6th
Hey Mom!
It is great to hear about Toledo. It is also great to hear about the negative weather kinda. It means I can relate better to all the people who talk about how they recently experienced negative weather while they were at school up north or other things like that. I can't remember it getting that low for a long time though. -25 is down there quite a ways. 6-10 inches added to what you've already got... I am so glad I won't be having to shovel that this year. Or next year for that matter. Like I said over the google hangout, The one thing I don't really miss about Ohio is the part where I was shoveling the snow.
As far as different technology that is being implemented throughout the world, our mission hasn't yet hooked us up with all of it. The missionaries out here are all expecting that within the next 3-6 months, we all will have iPad minis and access to facebook and other things like that. Speaking of Facebook, Do you still remember all of my account info for logging on? I may need it somewhere down the road. Also, about facebook, have you ever tried logging on to my account to give out updates to others for me? I don't remember if I had asked you to do that before I left, or not. If I hadn't asked, would you be able to do that from time to time? I would like it if you could do that.
As for Packages, I may not be getting them until Tuesday, because I am getting Transferred again. I will be moving to a new area, this will be my third, and I will have a new companion again. It kinda has bummed me out just a little bit, because the companion I have right now is awesome, and he has helped me learn so much, but at the same time, I am kinda excited to see who my new companion is, and what my new area is going to be like.
As for people that have helped me learn a lot, there is this man named Elder Chocco (Cho-ko) who has helped me and my companion both learn a lot. My companion knew him from his last area and was able to keep in touch with him after the last transfer, and so I was able to meet Elder Chocco and learn so much from him. Elder Chocco is super in tune with the spirit and has helped me learn a lot by answering some of the questions I have had and even some of the ones I didn't know I had had.
It is Great that you were all able to see Grandma. If there are letters you are all waiting to receive from me, I hope that I can get them out to you all soon enough. I don't know what I will be able to do though.
I hope that you all have been enjoying the weather, even though it is frozen outside. I have been wondering where all the snow is for the past few months now, and I haven't seen any signs of it. We have had a couple of rainy day, surprisingly. But other than that, it has mostly been warm.
I hope that you all are excited for the new year. I love you all and hope that you all are able to enjoy this upcoming week.
Love,
Elder Jastal
13th
Hey Mom!
My new area is down in San Clemente California and it's probably the most perfect seeming place in the whole mission, if not in the whole of the United States. It is a very nice area, and I am now with two new companions. I have been transfered in to what we call the service district and one of my new companions is the District leader of the Service District. The biggest difference between the Service district and other Districts in the mission is that we spend most day from 10-5 looking for opportunities to serve in the community in whatever ways we can. We basically have the whole mission as the area that we are able to find service opportunities in, and don't do our typical proselyting until after dinner. I have been able to meet some of the members so far, and the members I have met are all super nice.
As for what I used my Christmas money for, I was able to get a new pair of tennis shoes to replace the pair I came out with. I have a feeling that these shoes will last a little bit longer than six months before the bottom of the sole starts becoming super smooth and flat. The soles on these shoes seem quite a bit more durable. I also was able to find an mp3 player to replace the one that you sent out. I traded the older mp3 player to one of the other elders in my last district for a super nice tie that probably cost about the same as the mp3 player I traded to him. I also got a pair of super comfy nice socks from Kohl's.
I love you all, and hope that you all have been enjoying the New Year as best as you can. January seems like it hasn't been merciful with it's weather like it was last year.
Love,
Elder Jastal
With his last companion, Elder Younger . . .
With some of the missionaries in his first zone . . .
21st
I did get the cookies and the Fudge and they were both still super delicious!
I think I have to go get a few birthday cards and send them home. Also,I got the Ties that you sent.
So far in this area I have been able to experience a lot of clean air. I don't know what they did down here to get the air feeling this clean, but I am of the opinion that even though I am only about 15-20 miles away from my last area It is still way better down here. As far as different service opportunities that we have found down here, all of the places we volunteer at are in some way shape or form organized as Charities. We have been able to volunteer at a place called F.A.M. which stands for Family Assisted Ministries, that is dedicated to assisting all of the homeless or otherwise less fortunate people in the area. We also have been able to volunteer at a place called Second Harvest which does pretty much the same kinda thing, only on a somewhat larger scale. We also have been volunteering at a local thrift shop that donates all of the money it raises to a particular school group. I don't remember exactly where though.
It is awesome down here. Lots of great people and awesome members in our ward.
I love you all! I hope that you are all able to have a wonderful week.
Love,
Elder Jastal
28th
Hey mom, sorry it is so late in responding to your e-mail. Yesterday we got caught up in helping our Ward mission leader move into our apartment complex so we didn't have enough time to e-mail or shop. Thankfully, we are able to do our e-mailing today, so you don't have to wait too long to hear from me.
28th
Hey mom, sorry it is so late in responding to your e-mail. Yesterday we got caught up in helping our Ward mission leader move into our apartment complex so we didn't have enough time to e-mail or shop. Thankfully, we are able to do our e-mailing today, so you don't have to wait too long to hear from me.
As for the weather out there, everybody who I tell I am
from Ohio says that it is really cold over there. So I have been
slightly updated. I didn't know if it was actually still snowing or not,
though. I am not surprised that everything is closing and cancelling. That is basically what I remember winters being like every year.
Maybe not to the degree that everything shuts down, but I seem to
remember that there were always some places that would end up closing
down due to the weather.
If the small card is the one with the miniature-ized
copy of my Patriarchal Blessing, then yes I got it just last
night and I was super excited about it. I think that that one will be
kind of handy to have around with me, that way whenever I am in need of
something to do, or if I just want to look through it and I don't have
the larger copy, I can just check through the small one.
I wanted to remember to ask you
- Were you ever able to get a hold of Elder Beckstead, and
ask him about the audio talks that he had? If not, that is okay, I am
just curious.
I hope that you all are able to have a fantastic
week this week. I am going to close this e-mail so that I can write a
happy birthday e-mail to dad because I won't be able to tomorrow, which reminds me that I forgot to get birthday cards to send home...
Anyway, I love you all!
Love,
Elder Jastal
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