It was so great to see the pictures that Dad sent. Thank you for not sending the pictures of the ATVs although I don't think I would care anymore because everywhere I look I see ATVs here in Idaho! We just got snow a few days ago so now I see SnowMachines everywhere. But I guess I can deal for 23 more months.
The table looked beautiful and the weather did too! I showed my comp the picture of the kids in their swim suits and said, "it just snowed a foot and a half a few weeks ago." It was funny.
Great to see you all out golfing. I wish I could have seen Bosen live up to all his talk of being a great golfer.
We got the opportunity to go to the Rexburg temple on Saturday. What a beautiful temple! It was so great to be there and do a session. I still want to just happen to be in a session with my sister when she gets home. I think that would be really fun.
Well that's all that's going on here. I'm freezin my buns off but having fun doing it! I love you all and hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
peace and love,
Elder Walker
Monday, November 30, 2009
P-Day Letter from Elder Walker
Hello Family and Friends!
I just wrote to you all a few days ago and nothing new has happened but I didn't want to miss a week of writing.
We had a great Thanksgiving with lots of food. I have never eaten as much as I have in the last week and a half! Every house we knock on, member or not, always has pie and ice cream for us! We don't have to buy too much food because everyone always wants to give us something to take home. Just from Thanksgiving we have a freezer full of turkey and ham. It's so great to know that I will never go hungry!
I have my first baptism this Saturday! I am so excited! His name is Jake Ohs, 15, and a great kid. He is so excited for his baptism day! Elder Call and I are teaching him for the last time tonight.
I received an e-mail from one of the Elders in my MTC district who went to Connecticut. He said that the mission average is 4 baptisms per companionship for the whole 2 years of serving. How blessed am I to be in a mission where we get that in one month?! I didn't realize how great those numbers were until I read his e-mail today. In our mission, each companionship usually baptizes weekly. How wonderful that opportunity is.
We have our first Zone Conference on Thursday. It is going to be different though because of the Holidays. I think we get to watch a movie and play some games as a zone. Apparently I came into a weird transfer. I hope I don't get used to all the Holiday time we are getting.
Well I will have more to write next Monday. I love you all so much!
If anyone happens to see Troy please tell him to write me! I haven't heard one thing from him since I've been gone.
peace out
Elder Walker
I just wrote to you all a few days ago and nothing new has happened but I didn't want to miss a week of writing.
We had a great Thanksgiving with lots of food. I have never eaten as much as I have in the last week and a half! Every house we knock on, member or not, always has pie and ice cream for us! We don't have to buy too much food because everyone always wants to give us something to take home. Just from Thanksgiving we have a freezer full of turkey and ham. It's so great to know that I will never go hungry!
I have my first baptism this Saturday! I am so excited! His name is Jake Ohs, 15, and a great kid. He is so excited for his baptism day! Elder Call and I are teaching him for the last time tonight.
I received an e-mail from one of the Elders in my MTC district who went to Connecticut. He said that the mission average is 4 baptisms per companionship for the whole 2 years of serving. How blessed am I to be in a mission where we get that in one month?! I didn't realize how great those numbers were until I read his e-mail today. In our mission, each companionship usually baptizes weekly. How wonderful that opportunity is.
We have our first Zone Conference on Thursday. It is going to be different though because of the Holidays. I think we get to watch a movie and play some games as a zone. Apparently I came into a weird transfer. I hope I don't get used to all the Holiday time we are getting.
Well I will have more to write next Monday. I love you all so much!
If anyone happens to see Troy please tell him to write me! I haven't heard one thing from him since I've been gone.
peace out
Elder Walker
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Christmas Tree Cutting 2009
Here's some photos of our day cutting our Christmas Tree. We have some dear friends who let us spend the day on their property looking for the perfect tree. We had chili, hot chocolate, and lots of fun!
Suzi and Gyle on the 4-wheelers
Britnee - trying to stay warm!
Estee enjoyed the day!!!
Grandpa and Estee
Devin and Gyle cutting the tree down
Suzi and Gyle on the 4-wheelers 
Britnee - trying to stay warm! 
Estee enjoyed the day!!! 
Grandpa and Estee
Devin and Gyle cutting the tree down 
North Pole 2009
We spent the day at the North Pole near Pikes Peak the day after Thanksgiving. The kids loved it while Gyle tolerated it! (hehe) Here's some of our fun...
Sister Walker's Thanksgiving Week Letter
We were just a bit worried because we had not heard from Chelsee on her usual email day, and we wondered if she had been transferred, stayed in Boulder City, or just what??? Here's our answer:
Hello People!!!
I know, surprise, it’s Saturday.
