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Phoenixocracy The one true Xeodent          Since: 01-08-10 From: Xeomerica Since last post: 1698 days Last activity: 1698 days |
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| I haven't heard anything back from him. He mailed out a simbattle letter to me, and I mailed one back, with a regular old "How's being a mormon?" letter attached, but he never answered back D: | |||
Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable  Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| I only got a reply to my first letter, though I recently just mailed him a third one. No reply so far. I think Nelrith said he got the same basic thing.
So I wonder if it's that he's too busy to write back, or if he isn't getting his letters forwarded after all. |
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Lord Vulkas Mormonus Vile High Xeodent of Xeomerica.  Since: 10-29-04 From: North Carolina, United States. World, Sol System, milky way Since last post: 96 days Last activity: 96 days |
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| this is a one time thing, I will not be veiwing this website again.
I just got Elara's third letter, that's all I've gotten. Send letters to this address: 8583 Watt Avenue, Antelope, CA 95843 I have sent Cairoi a lot more Dear Vulakr letters than he's posted, someone mail me their e-mail and I'll send it to you to post. Love, Vulkar |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| YAY you live! We miss you!!. I will mail my email address in my next letter. Good to know you're getting them. | |||
Xeoman Ball and Chain Trooper Administrator  Since: 08-14-04 From: 255 Since last post: 90 days Last activity: 78 days |
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| HE SPEAKS! | |||
Cteno Super Shotgun Moderator Since: 01-11-05 Since last post: 94 days Last activity: 92 days |
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| Talk about an unexpected turn of events! :O
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Ok, so I got a batch of letters from Vulkar! I will put some dashes in between so we know which is which.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello Xeogamers, So, in about a week, I will cease to be an official greeny in the mission field. Which is to say, I will now be considered an actual missionary, rather than that one guy who's getting follow-up trained by an Elder Groberg. You know what that means? Yeah, that means excitement. Although I might be getting moved to a different area soon too, which I suppose wouldn't be too terrible. I'd really prefer to stay here, but I've done good work and learned a lot in this area. The members are starting to get pumped about missionary work, and we've been finding some really good people who want to learn. We'll find our Monday though, if I really am leaving. As for life out here, you remember that muslim group I said we started teaching last e-mail? Well, we not only succesfully made peace with them, but have also been going over with them to read from the Quaran/book of Mormon. It's actually a really interesting experience, I'm learning a lot of their beliefs, and they're learning a lot of ours. They also just recently expressed just how much they enjoyed us coming over there to share our beliefs, and that they want to start reading the Book of Mormon cover to cover with us. Yeah, that was a good day. They're really nice people, too. They always bring out some orange juice or lemonade when we come by, since we can't drink tea like the rest of them. Anyway, for a more entertaing story, The apartment recently noticed how much butter I always ate, frying chicken in it, putting it on my sandwiches, putting a lot in my eggs/oatmeal/everything, and so one of them challenged me to eat four sticks of butter at once. I declined, but said that I could try drinking two sticks. They were shocked, and quickly started making videos as the butter was melted, including a song, demonstrations, and more. Needless to say, we were all pretty entertained. Then it came time to drink the butter. Everyone, I would never advise, no matter how strong you believe you are, drinking two sicks of butter at once. I managed to keep it all down, but for about an hour, I was standing by the sink, drinking small sips of water to water down the insane amount of butter, until I realized that water and grease don't mix, so I really wasn't doing anything. It's an odd sensation to feel that much butter going down, especially the burning sensation as it reaches your stomach. The next day I felt a bit sick, but fortunately then it was the day we do weekly planning, so I didn't have to move until my stomach was starting to feel better. Never do this! Seriously, never. Not quite as bad as salt poisoning (which I got a couple years