A Misisonary is someone who leaves their family for two years so others can spend an eternity with theirs.

April 08, 2013

 Colton was spotted a few weeks ago by Markee Davis and was able to get a picture!!!
 Colton was spotted at conference!  He is alive! Not sure if that is his companion behind him?
Colton obviously is loving his time during conference! He always runs into some sweet friends.
Catching up .... AGAIN!  The Most recent to latest emails.

March 25 2013

Hey mom how are you thanks for the letter means a lot to me its going very ell here we are supposed to have two this comeing saturday however they may be postponed a couple of week due to complications yes we have lots of tickets this time so i do not have to scalp them like the last time haha Thats all right i hope u of a does good and ya i saw her at temple square when i took one of our investagators their for a tour it was really cool to see her and ya they were like the badger and it was weird because i havent heard that in a long time haha it was kind of cool they still remembered me Its going really good here though mom we have lots of investagators!! The members really make the difference to be honest so you guys get the missionaries some referrals there all right haha and get involved with the conversion experiance That is what makes the difference so spread the word to everyone their cool but ya sorry i dont have lots of time today and i gotta go i love you all at home and happy easter

March 25 2013

hey whats up paps its going really good here in the new area we have alot of people to teach and we have like 5 people getting ready to be baptized really soon so its going fantastic you know we are going to someones house to night to go over the baptismal questions with them so they can get ready a little more hopefully we have a couple this weekend and next weekend thats kindof sad that president hunt is being released i like him a lot out of all the general authourities ive met like three seventies elders critanan i got interviewed by elder clark and some other dude i cant remember his name hes a mexican and i met elder holland to it was pretty cool to meet them all they are really nice guys but they are intense to haha not much else to say though i love you guys ill talk to you next week
March 11 2013

hey momma how are you miss you guys lots and think about you guys everyday its been going really good here well first to start off to answer your question is yes it is through mormon.org people just get on and chat with us and no i dont think it is a nessacary way for you guys to talk to me with out braking the rules ;) its going good we had a baptism a twelve year old girl named alexandra parral we hope to be able to baptize her brother and mom soon they are a really nice family i feel kinda bad because there was like a 300 person samoan party going on in the gym and they were blasting music with a lot of base so they had to cancle the party for them haha luckly they are gentle giants.... usually. had a cool experiance last weekend we were having dinner with a lady that just recently reactivated and we were talking to her brother that is not a member of the church and we started to teach him and talked to him a little about the book of mormon with him and explained everything to him at the end he expressed how he has a hard life in so many words and told us he was looking for god in his life i asked him to pray and he started crying because the spirit was so strong it was really cool i asked him how he felt afterwords and he said weird hahaha aka the spirit it was cool cause when it happened i heard a voice in my mind say thats why your here so it was really cool experiance for me we plan on going back again this weekend so tell brother smith as soon as you can when ever you see him cause he told me that it would happen and he wanted to know when it did so please tell him love you guys have a good week

March 4 2013

i was transferred to the granger west stake it is doing really good we are supposed to have a baptism this weekend here we have lots of good investagators here in this area no im not still training the new missionary another elder will finish his traning with him but ya its all good here our new mailing address is 3981 west 3100 south westvalley 84120 its really fun being in a threesome with elder aiono and moreno we have lots of fun and the online proslyting thing is really fun as well we dont have to waste time any more walking around in the middle of the day when people arent home and dont aswer there doors for us haha its finnaly starting to warm up around here as well but ya how is everything going at home im sure everything is good anyways love yall see yu

Feb 25 2013

hey mom how are you its going well just got a transfer call to day im super excited because im going to be serving with one of my old companions again elder aiono and another elder to named elder moreno they are both really good friends of mine im super happy about it and as well we are going to be part of one of only three districts in the world doing called online proselyting we get on computers for a few hours everyday and proslyte on the internet it is working very well and they are going to probably be spreading it around the world really soon i bet because they are having so much success with it so im doing pretty good right now and yes i got the choclate tell her i said thanks for them and hi and that i love her as well i had one of a girl named crystal the other day it was pretty cool found her and her family just knockin doors one day so ya it was nice im a little sad to leave my are because there is so many people that are friends of mine here that im going to miss i actually went to the seiling of a family that i had helped to reactivate the other day so that was really cool as well so its going good feels good to know that you helped change someones life yu know and by the way im so sick of the snow and the cold here yes haha but its finally starting to warm up a little bit here lately and as well i got released from district leader so im super happy about that as well hahahahha na it was good though.... chesly bought another one hu? hes crazy and i dont believe that he is gettin buff either haha jk tell him i said hi as well i love you guys and hope you are all doing well ill talk to you later


