Email & pictures rec'd 12-26-2011

more members or investigators-- he didn't specify on his email.
Val- being Val-- crazy boy-- so glad he hasn't lost his sense of humor.
Val & his companion with some members & investigators at dinner
me and denis espinoza and his family (goalie from the national selction of nicaragua
Pancakes?-
Funny Zone pic's
Serious zone pics.
This is Val's mission president & his wife. I wish he would have asked them to actually look at the camera. :(
Elder Ward from Gilbert, AZ- & Elder Galvan
Val & one of the other elders, I thought it was elder pace, but his email said- elder ewell from utah.
Val & his companion

Email rec'd 12-19-2011

HELLO MOTHER

well still no package.... i hope it didn't get snatched cause whats a brotha sposed to do with one shoe???????? hahahahaha. i'm glad that cj is doing good on the team and i hope she continues to get better. man i really miss christmas with the family one was enough hahahaha but just this one and then next one we will be celebrating together like oldy times. its hard not to be super trunky in this month.... i just want it to be over!!!! hahaha the mcbeth girls are gonna get married before me?????? what the chunche??? hahahaha i cant believe they're in college already and kenz is gonna graduate soon.... and still doesn't have a boyfriend which i am very pleased with if there was anyone that deserved those 100 dollas for not kissing till 16 it was her....... cause i lost that bet when i was like 9 hahahahahahahaha good times.you sent another box???

hahaha thats cool and hey the picture is awesome i missed you guys so much i love you all and everyone looks so happy and beautiful you guys are the best family ever!!! not much happenin here i know i havent taken a lot of pictures lately but we have all kinds of christmas stuff this week so there will be lots. iight i love you mom!!! have a great week

oh wait almost forgot

ok the number you guys are going to call on sunday is... and i need you to call on tuesday-- tomorrow at 4pm to test it. so on sunday i need you guys to call me at 4pm as well. ok i love you!!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 12-12-2011

mother

hahah dont worry about it its all good!!! hahaha the ankle is better now. ive been walking on it ever since so its not gonna heal right but its getting better. the color is completely gone and theres still a little swelling but its all good dont worry about it.

Other Wheeler had her baby!! hahahaha thats awesome!!!! exciting to hear about cjs team!! thats awesome that theyre doing good!! and that she is doing good too! just dont let her head get too big!!! and tell her to stop fouling out!! hahahahaah. to be honest i remember the name but i have no clue i cant put face to him but thats cool ive heard bolivia is a cool place.. plus they have a temple so thats always nice......we still dont have one :( but i have hopes that soon we will get the anouncement in conference!!!!!!!

ummmm i didnt have changes!!! im actually really happy cause if i did i wouldve left before christmas to a new area and that would have sucked baaaaauuuuullllsssss haha.

DANG i just looked at the picture all zoomed in and that baby has a lot of hair!!!! hahah dont ever shave that beard.... tell that to dad he knows what it is hahaha. as far as everything goes here not much doin.. were starting to work more with the zone in divisions cause they need a lot of help and the zone is taking a hard hit cause of christmas and cause there were a ton of changes the last two changes so were trying to climb back to the top spot VIP and all. you know. hhahaha well i love you mother the package still hasnt come yet but its all good!!! i love you mother

elder galvan

Email & Pictures rec'd 12-5-2011

hey mom!!!!

havent heard from you yet today but i don't have that much time cause i waited to see if you'd write. but hey here's some pics of my foot hahahaha but don't worry its all better now. hows everything going, preparing for christmas??? i hope you watched the christmas devotional cause it was freaking awesome!!!! i think they are making some new movies about jesus christ cause they previewed some new clips and it looks great!!!! i love you mom!!!!!

elder galvan

Okay-----does any one beside's Elder Galvan's mom think that something is wrong with his ankle???? He rolled his ankle a couple of weeks ago & he sends us these pictures and tells me he is o.k.? HUH, really Val? Cuz it doesn't look like you are o.k.? So he rolls his ankle playing soccer & decides that he doesn't want to tell anyone because if he does he will have to stay at home & he doesn't want to stay at home- so he has been WALKING ON IT & putting A SHOE ON IT. So i am pretty sure it is not OK?????? YIKES!!!

