Email & pictures received 5-21-2012

good afternoon mother!!!!1

i hope all is well in gringolandia as they say here!!!! sweet that kenz graduated from seminary!!!!!!! the girls look great!! you think kenzie would be mad if i started spittin game on her friends when i get back......... haha......... but seriously. anyways so this week was freaking awesome!!!!!! i had 2 surprise visits. the first from one of my favorite companions (ex) elder Mejia!!!!! he came to see a baptism of a family that him and i were teaching in san marcos and they ended up not going through with it its a long story but long story short the ones that are there now droppped the ball big time. but whatever he ended up staying and chilling with me and elder arce for a couple days then went bac to el salvador today at 3am ha. then i get a call from a mutual friend that me and blake have here in nicaragua and B lake was here in managua picking some things up so we got to see eachother for like 20 minutes it was dope!!! although hes waaaaaayyyy skinny and now i look fat!!!!! i hate it!!!!!!! 

well it sounds like everyone is doing good. the pictures of the food i sent are of some fried shark that we just ate!!! fresh water shark!! it was actually really good i liked it alot. you should try it some time!! haha im glad at least you like the pictures i send cause i think i look like i got the chunky monkeys or something ha. i think my face is fat hahaha. whatever i hope i can lose it all when i get back! its too hard here cause ALL we ever eat is grease grease oil and grease!!!!! 

well mom i love you lots!! this week we have 2 baptisms so pray for them they are dalia and sergio!!! and our zone has like 12 others so pray for them too please!!! i love you mom!!!

elder galvan

Email & pictures received 5-14-2012

Good afternoon mom!!!!

well first off i know i said it yesterday but.....HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you so much mom!!!!!!! you have no idea!!! i must admit that yesterday left me really super trunky! but i just gotta focus and throw down these last 4 months!!!!! then i can worry about all the other stuff later.

HOLY CRAP!!!! i cant believe how awesome she looks!!!!!! it looks like she had a lot of fun!!!!!! and freak garret palmer looks way grown up haha. ive missed a lot huh..... hahaha its cool though!!! yeah i would really appreciate it if you could find me those scores cause id really like to re start my education..... a nicca tryna go to the celestial kingdom girls dont like fools!!!!!!! haha anyways. i hope you have a great week and i hope you like the pics. there are some of a noche de hogar we did. and my zone!!!! i love you mom!!

elder galvan

Email & pictures received 5-7-2012

holy crap!!!!!!

good afternoon mother!

i cant believe how grown up kenz is!!!!!!!!! freak!!!!! hahaha well thats cool that Gma & Gpa are there!!! are they staying with you guys or with russ?? im guessing with you guys haha cause my room is empty. Heath got engaged????? freak thats cool!!!! but sweet thats really cool!!! well i wish you the best of luck at your MRI haha. my prayers are with your shoulder! and yes i got the christmas card even my companion was like whaaaaaattt? she changed so much!!!!!!! haha i cant wait to see her! and what the balls is insta gram? but whatever it is tell him i say what up. apart from face soap..... umm gel. and deodorant and whatever else. but just the face soap i needed most. just to last me till the end. yeah i cant believe pace is going home already!!! but yeah we go to all the change meetings to meet the new missionaries of the zone so if im still a ZL when he leaves then il meet them! but who knows. i already have tons of time in the assignment so well see what happens. iight well everything here is going good!!! we havent had any baptisms yet this month but we could have 2 this saturday. and we have Elder Martino coming to speak to the mission this week then on thursday we have a special ZL meeting with him which really means special time to get machetied by a general authority hahaha. so wish me luck!!!! im sending tons of pics so il keep this short!!!! there basically of me and my comp at a wedding that we were invited to and some other pics haha. love you mom!!!! talk to you on SUNDAY!!!!

elder galvan

 You will notice the pic's with Val turning his neck sideway's: he is trying to show us a big knot on his neck. He thinks it might be a cyst- it has gone down a little. Hopefully it will be gone before he gets home.

Email received 4-30-2012

mom!!!

 

well yep this week has gone by so fast!!!! i cant believe only 5 more months!! and this sunday i will talk to you guys!!!!! i already gave dad all the details so il be looking forward to it!!!! iight so my trunky papers came and i need some info by next monday.

 

direction

2 telephone numbers

postal code

airport

ward

stake

bishop

stake president

 

i need all this information by next monday please! and theyl be calling you guys cause youl have to call the travel office to work out with them the plans with dad.

 

anyways!! this week was pretty good! we had tons of investigators in church on sunday!!!! it was awesome so may should be another good month for us!!! yes  i love my area and my comp but i will be ready to leave come june. then il probably have my last area for the last 4 months. well mom i dont have tons of time cause the power went out agian and we went and played soccer for like 2 hours at 12 hahaha they let us play again!!!!!!!! so thats good right? il be careful dont worry! i love you mom!! talk to you on sunday!!!

 

elder galvan

Email & pictures received 4-23-2012

Good afternoon mother!!

well my week was fantastic and i hope that yours was too! i have a couple pictures to send from the baptism we had on saturday. his name is harold and he is going to be really really pilas convert!! he was baptized on saturday and later confirmed on sunday. he will be recieving the aaronic priesthood soon. YES!!! i am so excited to talk to you guys in two weeks!!!!!! in fact next week il get the number to you guys so you can do the test call. that way we can get everything worked out. be sure to tell the girls to talk more cause its my last time talking before i leave so id like to hear from them more than just a few words! 
hahaha yeah dad told me that kelly served there! to be honest there arent alot of nicas that fall well with the ticos haha. some dispute over a river at the border of the two countries. i actually love the ticos theyre usually super buena onda. my comp is a tico as well and we get along great! speaking of that i didnt have changes so il be here for another 5 weeks. 

KENZIE GOT ASKED TO PROM???????? SWEEEET!!!! im actually really glad shes going!!!!!!!! its gonna be good for her to have that experience. you gotta go to prom your senior year its just wrong not to go. yes i am getting really excited too for when dad comes. i hope that we will have enough to time to visit all the people i have met over the last 2 years. its gonna be great theyre gonna love him! well not much doing for this week other than the baptism we had! this week we might be able to pull off another one so pray for her her name is Dalia!!!! i love you mom!!!!! have a great week

elder galvan