ago), but still pretty terrible. The area I'm working in has recently been really picking up. Elder Groberg and I have really been focusing on finding more people to teach, and that involved searching through all the potentials/referals that were never contacted in the past couple years. Doing that, as well as continuing to teach those we already have, has been really good. There are a lot of people that we've been able to start teaching, and a lot of people nearby who want to hear this message. One person, for example, is Thelma, who immediately said for us to come in and start teaching, and then invited us to go back and share some more. Exciting, and I'm really liking how this area is shaping up. It also really helps me learn about people. We started teaching an eleven year old, Briaunna, whose single mother left the church for a long time, and has only recently resurfaced. So, it is good that her mother wants this for her child, but she's also moved three times in the past year, and is about to get married, meaning that baptism is pretty much the last thing Briaunna cares about. While I think that is could be good for her, I honestly don't blame her at all if she's not interested. It really shows how much a mother's actions ccan impact their children. But we try, and that's what matters. Anyway though, I do need to get going, but I'll e-mail you all again in another few weeks! Thanks, Vulkar/Alex ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, So, first off, sorry it's been a little while since I sent out another group e-mail, but you know, it happens. First off, where I am now: I'm still in Rocklin, been here for a while now, but I still really like the ward I'm in, so I'm perfectly fine with that. My last companion, Elder Healey, just finished his mission, and was a crazy Trekkie. By crazy, I mean really crazy. By Trekkie, I mean Trekkie enough that when he got up to introduce himself in testimony meeting, he quickly informed the ward that he loved Star Trek, and that Star Wars was stupid. In other words, really Trekkie. Now though, I'm training Elder Vernon. It was actually really hilarious when I first met him. All the trainers and trainees went into a room, and the Assistants to the President had the trainer first come up to the stand, and then the trainee. So who did I get? Only the only other red-headed person in the room!Everyone in the room was laughing just because they were rooting for us being together. Our mission president claims it's coincidence, and I would believe him, except that he's also been known to put the tallest guy in the mission with the shortest, he put Elder Ulrich with Elder Rich, etc etc. Basically, hilarity ensues. And I naturally put him through the trial of fire. Less than a week into it, I grabbed a full can of Bush's Baked Beans (with maple flavored bacon) and suggested that he place his finger on our granite counter top, and slam the can into it as hard as he could. Naturally, he promptly obeyed. And for those who are wide-eyed and thinking I'm absolutely cruel and crazy, he came out completely unharmed. See, if you slam it as hard as you can, the counter will actually absorb the impact, and your finger will come out fine, just putting a gigantic dent into the can. I now challenge every one of you reading this to try it. Call me crazy, but if you actually do it, I'm actually serious, you'll come out fine. Just make sure you do it with the side of the can, not one of the ends. We don't want any dismembered fingers. Also, if you don't do it as hard as you can, you'll probably break your finger, and that's just no good. In other news, we recently just had a baptism. Jonathan Lynn, the son of a recent convert, started meeting with us, and we asked him if he wanted to be baptized pretty much right off. At first he said no, but after we met with him for a few weeks, he said he'd pray about it, and came back the next week saying he got an answer and wanted to be baptized. Six weeks later, we taught him everything, making sure that he knew what it really meant to become a member of our church, and he was baptized. The service went beautifully, he asked a couple of his friends in the church if they would speak at his baptism, and them asked me if I would be the one to actually baptize him. Really, few things felt better than to have that chance, because I knew that this would be one of the biggest things he'd ever do in his life. For those who aren't Mormon, I know that that sounds like a pretty bold statement, but all the members I've ever talked to about this, they agree. Almost every blessing I've received ties somehow into me having been baptized, and I have faith that that will continue. I've also started a kind of surprising thing going in the ward, where we're taking some of the less-active members, the ones with a