Email rec'd 4-11-2011

welll what a week i had. so this past week was the week of changes. and the changes were bonkers. i explain it all in the voice recording but they called me to be a new district leader in the area of Batahola which is still inside of managua hahaha so i havent quite escaped the city but its still good there are some really cool parts of my are and ill try to take my camera one day but its still pretty sketchy here hahaha i guess they just like to put me in the ghetto cause i always used to act blak who told them???? hahahaha but yeah i really took a step back with all that was going on and just realized some stuff that i needed to change and its good for me to be here in a completely new area now i can start fresh and do my thang! the thing ive been working on is gaining the respect of my district cause they all have way more time than me but i'm they're DL and the Zone leaders are always on my nuts for numbers and what not haha excuse the french there haha but yeah its fun i like it. the masters sounded crazy!! this one dude put on espn the other day and they were on and he's like i hate golf and changed it hahahaha iwas like NOOOOOOO!!!!!! hahahaha it was funnny. that is some bad news about Gpa and Gma i will definitely include them in my prayers. i love them so much!!!! and i want you all to know i love you all so much and miss you all. if you could let people know that im trying hard to write everyone back its just i don't have very much time anymore and so i havent gotten back to some yet but im trying!!! ok i love you mom!! listen to the recording

Email rec'd 4-3-2011

WOW the house looks really nice!!!!!! hahaaha really really really nice !!!! hahaha dope! yeah the voice recording didnt work but its all good like i said the emails are fine yes conference was so dope this weekend!!!!! all 5 sessions were so good!!!! and they talked about marriage alot so now i have an excuse to marry when i get back!! ;) hahaha sorry i don't have anything to send his week because this week was crazy and were supposed to find out about our changes today and there's a lot of stuff going on with my comp and our leaders and everythings just really nuts right now but its still going good. we had a few investigators come to conference with us to watch it and so that was really cool but yeah we went to the chapel in las palmas and watched all 5 sessions in english with all the other white missionaries in my zone hahaa so at least we got to see it in english!! but yeah everything was so good about conference. only 2 more conferences left in my mission!! its crazy how time flies here. but yeah like i said not too much happened this week i hope all is well!! tell everyone i love them and i will send a voice recording next week and let you know where i end up again haha. but yeah i love you all have a great week!!!! elder galvan

Email rec'd 3-28-2011

good after noon mother

thats cool that there are peeps looking at the house and that you guys talked to brandon merril hahaha and thats cool that they all got there mission calls i hate to sound prideful but i have the best mission in the world it really is something else here. like they will have good times but my mission is just life changing but thats just for me haha.

ok for my part this week thank you for the package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one peanut butter is already gone hahahahahaha im a fiend.

we baptized edwin finally this week after 4 months of work!!!! hahaha that was a cool baptism. there's pics of that and also of me and elder lopez and my comp and a gancho hahaha and a picture of us with Agusto whos my investigator that just left for the states it was sad to see him go but hes such a cool guy we met up with him and played bball and then he left. such a great guy. he said he wants to baptize but that he has to go to the states to work for his family first. but yeah everything else is going good. i hope everyting goes well with the new house and tell the girls i love them!!!! i love you mom

elder galvan

Email Received 3-21-2011

mother,

hopefully this voice recording will work but if not im gonna say a few things here too. but yeah everything here is going... hahah its going. weve had a few bad weeks but were trying haha, thats dope that you guys are moving in now!!! haha thats good to hear that everyone is doing good especially the boys from my class!!! i love hearing about them haha knowing they'll be here in a few years i really feel like i was twelve like 2 years ago haha time flies like flies around here. thats cool they asked for pics of me haha im already campaigning for my future wife and im not even there.... ;) hahaha i llove you guys so much!!

elder galvan

Pictures from 3-14 & 3-21-2011

Elder Lopez (zone leader), Elder Galvan, Elder Weight (val's mtc comp)
Famous statue-- i'm assuming. :)

This building is so cool. It was actually featured on the show where that guy, Anthony Bourdaine goes to different countries and eats their food & talks about their culture. He was just in Nicaragua.