We didn’t get a chance to write on Thursday because nowhere was open and we were a little pre-occupied with the Mission’s valley wide Turkey Bowl, and eating yummy goodness! We drove an hour to North Las Vegas to go to the Turkey Bowl and we had a blast! As soon as we got off at the exit the first thing I said was… “Yay, colored people.” You have no idea how white Boulder City is!
Oh and yes, that means that I stayed in Boulder City this transfer! Yay, I’m going on 6 months here! Sister Johnson also stayed and we got a 3rd companion, Sister Brown who is actually from North Las Vegas. Sister Brown originally served in the Houston South Mission but had to come home for medical stuff and hasn’t been able to go back out there so she is here with us this transfer! I feel like I am training all over again but it is a good experience for me!
Anyway, back to Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful day! We had dinner with one of our investigators and her family. Lisa is Jake Davis’ mom (Jake got baptized back in Aug.) and she invited us over for dinner so of course we said yes! We had dinner with 6 non-members and 1 recent convert! The food was of course delish but nothing compared to Aunt Dee’s mashed potatoes!
After that dinner we went over to one of our ward mission leader’s home and I had some turkey with cranberry sauce over there because the first dinner didn’t have cranberry sauce. And, I recently discovered that I like candied yams! Yup, they are pretty tasty! Let’s just say I was pretty stuffed by the end of the night.
Since Thursday is a Preparation day we also did our laundry and went grocery shopping! We were done with P-day and out teaching again by 6:00… nope, not like Elder Walker’s all day P-day, we actually work on Holidays here! Hahahaha!!!
Daniel’s baptism was so fantastic! There were over 150 people there and President and Sister Christensen came too! They said they had never seen a baptism with so many people there. I told them they should have seen Jake’s baptism where there were over 200 people there!
Boulder City is the Celestial Kingdom so of course, it is perfect and everyone comes out to support those getting baptized! Daniel received the priesthood on Monday evening so that he could leave that night to go up to Utah with his cousins and do baptisms in the SLC temple and the Bountiful temple! I told him I was way excited for him to go to the Bountiful temple because that is where I did baptisms for the dead for my first time!
Ummmmm….. by brain is dead. I think I am still in a turkey coma! I think that is basically it. I’ll fill you in on more details next week!
I love you all more than anything!
Remember who you are and what you stand for! Make good choices, don’t do drugs and BE HAPPY!
LOVE,
ME!!!!!!
Hello People!!!
I know, surprise, it’s Saturday.
We didn’t get a chance to write on Thursday because nowhere was open and we were a little pre-occupied with the Mission’s valley wide Turkey Bowl, and eating yummy goodness! We drove an hour to North Las Vegas to go to the Turkey Bowl and we had a blast! As soon as we got off at the exit the first thing I said was… “Yay, colored people.” You have no idea how white Boulder City is!
Oh and yes, that means that I stayed in Boulder City this transfer! Yay, I’m going on 6 months here! Sister Johnson also stayed and we got a 3rd companion, Sister Brown who is actually from North Las Vegas. Sister Brown originally served in the Houston South Mission but had to come home for medical stuff and hasn’t been able to go back out there so she is here with us this transfer! I feel like I am training all over again but it is a good experience for me!
Anyway, back to Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful day! We had dinner with one of our investigators and her family. Lisa is Jake Davis’ mom (Jake got baptized back in Aug.) and she invited us over for dinner so of course we said yes! We had dinner with 6 non-members and 1 recent convert! The food was of course delish but nothing compared to Aunt Dee’s mashed potatoes!
After that dinner we went over to one of our ward mission leader’s home and I had some turkey with cranberry sauce over there because the first dinner didn’t have cranberry sauce. And, I recently discovered that I like candied yams! Yup, they are pretty tasty! Let’s just say I was pretty stuffed by the end of the night.
Since Thursday is a Preparation day we also did our laundry and went grocery shopping! We were done with P-day and out teaching again by 6:00… nope, not like Elder Walker’s all day P-day, we actually work on Holidays here! Hahahaha!!!
Daniel’s baptism was so fantastic! There were over 150 people there and President and Sister Christensen came too! They said they had never seen a baptism with so many people there. I told them they should have seen Jake’s baptism where there were over 200 people there!
Boulder City is the Celestial Kingdom so of course, it is perfect and everyone comes out to support those getting baptized! Daniel received the priesthood on Monday evening so that he could leave that night to go up to Utah with his cousins and do baptisms in the SLC temple and the Bountiful temple! I told him I was way excited for him to go to the Bountiful temple because that is where I did baptisms for the dead for my first time!
Ummmmm….. by brain is dead. I think I am still in a turkey coma! I think that is basically it. I’ll fill you in on more details next week!
I love you all more than anything!
Remember who you are and what you stand for! Make good choices, don’t do drugs and BE HAPPY!