weaker testimony of the church, and bringing them with us to teach whoever we're meeting with. It has to be done carefully, and it has to be done right, but I've really noticed that when people have an opportunity, to teach what they know, it really strengthens them, really makes them stronger. Once I tell our Ward Mission Leader about a couple of the people we'll be taking with us, I'm pretty sure he'll call me crazy, but he trusts me enough that I'm pretty sure he'll go along with it. Anyway though, I gotta get going, and next time I'm taking a while to send one of these, just tell my dad you're looking forward to one fo them, and he'll remind me. See you then! Elder Tigges *This one was also sent to his family -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, So, first off, sorry I haven't sent one of these out in a while, but I'm finally getting around to it, so enjoy! Life in the mission field for ye ol' Elder Tigges. (heh, old, because...Elder...no one's laughing...heh. I'll stop now) Life has been going really well out here. As I said in my last group e-mail, a long long time ago, I am in Rocklin right now, and will probably be here for another three months. Honestly then I really love this area, all of the members are awesome, all the missionaries around are great, and in general, everything is going good. Right now I'm serving as Senior companion (because I've been in the area the longest) to Elder Healey, who is about four weeks away from going home. Needless to say, he has a lot of trouble staying focused, and not just because of his ADD medicine, which also causes epilepsy. But our mission president wants me to make him end strong, so I'm working him hard, and plan to keep working him until he steps on to that plan to go home. Recently we've been teaching a fourteen-year-old boy who normally lives with his foster parents, but lives with his mom on the weekend/over the summer. His mom was baptized about two years ago, and just now, he said that he wants to be baptized. Needless to say, hearing him say that made me very happy. This is, in my mind, going to be the single most important step he may ever take in his life, as everything which follows, who he marries, who he knows, what he does to follow God, all of it will be a reflection of this which is about to come. there are few things that could make me happier than this. Another family we're teaching, the Byrds, have known since I've been here that the church is true. However, Steve Byrd, the father, has had a lot of struggles because of some unfortunate experiences growing up as a Jehova's witness. When his wife divorced him, back when he was a member of their church, he was excommunicated because a gospel centered family clearly would never fall apart. Thus, since his wife left him, that means that he was not following the gospel, and must be in needs fo excommunication. So, his family were forced to disown him, all his friends left him, etc. So, because of these experiences, he hasn't managed to come to church yet. It's reached the point where he was dressed up and standing at the door, but because he was afraid we'd be like the Jehova's Witnesses, he just couldn't walk out the door. He could read the Book of Mormon every night with his family, he loves talking to us, but walking out the door is the hardest thing he could ever do. However, things are changing. His wife has determined that with or without him she was going to start going to church, and once she starts going, I'd be shocked if he doesn't start following. So, this Sunday, we're hoping to see at least her at church, and eventually get them all to the point where they can be baptized. Other than that, this area really has grown recently. As I mentioned before, before I got here, the other elders either baptized or dropped everyone that they were teaching, so when I got here, there were only a couple we were teaching. Now, we've got about eight. Not neccesarilly because of us missionaries, but also because of all the great work that the members nearby have been doing. We had one of them, Sean Lyons, once call us up just to say that he was making cookies, and he wanted to know who that we were teaching we'd like him to bring them to. Yeah, it was awesome. Being out here has also showed me a lot about the financial state America is really in. There's one family we're teaching who are unemployed. The wife isn't able to work for physical reasons, including a bad heart, back problems and epilepsy. The husband can't work because he injured both his arms on the job, so he should have been recieving workers compensation. However, the husban's worker's comp was just taken away, and they now have to live off of the wife's Social Security income of $99 a month. We've also met a ton of people who are out of the job just because nobody will take