Thursday, July 23, 2009














Jabez was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medallion. Bronze Star MedallionCongratulations Jabez for your bravery! We will be excited to hear your stories.

Your family is very proud of you, even if you have to ride tandem with a girl when you skydive:-)

Your family prays for your safety because we love you and we appreciate your personality, great laughs, and help in times of need.

We love you and will be waiting anxiously to see you in October.


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Elder Giles is at it again...


Woo! 20 years old dude! Almost can`t believe it! Hey! Thanks for the Happy Birthday! I really didn`t do much that day really, just shared some pizza with a member family in the night. That`s so great of you guys to do all that for me. Yeah i pretty much forgot about the 4th, I guess it`s pretty hard to remember when you`re not in the states...

Lots of people are related in your ward huh? Here too, there are like 3 or 4 families that are related, but a lot of the men are inactive, so they`re having problems growing from a branch to a ward. Well it`s July and it`s supposed to be the hottest time of the year, July and August, so that should be exciting.


I didn`t really ever think about the fact that you were REALLY going to move during my mission or I would`ve packed my things a little better. I want to thank you both for everything you`ve done for me, especially sending all this stuff on my mission, the cds, the cd player, everything. Oh and mom, what I have is of Geoffs... The Field is White, This Holy Day, Be Still My Soul. of John Bytheway Rough Start Great Finish, What are you carrying in your Backback, Everything I learned at Home, and How to be a great Missionary. .

I`m pretty excited for you both! It`s crazy how you`ll be on your mission while I`m still gone.... Things are going alright really, I`ve been doing a better job on writing down what I learn and stuff. It seems like i never have enough time to study ha ha ha it`s funny because now i have this desire to actually be involved in the gospel, I wasn`t exactly 100% before you know.... But I`m excited, I really am. Every day, every time that I talk to someone new it`s awesome, like the other day we went to Merida and I talked to the cab driver and placed a BoM with him, It was pretty awesome.

Well dad I`m glad that your health is doing a lot better, it`s great to hear you`re recovering. How is the house going anyways? Any takes? i hope everything goes as planned for you two so that you can leave as planned.
I love you both so much,

Love
Elder Giles