Email rec'd 5-30-2011

just another week in managua haha, hello mother how are you doing?

im glad you enjoyed the voice recording! yes me and my comp are gettin along pretty well actually. but we haven't really seen much fruits of our work yet. we only had one investigator in church yesterday to complete a family i was a little bummed cause we work so hard and we had so many people say they'd go then they bailed i was petty upset.

yeah i can't believe kenz is gona graduate! and cj enters high school haha thats so crazy!! and the twins already graduated?? freak everybody is growin up hahaha i feel like im in never never land or something just out of time or something haha we went to mcdonalds today and there were some texan peeps there for some church and i lost rock paper siscors so i had to talk to them hahaha but they like filled me in on all kinds of crap that has happened. i was like uhhhh. hahaha this kid was like we've been here 14 days and i played with orphans like the whole time it was such a great experience hahaha!! i was like dude i do that every day and im here for 2 years haha no offense but playing with orphans doesn't really help anybody i was like thats cool man good job.

but yeah we had a mothers day activity in our ward and we as missionaries did a trivia game for some of the men in the ward on how much they knew their moms and they all lost. but yeah there's some pics of that and of mcdonalds too but yeah not much else happened this week i hope you all have a great week i really love you all a ton and hey i hit 8 months on sunday hahaha only 16 more!!! love you guys

elder galvan

Pictures rec'd 5-30-2011

Elder Ward, Elder Payne & Elder Galvan --I love this photo of Val, he looks so happy & healthy!!! LOL Below are pictures of the boys at McDonalds-- Val explained that McDonalds is a "treat" for the missionaries there in Nicaragua.

Below are pictures of a "mothers day" activity they held and Val said that the missionaries did a trivia game for the men in the ward on how much they knew about their moms & they all lost. haha.

This guy sang to the mom's during the "mother's day" program. Val said he was Enrique Iglesias. LOL

Email rec'd 5-23-2011

**the letter explains the photo.
In the photo is Elder Blake Myers-- currently serving in Managua Nicaragua, north mission. Elder Dalton Basha --currently serving in Poland, Warsaw mission, Elder Val Galvan-- currently serving in Managua Nicaragua, south mission & kneeling is Kevin Ayelsworth who reports to the Provo MTC on Wednesday June 1st 2011. He will be serving the people of Culican Mexico. These boys are such an awesome group of boys & they ALL helped each other get prepared to serve the Lord.



Well thanks,

i just teared up in the middle of the cyber haha i am so proud of kevin he made it!!!!!!!!!! haha it just made me really trunky thinkin about all the good times i had with the crew. Leann sent me a picture that made me laugh out loud haha the picture of all of us dressed like 90´s gangstas.



THE PHOTO ABOVE



haha, i really am so proud that he made it we tried to take the most care of him, and dad cried really??thats funny about the basha boys (making fun of dad crying @ Kevin's farewell) hahaha so heres a shout out to Kevin who is soon to be Elder Aylesworth and flies in the end of june ill have 9 months its crazy. well im sending a voice recording so tell everyone that i said hey and that i miss them and love them all so much!!!!!! have a great week mother i love you!!

elder galvan

Email rec'd 5-16-2011

good afternoon mother,

i am doing awesome this week! my companion has changes this week so i will be receiving a new companion on wednesday.
thats good to hear about cjs team i am sure they will do really good.
i am sorry to say i didnt do a voice recording but i have a lot of pics to send!!
haha but i cant believe that the girls are out of school soon? that means kenz is gonna be a senior!!!! wow!! i really want to be there for that but i wont be haha take a ton of vidoes and do something cool for her ok?
haha yeah and hey if you would get that package out this week that would be great!! dont forget the ipod please!! but yeah the pictures will explain what happened this week! the first batch is of my whole zone today on pday we made pupusas i know that sounds dirty but its not haha and ill send the rest now i love you mom have a great week

elder galvan

Pictures rec'd 5-16-2011

These are the recent converts that were just baptized last week. They bought a bunch of fish & had the elders over.

angry fish face?

"Look at my fish tie mom"

Big pile of fish.

Val & his zone, the elders look kind of sweaty-- maybe they played some basketball first before they started cooking or baking?

This picture is of one of the elders. Val said they made "pupusas" as a zone on their p-day. I am not sure what they are but they look pretty yummy.

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