August 3, 2009

thank you for your letter, it was very much needed. i want to thank you two and my parents for your support. But i especially want to thank you for your son. I mean he was dealing with all this AND he was sick. He truthfully has a diligence that i will never fully understand. Thank you for your letter, support and you son.

elder gray

August 1, 2009

Hello,

Hey it is me. Just letting you all know im starting to get a bit better. Still have diahrea but i stopped throwing up! And I have started eating hard food again. I had some poop sample tests done yesterday so that should let me know if it is bacteria, a virus, or an infection that is causing such a bad stomache. I have also lost 10 more pounds!

I love you tons!

Elder Paul

July 28, 2009

Hey paul family,

it is elder gray, elder pauls friend and MTC companion. I am here to write today to let you know your son is all good, still cooking. I am here in the internet today with his companion because they couldnt write yesterday because elder paul was sick. Your son has got some stomach pains and threw up on sunday and monday morning. But actually is a lot better today. We called the president and got some medicine for him. He just cant walk around because he gets light headed. I am actually in the same district as elder paul so i came to help out. He asked me to write you guys real quick so you know that he is doing fine. Still his same goofy self.

Just know that i am here if you guys need anything, here is my email, and the number of my parents 907 225 3398 (it is in alaska) well yeah just know your son is a trooper and doing fine. And thanks for everything, without our parents we really would feel alone. thanks for everything and yeah i am sure your son will be live and kicking for tomorrow.

bye

elder ryan gray

July 27, 2009

Hi everyone.

I am realy realy sick. I am sitting here on the computer and am covered in sweat. I will explain more what I have when I get over it. But for that reason I am going to have to go rite now, I will try to write in a few days.

I love you all, and do not worry, or worry about trying to call anyone!

I love you. And mom dont worry about it, you dont even have to ask forgivness!

I love you,

Elder Paul

July 20, 2009

Hey everyone!

It is me again! How is everyone and everything doing back at home. I have been veryy sick lattly. You see last Sunday I ate a chili that is called the CHili of seven soups. Because you can make seven pots of soups with this one very very tiny chili. Well it realy was not as bad as I imagined it being. Do not get me wrong, I was pretty teared up. But you see in the night time I ended up getting very very sick and have been since SUnday night. It is not too fun at all. I have to find a bathroom somewere about every hour or so.

Mom and Dad just so you know I did call Pres Coxes wife on Tuesday. And they told me just to start taking imodium. ANd then I realized on thursday I was out and did not have any money. That is why I wrote home to mom. I hope Dad you can find out what is up with the account, and why money is disapearing, and let me know if it is something that I am doing wrong.

How are all my brothers and sisters doing? What is everyone up to? Heidi said the pool got ruined, what happened? It is weird to think it was about a year ago that I was back there fixing the pool with dad isnt it?

Well things besides being so sick are going good, in my area. We had another baptism this last week in the lake. We tried to do it in the baptismal font in the church, but when the water came out, it was a weird greenish brown color. So we will be trying to get that cleaned up and fixed this next week, to be ready to baptise some kids next week. And do not worry, We have baptised quite a few people in this area, but everyone of them have not missed a week in church yet, and are happy as can be!THey love being here, and are just so so happy!

This man who was baptised this last Friday, used to be a very strong alcholic. And liked to smoke alot too. He could go weeks at a time being drunk out of his mind. Well with the help of this gospel, and his big heart, he now has about a month and a half with no alchol or tabaco, and says all though he has urges at times, he always knows he can pick up the book of mormon and start reading. (Just a nice peace of information on the side. It has been proven that people with addictions to anything, when they have that temptation, if they can not play with it in there head, and can restrain for 5 minutes, there mind will move past it) NIce to know ehh!

Well I love you all and thank you for all the prayers and fasting,. I know maybe everyone might not know why it is so needed, but it realy is, and thank you!

I love you all,

Elder Paul

July 6, 2009

Hey everyone,

Well I just was writing a huge letter to you guys when my computer shut off. SO I guess I am going to have to start again. Well lets see, Well it is the end of another set of changes again: it is crazy how fast they are are going. Each one gets faster and faster. I only have 9 more left in my mission! I didnt get a change, but I am one of the district leaders now. I keep being sent all over the city to help get all the areas going.

Well here we go for my favorite story this week. We were eating with one of the hermanas, and she was saying how excited she is for my piano lessons starting this Tuesday. She told me she had an old organ that she has always wanted to get working, she had taken it into a shop and they told her it would be aobut a thousand dollars. Well I took it all the way apart. Good news I understand how an organ works, and it took me about 2 hours, But i fixed the broken pedels, A torn trace on the circuit board, and the volume switch. Well it is fixed, and works great! Kinda reminded me how much I lvoe finding out how things work, and how to fix them! It was great!

Well this week has been pretty slow as far as our area goes. We have been working in other areas all week long, but we are going to be having 2 baptisms this weekend in the Lake again., and they have asked me to baptise them.

Other than that there is not much more to write about rite now. but I will definatly start writing down things so I have more tings to talk about next week. Oh, one more thing, Elder Gray my friend from the MTC is going to be coming to my area again. SO that will be realy cool to be with him again.

I love you all,

Elder Paul

June 26, 2009

Hey everyone,

It me again. Well to tell the truth I dont have too much to write about this week. It was not too eventful this week. But I will do my best.

Well we baptised the lady in the lake last week, and her daughter and grandaguhter are preparing to be married. But we just found out that she is not married. So we are going to have to wait a week until she is married ligally to do her baptism. So that will be awesome. We are also working with someone else who just got out of jail. He got in trouble for trying to free his mom from prison, and he ended up with 7 years. He is now 24 and does not want a live like that anymore. He is going to be baptised this coming Tuesday.

Besides that I realy dont have much that I can write, and I have to go fill out alot of papers! SO this letter is going to be very short im sorry. But please everyone write me, and I will write a much bigger one next week!

Oh ya, so bad news. I was washing my basketball shoes the other day. We live on the third floor of our appartments. So I washed them and tied them onto the balcony to dry. Well some time during the day someone climbed up and cut off the laces and took the shoes. I still cant figure out how they did it.

And to make things even greater two days ago we got stoped by a gang. It usually is nothing, but these guys were a bit wacked in the head. They wanted my watch and my wallet. I was ready to fight them, but my comp told me in english just to do it. Well I handed them over. Luckily I didnt have my wallet, so that is good. THey just took the watch and like 20 bucks I had. Ha well dont worry at all mom, that hardly ever happens. The only hard part is that I dont have shoes now to exercise. I will be good to wait as long as you need. But if you and dad could send money some time that would be great. Im so sorry I keep needing money! And if you guys need to feel free to ebay some of my car sterio stuff to pay for it! I love you very much!

Also I need my glasses very badly. I am about halfway done reading Jesus the Christ but, I always have headaches afterwards! So if you can send those as weel that would be great! I love you mom!!

Elder Paul