EMail & Pictures rec'd 11-28-2011

hello mother

well i cant tell you ive gotten the other box cause i havent. haha but it would be funny right? it just sucks thats all but im not mad. at least someone somewhere is walking arouund with a steezy shoe right? maybe someone who needed it more than me. sounds like thanksgiving was awesome!!!! ill be there for the next one haha. only 10 left. and we talk soon!!!!!!! dont talk to me about the tree hahaha seeing lights and trees here for christmas make me WAY trunky. but after the new year time is gonna fly. and yes we will all be home and getting married and getting kids soon!!!!! being a dad is gonna sweeeett!!!! im gonna be the best dad like my dad was to me!!!! im glad everyone enjoyed the voice recording ill try to do one next week and then one for christmas too. here are the pictures of the family we baptized they are karla and daniel and there is a random pic of me chilin on pday studying hahaha i dont have tons of time mom but i love you!!!!!! have a great week

elder galvan

Email rec'd 11-21-2011

hey mama  haha well it sounds like everything is going good and that this thanksgiving should be a great one. this voice recording i did at 5 in the morning waiting for the bus to arrive for my conference then i got a call at 630 from the assistant to the president saying the conference was cancelled and that we have to go tomorrow. so im here hahaha but i sent the recording anyway and sorry but i didnt do a testimony cause i didnt know....... 

but everything here is going super good. i cant believe in 10 months ill be chillin like a

penguin with the fam. ive decided to take dad up on his offer and im gonna stay in az. it would be a lot better for me too cause maybe i could settle down quika.... when the time is right of course. then get some little littler Val´s runnin around hahaha your gonna be a grandmother soon!!!!!!!!!! 

OH FREAK hahahaha i love you so much mom. i hope all is well and i hope you all like the voice recording its kinda lame but hey the thought that counts cause it was 5am... so don't blame me...   I LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!  elder galvan 

Email rec'd 11-14-2011

good afternoon

well today was a great p-day!!! our mission president came to celebrate with the zone cause we led the mission in family baptisms in october so he came and gave us a presentation about the book of mormon then we went to an artificial soccer field and played for 2 hours and then he bought us all some za. it was actually pretty fun.

but hey speaking of p-days i wont be able to write you till next tuesday cause monday we have a meeting with an area 70 then after i have a ZL consejo so i have no pday ha but ill write on tuesday. ok.

whats the returned missionaries name? haha cause honestly up in till now its been the best 2 years of and for my life. cause its not like i did anything too awesome before hahaha. im sure when i get married that statement will change but for right now thats how it is.

haha well sometimes the hardest ones turn into the best baptisms. you always need to remember that the gospel is nothing new. EVERYONE knew about it before this life thats why they have bodies. were just here to remind people of what they have forgotten.

well i hope that all is well at home. i really do love you guys!!! i cant believe how much ive grown in the mission. im loving it right now.

OH haha almost forgot. we finally baptized the famiy this weekend ill send some pics with this email. it was a good baptism and i was super happy to see them do it. as for that, i got nothin mas haha. i love you mom. probably the hardest part about missionary work is trying to tell people that they arent truely happy. but we can always be the examples of how to be truely happy. que te vaya bien

elder galván

Email & Pictures rec'd 11-7-2011

hello m,other!!

hey just sent you a voice recording and i hope you find it pleasing. i wont be writing too much from now on cause we only have 45 minutes to write i explain why in the voice recording but i hope all is well and i love you all!!!!!!!!!! tell cj congrats on making the team!!!!!!!!

elder galvan

Val & his district havin' some fun.
Val's zone.
This has to be ------by far, my favorite picture so far-- of my missionary!!!!!!!!!! Look how handsome & grown up he is!

A recent baptism, Val said her name is Brenda.
This is Val & Elder Majia, this is his companion that just left, he really liked this companion. He was from El Salvador.

