4/26/10

Hey everyone!

I hope that you all had a wonderful week! I got a new comp from Mexico. He's a total goober. Ha! I asked him what he likes to do and he said "Play video games and watch Starwars" Ha! It's all good though. It's cool having a nerd for a comp. Oh, and my B-Day was sweet! This family had a surprise B-Day party for me. They tricked us by asking us to come teach at a family home evening. Well, we got there and sang an opening song and then afterward they pulled this box down from the top of the fridge. In the box was a birthday cake! We sang and ate cake. So, I am feeling a lot better which is always good. Ha!

Oh, and get this, Elder Nash from the 70 is coming here. One of the things he is doing is interviewing 3 missionaries and asking them how their mission is going... and I was picked! I get to talk to elder Nash! So, I am really excited for that.

I had a great B-Day. Thank you for all the wishes! Oh, and Mom could you and the girls put together a little package for 3 little girls here? They just want a little doll and a bag of candy. I told them that I would ask if you could do it. It's just something small for them. Candy and dolls, ok?

Well thanks again. I wrote you all a mothers day letter so I hope you get them soon. I love you all. Dad, when I get home i will fix the mower for you everyday if you want, ok?


con amor
Elder Edginton

4/24/10

Thank you all for the happy B-Day wishes!

Here in Otavalo my P-Day got changed to Monday. So, now I will be writing you all on Mondays, ok?

I love you all and, oh ya, guess what? I am way sick. Throwing up blood again and all that jazz. Ha! I found out that I have a stomach infection so I can't really eat anything for a couple more days. I think I'm getting better.

Well, I know that lord will provide. Oh, and Chad Cooley is going on a mission! Crazy stuff! The church is true. Ha! Well, take care and thanks again for all the happy B-Day wishes. The big 20 is tomorrow! Way crazy!

con amor
Elder Edginton

4/16/10

Hey my wonderful family,

We have changes tomorrow and we'll see what happens. Kind of scared, but what happens will happen for a reason. I hope that dad is having a fun time at Kool April nights in the beast! Dad, you had better not sell that stang! I want to buy it after you get super old and can't drive anymore. And then I can pass it along to my son. Ha!

Things are going well here. It's just sad to see Elder Mar go. It is really sad, and he wont extend! Ha! I keep telling him to, but he won't! Ha! Oh, you know how dad would always say "WOW" when we would do stuff that was, like, way dumb? I taught that to Elder Mar. Now he says it all the time! He taught me what his dad does too. His Dad claps and say bien hecho (Good Job), Ha! Ha!.

Nothing too special is going on. Yesterday we baptized two people for the Sisters in our zone. Their daughter is in love with me! I found out that she has a picture of me and kisses it every night... ya that's a little weird, no? Other then that all is well here in Otavalo. I love it here and don't want to leave. If i do get a change, I don't want a change to Quito! That would be horrible. I want to go to the coast. That would be way sweet. The people talk really fast there. I think that it would be fun. I will lose my kichiwa, though, but it's all good.

Well, I love you all! Dad do a fat burn-out for me and send me a pic. Ha! Well, I love you all sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. Take care, talk to you guys soon.

con amor,
Elder Edginton

4/9/10

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the sweet letter!!!! So, yeah I talked to the puche arrows yesterday and they said that they received my package and that I should get it today. So, that should be sweet. Oh yeah... so crazy stuff went down. My old comp did get sent home and now I am in a trio with Elder Mar and Elder Zundel. It's way sweet and we are having way too much fun. So, now that means I am in this sector for another change, which also means that i'll be here for my b-day and my 1 year mark. Crazy right? Ha! I do miss my old sector though. Every time I see someone from my old sector they freak out and run up to me and ask me where I am, why I got changed, and if I could come visit them. All I can say is that I miss them all very much and that I will be back in 14 months to visit them and to not worry.

The work is going well and we have a bunch of investigators, so that's even sweeter. This new sector is cool but I miss my home, as i call it.

Con mucho amor,

Elder Edginton

4/5/10

So, conference was way sweet and I loved it! I loved the priesthood session so much. It was weird, I couldn't stop thinking about Dad and Tay-man while I was listening to that session. I remembered all the sweet dune trips we had and all the memories we had on those trips. I know I will never forget them. Also, i remembered when I was back at home and I would always touch Dads face in church and he would get mad. It just makes me laugh! Ha!