them, or others because they're too old and had to be laid off their last job. In other words, compared to California, my home of North Carolina is doing absolutely awesome. But then there are still those people who try and take advantage of the situation. We had a couple call us the other day asking for church welfare and a movie. When we got there, we discovered taht they lived in one of the richer neighborhoods in the area, and they were both completely drunk. So why did they need welfare? Because a full time job at home depot wasn't cutting it for the bills they had to own that house. We refered them to the bishop, of course, but given their hostile reply when we returned later, I'm pretty sure that he denied them. Anyway though, I need to get going, but I promise I'll send these e-mails a little more often from hereon out. No more procrastinating for a month. So I'll see you all later! |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Hey everyone,
So I figure that it's been a little while since my last group e-mail, and, surprise surprise, it comes before I get and e-mail from my family reminding me to do it! First off, for those wondering, yes, I'm still in Rocklin until August 30th, at which point it's pretty much a guarantee that I'll get transferred. Still a chance I'll stay a little more, but staying in one area for even as long as I have is pretty much unheard of. It was kind of interesting though, because having been here so long, I was look at all the people in sacrament meeting, and I realized that there were only two families who I didn't know. That usually means it's time for a missionary to move on, xD. This last week has also been a great week. First off, we found a new investigator, Elaine, who was very excited to meet with us. We were biking by and saw that she was trying to lift a TV stand into her truck. It was pretty obvious she wasn't going to be able to do it, so we pulled up and offered to help her out. So we got talking (after putting the TV stand in the truck for her, of course), and she seemed very interested in hearing about our message. She was soaking up pretty much everything we had to say, and invited us to come back. So, next lesson, we taught her about the Book of Mormon, what it was, and how you can really only find an answer as to whether or not it's true by praying to Heavenly Father and asking Him what he wants. She seemed to really like that, and really enjoyed everything that we had to say. Next lesson we're actually hoping to bring in Mikki, who was just baptized last year, and has been struggling for the past few months because her husband is very against the Mormon church and everythign that we do. So we were thinking that she would really enjoy having the opportunity to share how she came to know that the church was true, what inspired her to join, etc etc. I really think that this next lesson will be awesome for everyone all around. Something else awesome is that Jonathan Lynn, who I helped to teach and baptize back in June, in going to be speaking in Stake Conference later this month. For those who don't know, Stake Conference is a big meeting where all the congregations in an area meet together, which basically means that in this area, there will be six congregations of about 200-300 people each. Needless to say, Jonathan is way nervous, but he's also excited, so I think that it'll be awesome. So, basically what I'm saying is that life around here is going great. We have a lot of awesome people to teach, a lot of people that are very interested, and a lot of good work to do. We're hopign to commit one lady to baptism this week. She knows that the Book of Mormon is true, knows that this church is true, and really wants to be a part of it, but her husband, Steve, has in the past told her that she couldn't be baptized into our church, and she won't go agaisnt his wishes. However, he's been meeting with us a lot recently, read a lot of the Book of Mormon, and seems to agree with a lot of what we believe. What we're hoping is that he's progressed enough that if we ask him beforehand, he'll be willing to let his wife be baptized. With all this going, however, a missionary often gets bored, because even with so many good people to teach, we spend a lot of time biking around. So, I've gotten itno the habit of racing other bikers that I see. It's usually pretty fun, but it's interesting going against those bikers taht have all the fancy spandex, road bikes, mirrors on their helmets, special handlebars so that they can be crazy aerodynamic, etc etc. These guys can sometimes go faster than me uphill without even pedaling, so it's pretty crazy. Last week thoguh I got chasing after one biker for about twenty minutes, finally pulling ahead of him for the last half-mile before we hit an intersection and went our seperate