Feb 18 2013

hey yo yo yo what up  i taught my new comp from cosat rica a lot of new words lets just say he has a very colorful vocabulary hahahahah  ally is smart?? hmm ill be the judge of that im going to send her an i q test in the mail to see where she stands in the wolrd of 6 year olds she out smarts you a lot?? some how i am not surprised haha it has been good here doing work son my mission is almost over kinda makes me sad but a little happy to i guess it really has flown by way to fast i know i still have a little while but these next few months are gonna fly by i bet i like being able to share my testimony with others and helping them be happy it makes happy to some times it sucks and its hot or cold as balls but it really is pretty cool to know you helped someone change there life yu know no homo to that!! its going good though finall starting to warm up a tad bit up here i cant wait to go back to the majestic desert full of the elegant javelina lushous road runners salt lake is the bung hole of the earth ive decided haha try editing that for my blog spot homey yah my comp is pretty cool hes funny i talk a lot of crap to him its pretty fun haha any ways love you i ll talk to you later
P.S. I dont believe that you ran four miles it is not phisically possible for you the law of physics are against you fatty

February 10, 2013

Major Catch-Up!  Sorry so late!

1/28/13
Hey how is it going im doing good the snow sucks my mission has oficially made me hate the snow im so sick walking in it i cant wait to go and see the lushous (suwuro) > spell check cactus again one day and sweat my balls off once again its snows like every day here ive been thinking about it and you know you live in a mojestic place when you see humming birds everyday year round thats the most baller thing i can think of !!! haha no wonder ally and taylor cant speak gramattically correct shame on you hmm thats cool about the talk and all how is scott doing is he doing all right its going all right kinda been a struggle the last 4 months all my ivestagators are right there and fall off ha i guess i suck but ive reactivated like twenty something people since ive been here so hopefully i have a nother baptism soon i had a family of three on date and they moved down the street witch is out of the area in utah so ya it sucks haha give up on the half marathon its not worth it!!  but like i said what ever float yu boat homey anyways thats all i got to say have a good week see yu later love yu by

10/29/12
hey hows it going i know that picture that was forever a go haha i hope taylor feels better tell her uncle badger said suck it up and rub some dirt on it haha any how I have so many people that i talk to that are less active like that say theyll go but dont because they feel guilty but want to i understand his position haha so scott finally killed one hu bout time he became a man haha jk thats cool he shot three thats the best haha to marrow is transfers i will be with a guy named elder aiono i heard hes pretty tight so im excited hes half samoan i guess im with elder faulkner hes a black guy from tennessee hes all right its been kinda a rough transfer though i ll tell you why next week haha but any how its all good ill talk to you next week love yu bye


1/7/13
hey mom how are you yep i got another new companion his name is elder martinez he is from houston texas he is also visa waiting to go to argentina. He is really cool and is pretty funny. he probly will be here for a while because they are struggling with getting visas to go there but he is enjoying his time here his family is originally from mexico. Im doing good yeah i have some people that are really close the montelongo family the mother and the 22 year old daught are really interested and like it a lot the father is a nice guy but doesnt really want anything to do with it anymore he still sits in with us though i love them all though they are really cool. they are all from mexico to as well. I also am teaching a family their name is the rivera family from puert rico they are all really close as well i feel bad cause all the hispanics that live here live hard lives pour and work like dogs it makes you think they must of left hell to come here. They are a very genourous people and i love them ( I still hate their music). Im doing well though havent been sick at all i plan on staying that way to although their has been a lot of sick people here but i know ill take the vitamin d glad you guys all had a good christmas and a good trip to california there is two elders in my district from there elder mauinatu from compton and elder nielson from northi los angeles they are nice guys not much else to say but i love you all and think about you guys everyday ill talk to you later

hey fatty how are you jk no trust me i fell you. i was 210 the other day i was like oh F! haha ill lose it though starting may ill do my six months till sexy and be ready for the ladies in november best believe that. tell ally to rub some dirt on it and that i want her to get in to a speach class i was severly disappointed in the quality of her english Definately pre school level tell her uncle badge said whats up and that i challenge her to wii when i get home i will have no mercy on that savage i dont care if she is six.haha just joking i miss her and taylor probly more than anyone it mad me sad to talk to them on the phone and here the year of progress that i missed ( even though it wanst very much; shame on you) haha jk any ways your missing the point you gotta eat the cottage cheese before you go to bed rookie it has casiene protein witch stay in your stomach longer keeps your digestive enzymes going and doesnt burn as much muscle when you go to bed ( higher muscle ratio to fat ratio = sexy trust me i would know ) As for cool stories check in later cause this is utah people trip out if their is a cat in the tree. Although i am teaching two very cool familys right now the montlongos mexico and the riveras/ cortez puerto rico and yes the slash was nesacarry. they are getting pretty close to baptism so hopefully it all goes well or im a raise h word my new companion is elder martinez hes pretty bad a hes from houston is 5 feet six inches tall and brown hes pretty funny his family his from mexico but he is pure america he wont eat beans or salsa makes me proud to see who texas made him. He is waithing for his visa to go to argentina with me so he'll probly be here a while well tell everyone wusup and that i miss them and love them peace negorito < translation = little nigga

