Pictures rec'd 4-18-2011

Hmm, does this little guy look like his hands are folded? I know I am weird! I think it is funny that Val sends me a picture of a dead rat! yuck!

New baptism & his new companion in his new area. Marilyn is who was baptized.

**their ward missionary 21 day program. Val explains in his letter the program.

Email & pictures rec'd 4-11-2011

here are some pictures of when i left my old area i didnt want to leave these peeps!!!!! the really big family is an investigator family they should be getting baptized soon and thats not even the half of them hahaha i call them the bilinguals cause i was teaching them english. the other family with the chovala in the front and me throwin up the dueces is the family where we ate dinner every night familia rios they're so awesome and another with gricelda another with me and elder dimond and pace making rice krispies hahahaha and thats itElder Galvan, Elder Diamond & Elder Pace-- making rice krispie treat's the nicaraguan way-- with cocoa krispies. :)
This is Griselda, she was one of his first baptism's.
Some investigators from his old area in Boar.
A family that Val & his comp were teaching lessons to. Val was teaching English to them as well.

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