ways. I sometimes wonder how many of them even know that I'm chasing after them... Anyway though, I've gotta go, but I'll see you all next time! Love, Vulkar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone, So, I finally got transferred out of Rocklin! Not that I didn't like Rocklin, believe me, I loved it, and I'll be sad to leave it. It was a great area, the members were all super awesome, and I had a really great time there. And really, I left in pretty much the perfect way. The night before I got transferred there was a Stake Fireside where several of the recent converts got up to speak and talk about their conversion stories. So, Jonathan Lynn got called up to speak, talk about what happenned with him, and how the church has effected his life. He gave a really awesome talk, explaining how much the ward helped him and how glad he was to be a member of the church now. But the biggest highlight? He said that he really wants o go on a mission when he's old enough. Yeah, pretty much all excitement. Also, I'm going to have to apologize to my family for having already heard this story, but really, it's gotta be shared. So friday night before the firside, we were biking home late. We biked past a graveyard, and Elder Vernon, as usual asked me if we could go in. He wasn't serious, but he just likes the creepiness of graveyards at night. I told him no-there were no trespassing signs all over. So we bike past, and Elder Vernon's bike light was blinking, as it always does. He has it like that so that cars can better notice him. Keep in mind that his light is pretty much as bright as a car's headlights. We go down a dark road. And by dark, I mean black. I tell him to make it so that his light stopped blinking so that we could both see better. He declines. We see two men standing in the street. Elder Vernon's lights reflect off their bright eyes. They move out of our way, but as we go past, we hear one of the whisper quietly, yet confidently, "Hail Satan." We hear this yelled at us all the time, but it struck us this time. It was different. We looked back to see them just staring at us, unblinking. We shrug it off. Elder Vernon's flickering light catches a reflection ahead of us. We couldn't see what it was, so he turns it on full so that we could see what was ahead of us. A man, staring at us, snarling, was standing in the middle of the road. Almost like a lion, ready to catch it's pray. It was too late. We couldn't stop, we were going to fast. We couldn't turn around, there were men behind us as well. Elder Vernon charge forward first, dodging to the side, and narrowly avoiding this man's kick. My turn. I followed. The man's foot still in the air, biking as quick as I could, narrowly avoiding him. We go on, but as we go, we hear his frustrated cry. "Mormons...mormons!" Almost more like a whine than a cry. We go on, and locked our doors that night. That story sounds a lot more dramatic if I don't mention that this guy was drunk, barely able to keep standing, and gave probably the lamest kick I'd ever seen. But hey, we were still creeped out at the time. New area: I am now in Yuba City, covering the Sutter Buttes ward, as well as the town of Sutter, which, surprise surprise, is next to the Sutter Buttes, which according to a couple of members is the smallest mountain range in the United States. So our ward boundaries are huge, and I'm still on a bike (which is going to be awesome about a month from now when it cools down). We also live in the nicest house in the mission now. And when I say nice, I mean freaking awesome. Some members gutted a house completely and rebuilt it for missionaries to live in. So basically right now, our office is about as big as my entire apartment in my last area. Maybe even bigger. Which I guess really isn't saying much, since where we lived before only had about one room with barely enough room for our desks and bed. Oh yeah, and our new address is... 1397 Butte House rd Yuba Ca, 95993 The only downside is that we don't have a stove, some my diet is now going to consist of a lot more sandwiches and yoghurt, and a lot less noodles. Sad, but more than a a good trade for having a decently sized place to live in. The people: Yuba actually has a very interesting culture. Most of the people here are poorer, and there's a lot more crime in this area, so we're being careful to go in by dark. no mother/other people who are concerned but not as much as she will be, it's not that bad at all. The biggest problem is that a lot of people have gotten into drugs and such. We also have a very large indian population. It's kind of interesting, because just as part of the culture, the Indian population doesn't speak to the caucasian population, nor do the Hispanics speak to anyone who isn't hispanic. But hey, we got missionaries to cross those lines, right? Other