tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40601111779653778162024-03-05T06:43:37.664-08:00Derek's AdventuresAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02357712712917572046noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-52614956171161754482012-07-25T16:45:00.002-07:002012-07-25T16:45:50.920-07:00I Love You All!!!<br />
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<i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">3
John 1:13-14.<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></div>
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We had a baptism last week! It went great! Thank you for the prayers!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">We really needed them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It sounds like you had quite the great anniversary this last week and
I didn't even know that dad was such a romantic guy? I have to write that down so that when it happens
to me I’ll give my wife some roses. Plus
now dad can look good in some nice sun glasses and mom can watch her
"grey's anatomy" (p.s. I don't even know if you still watch that
show..) And you went to Olive Garden
too? I remember that was the last place
we went right before I went into the MTC. Great food, huh? Soup Salad and bread sticks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It sounds like the group of missionaries is all coming back that went
out with me. It seems like I’m the last
one to be coming home? Skyler, Damon,
Chris, Jared etc... Man it’s alright, I
guess, "last the best of all the game" right? haahah - just
kidding guys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">From what I understand, Tyler is coming back and he is going to make
some phone calls or try and see if he can stay back a few more days but it’s
all up in the air. I'm not sure. He has
to be back by Saturday but who knows. He
says that he can hang out with us for a while. I hope so... BUT one of my mission buddies is
going to be married on the 3rd. He is
going to be having his reception at like 6. I would love to go to that but if not he'll
understand. Maybe I could bring you all
with me or something... Too many things are happening and my missionary senses
are making me need to plan it all out... haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">So there actually are a lot of us are going home at the same time and
we're going to be all in the airport at the same time. I think that we all go to Dallas at the same
time and then from there we all split up. But there are lots of us. I'll try and take a picture of all of us when
we're there so I can show you. But that’s
not for a few weeks so don't worry yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">So our adventures of the week... Let me see...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Well actually went to LAMANI again!!! It was really great actually. it’s really nice
to be able to relax and be able to have some fun with the elders so that we
don't just pass around like robots. But as usually it’s always breath-taking to
see all that the Mayan people could do. They started inhabiting Lamani from about 500 B.C.
until like 1800 A.D, if I’m not wrong, so it’s one of the longest inhabited Mayan
ruins in the world! It is always beautiful
when you go up in the forest and out of nowhere you see a giant Mayan temple. But we all as a zone went and were able to
hang out for a few hours. I really
enjoyed it even though it was a long ride - like almost 2 hours out there! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Also this Saturday we're going to have a baptism of a girl named
Sherraine! I'm really excited because
we've been praying and fasting for this to happen. Just like D&C says, every souls is
precious in the eyes of God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">But apart from all the things that have been happening today it has
been kind of a hard week for me. Not
because I didn't want to work or I'm getting "baggy" but that I’m
learning some of the hardest lessons. How
hard we have to work and how small we each are in the whole aspect of it all. The only thing that makes us successful is
that we have the Lord on our side. If
not, it would be the whole world against us. The Lord does things in his own time and in
his own ways. All we can do is try our
best to help us all along in the process. Do all that I can to be the best
"tool" that he has. In the
words of Pres. Packer, "<i>Life is not easy or simple; it never was meant to
be.</i>" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><u>God really does love me. I know that what I’m teaching is what he has
sent me here to do. That even though I
was called by a prophet I know he was inspired by God to send me here.</u> I love you all and I hope that you all keep
working just like I am. The battle's
never over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sutton</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-44299401881749568432012-07-11T13:38:00.001-07:002012-07-11T13:38:49.862-07:004th of July in Belize<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Man that was such a surprise to see all that you wrote this week! This was one of the longest letters that I
think that I’ve gotten my whole mission!!! But the best thing is that the whole thing is
packed full of cool stuff that is going on. This is how your weeks should
always be! Full of fun stuff!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Well, let me tell you all a little about what we did here for the 4th
of July. When I got up I think that my companion was the first person that told
me happy 4th of July. But actually
throughout all the day people in my area were telling us about it. It’s funny
how everyone knows about the independence day of the United States of America. But the best thing is that at night one of the
members here, the Swift family, invited us over to eat and she said that she cooked
us "all American food". So we
ate fried chicken, KFC style, and Mashed potatoes, salad and Jell-O! So I ate a lot there. I didn't even eat breakfast the next day
because I still was really full after all of that food! Other than that nothing else really happened.
=/ We just were out there working hard!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Speaking of talents - over the weekend I was sent up to Corozal to
work there for a few days and see what damage we could do there. So my companion stayed here in Orange Walk and
I went up there with Elder Flores (from Honduras) and we worked and just for
the record every time that I go there it rains. But they had been going months and months
without anyone who could play the piano for them. So I did that and it was really great. That is just one of those gifts that just
keeps giving and giving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">HAHAH - I know that I’m not supposed to laugh or anything but Chris
and Damon have to wait like a week to be set apart! That kind of stinks. I could imagine them going and finding you up in
Wyoming and getting set apart there. But
at least I don't have that problem. Someone should talk to him (the Stake
President) about my return date so he doesn't plan any crazy vacations or
anything. =) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Also, Happy Anniversary tomorrow parents!!! I remember the good old 7-11 stores. Actually a few days ago we were talking about
that, my companion and I. But yeah those
are good. Here there are some things
like it but it isn't the same. There is
nothing that can replace a Slurpee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Well any more special news? Well
there is a group of youth from the states that have come down to work here on a
school right?.?.? (I think) They had a
great family home evening with a family we are teaching. I hope that it will help us. But I know that with a lot of prayers and with
a little blessing, we're going to help them out. If they don't get baptized with me here right
now I'm not a failure. I just will know
that It wasn't time right this second. But
always with constant prayers something good is going to happen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Also, we're going to Lamani again this Tuesday. Supposedly. This is our 4<sup>th</sup> attempt to go. But I hope that when I go I can take a few
more pictures and pick something small up for some of the people back
home...... Maybe.... hahah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The last thing is that we played some basketball with the Corozal
elders yesterday and apart from getting even more sun burnt I schooled them!!! We were only 3 because the other elder didn't want
to play but we played 21 and all three times we played I won. So just so you know I haven't lost everything.