Elder Garcia & Elder Galvan
A beautiful staircase.
Hmm, not sure what this was?
Part of a display at the museum.
I am not sure if Val is giving a speech or what, haha.
Elder Diamond, Elder Galvan-- so handsome & Elder Garcia

Email rec'd 3-14-2011

mom
wow i cant believe another week has passed by here in nicaragua. thats crazy about the scorpions but you'd flip if you saw how big the spiders are here hahaha hahaha oh nixon. no i haven't got my package yet but probably soon... i hope so hahaha im glad you guys are having a good time i miss you guys tons and love you tons!!! im sending two recordings haha its easier to send these than write hahaha so sorry for the short letter but i love you mom!! iight scratch that the recording is taking forever hahaha so ill send one next week if i can but yeah everything is going good i have tons of pics to send hahaha so look for those!!! but yeah love you guys!!!!!!! i hope the new house is dope send some pictures!!!! hahaha yeah we had 3 families in church the other day investigators and we got a call from our president and he congratulated us haha i guess there was only three other companionships who had that so that was dope that was cool today we went to a museum so thats all of my pictures hahaha and theres one of me and elder weight and amis from the mtc haha they're so skinny! ok il send more!!! bye

elder galvan

Email Received 3-7-2011

Hey mother

thats cool you got to go with dad to scottsdale for a day im sure that would be pretty fun and relaxing it would be a pretty nice vacation ha-ha im gonna appreciate so many things when i get back like carpet or something dumb like that hahaha im just gonna sleep on the carpet for a week when i get back iight. thank you for stuarts email i will shoot him an email today. yeah the room i have now is pretty dope im sending some pictures later but hey im trying to send a voice recording too so if it works let me know and ill do some of those every week for you guys! and try and find a way to send me some too!

thats cool you guys are moving in to the house this week im sure it will be a very different feeling for me when i get home ha-ha let me know the address i need to tell me president cause you guys moved. iight just a few things that happened this week. this girl told me i looked like justin beiber hahahaha cause i need a hair cut and you know how my hair looks when its not short and so she calls me elder beiber now hahahahaha its funny but yeah i'm also teaching an English class to this house of women hahah but its cool they're actually learning one of them is like tia Kim hahaha always making jokes and talking and stuff ha-ha its great.

i was looking through this kids cds the other day and he had an efy cd with freddy ashby on it hahahaha i was like i know this dude!!!! he's like is he tall and thin hahahaha i was like uhhh yep thats freddy! hahahahahaha freddy is a cool dude though for real shout out my homie freddy ashby!

ha-ha anyways i went to the store to get some deodorant and i was like give me whatever you have for men so she gives me lady speed stick hahaha and i was like this is for girls she's like oohhh ok i have one for men, then she comes back with this degree for women hahaha i was like whatever ill take it hahah so now i wear women's deodorant hahaha yeah thats my steeze now ha-ha. but yeah remember the familia delgado? my first baptisms-- well they haven't been to church in forever and so i went over there and only she was there and i kind of machetied her a little and then after she told me the her husband left. yep, just grabbed his crap and left her and the children i felt like a turd, but she came to church and said she feels confident that every thing is going to work out for her. but yeah we had a great sunday! we had 7 investigators in church!! i was so happy that they came!!! its such a good feeling.but yeah that was my week ha-ha this week went by so fast but i hope everything is going well.

as for your lesson, i will give you a few pointers but i should tell you that the best way to really learn these things is to study them out .ive been reading jesus the christ and i cannot put it down there is so much to learn from the life of christ but as far as sacrifice goes i will say this. from what i have learned there are two roads in life. one is the easy way and one is the hard way. but in reality the easy way is the hard way and the hard way is the easiest. why? because with the easy way you get no blessings in return, the amount of what we receive from the hard way will be so much more than we put in and in that sense making it the easier way to leave. sacrifice comes from love, a sincere love and a desire to do the will of the heavenly father. thats all i have to say ha-ha i love you mother!!

elder galvan