stuff: I was a ssigned as district leader, which really actually isn't as big of a deal as some people assume. Most missionaries are a district leader at some point in the mission. But it is a great opportunity to serve in a way I have not served before, seeking to help the other missionaries as best as I can-working hard to make the whole area strong rather than just my own. no idea how I'll do, but I hope to be able to help the other missionaries in this position. So yeah, this is my life now. Awesome area, awesome people to serve around, and I now have an awesome place to live. Thing is though, I can't get a real library card to use the computers until I have a piece of mail to prove where I live now, so feel free to write something awesome. :-D I'll see you all later! Love, Elder Tigges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone! So, maybe I've gotten a little better at the whole group e-mail thing. I tihkn it's only been like, a month since my last one! Anyway though, these past few weeks have been probably some of the craziest on my mission. I was companions with Elder Tervort for about three weeks, until at around the beginning of week two he came to me and admitted that he had severe clinical depression, which is to say, more than just feeling down, but rather, he was unable to sleep for more than two hours a night, had no will to eat, and in general was shutting down. So, he talked with the Mission President, talked with a couple of psychiatrists and is now home. Pretty crazy. Next companion was Elder Harvey, who had been able two minutes away from being sent home before he got to me. He was emergency transferred out of his last area for near-criminal behavior (shooting his companion over fifty times with an airsoft gun), and was basically a very interesting guy to be around. Oh yeah, and he hated to do work, so pushing him to even go to appointments was a lot of effort. So president sent him to live with the APs, companions with probably the most obedient missionary in the mission-coincedentally my MTC companion Elder Honeycutt. But now my companion is Elder Rakuita, and he is far more awesome. He's from Fiji, and is a lot of fun to be around. He kind of had a darker past (was a DJ, partier, and may or may not have been in gangs) but has completely changed his life around. He's told me repeatedly how much he'd do almost anything to make sure that the work moves forward, and recognizes, as I do, who much potential our ward has to be awesome. Plus, he's got some crazy sense of humor, which always seems to help things. On to our investigators! We got a call about three weeks ago from Brother Durling, who was the High Priest's Group Leader in Oroville. He called to let us know that he was visiting someone who was in jail, teaching him about the Gospel. This someone, Chris, really came to know that it is all true, and realy has a desire to turn his life around. So Brother Durling sent us to go talk to Chris's wife who lives in our ward. Good stuff. So we go over, and she basically says that since Chris decided he wanted to be a Mormon, she does too. She also really wants to go to church, read, etc etc. Only problem is that she is seriously addicted to alcohol. A few weeks later, and Chris gets out of jail. We go over and, well, let's just say taht it's clear that he has a drinking problem too. He may have been completely wasted, and may or may not have invited us to spend the night if we want. While we already had a place to stay, his offer to let us sleep on the couch was generous. We still have a lot of work to do with the ward members themselves. While they are all pretty cool, there's almost no trust with the leadership, thanks to a few missionaries before us. The ward missionaries also almost never are in contact with us at this point, and our ward mission leader only talks to us for about half an hour a week to report to ward council our efforts. However, we are really building on the trust of our bishop and Ward Mission Leader, showing them how much work we are capable of doing, and really asking for help getting members to come with us to our appointments. They recognize what needs to happen, I feel, so if we just show them that we're worth the effort, and that good things will come of it, things will be great. Still though, a huge change from Rocklin, where we were given the member's record numbers even, if we wanted them. Anyway though, gotta get going, but I'll see you all later! Love, Vulkar (Last edited by Elara on 11-01-11 07:58 PM) |
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天国JOE ���A�ǂ��ɂȂ�̂���낤�H Since: 09-02-04 From: Destroy Tower Since last post: 4027 days Last activity: 3392 days |
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| I am actually kind of amazed he writes full-out letters to everyone here.
