Pictures rec'd 5-9-2011

Baptism photo w/couple & Val & his companion.

Elder Galvan, Elder Citalan, Elder Bueso & Elder Page

Val's companion's birthday cake.

Here is the picture of their roof caved in, from the tree.

Does this look comforting to a mother? Her son up in a tree using a machetie? Seriously? He was doing service-

Elder Page, who Val explains is really tall in a small crawl space.

Baptism of Maria Dolores & husband Vidal.

Val's description's of pictures:

iight so these photos are of us giving service we cut down a huge tree with macheties and the branches actually caved in their roof halfway through.

theres one of elder page who's really tall in this crawl space, there is some of my comps bday the little kid is elder citalan, my comp elder bueso and the other is elder page then one of my comp cuttin his cake then our baptism of maria dolores and thats her husband vidal ramirez love you!!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 5-9-2011

mother
i cant believe its almost been 8 months since i left home. and i must say it was really good to talk to you all excuse my spelling cause this computer is really slow but i love you all so much and hope you had a great mothers day weekend cause you deserve the best when i get home well do it big for you on mothers day. yes i promise that i will take my time to find someone that fits me best, like someone who is naturally pretty and will watch espn with me those are 2 requirements hahahaaa 223 days? wow haha but yea b lake will be home in a flash there's no way he left a year ago thats s crazy!!!! i love that kid! my boy e dubs emailed me and said his mom peeped the blog and said it was really great so good job! and yea im so stoked about the truck all the girls loved that truck!!! haha i am very greatful for that thank you very much. well im almost out of time and i have to send pics i love you mom!!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 5-2-2011

good afternoon

alright first things first while its on my mind, we will talk on mothers day cause whats a mothers day call if its not on mothers day right? so you need to call xxxxx tomorrow at 9 am to verify the numbre then on sunday your going to call me when i get out of church and i'm thinking you should call at 3... but i dont know when you get done with church so you need to let me know when you call on tuesday ok?
ok, hahaha dont worry about me eating there are way bigger problems than that here, dont worry we buy some chips and a powerade or something so i do eat, hey for my box can you send me face soap and some peppered beef jerkey?? haha yeah i told her not to worry about who told me that haha its not important, hahah thats fine i figured there werent any cause there werent any when i left either, buuummmmerrr, but yeeah i guess josh melendez is going to university of new mexico on a full ride so if you see him tell him congrats, stacy is gonna be a flight attendent?? haha well good for her hahaha she can convert some peeps mid air.

yeah not much happened this week, sorry i haven't been taking any pics but nothing exciting is happening, it rained the other day so hard but apparently thats just sprinkles hahaha it was so crazy!!! but it was really cool, i had a district leader meeting this week and basically we all just got machetied on how we need more baptisms and as the leaders we need to put the example haha it was really good, then we had interviews with president and we got a few things resolved with my companion and no things are better. but yeah dont forget to call tomorrow at 9 am ok cause thats when im there and keep trying too if no one answers the lady there speaks a little english and so does the son so probably talk to the son, but yeah so we talk this sunday!!!! i can't believe it already huh hahaha but i love you mom have a great week!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 4-25-2011

Mother

wow that was a little shocking to hear, i remember that kid from school and sad to hear that happened. but at the same time that was really cool that he received a blessing from one of the seventy and im positive that now he will have no trouble going on his mission to argentina. theres a scripture there in d and c 121 that says that the powers of the priesthood are equal to the powers of the heavens and im sure whatever blessings he was promised will be his according to his faith.

i cant believe preston already got married!! hopefully ill be home to see tys wedding. its crazy that everyone is moving on with their lives and getting married hahaha i feel so young!!! but yeah things are going good. a slow week but this next week will pick up im sure.

thats good to hear about cjs team a little bird told me that cj is turning into quite the babe now haha and kenz is gonna be a senior here in a few months what the heck!!!
haha well at least there is room for them there they can have my room haha and i have a question what did you guys do with all my stuff?! hahahaha but yeah im sending a voice recording and so there will be more details in there but i love you all and i hope you are all doing well!!!! love you mom!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 4-18-2011

thats dope you went to the new ward its gonna be cool to have two home wards just dont move again hahahaha yes i saw the email you sent me but i got it today hahaha but yeah to be honest everything is gettting way better. we baptized and my district is getting better and we all had a ton of fun today during pday just chillin like villans in an igloo eatin fudge sicles. yes i still have the same president? he's not gonna change till after i leave haha and the address is to the office and thats never gonna change so don't worry. alex martinsen is back? dang time flies haha that means trent thompson will be back soon too! and then b lake then me then dalton then kevin ,but yeah the mission is so dope so many things i would've never learned without it. but yeah things have gotten way better.
the pictures im sending are of the baptism her name is marilyn and a huge rat we killed and a paper that details our plan with our ward that i thought would be cool for you guys to do too. theres 21 scriptures and for 21 days you read each scripture for that day and pray for a missionary experience and with that bring some peeps to church!!!! it works!! hahaha but yeh i love you all!! have fun in the new ward in the new house and with everything!!

elder galvan

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.