Email rec'd 10-31-2011

good afternoon mother,

im glad everyone liked the pictures and all. haha dad told me all about the philly willys and how they curb stomped jerrys boys. and yes i already knew about the cardinals!!!!!!!!!!!!! one of my investigators who knows thats ma team called me when they won to tell me hahahaha. i cant believe logan is gonna throw a ring on that finger!!!!!!!! who is it? that stinks that b lake wont be there for that though.... or will he? haha, the house looks awesome!!!!!!! but freak dont move again........ i want to be able to say i lived in a house with a basement hahhahahahahaha. it acutally really doesnt matter cause if i go to school with b-lake i wont be there to enjoy bachelrs cave. i mean basement. hahahaha. why would you move anyways? the houses looks super sweet!

i really hope that cj makes the team. she seems like shes been working hard to get it and she really wants it. so hopefully she worked hard enough to get it.

everything here is good. we had another baptism and my companion leaves on wednesday to go home... NOOOO hahaha i love my companion. my favorite companions have always been from el salvador too hahaha i dont know why but were always a lot alike. hey whatever happened with the package? hopefully ill get it soon cause i need that hair gel cause what the nicas have doesnt really support my J biebs hair style. hahahahahaha i hope all is going well for nixon too....... haha i miss him!!!! well mother i love you and have a great week!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 10-24-2011

This is a picture of Griselda-- She is the girl that Val is talking about in his email-- they baptized her in the very beginning of his mission & she is getting ready to get married in the temple.

hey!!!! yep everyting here is going great!!!!!!! i dont have a lot of time cause today we went to the beach and i just sent mom ALL the pics from the last 3 weeks. i finally got my pictures back hahaha. yeah i really appreciate what you said and i now know the options and what i can work with but like you said we still have lots of time to figure it out haha. i cant wait for you to come here!!!!!!!! its gonna be so fun to visit all my converts and what not before i finally leave this oven haha. dont worry about fregadero. here they make it easier and just say lavamanos. which literally trranslates to wash hands hahahahahahahaha ahhh nicas. its a totally different dialect here theres lots of words that no one else in the world would even think of using haha.

we finally baptized and we have a few more for this weekend.

OH and my recent convert in boer that i baptized on christmas day is going to thew temple in december!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she was the most pilas woman ever!!!! and she is getting married to another recent convert whom she herself brought to the church haha basically a missionary she's awesome her name is gricelda if you remember. but hey 2 months till we talk again!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait to talk in spanish with you!!!! and dont worry about the pronunciation. we have latin tongues hahaha everyone here is surprised at how well i can speak actually... they say its cause i have latin blood and a latin tongue hahaha whatever im happy i can speak fluently and well enough to sound legit. they think im a latin on the phone too but its all good hey i hope you have a great week tell mom i love her i didnt get to write her cause i sent all the pictures!!! love you dad

elder galvan

Pictures Rec'd 10-24-2011

Val sent all these pictures to me today & they are from the past 3 weeks. I am excited to receive the pictures, but he didn't have time to get me all the descriptions. So I will have to get those later.

Email rec'd 10-17-2011

good afternoon

hahaha classic picture!!!!! well i have a member here working on my memory card for me so i can get that stuff back so hopefully next monday i can send some stuff but i'll be too affraid to even put my memory in one of these nasty computers. too much iniquity going on here if you know what i mean hahaha dad said that the package will be sent soon thank you so much i love you guys!!!! this week went by so freaking fast i honestly don't remember a thing hahaha. we have baptisms these next 2 weeks so we should be good. president held an emergency ZL meeting today so we had to travel to managua to get our butts chopped off for the results of the mission this month. the north mission is killin it right now and were kinda behind but i will say that are different rules there for baptizing which gives them an advantage but honestly i love my president he's such a good guy. completely inspired and always knows how to say things. tell cj that i love her!!!! and that i hope all is well with bball tell her to write me please ! i love you mom!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 10-10-2011

**1st email**

well good afternoon mother!

alright first off i think my memory card has a virus from these nasty computers so i will fight hard to get the voice redcording off but i did do it! but if i dont its cause my stuff got a virus from these crap lousy computers. but i also still have to do numbers for the week so im gonna have to write short. but this week was good i guess! just the normal stuff! i cant believe my comp is leaving soon! its hard to be with someone who is leaving haha, today we had permission to go to the city to a mall to try and finds some shoes but i didn't buy any, maybe in the package you can send me those nike free´s that i had please! they should be in my closet somewhere. but yeah not much doing.