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Xeoman Ball and Chain Trooper Administrator Since: 08-14-04 From: 255 Since last post: 90 days Last activity: 78 days |
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Originally posted by 天国JOE JERK I'll have to look over these and write some stuff up myself to send back along with others. |
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天国JOE ���A�ǂ��ɂȂ�̂���낤�H Since: 09-02-04 From: Destroy Tower Since last post: 4027 days Last activity: 3392 days |
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| A BUG'S GOTTA DO WHAT A BUG'S GOTTA DO | |||
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| New Year, new letter
-------------------------------------------------------------- Hey everyone! Ah, the aftermath of Christmas. The excitement goes down as preparations for the new year begin. Preparations meaning not a whole lot except for maybe buying black beans for new years day, and maybe thinking about doing something New Years Eve. Life here on the mission has been really good. Elder Rakuita and I have been working hard and having a lot of fun recently, so things are good. We recently started teaching a literacy class through the library here. We were put into the citizenship program, where we help people prepare for the citizenship test they'll be taking. Honestly, it really is remarkable, as a teacher, to see how much students improve during that class. Students who at first couldn't read a letter, have been coming up to me and reading a whole lot no problem. Honestly, I'm not sure if they understand any of what they read, but there's still a lot of progression going on, and there's other classes that help a lot more with their comprehension. The best part of the class, though, is my companion teaching. See, he's from Fiji, thus not a citizen, and he gets to teach our class of east indians about America. Craziness. We've also been able to help out a lot of people recently. There's a lady, Gladys Herron, who has a very difficult life. Her children have been trying to take all of her money, and she's been left in a care home, without them ever coming to see her or help her out. No good, but we've been going over to see her fairly often, as have a lot of members of the church. I've also finally gotten used to the whole District Leader thing. It was a bit of a rough start, really, with interesting elders around me, but I really feel as though I've learned a lot being in this leadership position, and have really enjoyed being able to help out the other members of my district. It's been good, and I'm really glad I've had this opportunity. This week, Elder Rakuita and I are really planning on doing a ton of good work. Not that we don't do good work on other weeks, but it's looking fairly likely that I'll be getting transferred to Orland, which is right next to Chico, and we really want to end our time together strong. It's been fun here in Yuba, kind of an interesting four months, but it's been good, and I want to end it strong. So that's Elder Tigges and his missionary life! Love, Elder Tigges |
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True Flight The One Since: 08-21-04 Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| I totally know where he's coming from on the elderly lady, my great-grandpa was there before my grandfather decided to take care of him.
Great to know he's doing well. I'm so proud of him doing all these good things for people. I want to be there but right now I am more busy trying to take care of myself so the kid comes out okay. |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| I emailed Vulkar the other day to let him know that his AIM was hacked. I also let him know a few things that are going on here, such as True's baby, Nelrith's school, and Phoenix coming back. Here is his response.
-------------------------------------------- Hey, Well, never expected a girl named Miya to go around hacking my AIM account...then again though, I pretty much gave up on AIM for about a year before I left anyway. I'm not sure if I even remember the password... I'll have someone fix it though. Can't have all my friends get viruses and the like. :-P Sounds like Xeogaming is still doing good. That's good. I expect a fully active and crazy awesome board when I get home, all ready for some shredding/simbattling/whatever. So, you might remember that about a year ago, I wrote you commenting on how complicated D&D was, and how I never got into it. Well, I'm still not into it, but...I now am the DM for a game very much like it with similiar rules and all that. I actually played it with another missionary where it was based on the whole swords and sorcery concept, but when I wanted to DM, I wanted to do a story with guns and psychic powers and all that, no I pretty much made my own rules for a D&D based game. It's fun. Tell True I said congratulations. Tell Nelrith that he's going to be smarter than the rest of us. Slap Phoenix over the head for never replying to my simbattle letter. Seven months left, be back October 23rd. Better get going, but I'll send a Dear Vulkar e-mail next week. See you! Vulkar |
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Xeoman Ball and Chain Trooper Administrator Since: 08-14-04 From: 255 Since last post: 90 days Last activity: 78 days |
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| That's awesome about the DM thing, haha.
Still sounds like he's having a blast. Coming back already this year? Man time is weird... tell him I'll be out of the house by the time he's back! Whoohoo... haha. |
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Phoenixocracy The one true Xeodent Since: 01-08-10 From: Xeomerica Since last post: 1698 days Last activity: 1698 days |
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| Somebody spam my facebook wall until I send a letter to this guy. I procrastinate wayyyyyy too much. | |||
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 636 days Last activity: 444 days |
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| Happy birthday, Vulkar. Wherever you are. | |||
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Cteno Super Shotgun Moderator Since: 01-11-05 Since last post: 94 days Last activity: 92 days |
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| Happy birthday, Elder Vulkar! | |||
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Oh, right... forgot to post this (and happy late birthday, dude)....