=)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well I have to go and eat something and then I'm heading off to Belize City
again for a few days. Sounds like a lot
of traveling huh? I know... But being obedient isn't always easy right? haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">So I think that
things are really different here then they are in good ol’ Utah. Man I heard even down here about all the wild
fires that are burning through the West up there. EVEN THE PEOLE DOWN HERE HEAR THAT! So this must be big news. At least my house is ok. Right? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Man it sounds like
Megan is going to be good and skinny when I get back. Well she has always been skinny. (Haha) Maybe I’ll go with them and I’ll do some
running just to get into shape even that quicker. I've got it planned out - I'm going to get up
and lift weights and then lacrosse practice and then after I’m going to soccer
practice and at night running again. If I
don't die then I’m going to be in the best shape of my life!!! (haha)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">So I really don't
know anything about this trek thingy. All
I know is that you go out with your hand-carts and you have to live like they
did. I imagine that you go out and you
can have some spiritual nights and things like that but what else do you do? Even though I grew up in Utah, I didn't get
the sweet experience of going out and living under the stars! Is there like cooks? Do you get to eat beans and corn bread?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Ok, so here is the
scoop! I have been talking to Tyler and
he says that he is coming home and that he doesn't leave until like the 3rd or
something like that. I told him that I’m
coming home on the 2nd so that we'll have like a day to hang out before he has
to go back. I told him that I’ll
probably have family things to do but that I’m just going to drag him with me,
if that’s ok? I don't know how often I’ll
get to hang out with him. I hope that’s
ok.. =) But don't worry, I haven't
forgotten about you family. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Also, here is the
next scoop. They are sending out the missionaries on Tuesdays. I talked to the zone leaders and they said
that they don't send them out on Monday but they send and receive missionaries
on Tuesday. So sadly I’ll have a lot of
running around to do. HOPEFULLY I’ll be
able to go to the temple in San Salvador too. They said that usually
missionaries get to go there also on their last day. I'm not too sure how certain that is. So if I’m not wrong, it’s going to be a packed
day. I'll do my best to get everything done that I can. =/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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me and a giant thing of ice cream!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pretty sweet! We saw this huge policeman
throw this other guy in the back of their cop pick-up like a bale of hay! That was cool! Even President Cordon came over to our
apartment and checked things out, and he said that it was clean but that we
needed better stuff in it (mirror, couches, etc..) But it’s always great to have President in our
area and this was the first time that he has ever entered into my house!!!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Ok so when President
Cordon came, he came to do some interviews for people that were going to serve
missions. There were two boys there with
their baggy clothes and hats on and the worst of it all was when President came
by, they didn't stand up or take off their hat or anything like that... “Mistake number one...” The second mistake was they decided that they
didn't want to shave either..... “Mistake
number two...” So what President had us do was go buy some razors and
right there he made them shave in the bathroom!! So funny and then to top it off, he took a
picture of it!! I had to write
fast I hope that story made sense... =/ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thankful for your prayers and your love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16.0pt;">LOVE - </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Elder Sutton</span></i></b></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-53209259928747852562012-06-26T12:06:00.000-07:002012-06-26T12:14:38.368-07:00No Ruins & Random Weather<br />
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I’ll start talking about the weather here in Belize. So it’s so random here just so you all know. One day it’s raining all day long and we're so
wet and miserable then the next day its soooooo hot that you sweat all day. They call it "winter" here but it
really isn't. For example, we got my companion's
alarm clock that has a thermometer in it and we took it outside and I put it in
the shade (not the sun because he "didn't want it to melt") and after
like 10 minutes it read around 105 F and this was like 11 in the morning. It just got hotter. So I definitely I’m feeling your pain of the
heat. Then like last Wednesday, it
rained almost every day. It was cold
that day (for me at least)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Amanda is doing the whole astronomy thing too? I know you all remembered when I took the Astronomy
class at USU and I loved it. Plus the
teacher was cool! He was like Ron's dad
from Harry Potter. But it really is interesting to take that class and I really
liked it. So basically her school paid
her to go out in the middle of nowhere and stay up late? Sounds like my kinda
job?! Get me signed up for the next one!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the news about the trek. Apparently
Elder Ingersoll's dad went on the trek last week or something and he said that
it was great just that he wished he would have trained a little more before
because it was a lot of walking! So get
your new shoes on and get used to all the walking! I think that we could handle it though. In these two years I’ve walked a lot. Plus I walked for more than a year straight in
El Salvador. I'm getting ready for my
marathon.. hahahaha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sadly we didn't go to the ruins this week. We were supposed to but they are planning a
better day supposedly, and then we are going to take some cool pictures. I'll send you some. But for now here are a few. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week wasn't that crazy and eventful. This weekend we think that there are some
People from the states that are coming down to help build a school or something
and Saturday and Sunday they are going to be here in Orange Walk. The cool thing is that they are all young
adults like I am but I don't think I’ll know anyone. Maybe.. You never know. They also are going to have a dance here on Saturday,
and NO I’m not going, (haha) with all the kids here. If anything I’ll have some cool music to show
you guys when I get home though. They
listen to some different music here. They
also have like a Spanish mix of music too. I'll show it to you all when I get back so you
can see but its definitely different then the stuff we listen to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there is nothing too outrageous going on here though. I'm just getting fat.. I told you that before. Sadly I don't do enough cardio like I did
before with lacrosse. But I know that I’ll
get whipped into shape when I get back. (hahahah) Can you imagine me fat? Hard huh? But it’s true!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I love you all and I wish you all the best!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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afternoon everyone!!! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So here I
am in Corozal with all the rain but as of yet I haven't gotten wet today
because<br />
we timed everything great so just when it stopped for a few minutes we ran to
the Cyber.<br />
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It definitely looks like Dad is becoming quite the roofing professional over
there in the big Brigham City! If he decided
to start a business I’m sure everyone will come over to him to get it done! But all I know about roofing is that it’s a
hot job and lots of stuff that can stick on you. I remember watching "dirtiest Jobs"
with Mike Roe and they tarred a roof. I
know that’s not the same thing that dad is doing, but it’s the same idea
though. Changing the roof on a house in
the middle of summer (winter here) is definitely hard work! <br />
<br />
I was honestly remembering all those birthdays because I had them put on the
wall in my apartment, but this month has been a little crazy for me and my
companion and I’m sorry if this is late or early.<br />
</span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
So now Thomas is like 45 and TC and Allie are around there too right? MAN someone needs to tell people to stop
growing!!! If one of those guys is
taller than me when I get back I’m going to be UPSET! hahah I
used to be the tallest...... =/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">1 – Have you had hurricane weather lately?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well there
was supposed to be one around El Salvador this past week and man we could
definitely feel it here in Belize. I can
just imagine how it was for the missionaries over there in El Salvador. But here, just so you know, everything is wet
and surprisingly cold!!!! I haven't felt
real cold in a long time! (not looking forward to snow) But I had to do some push-ups in the morning
to warm up before my cold shower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">P.S. Just as a side note - my companion & I have
started doing exercises more regularly this change and we're planning on doing
them every single day! Got to get
looking good for when I go swimming... hahahah - joking. But we really are doing exercises. haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2 – Planning any sightseeing trips soon – maybe the
ruins?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">OK... so
here is the deal. We had a trip planned
for TODAY to go to Lamani again BUT supposedly because of the weather we
couldn't go. Now Pres. says we have to
go to places like that with an adult and the missionary couple said the roads
would be too bad to do it. Better safe than sorry I guess. =/ But definitely in the weeks to come! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3 – There is some kind of test that missionaries
sometimes take when they return from their foreign speaking missions that gives
them foreign language college credit. The test isn’t that much and I
think is given at BYU – Would you be interested in having Amanda/Eric check the
details for you?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I heard
about that actually! YES I would love to
do that. I don't honestly know how great
my Spanish is but I do know that I can read and write fairly well and sometimes
I correct the Spanish of my branch president here. hahah But that would be great to get some extra
credits in college! I think Sam (my roommate in college) did that with the French
that he learned on his mission. I understood that he did fairly well
actually... That could be a lot of help
though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">4 – How did the baptisms go last Saturday?</span></u></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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THEY WENT GREAT!! So here is the thing. Actually it was a pretty crazy day. One of my old investigators from Belize City
was going to be baptized the same Saturday but in the morning down there so she
asked me to baptize her so we got up early and got everything done in my area
for the baptism and then right after it was through, we ran up to my area and
like we just got here in time for the one here. But in the end God had his hand
in this and it all worked out smooth and I do believe that they had a great
time with it all. =)<br />
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Well right now not too much is happening. I got the changes on Sunday and my companion
& I are going to stay together for the last change of my mission - which is
good and bad. Bad only because my companion
is going to be in Orange Walk a LOOONNNG time but good because we can keep
working really hard until the last minutes. Pretty much no one had changes on Sunday.
