity. We had everyone act about a prophet. So the young men did it about Joseph Smith, the young women about Adam, the primary about Noah, high priests did Moses, elders quorum did Abraham, relief society did Enoc, and the bishopric did the time of Jesus. The best part of all is that we had two families of investigators come. Actually, they got there before all the members, because they were all late. But we are working on that. 

Walker's Week #102

Hey whats up? So funny story, usually to remember dates I put them in my agenda. So this last week I wrote all of the dates until Friday, then I looked to make sure I wrote them right. So I realized that I was a day behind so I skipped the 1st and wrote the second and continued. So I was just kind of chilling saturday and someone asked me how old I was. I answered 20 like usual, but then I realized that it was almost my birthday so I asked my companion what the date was and it was the second. I had completely forgotten my birthday. But oh well, I now can drink legally in the states. Woot. So this week the stake president came and had a reunion with the ward council, and pretty much told us that we don´t know how to work. So yeah. I don´t know I´m pretty sure everyone is trying, they just aren´t thinking, but we´re working on that.

Walker's Week #101

Hey guys whats up? So this week was cool, so i´m right next to santa ana, so really they are in my district. So this last week dennis baptized his brother. So that was pretty cool. So ciudad colon is a super super small city that doesn´t have buses, so we walk a lot. My companion is super cool, he doesn´t like talking that much so our house is pretty quiet. So the ward I´m in about two or three years ago had about 130 people that went to church and now were lucky if there are 60, and every week its worse. So we try to have a lot of lessons with the members.

So there is a kid in my zone that played rugby for highland and got invited to go and play for byu and stuff. So today he taught us how to play rugby and really I have decided that latinos can´t play anything that isn´t soccer. No matter how many times you explain they just don´t understand.

Walker's Week #100

Hey guys whats up? So I got changed. I am now in ciudad colon, which is right next door to santa ana. Yep my companion's name is Elder Marques. He´s a mexican. So today I went and visited Magaly and her family, they're super awesome. So i have no idea what to write. I have no idea what is going on here so I´ll write more next week.

Walker's Week #99

Walker's Week #98

Hey guys, how is everything going? Everything here is good. I don´t really understand new years. Everyone acts like something has changed, but really I feel exactly the same as the day before. But everyone did get drunk and really being missionary we really couldn´t do anything, but everything is good. So courtney do you have a car or are you just going to take the bus and walk to everything?

Walker's Week #97

Hey hows it going? So Christmas is a little different here, its more of a big party than anything. The best way I can describe its like a new years party. Everyone the twenty fourth waits up till midnight and they all hug each other ask for forgiveness for anything they did during the year, start crying a little because they're all drunk. Fireworks going off all over the place. Yep the best. I think its better the way we do it go to sleep early wake up late. Yep a lot better, but the fireworks are nice. 

Walker's Week #96

Hey guys whats up. So this week was nice. So tomorrow after lunch between the hours of 2 and 5 I´ll be calling. probably from skype, but i don´t know. My companion has to figure out when he is going to call. So when he isn´t calling I will.

Walker's Week #95

So I guess I am going home a week early. They have a whole lot a missionaries coming in so they are changing the time in the mtc from 9 weeks to 6 weeks. So we had to change the day of our changes a week earlier and all of that means that I will not complete the two years. I will be home two days before. So christmas is coming up and I guess i can use skype but I´m not really sure how I am going to do that because the internet will probably not be open that day. So maybe i am just going to call. I´m trying to figure it out, but if not I´ll just call. So how are all you guys? Ss there a certain number I need to call or something like that or just the house? So one of the hermanas in my district had to go home early for medical problems. So that sucked alot. But there is another hermana in my district and she likes to think she knows everything and tell me that I´m wrong, and the best part is that we share a ward so I am always working with her, but oh well.

Walker's Week #94

Hey guys whats up so this week was good we had our primary program here. Its a little bit harder when there are only 10 or 15 kids in the primary, all of the ones older than 8 had to give like talk talks, of like 2 to 5 minutes, pobrecitos. I am super glad my primary was a little bit bigger. So niether my companion or I had changes. We are both here which means I will be with him for 4 and a half months, or three changes. Sorry my letter is so short this week.