were gonna baptize a family this weekend so keep your fingers crossed!!!! i love you guys so much!!! have a great week!

elder galvan

**2nd email**

i also had a funny picture to send you for your birthday but it looks like the virus erased all my crap!!!!!!!!! AAAAGGGHHH but happy birthday mother i love you so much and yes i will be home for your next one!!!!!!!!! and well throw a huge party for you!!! i love you mom!! your the best mother in the whole wide world cause you loved me when i didn't deserve it!!! i love you!! have the best week!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 10-3-2011

hey mom!!!

well i have tons of pictures but i'll send them next week ok!!!! yeah conference was the atomic bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i loved it so much i watched all 5 sessions this is my 3rd conference already only one more till im back haha its crazy!!!! what the crap was she playing with a knife for.......! thats dumb!!!!!!! ha im really sorry i dont have a voice thing for you this week but i will next week i promise we had some things to deal with today and i forgot my camera in the house. i haven't even showered its been such a long day ha. i'm really sorry... i cant believe everyone is leaving on their missions!!!! the mission is awesome i honestly cant believe that only one more year cause i honestly feel like i have so much more to do and the last year passed so fast. now i just gotta throw down so i can look back and say i left it all there.

my new area is so bomb and i love my comp to death but he's leaving in 5 weeks back to el salvador cause his time is done..... so i will be gettting yet another campanion next change unfortunately but hey its all good. well i really hope you have a good week i love you so much mom!!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 9-25-2011

good afternoon mother,

i feel all business like saying it like that hah. nice job on the calling! just do what the lord asks you to and you will be blessed!! where is colby going on his mission? to be honest 9 weeks seems like a lot in the mtc because it is. like we learned a ton but we horsed around a lot haha but i met 2 of my best friends here in the mission there and thats probably why haha. i'll be sure to email cj thats crazy she got nominated for homecoming court hahaha. my little sister is livin the galvan name at basha!!!!!!! not like my sis at perry........haha but ill for sure email her and speaking of that this email will be short cause these computers suck and i have to send numbers still!!!!!

i had changes and now i'm in a place called carazo san marcos if you want to look it up its way awesome here!!!! and i love my comp!!!!! he's from el salvador, elder mejia is his name and he goes home in 5 weeks so i'm killin him haha. but i love you mother and have a great week!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 9-17-2011

Good afternoon mother,

yeah im sorry i havent written the past few weks they have been pretty busy p days. but hey im here now right...? haha hey tell the crouches that i got their letter and that i already wrote back so we shall see how long it takes to get there. when is the gilbert temple gnna be done? i cant wait to take my future wife to the temple and have babies!!!!!! WWWHHHAAATTTUUPPP!!!!!! hahahahahaha you love your son huh?? to be honest mom i cant believe its been a year i never thought id last 6 months hahaha i always told myself at first just make it past the mtc, then it was make it past 6 months then it was make it past a year and now im here and i dont even think like that anymore i know my day will come shortly so ive been working really hard lately haha i love it!!!

i hope i dont have changes.... but apparently these changes will be crazy. im sending some pics of what we did last week. not much haha we went to catarina again and ate lunch cause i had to get my quesadilla fix on. i miss real food!!!! and last night it rained for over 5 hours and the streets were rivers!!!!!!!!!! i tried takin pics but it was still raining hard and my camera wouldnt focus. but we had to walk through the river to get home hahaha it sucked. i hate the rain now it rains every day here.

hahah we met this one dude on the street the other night who i thought was a total drunk hobo who just wanted to chat and he's like come to my house tomorrow so we went back and he turned out to be this rich fool who lived in new york for a while that was just a litle tipsy the night before haha, we walk in and he had a huge screen tv with hana montana and an american looking kitchen and everything i was like...... thank you heavenly father for making me come back here haha but he's super catholic and didnt accept anything but it was nice to escape the lowly estate for a while haha. then back to the ghetto. but yeah hope everyting is well! i love you guys!!!

elder galvan

Pictures rec'd 9-17-2011

These photos are from Catarina-- Elder Galvan said that they went to get some lunch-- he needed to get his casadilla on. By the looks of it, he is also getting his "pose" on as well. Hmmm. Hasn't lost his sense of humor.