But either way I would have worked hard no matter where they would have put me.
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Well I love you all and I hope that you don't get your feet wet. I'll try not to.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-47327318766305916562012-06-13T15:00:00.002-07:002012-06-13T15:00:36.383-07:00It's GREAT in Belize!<br />
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my dearly beloved family and friends - how is life?</span></div>
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here is pretty good. I really can't
complain about anything in my life because it really is great being here in
Belize! So let me tell you a little bit
about here in Belize. They love to
have holidays here and I’d say just about every month there is at
least 2 holidays. So it’s very common
also for the schools to have half day and for work to have some too. I think that if I could study somewhere all
over again, I'd choose here because almost every week they have something going
on and no school! haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Well
as you can see I’m not writing on Tuesday... I know it’s a little weird but this week we
have a meeting (by satellite) with Elder Maines from the Presidency of the 70! So we just smashed all of our day’s activities
here in one day and we showed up here, and I’m assuming that we're going to be
here for quite a while. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Well
this week was quite fun; sadly we don't have any crazy stories that I can
remember but it is going to be my companions birthday in 2 days! That’s pretty crazy! He is finally turning 20 and will stop being
a teenager. He says that he is happy
because I tease him all the time about his age.
But we all secretly know that we want to get younger and not older.
=/ Like me - man I’m old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Also
you got my itinerary for my flight back and I hope that you study it well (all
except the Spanish parts at the bottom, they just talk about the baggage
weight) and so that when I get there, there will be people to pick me up and I
won't end up being like the RM when he got home and no one was there! That would be a crazy story.... On the other hand, you could leave me and I
could try and get home. It’s like a
game. How long does it take for Elder
Sutton to get home with all his baggage???? ( hahah) I’m guessing like 1 day. I'd find a way. =)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Apart
from that, things are going well in the work here. We have 2 baptisms for this Saturday; they
are sisters of a guy that just got baptized last month. But the only problem was it was raining last
Sunday and not many people came to church. =/
The sad part is that not many people here have cars so when it rains
they get wet! Like us! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">But
that’s true. My bicycle stories seem to
never have an end!! This week my bike was
giving me troubles too, but after some time and a nice member who helped me fix
everything. I think I’m just about an expert of bicycles now though. I might just open up a bicycle shop in town
and make a few bucks!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 15.0pt;">Well
family, things are going well and I hope that everyone is happy and working
hard always! Because that’s definitely what I’m doing here in Orange Walk!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sutton</span></b></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-86060042370542878152012-06-05T12:31:00.001-07:002012-06-05T12:31:28.703-07:00Broken Bike - NO WAY!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Good afternoon family and friends! Hello from here in Belize!</span></div>
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Salvador and I heard that most are shut up in the house and are afraid of it becoming
something big! Good thing I don't have
anything to worry about - 1. Because I got my vaccines and 2. I'm
miles and miles away from El Salvador! I
wonder who the Elders were that all got sick?! I hope it isn't anyone that I know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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money. Or she can do like they do here
and go from door to door and sell fruits and vegetables? Sound like fun Megan? Or just put her to work in the house and
specifically my room. She could give it
quite a good cleaning!!!!!!!! hahaha<br />
<br />
So I asked my companion a little about Girl's State and all he could tell me
was that it was for the really smart girls... We're boys and our memories are about 3
seconds long. I forgot what that was all
about. I want to say it has to do with
girls and etiquette but I’m not sure. All I know is that Megan is smart. How were here grades this last year? Is she smarter than me? =( <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'M NOT GOING TO BE THERE TO SEE IT!!! I
know that it is super-hot and sticky and fun, but sadly the house calls right? Plus if dad is doing it then it’s going to
look good!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the rain has started, are the temperatures still high or do you have a little
relief from the heat?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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so it has been raining a lot lately in Orange Walk. But here is the best because it gets soooooo
hot then rains and then right as you’re wet, it gets wayyyyy hot all over again
so like it’s a giant hair dryer! But
right now I’m in Belize City for a Zone meeting and it’s soooo hot here. (Ha-ha)
it’s like a pack of fun seasons here. Yesterday
we saw the clouds and heard the thunder; I looked at my companion and said that
we have to RUN!!! So we ran on our bikes
and right as we got to the other house the rain and thunder and lightning
crashed down on us.. (p.s. we weren’t
hit by the lightening) but man we got wet! But I swear that here the
lightening is louder because the whole house shook!!!! haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fun lately? (Loved the sugar cane factory photos)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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this p-days we haven't done anything fun but I’ll tell you a funny story. So on Sunday it started to rain and we had a
lesson to go to and so my companion and I were going pretty fast on our bikes
(p.s. I don't fall) and we come to this giant hill! So usually when we go up this hill we get some
speed but due to the weather we couldn't so we just had to muscle our way up
it... So as I stood up I'd pull up on
the handle bars and push down with my legs hard to make it up, and right as I
reached the top I broke off the left handle bar. This thing is metal and strong stuff and I
completely broke it off!! The sad part
is that now I ride around with only one-side handlebar and my other hand draped
down at my side... But to make the
situation even better, I have decided to use my hand to say hi to everyone I
see. SO the moral of the story is that
no matter how bad the situation seems you can always make it a “<u>missionary
moment</u>”! haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have to go now, but I hope that you have liked my stories and that you all
have a great day!?!?!?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Yeah I
remember exactly how that was those last weeks of school. The teachers don't
want to give assignments because they know that no one will do them, and the
kids just want to get out of there and play so it’s a tough time.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">From what Amanda says the teachers want the
break just as much as the students want it!</span></div>
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just so you know, I was remembering that it was Scott's and Jeff's Birthday!! But just so you know</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">!!!! </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I know it doesn't mean much from a
computer screen but maybe in the future I can really tell you happy birthday
and buy you something nice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Well it
sounds like the world is running around just as crazy as we are. Lacrosse is going great and also Megan is
singing, plus Jared is coming home soon. Just so you know I remember when we were in
the MTC together and we would hang out at night! Man time flies the older that you get huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this last week we had a baptism of <i>Samuel
Reyes</i>. It was actually quite
unexpected but we pulled it off and all of them (including the family)
were excited for it. The only problem is
the family now. We're working hard
with them so that they can also be baptized. But it was really great! Like
usual not many people came out to the baptism (just the normal people) but I
really feel that deep down we are helping. It’s hard to see the huge results here. The process of missionary work is a small seed
that we are planting in the people that we teach and baptize and sadly we
aren't usually around to enjoy the fruit that it brings to their lives and the
lives of the people to come. But
just so that everyone knows it’s probably the most rewarding thing that I’ve
done or on the top 3 of things I’ve ever done in my entire life. Not because it’s nice all day and people come
up to us and want to be taught, but because it’s hard work and I’m
doing it to show God how much I appreciate the blessing that I have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great getting wet though. I bet not many
people can say that they have gotten soaking wet in their church clothes
like literally as if I would have jumped in a pool. It happens quite frequently here. Hurricane
season started!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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skinny and brown? haha I don't know
about the skinny part but I definitely am more brown. And like I said the last time I can see
why Eric came home with a neck line. I have a really bad one too - plus my arms. We won't even go there. hahah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love it all. The mission, the people, the rain and everything. It’s
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Finished sugar</div>
<br />The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com1Orange Walk, Belize17.760353 -88.86469817.276460999999998 -89.496412 18.244245 -88.232984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-52337366949179839822012-05-27T15:14:00.003-07:002012-05-27T15:14:33.241-07:00Sugar Factory Tour<br />
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bit about the week here in Belize and just try and tell some of the things that
we did yesterday for p-day. Normally not
a lot happens on p-day for us as missionaries here in Belize, but we are in the
works of going and making another trip to Lamani! The Mayan ruin! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sugar factory here in Orange Walk and did like an inside tour of all the cool
things that they do! I definitely have a
greater appreciation of sugar now that I see it! I’ll try and attach some pictures so that you
can all see. And yes we did have to go
around in the nice hard hats and goggles. But from the beginning of the process
starting with the sugar cane to the ending result it takes like 18 hours or
more to do it. I mean how hard could it
be to take the sugar out of the cane.