LOVE,
ME!!!!!!
Family Letter From Elder Walker
Hello Family!
I wanted to write another message just for you. Today is my first family holiday away from home and I just wanted you all to know how much I love you. It's interesting how much my love for my family has grown since I've been serving.
Brailee, Daiken, and Estee - I love you kids so very much! I think about you everyday. I hope you are having so much fun in the snow! I just got some snow here in Idaho too! Thank you for all of the green toys and notes you sent me! I love you so much! Enjoy your day eating turkey!
Britnee and Adam - Thank you so much for my "greeney" package! It took Elder Call and I like 10 minutes to figure out what it was. He said, maybe they got St. Patricks day confused. Haha! The back scratcher and the ball thing are my new favorite things.
Adam, I really appreciate you letting me know that Idaho is not for ATV riding, I was confused. Haha! I know you wish you were here serving as much as I wish I was riding so this goes both ways buddy! What was your address when you lived in St. Anthony? Maybe we'll go tract it out.
Britnee, how is the new baby coming along? Are you ready to pop?? Just remember to eat double today, this is the baby's first Thanksgiving. Are you still on track for the 10th of January?
Mom - You have no Idea how much I miss you today. When I got a letter from Elder Bosen telling me he was going to eat with you all today I thought that maybe he and I could switch spots today. I love and miss you so dearly but I will get to talk to you soon.
Dad - It is so great to read your e-mails. It's my favorite part about p-day. I got your message about Elder Bosen staying another transfer! That is crazy! He told me that Brenda finally got baptized. That is great news to hear. How is the work going in the Perry Park ward? In our area we get so much help from our Bishops. If our ward mission leaders don't help, the Bishops step right in and do a great job.
Our Stake President is President Walker and he is determined to find a way that he and I are related. Can you and Mom do me a huge favor? My companion is way into family history and now has me wanting to know about my family. Especially about William F Rigby because everyone here knows about him. Can you send me a more detailed pedigree chart that goes back farther than the one I have and maybe include a little story or something interesting about them? Especially because everyday someone says "Walker? Where is your family from?" I then have to say, oh, I have no idea! So it would be nice to be able to answer that question.
Anyway, you all are so great! I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving! Tell Elder Bosen and his new companion I say hi and I wish them the best. Have a great day!
Be sure to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for allowing us to be a family, you are all definitely my greatest blessing.
peace out!
Best wishes,
Elder Walker
I wanted to write another message just for you. Today is my first family holiday away from home and I just wanted you all to know how much I love you. It's interesting how much my love for my family has grown since I've been serving.
Brailee, Daiken, and Estee - I love you kids so very much! I think about you everyday. I hope you are having so much fun in the snow! I just got some snow here in Idaho too! Thank you for all of the green toys and notes you sent me! I love you so much! Enjoy your day eating turkey!
Britnee and Adam - Thank you so much for my "greeney" package! It took Elder Call and I like 10 minutes to figure out what it was. He said, maybe they got St. Patricks day confused. Haha! The back scratcher and the ball thing are my new favorite things.
Adam, I really appreciate you letting me know that Idaho is not for ATV riding, I was confused. Haha! I know you wish you were here serving as much as I wish I was riding so this goes both ways buddy! What was your address when you lived in St. Anthony? Maybe we'll go tract it out.
Britnee, how is the new baby coming along? Are you ready to pop?? Just remember to eat double today, this is the baby's first Thanksgiving. Are you still on track for the 10th of January?
Mom - You have no Idea how much I miss you today. When I got a letter from Elder Bosen telling me he was going to eat with you all today I thought that maybe he and I could switch spots today. I love and miss you so dearly but I will get to talk to you soon.
Dad - It is so great to read your e-mails. It's my favorite part about p-day. I got your message about Elder Bosen staying another transfer! That is crazy! He told me that Brenda finally got baptized. That is great news to hear. How is the work going in the Perry Park ward? In our area we get so much help from our Bishops. If our ward mission leaders don't help, the Bishops step right in and do a great job.
Our Stake President is President Walker and he is determined to find a way that he and I are related. Can you and Mom do me a huge favor? My companion is way into family history and now has me wanting to know about my family. Especially about William F Rigby because everyone here knows about him. Can you send me a more detailed pedigree chart that goes back farther than the one I have and maybe include a little story or something interesting about them? Especially because everyday someone says "Walker? Where is your family from?" I then have to say, oh, I have no idea! So it would be nice to be able to answer that question.
Anyway, you all are so great! I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving! Tell Elder Bosen and his new companion I say hi and I wish them the best. Have a great day!
Be sure to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for allowing us to be a family, you are all definitely my greatest blessing.
peace out!
Best wishes,
Elder Walker
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