Through the whole conference all of you were in my heart and I felt that you all were very close. It was amazing. I love you all so much. Ok, another exciting thing... I can cook now! Ha! I made some VERY good pasta with meat sauce for my comp. He said it was "muy rico". Ha! So, that's always good. Oh and my comp thinks I'm crazy because I love this new drink that came out. It's green lemonade! That's all I drink now. Ha! There is a photo with me in my bed with a bottle of it. Also, I was really sad when I saw all the members from my old ward. They all flipped out and ran to talk to me. The ladies flocked to talk to elder Edginton! Ha! They all said that I needed to come by, but i had to tell them that I couldn't and that it wasn't my sector anymore. They all said I had better come back or they would hate me forever! Ha! One girl said it was funny. Then the sweetest thing happened (sorry Dad I do have a little bit of mom in me). I was saying goodbye to a family that was in my old sector and while I was shaking all of their hands, one little girl that I love SO much, we would always play hand games and she would make fun of me and say that I was in love with Tiffany, she shook my hand then gave me a big hug and wouldn't let go! I couldn't let her go either it was as if I was leaving my family again. Then I began to tear up (better than saying I was crying... ha!). I said that one day I would come back and she could make fun of me again about Tiffany. She was so excited that she made me promise about 5 times. She then let go and said that she loved me and we went our separate ways. I included a photo of the family. I hope that you can all meet them one day.

Well, I had a good, yet, sad week but we just keep going on in the Lord's work with love in our hearts. I love you all.


Con mucho, mucho amor
Elder Edginton

3/27/10

Hola Familia,

So, I had a good week. First, I have a new comp now, his name is Elder Mar. He is from Peru and way tight. The only sad thing is that he is finishing his mission up and will be going home in 21 days! So, I am pretty sad about that. The baptisms went well and I was able to baptize the bishop's daughter, which was really fun. I am her godfather now! Ha! How sweet is that? So I received a new sector and house and everything so some of the pics are of me leaving my old house after 6 months. It was sad. You can see my collection of soda bottles. Ha! I loved that house. My DVS shoes were getting holes in them so I took them to a shoe shop and they put tire on them for me! So, I will have my DVS forever! It's way sweet and has great traction on the street. Oh, and I was thinking about what I want for my B-day and from the Easter bunny... Bisquick and pics & stuff. I guess maybe you should send me one of my fox shirts or something. Oh, and could you guys get me temple recommend holders, like 10 of them and send them? There are some members here that want them. They don't make them here. So, could you send a bunch of different ones with Jesus on them?

Thank you for everything! Oh, and a guy from my ward is going to Jesse's mission. I might send something with him for Jesse. So could you have Jesse email me that would be sweet... he is going to OEIRAS LISBOA PORTUGAL and his name is Patricio Arellano and his number is 00351 916515835.



Thanks and I hope you guys had a great time in the temple love you all!

3/19/10

Hola!

So, crazy good and sad week. I am senor comp now and we have a baptism today.We have another one on Tuesday, thanks to gpa. There is a man that we are teaching and he has cancer and we were over teaching and the wife began asking us a bunch of questions. She then started crying. She said that she wants her husband to be baptized because she doesn't know when he is going to die. I then told her about good old gpa and how we thought that same thing at times. Right after that they asked if he could be baptized on Tuesday next week. So, that's the good news.

I got both packages and thanks mom for the book i reed it every night and i cry every time I read it because i think of you reading it to me when i was little. :) Ok, here is the bad news. So, I got my new comp and I felt like there was something different about him. The president then talked to me and I guess he went to a club and stuff in his last zone and the members saw him and called the to let the president know. So, on Monday he has to go to Quito and get interviewed. He might even get sent home. but we will see. So, that's the bad news. Other then that, all is great! Dad your pic is sweet and I'm going to get to talk to you guys soon! How sweet is that? In may baby!!!!!

Well, I hope all is well. Forward this to everyone. I don't have a lot of time. I have to go get ready for a baptism! Chao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Elder Edginton

3/12/10

Hola mi Familia

So, I had a sweet week! I got a new comp this week. It ended me and Elder Redwood's 5 months together. My new comp is Elder Durte. He is cool and we are already having success which is always good. Ha! Thanks for praying for the De La Torre family. We now have a date and they will be baptized on the 28th. We are going to have another baptism on the 20th. It will be a little girl that is 10. Her family was inactive but now the family is back to church! We reactivated a family of 16, too! Man, I love this work! What I like to do is a make them deals. I say, "Ok, if you go to church for 3 Sundays I will make lunch for you and your family. I always make grilled cheesers. They all love it! Ha! It's all going great! I got a package. I will go get it later today. I also sent a bunch of pics.

