24 lessons this week!

Hi Dad!

This week was neat. We stay super busy, so we'd have to try hard to teach less than 15 lessons. Or so it seems. We spent a lot of time helping people move this week and we were still able to teach 24 lessons. That is more lessons than I have taught in a week for over a year! I think. I enjoyed this week but I still feel like I could improve at using my time as productively as possible. I think we are teaching a lot of good people, but we could be doing better. I can foresee only a few of the people we teach actually progressing towards the temple and lifetime activity in the church. That is something I am thinking about a lot.

I have so many things I want to do this transfer and I know I won't have time to do them all. I want to write letters to Clark and Reese and I want to have time to prepare for my departing things and I still want to be fully engaged in the work in my area and I want to do many other little things before I leave. That frustrates me but I don't worry about it too much. Any advice?

Kickball tournament last week turned out to be a softball tournament that was poorly organized. We played one game and lost and never played again. I hate wasting p-days, but it happens sometimes. It did last week -_- 

Elder Traasdahl and I went and got chinese food on our way home so that was a nice ending to a mediocre day. We did meet a really cool kid named Samir back in our area and we taught him for the first time. He should be someone I will mention again.

Thank you for talking to Igor! I did what I could to help him, but he likes to adventure so it doesn't surprise me that he's off to California. I'll stay in touch with him.

Have a great week and tell Regan congrats on her graduation! Why are your robes so strange! those sleeves are pretty wild...they're cool and beautiful. but they are also strange. Gryffindor!

Love,

Tab

Hey ma!

1. yes I will mail stuff home. i will use ups. 

2. my bag is the perfect size for a missionary. BTW, I (i.e. you) hipstered this mission by introducing timbuk2 bags. a bunch of people liked my bag and I told them where to go to get one... now many people have them. #sohipster.  the one Isaac got isn't outrageously large. Elder Packham actually has one. But I prefer the size you got me - the smallest one they have. It's personal preference.

3. I like the spread collar. Tell Isaac... spread collar is the way to go. I would go 50/50 with the number of long sleeve and short sleeve shirts.

4. my camera is okay. I wouldn't recommend it, though. I have seen couple of nifty sony or nicer canon cameras and they tell you not to buy a nice camera but he'll end up wanting it. I wish my photos were higher quality. But cheap canons aren't all that nice from what I can tell. Just have dad research a good cheap camera! that's his hobby.

5. don't buy a trench coat and he probably will never need bulky boots. Don't go to missionary clothing supply stores or mr. mac - their stuff is uber cheap. Like dad told me - pay a little extra to get something nice. It will last longer and end up being worth the extra money. As for suits, I have seen some pretty nice fitting suits at burlington coat factory that are on sale. Buy ties at burlington or thrift stores... wool ties are the way to go. Ugly ties baptize any way! : )

so hopefully dad forwards the email I sent to him. I talked about the week. I'll try to send you my photos tomorrow because I forgot my cord today. but it was a neat week!

thanks for the emails! and love!

:)

tab