Well let me tell you - it takes tons of electricity and tons of cane. We
started off to where the huge trucks come in and they dump off the cane and
then it gets smashed into little things like saw dust. Then from there it goes and gets smashed some
more and washed and then all over again (almost 5 times). Then from there, the water that goes through
it goes and is taken to steam and to boil and then to gets vacuumed. One of the last stages that it goes through
is it gets turned into little crystals that we know as our sugar. It takes lots
of heat and pressure. Believe me; it was really hot in this part! But at the end, this sugar gets sent to<br />
the states and to Canada and even to England!
It was very cool but very dirty!<br />
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Well this week was really good. I had an
interview with President Cordon and I even got my temple recommend
renewed! Good to know I still have that
one huh? Well also we had district conference
in Belize this week. So basically stake
conference but for here! It was really
good, but the only problem was on the way back home! The bus decided to break down like 5 times on
the way back! Almost every time that the
man slowed down he killed it! In the end
we made it home. A little late but home
either way. =)<br />
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Not much else happened that I can think of.
It’s beginning to rain in my area. We're entering into the hurricane
season! It’s going to be intense!!! But don't worry; the rain never slows us
down! We always are working hard!<br />
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I love you all and I hope you enjoy my short but sweet letter!<br />
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15, 2012</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
feel like I just talked to you all!? But
that was only like 3 days ago! I assume
that not a lot has happened since I last talked to everyone! And sadly not a lot has happened that I
didn't tell you so we'll see what comes out!
Actually I’m in Belize City again because we had a zone meeting with all
the Missionaries here in this side of Belize and it was good. We talked a lot about how to be better at
what we do here. Man we are working hard
though - all the time. But what keeps me
going is that there are people waiting out there to hear what I have… “The Gospel”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really don't hear much from my old companions.
I do hear from some, but I imagine that a lot have already started their
lives and the only way I’m going to get them is through face book.... (hahah)
It seems like everyone has that crazy thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if we go to the store, we can go and buy like bottles of water and all that
jazz but the thing is that it’s easier to go and buy like bottle juices. I need to stop doing that though. I think those are a great contributor to
me being fat!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wow
now that is a deep question. I really
have mixed feelings. Part of me wants to
do it all again right now. Actually I
really love it. I don't have to work or
study or anything like that. I know
EXACTLY what I need to do. Well, not
exactly how to do it but I know. That
really doesn't make sense but it’s so nice being told what to do and not have
to worry about the cares of life. Where
am I going to work? Where am I going to
study? What am I going to study? Do I have enough money to study?... and the
list goes on and on..... But part of me
wants go get things going in my life and make something of myself. AHHH it’s quite the great struggle within
myself. I don't know actually. I think if I could go see you for like a week
then come back here for a few months that would be great... (hahaha) but sadly
I can't do that at all.... =( But don't
get me wrong at all. I love my mission
and I owe so much to everyone that made this possible....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’M NOT COMING HOME UNTIL YOU HAVE ONE... =) I love you all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rings of Saturn are generally comprised of frozen water particles that have
been caught in the gravitational pull of the planet itself. Sometimes there can be particles of rock that
can be caused by the passing of asteroids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I sound like a text book there? I loved
my astronomy class by the way.... I
still remember that guy who was from England!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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actually we met some gringos (North Americans) yesterday on our p-day and they
were here making prosthetic legs and arms for people here! They were from Nevada and they have been members
of the church for quite a time. We
invited them to Family Home Evening and they really are great people. But every year they come down here and donate
their time and money to help the people here that have lost their legs and
hands. They really are great people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">Well that was pretty amazing
how Taco Time got thrown up so fast… Or was that was like a year ago - huh? </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">Well I don't know actually because the time is
flying like it’s going out of style. </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">But
I know that there are some people that are really excited </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">to see the building up and working again! </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">I definitely am excited for my crisp bean
burritos! </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">Where else could I have gotten
them? NOWHERE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Well it sounds like this week
was quite the week for everyone actually plus me too. So before I start to answer the questions I
have some awesome news! WE RE-ARRANGED
OUR HOUSE! So let me tell you a little something and this should explain why we
did it. SO, on Sunday after church &
after a few stressful times there I laid down in my room and took a nap for a
few minutes and when I woke up I was sweating.
When I looked at the thermometer & it was 101.8 in the room! Too hot
for my liking so this Monday we decided to change up our rooms to the other
side of the bathroom! Plus we hung up my
jazz shirt that Holly gave me on the wall! (because of the play offs...) And now we have a workout room... minus all
the equipment. hahaha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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calling home for Mother’s Day? Sis Cordon said there were only phone
calls this holiday, so we need to square up what day/time is best for you &
us…. (We will all be home on Saturday evening if that works for you, but
Amanda has to go back early Sunday. Our church is from 11-2 Sunday, but
we’re willing to accommodate you – our favorite son!!!!)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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on Saturday will work for us? What I’ll
do is like try and buy some credit and hope that there is some sort of deal for
us that day to call the United States. I'll
ask around. Usually everyone here has
some family in the states and they should know all the tricks and stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an international calling card like you did the first time? <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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they really don't sell those. You buy credit for your phone and then
the company keeps a running total of how much you have on your cell phone.
