8/17

Hello Family & Friends!

Hope you all are having a good day and for the 1/2 of you that just got home from the trip, hope you had fun... without me.. haha ;)So if I sound like I am half asleep - it might be because I am.. haha. Our downstairs neighbors (*yes the bikini wearing old mean lady and her family) were having a party and then a fight broke out ALL night long. So at like 5:00 in the morning someone in the complex called the cops and then I got some of that beauty sleep. Haha, fun times in Lake Elsinore.. I know!So we got to go bowling again for this past Mondays Pday event and hate to sound too prideful...but I am improving my skills... only a couple of gutter balls.. YAY! haha I told them I needed the gutters up, but NOOO! haha, they don't even have those helper-rack things that we have at our bowling alleys..LAME! Oh, we got to go to the temple this Thursday and it was a really cool experience. After the session I got to meet the temple president.. he just walked up to me and said hello! Also when we have our temple days 2 zones (out of the 9 zones) from the mission meet up together to go to the temple. And it is cool to see all the missionaries that I get transferred away from. I got to see E. Varney and E. Williams again! Wow, and can you believe that E. Varney is going home in two weeks! wow, he was only like at 16 months when he was with me!Well I think I better fill you normal people in on some of the mission "lingo" out here... so If I ever use it you know what I mean...-When you are BORN that is the area and date you entered the mission field. (Corona & Feb 11, 2009)-DEATH: is the area before you go home-Gator: Investigator-Dad: your Trainer (E. Varney)-Mom: if your companion trains after he is companions with you-Stepdad: The companion after your trainer (E. Williams)-Son: person you train-Golden: investigator that is for sure gonna be baptized-Bump: 6 months out in the field-Hump: 1 year out in the field-Slump: 1 1/2 years out in the fieldAnd I will update you on more as my mission unfolds :) Well most everythings been going good out here. Oh, on Tuesday I got to give another training to my district and it was really really awesome. My training was entitled "Being There" and I trained the other missionaries on not just being there physically but spiritually to your appointments with members and investigators. It went really well, and everyone enjoyed it... I gave the story of when I was on the doorstep and said "He Is Risen" to that one man .. ahaha :)Well thanks so much for all you do for me and for all your letters of encouragement! I love you allLove Elder McBride