Hey!!!
Good Morning! And Happy Birthday Aaron!!! 15 years
old, my oh my. I was 15 not too long ago, I think. Oh who am I kidding,
that was 5 years ago/half a decade ago. I did send you something,
however, I sent it today because I forgot to send it before transfers
and so it got packed with all of my other stuff. But anyways, 15! And I know Aaron looks just like me because of
the pictures that you sent me of him. Especially the pics where he is
standing in front of the fireplace and you can see my pic of when I
became an eagle scout. It's pretty wild. Has Aaron seen Mrs. Lumus yet?
She would probably freak out too. That's good that Aaron is already
having missionary experiences, I remember trying to give out a Book of
Mormon in junior high and that turned sour so I don't think that I tried
to give out another Book of Mormon after that. That's good that this
experience has been a success though. So pretty soon if all goes well,
you will have another eagle scout pic to put on the fireplace and then
it will be Danny's turn. Let's see if he will turn out like a clone too,
just kidding (: What ever happened to the Ginsels being taught by the
missionaries? Has anyone had any luck with the Stones?
Well Nashua, New Hampshire is nice from what I have seen so far. I
want it to snow already, thank goodness I'm not driving. I did not want
to drive during this time of the year. My companion, Elder Gibson, has 9
other siblings; just like Elder Jensen in fact, he reminds me a lot of
Elder Jensen. He is from Enoch, Utah. So amazingly he is the first
companion that I've had so far that is from Utah. Well it was our first
Sunday in the Nashua 2nd Ward. It is a bilingual ward both english and
spanish. About 5 people only speak spanish though, so it is still
important that we learn spanish. I can see now since we are here in the
area, why we were shotgunned into the area. The members seemed so happy
to see a set of new missionaries in the ward. Our ward mission leader,
Brother Yarmo, told us that although there have been recent baptisms in
this area, the past missionaries for about a year now have been quite
irresponsible. And we saw that the first day that we were in Nashua. We
tried to find out who the elders were working with, both investigators
and members, but there is no record. There aren't any teaching records
or progress records at all. The most recent teaching record and progress
record that we have are from December 2011, that's pitiful. Almost two
full years without having any records. It's time for the cleanup crew.
Brother Yarmo said that the members of the ward were not trusting the
past missionaries and that the past missionaries wouldn't fulfill any of
the assignments that were given to them. He mentioned (and I agree) that
we being new missionaries have an opportunity to rebuild the ward
because we are starting off with a fresh, clean slate. So we are
starting from scratch, which is kind of bittersweet.
It's hard to
believe that Thanksgiving is here. Christmas will be here before we know
it. By the way, our apartment in Nashua is pretty sweet, it has a
private gym and sauna, which I have hit up every day since I have been
here. So could I get some more protein? I don't have any
right now, oh and I need to buy some contact solution, I'm running out.
Don't quite know if we will last food wise. I forgot to
ask for that in the last package you sent me and yes I did get the
package before I got transferred. My address now is: 1 Clocktower Place
Apt #211 Nashua, New Hampshire 03063. So yea we literally do live in a
clocktower. We don't quite have a dinner calendar as of the
moment, because that priviledge was taken away from the last
missionaries because they would waste all of their time in the member's
homes. But they are trying to organize a new dinner calendar for us. All
we know right now is that we only have a dinner on Thanksgiving with a
member family that lives right beside us, the Candelarios. We haven't
been fed yet since we've been here and I feel like we have almost eaten
everything out of the apartment. So I don't know how it is going to be
for the rest of the month, we may have to fend for ourselves for part of
the time. Since these members probably aren't quite accustomed to
feeding the missionaries anymore, that will have to change.
I haven't taken too many pics so far but there is one pic of Elder
Gibson. Anyways give everyone my best and Happy Thanksgiving! And do
something special for Aaron, he's being too humble haha.
Love,
Elder Everett Alan Escobar
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