So I’ll probably try that. Like I said, I’m going to ask around to see what
the best way to do it. =) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Cinco de Mayo” or do they not celebrate that in Belize?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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huge influence from Mexico, they don't do anything for the 5 de mayo here. But they definitely have a lot of holidays
here. I swear like every month they have
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applying as an interpreter during the BC Temple open house? (They said
there is a need and especially for Spanish speaking.) <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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I was sending dad some emails and I
would love to do that because it’s pretty much a once in a lifetime experience
to do that. I don't know what I would
have to do but if it all fails, I could just talk about the temple to them. But would I have turns or something or would I
help out all day or just half day? Which days would I go? But how did you find out that they needed
interpreters? Did they like announce
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of your treats? The otter pops were Amanda’s idea (we didn’t even know if
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yesterday. That was really good too. But
that lasted a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shoes! They are really nice! I feel all rich walking around in a new pair of
shoes! hahah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to everyone this weekend! It’ll be great
and I hope that you all have some questions for me too. I sure hope that I have the answers!... <br />
But we got the changes also and my companion & I are staying together for
another change here in Orange walk. This
is really good news because we have a lot of things still left to do in the
area and a lot more people we need to find and teach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week and a Great Mother’s Day to all the moms!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well now the
month of April has flown by. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am
agreeing with all of you that it is flying by! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Someone put the days on “slow down” because
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But don't
worry, I have had my fair share of early mornings lately. Not quite as bad as Megan’s
but definitely early, like 4 or 5 in the morning. But just so everyone knows I’m beginning to
be a morning person! I know how I used
to be such a night bug but now I’m converting into a morning person. I still don't like it but I actually can hold
a conversation with my companion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Well that’s
pretty crazy how everyone is talking about the end of the mission. I remember just the other day when I saw both Damon
and Chris in the MTC and we hung out in the buildings with them. It’s hard to think that the mission is almost
over for them. (Thank goodness I get to
stay on mine for the rest of my life) But
speaking of Kevin Tyler, I’ve emailed him like 2 or 3 times and I'm not getting
anything of a response from him. I don't
know what’s going on? Maybe he just
never uses his email or something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1 – How was your
meeting/interview with Pres. Cordon? Is he happy with you and your work?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Well the meeting was pretty great with
Pres. Cordon – I’m not going to lie. But that was one of those days where we
got up at 4 so that we could get the 5”30 bus out of Orange Walk. There is no better way to spend your morning
but riding on an old school bus a few hours!!! But the meeting was very insightful; I learned
some great things - one of the things that most stuck out to me was this. If we are afraid to make mistakes it’s because
we don't have faith in the cleansing and strengthening power of the
atonement.... I was thinking that over
my head as president was talking. If I’m
running around scared all day long of making mistakes or saying something wrong
to someone, I won't ever get to reach my maximum potential because that fear
will create barriers in my life. Also,
he brought a bag of candy to eat too so apart from the very much needed rest
from my silver stallion (My bike) I got to eat some good food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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enough to receive your package with SHOES, etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">YES!!! I was probably the luckiest Elder here because
everyone was gathered around as I looked at them. I haven't used them yet or eaten anything from
it, but I usually save those for the special days.. YOU know. =)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">THANK YOU SO MUCH MY LOVED FAMILY (and
maybe friends too)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Ingersoll been out? Has he ever served in El Salvador?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He has been out 10 months now on the
mission. If I’m not wrong I was in
Atiquizaya when I had 10 months in the mission. But yeah he actually was there before he came
here to Belize. He has been in Belize
for 2 changes now - 3 months real people time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The crazy part is that his brother is
getting married this month and it’s funny to hear all the stress his family is
going through with the wedding. The good
old days when Amanda got married... GOOD
THING I"M NOT GETTING MARRIED HUH MOM. =) I think my brain would just go nuts if I had
to deal with all that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was home Amanda/Eric.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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keep up on your Spanish or will you need a refresher (you know I took 2 years
of Spanish in Jr. High – hahaha)?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">actualmente
la mayoria de personas aqui en Orange Walk hablan los dos idiomas. So whenever you want you can go talk to
someone in cualquier idioma! Yo creo que
mi espanol esta bien. No estoy seguro
pero las personas me entienden a mi y yo a ellos entonces todo esta bien!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So I think
and hope that my Spanish is going well. If not I’ll go find some people there to
practice with. I'm learning the lingo
that they use in Mexico so that when I go there I'll talk like the natives!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the elder's name from Honeyville is Elder Taylor? I think.... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SOO story
time. So we went to persons house last
night and we were going to teach her a lesson because she FINALLY went to
church after almost 2 months of not going. So when we sat down on her sofas
some boy came in the house and said that one of her ducks had escaped the yard
and was running rampid in the streets eating little children and animals.. (<i>ok maybe I added that last part to make it
more interesting</i>) but we went on the hunt with this lady. When we finally found the duck, the member
began to tell us that we now need to cut its feathers off so that It won't fly
away anymore... That was pretty weird for me, because I’ve never done that
before in my life. So after we finished
with that one we decided to grab some more of them to cut off... BUT the ducks
had different ideas; they didn't want to be caught. (<i>I
imagine because earlier that afternoon this member ate 2 of them, I’d be afraid
too if I was a duck.</i>.) But we preceded to try and wrangle them up cattle
style with this member and after a lot of feathers and sweat we got them all
with their feathers cut off and no injuries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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life of a missionary in Orange Walk! =D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I hope you
loved my story plus my added comments. =)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I love you
all and I am thankful for everyone that reads my blog! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I hope that
life is great for you all. I pray daily for you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Orange Walk LDS Church</div>
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Apartment in Orange Walk, Belize</div>
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Dinner for one?</div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-88880368018442610152012-04-24T12:03:00.000-07:002012-04-24T12:03:42.935-07:00Home "Stylers"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well
I definitely know how you feel being in those temperatures of 80's and 90's. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I honestly feel that we are constantly in the
sun and every little bit of shade we find - we hide under it. hahah </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But that's quite the difference between us and
you guy; you're looking for the sun and we're hiding from it every chance that
we get!! But this week we went to a house and they had a relatively nice garden
and I told them I had a mother back in the states that loves to garden and be
outside. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I don't think that they
appreciated it as much as I did. hahah</span></div>
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I sure hope that someone told grandpa that I’m sorry for not being at his
birthday this year; as you know I was a little..... busy........ haha. I'm glad to hear that you had all that nice
food too! And actually about that - I'm "trying" to learn how to make
some special food here in Belize but it’s not any promises about it. I'm trying though. A lot of people here eat flour tortillas with
beans. But not the tortillas that you
buy in the store - these are handmade!<br />
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Well let’s see some things that happened to me this week. Well last Tuesday after I stayed in Corozal,
we went about working and ran into some Gringos from West Virginia! They actually were here doing some volunteer
work in dental hygiene so I went in there and had them clean my teeth and I
asked her if I had any cavities and she said that I’m in good shape! So I still
have relatively good teeth even though I haven't seen a dentist for about 2
years!<br />
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Well yesterday P-day we didn't do anything really fun... We ran about doing lots of little things like
buying food and going to the store BUT we did manage to go and buy an ironing
board from a 2nd hand store for pretty cheap because before we had a little
wooden desk that we ironed on. Then we
decided to buy like a table cloth to put on the old wooden table and I think
that it looks good and stylish. I know
you'd be proud of how good of home “stylers” we are! <br />
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Well as you know things are going good in my area Orange Walk (sugar city). I
just thought maybe you would like to know a little about it. So there is the name because supposedly there
were oranges here in the past but now there is just sugar cane and a huge plant
that they use to take out the sugar from. But a lot of people work there! There really isn’t anything big in the city
but there are a lot of second hand stores from the states, I would compare them
to the DI. Well I’m going to send you a
picture of my house which is literally a giant square block in the middle of a
yard of weeds. (Haha) But really it suits our purpose. Really the
town is really low key compared to my old area in the big city of BELIZE. There aren't nearly as many cars or crimes at
that and even there aren't half the amount of people but that is good and bad. We live pretty much in the middle of town and it’s
nice because we can go everywhere we want. <br />
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I really have run out of things to ramble about actually... But President Cordon is coming to Belize this
week and I think he is going to interview us and I hope that he can renew my
temple recommend! That would be pretty
useful. I heard that the BC Temple open
house will be starting in August!!! That’s
going to be awesome!! I hope that
everyone is clearing your calendars so that they can go! Especially the family! Since I’ll be Belize City on Friday for my
meeting, I’ll check my mail then; hopefully I’ll have my package.<br />
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Well I hope everyone is happy and has a great week. I’m going to try and do the same!<br />
Eat some good food for me! <br />
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good afternoon my dear family and friends!! I really am glad to hear from you and to know
that everything is going crazy good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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here in Orange Walk are going pretty good except for the extreme heat as usual.