Tell Tay-man to keep that ball and take a pic. Also, I keep sending pics, so where are mine? Ha! What's up with Tiffany carter :( I want to hear from here. What did you say to her mom? You better not have scared her away! Ha! Oh, get this, my "Dad" here in the mission is my neighbor now, Elder Schulties. It's way cool. We talk about times of old. It's way sweet. Well, I hope is all well. And could you guys email me the pics that Tiffany sent me on my yahoo please? Thanks... and now Dad here is your letter.


Why you are on a mission advice etc...

Well, the first thing that my mission president said to all the missionaries was to man up! Ha!

He said that we are here on a mission to teach the gospel and to learn... and to eat all the weird food you can, because there isn't and cow and duck foot soup, or soup with chicken heads and feet, at home! Yummy!!!!!

If you can learn a new language or at least try to, do it!

Here is my testimony in Spanish.. Yo se que esta iglesia es veradera con todo mi corizon. Tambien, por medio de esta iglesia teniemos la oportunidad ser con nuestras familias para siempre. Antes de mi mision no tenia un testimonio como ahora y yo se cada una persona puede tener un testimonio sobre esta iglesia por medio de la fe en jesucriso... en el nombre de jesucristo amen

3/05/10

Hey you Locos,

Thanks for all the help with my Facebook! I have a crazy story for my Facebook and everyone. So, I was in a family home evening and I was sharing a message about the promises of the Book Of Mormon and we heard footsteps outside. So we looked out the door to see if anyone was there and no one was. We kept having our family home evening but then 3 minutes after we heard footsteps again. Then someone began knocking on the door so we opened it and a lady came up. Like I said earlier, they speak a different language here called Kichwa so after the lady was finished talking my comp and I were wondering "what did she say?" Ha! She said that there were robbers outside the door waiting for me and my comp to leave. My comp was a "smart one", while we were walking to the house he pulled out his camera and the thieves must have seen it and wanted it. So, afterward we called the whole neighborhood and they began searching for the robbers. About 100 people left to go search. The family told me and elder redwood that we had to stay and guard the house and the little kids! I ended up grabbing a huge knife type thing and sat outside and watched. They said that because I have blue eyes I can see in the dark better! Ha! So, I waited and watched. After about an hour the family knew that we needed to leave since it was 9:30 PM. We needed to get home so we were escorted down by 5 other guys, we flagged down a truck and they took us home. It was way legit! I took a vid. I will see if i can send it.

I felt like Dad when he would tell us his stories about ripping the sharks heart out and drinking the blood! Ha! I told all the little kids to be calm because my dad has killed man bears and he taught me how to fight. I told them that I would kill all the robbers! It was really funny! One of the little girls held on my leg until her Mom and Dad came back. It was sweet. Thanks Dad for teaching me how to rip hearts out! Ha!


QUESTION & ANSWER

Are you in the same area?
Yes, I am still in Pucara and San Roque in the Otavalo Zone.

Do you have the same companion?
Elder redwood, but we have changes this sunday so we will see.

Who are the people you are teaching?
I am teaching this one family named De La Torre. I love them! They call me Elder Cool. Ha!

In Kichwa what are their lives like?
They live like we do. For me its normal now. Most just make sweaters and stuff to sell here to gringos (white people).

This week was good. We got a lot done. We taught a lot of lessons too. The only thing that's not too good is that I am sick right now. We can't figure out what I have. I have a fever, cough, chills, and my head aches but who cares. The lord provides right? With the lord all is possible. I am going to email you a bunch of pics now, ok?

11/14/09

Sooooooooooooo, not cool about the red rail. Oh, I stole a
spark plug wire before I left and I don't remember if I put it
back. You might want to check that out sorry. Ok, so the
money thing is that in my new area I have to take a bus
every day and it costs me a lot. As for my camera, if you
haven't sent it yet put Virgin Mary stickers on the package
and no one will touch it. For Christmas just send me pics
and what ever else you want. That would be cool. Oh, but hey
there is a guy here that got robbed and he only has one hand
and is a member in my old ward and he asked if I could get
him some shoes so ya could you send me some basket ball
shoes for him but not Reebok. He is 9.5 so for Christmas
just send me pics and stuff from home and whatever you would
like, ok? Well, I love you all and dad you're the man i love you
soo much. You are such a great example to our family and so
is mom keep it up ok love you!

Love Elder Edginton