This is your friendly neighborhood Vulkar here with another group e-mail. Let me tell you, this is a crazy week I've had. I am now in Redding as a Zone Leader, which is definitely an interesting position. I am assigned to lead, with my companion, the missionaries here in the zone, helping with training, setting the example, and reporting to our mission president how everything is going. Last week we had a large meeting with President and the other zone leaders, Zone Leader Council. It was interesting, I expected a lot of training on leadership and things like that, but instead, we all met together, discussed the needs of the mission, reported on how our zone was doing, and then all decided together what the missionaries needed to be trained on throughout the next month. It really was a pretty crazy meeting, and I really enjoyed it. It's also interesting working with other missionaries, and their attitude towards leadership. There are those who dislike leadership, with whom I have to kind of break down walls, and then there are those who love leadership to much, and would love to have authority. I had one missionary talk to me the other day about how he would make a great district leader and how I should reccomend him for the position next transfer... Fun guy, but I'm not sure his campaigning for position is going to get him anywhere...I have quickly learned that if you are searching for authority, that means you aren't qualified for it. Anyway though, we've also been teaching a lot of people. We just recently went through the ward list (or congregation list, for all the nonmormons reading this) and found a family who we knew nothing about. Went over, visited them, turned out they hadn't been to church in about ten years, but they were happy to see us. Very friendly people. The wife isn't a member of the church, but is interested in learning, and the husband is pretty shy, but he's definitely interested in coming back to church. So we invited them to church, and the wife, who, again, is not a member of the church, was thrilled with the idea, pulled her husband along, invited their two cousins, and another friend to come along. Not going to lie, these are some great people. We're also teaching Josh and Alex, another family, this time where Alex, the wife, is a member, but Josh is not. Josh is seriously one of the nicest guys I've ever met though. Seems really concerned for everything and everyone, and has a pretty substantial Transformers collection. Great guy though. He's a little afriad to come to church, but he seems to really be understanding everythign that we're teaching and really enjoying it too. It's kind of crazy, because whenever we're there, the Spirit is really strong, and he's really enthusiastic about it all, but within a couple days, he has all sorts of doubts and everythign come around. But we'll get him through that. We went knocking doors at a fairly large apartment complex the other day, and quickly learned a lot about another church, Bethel. I was on exchanges with another missionary, Elder Bennion, and the idea was that any of the Yound Single Adult category (which we are supposed to cover) we would be able to teach, and anyone older, any families, etc would go towards Elder Bennion and his normal companion. So we talked to one lady who asked us about miracles and healing, and asked us if we could feel anything in Redding. She said she didn't know what's going on, but there's definitely something different around here. A bit of background info, there's a mountain here, called Mount Shasta. It's got a very interesting history, said in Native American lore to be where one of their great spirits ascended into heaven. There's a Spring up there which is supposed to having very powerful therapuetic powers, and is actually prescribed by doctors for some patients to go up there. There are stories of how at night, when clouds cover the mountain, aliens come to visit. Some New Age religions refer to it as one fo the few "power centers" around the world... Basicaly this mountain is crazy. Not sure it's really got anything to it, but it's all a lot of interesting stuff. Anyway though, she started telling us about Bethel church, and how it's a Christian church going around trying to unite all the religions in the world. It's also a healing church, one of the ones focused on miracles. So then we kept talking to toher people, and we ran into an apartment of college kids who go to Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. All of these people had just recently gotten back from trips around ther world, where they talked about all sorts of things that well, sound miraculous, but as we were talking, I just had this bad feeling come over me, like something was really off. I'm really not sure where all of this crazy stuff is coming from, but based on how I felt, and the nature of all of these things, I'm pretty sure that it's not from God at all. And that's the story of Vulkar's adventure in the crazy town of Redding. Tune in next time for some more crazy stuff. -Vulkar |
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Cteno Super Shotgun Moderator Since: 01-11-05 Since last post: 94 days Last activity: 92 days |
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| I've been to Redding a few times, as it's not too far away from where I live, and I've snowboarded on Mount Shasta a handful of times as well. I would have suggested going to Black Bear Diner while he was there, it's very tasty. |
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