I think that I've just got used to
having a really sweaty shirt all the time.. GROSS!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BE Lacrosse is going great I assume. I don't know what dad does to get all those
boys into shape but he can definitely put me through the course when I get
home. I think I'm putting on a few
pounds here in Orange Walk and not because of the tons of food that I eat but
what I eat. People here have a huge
Spanish influence on the food that they eat so they love to eat lots of beans
and eggs and fried bread and things with lots of grease. But don't worry, I'm not eating a lot so that
I can come back nice and slim and then I can put on the muscle later. (hahah - you know how big I was before I left!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yes it’s grandpa’s birthday! The sad day
is that I'm not going to be there for it. Make sure to let him know
that we'll go out to Burger King with him to make it up to him. I feel like this month is really flying by! I could have sworn that it was just Christmas
and now it’s Grandpa's birthday! Crazy
things. I can see why
everyone would tell me that when you get old the time flies even
faster.. Implying that now I’m old too... hahah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">1 – How are your scriptures holding up? Do you have
both English & Spanish that you use?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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I'm not going to lie my scriptures are taking quite a hammering going around
with me all the time. As you can
remember I'm using the scriptures that I got for seminary when I started and
they are looking beat up. But for right now I usually walk around with them and
not so much in Spanish. Almost everyone here speaks both English and Spanish
perfectly. But you got to love it. I even use the little glue-ins that my
seminary teachers had given me. So you never know when they will come in handy
seminary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your new area?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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to talk about little animals here in my area I'm going to tell you all a story.
One day my companion decided to take out the garbage from our house and sadly
it’s not like the states where you can just go and take it out side in a big
can that you have, but what we have to do is we have to go and put it into our
neighbors with their permission of course. So as he was going to take it out he
noticed that a whole bunch of ants were on his hand and he dropped it and
started screaming as these nasty red ants bit up his hand. It was really funny
to be there and I imagine that the people in the street thought so too seeing a
white kid in a shirt and tie jump up and down. But other than that there are a
lot of insects here and rats the size of small cats etc... Something random
here is that they have little ants that climb up and down your walls. They are
really so small that they almost aren't worth killing but if you leave your
food out they somehow always find it and you end up with some extra protein in
your cereal. hahah <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have a piano for you to play there?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Well
the branch here isn't too huge - last week there were like 78 people in church.
And yes I actually do play the piano here. They had been without a piano player
in the branch for at least 6 months. Can you imagine church without piano? But
actually a nice lady came up to me and thanked me for all the time that I put
in to learn the piano. Then at the end she told me to thank my parents for all
they did so that I learned to play the piano. SO like I said it’s one of the
best things here in the mission. Especially here in Belize - </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">THANK YOU PARENTS!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what is your new apartment like (now that it’s clean and all….)?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div>
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actually my companion and I do clean our apartment often. We actually got up
early on Monday so that we could clean and not have to do it in the heat of the
day (I’m becoming more of a morning person.... kind of). But my apartment is....... ok.... It’s exactly what we need. We have a
shower and rooms with beds in them, and like Bryant said we are living out of
our suit cases so that was a great investment!!! But really it’s a nice house,
I can't complain much because we never really are in it-hahah <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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funny story of the day! So my companion
and I decided to make some purchases this Monday and what I needed to buy were
some new sandals..... Yes, my trusty sandals that have lasted me soooooooo long
have died! I remember having those
sandals for sooo long. Remember the
Speedo ones? They have officially died!!
But my companion decided to get
something to help him work out. He
bought himself a Vibro Belt!! It’s
pretty much the coolest thing ever. It’s
a belt that you put on and it just shakes your stomach and supposedly it makes
you skinnier (doubt that). But it’s
definitely the purchase of the month in our house! If anything - it’s funny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the baptism of Marcos and Jeffery went really well this last week! With the
help of a lot of the members things came together and we managed to get some
refreshments and stuff. But the most important thing is that they were happy
with it, and from what I could see they were definitely happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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things are great and hot here in Belize! But I’m definitely enjoying myself and working
really hard. Maybe I'll bring one
of my shirts home so that you can see them. The necks are all torn up from
so many times of being washed and they are slowly turning the color yellow. It’s part of the experience though and that’s
why I love it. The people are great! My
companion and I are great! And we're
working hard to help as many people as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I love you all and have a </span><u><span style="color: #953735; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">happy birthday Grandpa!</span></u><span style="color: #953735; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt;">Elder Sutton<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-91467422647353068552012-04-11T19:29:00.001-07:002012-04-11T19:30:45.525-07:00"Old People Shoes"<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Family and Friends,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><br /></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Good afternoon from here in Corozal! Yes, today I'm in Corozal just coming up here to help the elders out for a few hours then I'm going back to my area! But yeah, Corozal is quite beautiful too; it’s right near the coast so it gets the beautiful breeze that I had back in Belize City. But just so you know it’s a 3 hour bus ride from the city to here.. I think I'm sick enough of buses for at least a while.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It sounds like the family also has had the successful week with Mom and Megan going to party in California and Dad with all the lacrosse things! And I'm sorry to hear that you got sick, mom. I'm glad you didn't pass that gene on to me. Haha<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The shoes are going to be the best! I don't think you all realize how much I needed new shoes... That is a huge breath of relief. But I did manage to buy me some shoes for the meantime, and I got me some slip on ones with <i>“tassels”</i> in the front. Sadly, I don't have any pictures of them or I’d show you. Remind me next week and I'll send you some because I call them my "old people shoes". My companion and I got a good laugh out of them when we saw them. But they were only $6 American dollars so it’s all good to throw them out when I get my new ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1 – Is the weather just as hot in-land as it was on the coast?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well, let me tell you a common day here in Orange Walk. So usually we get in at night around 9’ish and my comp usually goes into the room where we sleep and turns on the fan to "cool the room down" and at that time he looks at the thermometer that he has on his watch and for the last few nights it’s been 90-92 degrees at like 9:30 at night so you can really imagine how it is during the day there. I think sweating has just become part of my life now. And don't even mention A.C. because that practically doesn't exist here only in the giant super store and in the rich mansions (which are few). But I can assure you mom, that you would live quite happy here and wouldn't ever have to worry about being cold ever in your life again!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2 – Is it more like a jungle or a big city in your new area?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well it’s not a big city at all. Actually it’s like a town. But it’s not jungle either... How do I explain it..... Well it’s really dusty at this time of the year also because there are few paved roads and things tend to dry up when there is no water. But it is big enough for there to be like a Big store like K-mart (mini) and things that make it all good. Defiantly my most favorite part is what my companion and I call "Chucho Burgers". I think I told you what those were already but it’s all cool and cheap. All in all things are good. We have 2 baptisms this weekend so pray for us!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3 – Do you now eat and enjoy avocados (Amanda’s question)?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Right now you don't see many of them but there are avocados here. The few that I have had were huge and you just rub salt on them and eat them like a fruit which was different because before I didn't used to mind them but now I eat them as much as I can. I think my tastes have changed a little here because now I really like coleslaw and potato salad. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4 – Do you ride bikes in Orange Walk – or just W A L K (hahaha) ????<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well luckily everywhere in the country of Belize has bikes so I’m riding good on my nice green bike. Man but this bike is wayyyyyy too small for me because my knees hit the handle bars. I can just imagine how it would be for someone taller than me like dad. Now that would be a funny sight. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">5 – What size is the average family (how many children do they usually have)?</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><br /><br />Well the average family here is quite big - like 6 I’d say. But the thing is like this, the families are not normally together. It’s pretty common to find a mother and children and single men here. That's the challenge actually, to find people that are together and that love one another and want to change their lives.<br /><br />Well things really are going good. I honestly can't complain that much because at the end of the day as I sit down and plan with my companion - we really are blessed. There is so much that I do have that so many others don't have (just even shoes that are nice and decent). When you talk about even air conditioners in all the houses like it was back home, the people drop with their mouth open and they just plain don't believe it. My eyes are definitely opened and like a lot of missionaries have said, I do have a love for those people that I'm serving even if they don't want to hear from us. I still have this love for them and I want them to have what I have which is happiness that no amount of money can buy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I really am enjoying my life and I'm cringing about when I have to come home and worry about college and money etc.... (Let’s just hope the mission can prepare me well for that stuff too - one day though.) Until then, I'm going to work my tail off. But even though the sun is hot and we're tired - I'm not going to give up just yet. I still have a long time to go and I'm going to work until the very last day so that we can have success. If there is one thing that you taught me, it’s that if I work hard I can be successful. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I love you all and I hope that everything still is as good as ever!<br /><br /></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Love Elder Sutton</span></b></p>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-36926313987059908982012-04-06T12:00:00.001-07:002012-04-06T12:00:56.926-07:00Cleaning Time...<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">April 3, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well this week was quite the great and exciting week! I started the process of getting to know all the members and the investigators here in my new area and even though I’m sad that I had to leave Belize City I'm really glad that I came to an area with great members and a good companion <b>Elder Ingersoll</b> who is from <u>Taylorsville, Utah</u> what???? Crazy small world we are living in right? The best part I think is how we can make funny jokes together and he knows what I’m talking about. Usually to my Latin companions I have to explain them and they aren't as funny. But as you know he is my third "gringo" companion. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, let me help you get to know <b>Orange Walk</b>. First of all we have asked just about everyone why it’s called Orange Walk but no one really knows why because there are no oranges. The thing is that its nicknamed “sugar city” because they grow A LOT of sugar cane. Part of the way in which they harvest the cane is that they have to burn the cane to get rid of the other weeds and all the garbage. So when they do that, in my area everything gets covered in black stuff and the smoke sits around for days. But the good part is like all areas in Belize, we have the whole town to work with and it’s big too. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well right now things really are going good, the only problem is our house. MAN, I don't know how elders can live in a house sooooooo dirty so the first thing that we did on our p-day is we went and bought cleaning supplies. I don't know how but somehow I learned to clean and I think that was from my dear parents. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">OH story time:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So we found a Chinese Book of Mormon in the house and what happens here is there is a place (owned by some Chinese) and we often go there to eat some really nasty hamburgers. We go there often because it’s cheap (just so you know). BUT, we decided that we should make an attempt on giving this book to them. So when we got up the words - we went and tried to give it to them. After a lot of simple words and actions, they understood that it was a gift for them but they just looked at the book then back at us, then at the book and then at us. Talk about one of the most awkward moments ever but I think they understood. Who knows? We told them to read it so we'll check back the next time we go there. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well as you can see things are going pretty good but not a whole lot. We do have two people that are going to be baptized on the 14th - Marcos and Jeffery. So make sure to be praying for them. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I love you all and I hope that things are going fantastic for all of you and that you all sincerely loved the conference as much as I did here in Belize. Remember to feast on the words of Christ and they will teach us all things we need to know. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Love, <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Elder Sutton</span></b></p>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-70064748325846704452012-03-29T08:56:00.000-07:002012-03-29T08:57:08.989-07:00"Orange Walk"<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Well definitely this week has been one of the craziest that I've ever experienced in my life. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">And I have also decided that I’m never going to go and get married. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">So as you know or might remember that we had a marriage and baptism of the Perez Family. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Man talk about some serious stress....... </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">I now realize how and why there were so many fights and tears shed while you were preparing for the reception. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Man, we were preparing since the beginning of the week for this and let me just tell you that at the end it all turned out successful. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">After everything, a lot of people banded together to help us out and to make it possible. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">But like I said, I'm not sure about ever getting married... or at least waiting a while.... long while...... hahahah</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Also I'll break the bad/good news to you all. Changes are on Wed. and I’m getting transferred..... I'm going to <b><u>Orange Walk </u></b>which is like 1.5 hours in bus from the city here. So it’s good and bad. The good thing is that I’ll be close enough and when we do interchanges I will be able to come here and say Hi to everyone that I know. The bad is that I’m going there now and I've got to start the whole ordeal all over again. Getting to know everyone, the members, the house, I know a very little part of the area..... etc.... But I know that it’s what the Lord wants me to do. It’s very hard to get to love the people here and then be taken out.... I honestly do love them.. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1 – Where are you going to watch conference this weekend? Do they broadcast all sessions or only Sunday’s?<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Well like you know I’m going to be in Orange Walk and I assume that we are going to see it in the church but I'm not even sure where the church is.... But it’s all going to be good. I'm going to be with an Elder named “<u>Elder Ingersoll</u>”... So we'll see how it’s all going. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2 – Do they still have open “sewer-type” gutters that run in the city? (The skin doctor said they were quite gross and he or his companion fell in one once.)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Well yes the sewer system here is not so good. Like on the sides of the streets there are giant gutters that just stagnant water sits in and things fall in and there is usually a nasty smell coming from them. I really really feel bad for his companion that fell in one.... OH and speaking of the skin doctor - I hope that you set up an appointment for me when I get back because not so much my face but my body is kinda breaking out..... =( That was a side note for my mom.... hahaha so ignore that everyone else.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 – Do you have someone that cleans your apartment or do you actually put your own “elbow grease” into it? You are the clean one – right… :D<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Of course your amazing son does it!!! You took all that time to teach me how to do it so I’m the one that puts in the "elbow grease" to make everything look all nice and clean. Plus my companion is really clean, most of the time and together we get everything looking almost new. But really it’s a nice house.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Well here I am yet again on another adventure. At least it’s not that big of a change from here to Orange Walk. But it’s definitely making me sad leaving the people here that I love. I guess there is something for me to do there and that my time here was well spent. At least I believe so. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I Love you all,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Elder Sutton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Of course Megan is awesome! She does have you two as parents! That’s why I turned out so handsome and smart..... hahah - Or maybe I wish... But really, the parents thing is true.