Families are Forever

Q.  How are things in your part of the world? 

A.  Good. they are having a Climate change meeting like 2 hours from our flat. Tooo bad none of the families in the gov so i could see them hahaha. but yea.

Q.  Are you in good health? 

A.  Seem to be fine. im a solid 80 kg's. I'm taking a multi vitamin for general well being and a few other supliments to help with other things. and i feel healthy. ha

Q.  Are you happy?

A.  For the most part yea. i wont lie and say everyday is a dream day. but its more highs than lows.

Q.  How is your teaching pool going?

A.  Pretty solid.

Q.  Do you know if you will have a new comp. before Christmas? 

A.  ummm ill probably have a new comp on december like 12th. but its cool ill just send the stocking with the comp that i have.

Sooooo spiritual experience: Ummmmm we were being harrased by a large group of drunk guys. They wanted a prayer(weird enough.) so Finally they had all bowed their heads and said that i would say it. but i had already blown my temper so i was at a loss for words. but i said the prayer and most definitly was helped alot by the spirit. and i basically taught a lessson in the prayer and alll of them(except one) were quiet and humble after the prayer. they looked sad. and we left. weird. maybe i helped one of them get over their drinking problems.

Side note. I was thinking about Family alot this week(dont worry) not like getting trunky thinking like just thinking about the importance of family. Because in our lifes there are only 2 constant things that wont change. 1 The gospel. no brainer. the gospel doesnt change. if it changes then god changes and i dont beleive in a changing god. and 2 Family. Regardless of dead or alive or being born, freinds or enemies, close or far. they are always your family. youll be stuck with them forever. Soooo that should be the foundation of our lifes. if those are the biggest part in our lifes then life will be stable. constantly. So what are we doing to make those loved ones in our life feel loved? Im really lagging on it. i have like 8 letters to send. and i just havent gotten to the post office. sorry im the worst. but hope i will get better.

Love you guys

Scooter.

The Big Shipp in High Tides

This week we received a welcome surprise!  For Elder Shipp's birthday he received money and with that money he bought himself an e-reader.  He has loved it because there are so many church books that he can upload for free!  Being the tech savy guy he is he also figured out to record his voice on it and send a recorded letter to us!  Yes, we got to hear his voice!!!  It was so great to hear the joy in his voice and know that he is truly happy serving in the area he is in right now.  As a matter of fact it almost sounded like he was having too much fun :)! 

The unfortunate part of having a recorded message is that all I can rely on are my notes...so here goes my attempt to translate his voice onto paper:

He is still having problems with his bike.  There are so many thorns from plants that his tires keep getting holes in them.  The weather has been extreme...90 degrees with 90% humidity and then out of no where cold, windy with heavy rains. 

His companion is Elder Tidwell from Vegas.  His companion is a Zone leader and Elder Shipp is a District leader so Elder Shipp gets to go along on baptism interviews which he enjoys. 

They seem to be having a good time together as he explained their "War with the Wasp".  One night there were many wasps in their flat so to get rid of them they torched them, smacked them with a broom and shot them with pellet guns.  Elder Shipp said that Elder Tidwell is a sharp shooter!  They are also going to visit a game park with water buffalo, giraffes and elephants.  For Halloween they dressed up by wearing eachothers name tags!

Unfortunately they still have not had the opportunity to listen to conference.  That bums him out.

He signed off with:

 "The Big Shipp (Elder Shipp) in High Tides (Tidwell) signing off....PEACE"