Email rec'd 9-12-2011

hahahaha what an awesome picture!!!! hey mother i dont have too much time today and the computer im using sucks but tell cj i love her and remind me to write her back next week. i'll try and do a recording for next week for sure for grandmas bday. that sounds cool about what the church is doing with the media thing!!!!! i can't believe blake is gonna be done in february?????. well mom like i said next week il write more but i love you all so much and know that god is blessing you all!!!! i love you

elder galvan

Email rec'd 9-5-2011

Good afternoon mother!! well im not gonna write too much because im gonna send tons of stuff today but i love you all!!! i cant believe trent is getting married!!!!!! what the heck!!!! the pictures are great!!! tell everyone i say what up!!!! i love you!

elder galvan

Pictures rec'd 9-5-2011

A picture of his zone.
This is called sopa di frijoles--- bean soup-- he says it is yuck!
I am pretty sure this is one of Elder Galvan's old companion's, but he didn't say that in his email
Elder Galvan didn't tell me who this is
Picture of a beautiful lagoon--laguna de apoya
Their most recent baptism.
I'm not sure what this photo is?
Elder Weight (MTC Companion), Elder Galvan & Elder Ward
Elder Galvan sent us these pictures Monday & this is of a boy in their stake that is leaving for his mission.

The latest batch of pictures, we love when Elder Galvan sends pictures. Nicaragua is a beautiful place- especially where he is serving currently in Masaya. Hard to believe he has been gone 11 months.

Email rec'd 8-29-2011

HEY!!! I have 11 months !!!!!!!! hahahahaha what a trip right??????? but hey i just wanted to tell you i love you all and ill write everyone back next week cause i have no time whatsoever!!!!! the pics look awesome!!!!! i love you guys so much!!!! i went on a cool pday so i just got back but ill write next week k?? tell dad the same!!!!!!!! i love you al!!!!! YA ME VOY

Email rec'd 8-22-2011

whats upppppp!!!!!!!

hows everyting going today???????????? hopefully wonderfuly splendid!!!!!!!! hahaha im doing alot better than last week. just learned to kinda accept some things and move on ya know. i always love hearing about the temple and this week was perfect cause we had the dedication of the el salvador temple all weekend through broadcast, we watched the cultural thing on saturday and then on sunday we watched the dedication which was super cool. i loved it and seeing all the pictures and stuff made me really trunky.

yeah that was good advice for her, it really does start with the friends though i'm a huge testigo to that. i dont know where id be without b--lake and the Basha Family. i love the mission so much. i love home too but the mission is only once. its a commandment that every young man needs to go and i think alot of people fail to recognize that it really is a COMMANDMENT and commandments are of god through prophets and they expect to stay in the church and say that a mission isnt for them, they're denying the prophetic power and the ever so loved bible verse that reads if you love me keep my comandments. i'm with the ones that are struggling to go i feel it i know what it was like but i just hope all can get out of the dumps and get the help they need.

haha the green apple two step hahaha thats funny .hey i'm sending some pics, there's one of my student id and my nicaragua id that i got a while ago but hey i look way different. and a baptism and some pics of an area in my zone i have a couple more to send though but i love you mother thank you so much for your help i love you so much your the best mom ever and hey in 4 months we talk on the phone!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant wait!!!!!!! i love you!!!!

elder galvan

Pictures rec'd 8-22-2011

Val sent us his ID-- next to his student ID from CGCC it is sure interesting to see how much he has matured in his looks in a year. (at least --his mommy thinks he has :)
More photos of Masaya-- probably around the area where he lives.

Some photo's of his area- maybe by his house?
Val calls these his "power ranger's"-- he says they are SUPER STEEZEY-- he found them at the market for $5.00-- they actually look pretty cool.
Their most recent baptism.
Here are some pictures of the house that Val is staying in now. It looks pretty nice!

Looks like the "study" area for the missionaries--maybe.
The kitchen in the home where Val is staying.