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Spanish or English in Orange Walk?</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">It’s actually both. That’s the thing here in Belize.. Out of the city its way close to Mexico so they all speak Spanish and English, but with a funny accent in Spanish... hahahah<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Pray for me so that things go well in Orange Walk though. =)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Mail to the same P.O. Box?</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Yes, it will be the same P.O. Box so it’s all good. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Will you end up riding the bus into Belize city every week for meetings/mail/writing?</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> Well we'll come here like every other week - whenever we have zone meetings. But it’s going to be alright. I just am thinking of the positive things and not to be sad. =) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But I’ll take lots of pictures don't worry. =)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Love you all and have a great week!!!</span></p>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-51431416304924749372012-03-24T17:50:00.001-07:002012-03-24T17:53:19.365-07:003 Baptisms This Last Week :)<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Man so this is such a small world.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">I remember those people from Granger, UT, coming up to me and presenting themselves to me and then they took your email and phone number and all that jazz.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">I wasn't sure that they were actually going to give you a call or anything.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">But guess what?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">I'm still alive!!!!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Good news, huh?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But man I need to just start off by saying Megan looks so beautiful. Her dress was really great too. I was a little skeptical when you said something about being a mermaid thing, but really I think it looked good. Now I just need to see the guy to make sure I approve of him. Right Megan? But I remember when I used to go on school dances. I never really was good at dancing but it was sure fun just going to hang out with them. Even though I learned the piano a little, dancing was never my strong suit. (haha)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1 – Did you receive your package from home? (If it hasn’t arrived – it may have been stolen because it’s been almost 3 weeks – sorry, it happens.)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well actually YES, I finally got my package. The thing is that I just barely got it! It must have taken extra-long or something. Well I do love it so much. I was so excited to get some food too. Elder Smith (lives in my house with us) was so excited to see the hamburger helper. (Haha) we're true North Americans. But I loved all the letters too. I love just hearing from you all too - even Eric wrote me. Cool!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2 – Do you actually have a release date and/or fly home date? (We know you don’t want to think about it now, but we won’t bug you if we just have a date…..maybe)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Haha - man I’d say that you are all BAGGY (trunky). But I really am not sure as of yet. What someone told me was around 1st of August is when I would be coming home but I’m not too sure. They don't really let us know officially. But the 28th of July isn't going to be my date because that’s still at the end of the transfer. So I’m thinking August is the end of the transfer. (haha)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3 – Were you able to find someone to fix your shoes or should we just send you a new pair? (What brand & size you need if that’s your choice?)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well as of yet I haven't got any new shoes. I don't know this is my thinking - Whether my shoes can last me until the end or not. The only problem is both of the shoes I brought are in sorry condition. So I’m not sure. The Echos are what have lasted longer than the Rock Ports. But they were a little extra money.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4 – Do you and your comp end up going to multiple wards on Sunday or do you only have one you attend? (What’s your Sunday like?)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well here in the city there is just one for us (the English branch) and one for the Spanish branch (elders Smith and Zepeda). But yeah we have our meeting at 9 o'clock. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Well this last week we had 3 baptisms – Levi Gillett (60s), Karl Frutos (30s) and Alisha Arana (9). They weren't in the same family though. But man they all are great people. Levi actually was listening to the missionaries in New York and came down here to be baptized because he really is Belizean. Karl is actually deaf and it has been a long process to try and teach him but he is amazing - very strong man. It’s very hard for deaf people here in Belize. Then Alisha was a little adopted girl from someone in the branch.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">This week we have a wedding..... Talk about stressful. I've decided not to ever get married. This isn't even my wedding and I’m stressed out. NOW I know how Amanda and Mom felt during this whole process. The cake, the dress, the building, the decorations......... etc......... but it’s all good because after they get married they are going to be baptized - the Perez family (Ruth, Greg and their daughter Rosalie).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">This week has been quite the week for us. We seem to be running around more than usual and not much is showing. Like we are working hard and not many results. But no use of getting mad. I have just decided that I’m learning how to work while being tired. (Haha) It’s a preparation for when I have a job right? But definitely this is the best thing ever. I'm staying busy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Transfers are coming up next week. I'm not exactly sure what is going to happen. My companion has been here with me for a while. It wouldn't surprise me if he got transferred but I hope not. We are working hard here and baptizing. Who knows; that’s the fun about transfers. But I’m pretty sure that I’m going to be here in this area for a while. It wouldn't surprise me. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I love you all and I hope that you can all know how much I love you. How much I love my mission and how much I love the people that I'm serving. They will always have a place in my heart. You really grow to love them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Love - </span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Elder Sutton</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-13487596669492543652012-03-23T20:36:00.003-07:002012-03-23T20:40:20.066-07:00Soles for Souls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR02iq_gbMetb4tDyLmqKid-RoseoEXAXrGYvnNymtDMrLPIH_Se8clqYvzMQIPrNlxeuZCRjXe3sfxOyBuDsbEL1a81709WtplNLl52I7RoscXPg71HTbhzJ6hH9ChOBMs_n8rPaMYn0/s1600/Derek+shoes.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR02iq_gbMetb4tDyLmqKid-RoseoEXAXrGYvnNymtDMrLPIH_Se8clqYvzMQIPrNlxeuZCRjXe3sfxOyBuDsbEL1a81709WtplNLl52I7RoscXPg71HTbhzJ6hH9ChOBMs_n8rPaMYn0/s320/Derek+shoes.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723302434632761122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u>Saving souls in Belize, ruining soles in his shoes.<br /></u></span><br /></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-5905512168834955892012-03-23T20:32:00.003-07:002012-03-23T20:35:43.514-07:00Chipmunk Missionaries<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lU5NJo5RMjboGTqCegZmKaY-scam8bYumjm9rxMG5iSk3XnII2lPabBipJ6aqARtZ2FO2kJCJsrgwiKiLHPj8CDRjg_T8dGth1Gyo7Sj7VMxvssU0gAvRcDEMv4auRv7qWiJ1eZtGXU/s1600/Marshmellow+2.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lU5NJo5RMjboGTqCegZmKaY-scam8bYumjm9rxMG5iSk3XnII2lPabBipJ6aqARtZ2FO2kJCJsrgwiKiLHPj8CDRjg_T8dGth1Gyo7Sj7VMxvssU0gAvRcDEMv4auRv7qWiJ1eZtGXU/s320/Marshmellow+2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723301516058948018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8N_PHzmq8UtNrlItqfKFnq3-bIg8a5kR1xVJGtofi992KCNp_0IvYzmNKNu3eWqk4P3QrfKX1VRVnHFjj20BxZnn0TymVTHW4Y0zFHQWTtnhyphenhyphen63vLH-iW9jy1-kV0fbuGNApKCIhSoY/s1600/Marshmellow+1.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8N_PHzmq8UtNrlItqfKFnq3-bIg8a5kR1xVJGtofi992KCNp_0IvYzmNKNu3eWqk4P3QrfKX1VRVnHFjj20BxZnn0TymVTHW4Y0zFHQWTtnhyphenhyphen63vLH-iW9jy1-kV0fbuGNApKCIhSoY/s320/Marshmellow+1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723301507428239842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Playing the "<i>How many marshmallows can you fit in you mouth and talk</i>" game?</div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060111177965377816.post-50105936105058786432012-03-23T20:29:00.001-07:002012-03-23T20:32:03.426-07:00March 2012 Baptism<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2AA6ZSzSdgVYwti2Jfol_ieUKHo2MjNi4AZE-_f-Ktvunc6TvS_Jb5zIuMLBPuPm1bdEb2ouACyU-6sYU0LJP6fsGDfLcWwsmyGSgxpTq0SyLIfwEb-9co4weFkio1Bd_jMcNuCKSz8/s1600/Baptism+Mar+2012.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2AA6ZSzSdgVYwti2Jfol_ieUKHo2MjNi4AZE-_f-Ktvunc6TvS_Jb5zIuMLBPuPm1bdEb2ouACyU-6sYU0LJP6fsGDfLcWwsmyGSgxpTq0SyLIfwEb-9co4weFkio1Bd_jMcNuCKSz8/s320/Baptism+Mar+2012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723300913358356690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Levi Gillett (age 60)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Karl Frutos (age 30 and deaf)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span >Alisha Arana (age 9)</span></div>The Suttonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224702570679377193noreply@blogger.com0