12/18/12
hey mom its all good here i dont know what time ill call but i will be able to talk for quite a while i believe so dont trip homey glad to here you guys are good im good my comps name is eldere menendez he is from missiouri doesnt speak spanish and is visa waiting to go to mexico he leaves jan 7 hes all right but im doing good im pullin my third transfer as district leader now though i aint gonna lie im kinda sick of it haha but its all good just have to wipe everyones noses for them is all any way ill talk to you all on christmas love you guys be safe please

12/3/12

all i know is im out the game on November 12 2013 but as far as being released as soon as i get home i guess how yu been nacca?

hey mom how are you ive been doing good here its been all right herer hasnt snowed for a while just been rainging and windy alot its all good though i cant believe that duskin is back all ready thats crazy dude i wonder if hes different now or the same duskin i feel like sometimes it has gone by really fast but also at times i feel it has been slow haha cause it went by really slow at first but now its flying bye im sure by the end ill say that it flew by haha and when i call on christmas im not sure how long ill get to talk to you for probably depends on who my companion is if i stay with elder aiono ill get to talk to you guys for a long time haha hey bye the way i need to ask you of a few favors and you have to do them because i deserve them i mean you guys basically tell me im bad A every week haha ;) can you send me my football cleats and you know the sheets that you gave me at the beginnging of my mission they dont like have the elastic thing to go on to the mattress and i have to pull my bed out and retuck it like every night so please help yu boy out. and one more thing!! can you check whats in my bank account at home just would be nice to know what i have in there i dont know how to do it dad should know with of the cleats i wore in high school. I well be trying to send you a christmas present home soon and you can use it to make all happy so its my present to all haha but i got love fu yu all ill see you next week

11/5/12
hey mom thatnks for all the gifts i was really happy to get them all the packages you sent me the watch and the cupcakes were all awesome me and my new companion elder aiono ate everything already haha hes pretty cool hes one of my favorites its a good thing i was about to kill my last one haha he from washington state and is half samoan he pretty fun ive been doing good yah it was good to eat with uncle david i just called him haha yeah it was good to see him we just had mexican food again haha i didnt have the heart to tell him that i eat it everyday haha keep that on the down low home girl haha im glad to hear uncle charles and ches are doing a little better and hope they continue to do better everything is all good here i love you and tell everyon thanks for all the gifts especially the furry hat that reminds me and warms my heart about chip aka the janitor but i love you guys ill talk to you later P.S. the dirty red birds will fly high this year in the super bowl!!

10/22/12
hey how is it going britney im doing good did you release the inner horse when you chopped haha haha shot one and it gotta a way hu that sucks must of gut shot it hu yeah i dont know if she has always had tats i dont remember them so maybe they are recent i wish i could shoot pidgeons im a pro you know how i do doing good out here not much else new except i got interviewed by a general authority pretty crazy hu and please tell me my present is a new speedo P DAY PDAY PDAY haha jk its all good in my hood though ill talk to youlater see you

hey mom how are you had a good week remember elder clark of the seventy who spoke in conference on the sacrament he came to our mission and talked to us i was one of three missionarys who was priveledged to be interviewed by him haha it was scary but he was super cool he was freaking funny and made fun of all the fat missionarys haha. we dont have cars in my mision and we only go to the temple every three months. we have a baptism on the third it was kinda a miracle because i guess this guy used to hate missioanarys but he loves us now hope to have like three or four baptisms this november everything is going good i cant believe ive almost been out a year now its pretty crazy time is goin by so fast i have some friends that are going home this transfer so im kinda sad about that but i love you guys ill talk to later feel better!!

10/15/12

haha its all good ill try to send some more pictures some time i just dont take enough you know its the same thing every day haha and matts beard is bad A$$ im going to cut my hair into a mullet hopefully my president doesnt get to mad haha jk haha the hors laugh i miss it NO HOMO yah Brook is very nice so i wouldnt worry about it and yeah the girl that killed 10 people got baptized a long time like 5 months ago i think its going good in my hood you know how i do i play for keeps home boy na jus playin not much else to say ill see you later love you

Thats cool i gotta a baptism comin up on the third for this guys named carlos his wife is a member but he didnt want anything to do with it for a while but now hes pretty solid so thats pretty cool i cant think of anything i need at the moment its all good i think been eating a lot of manudo lately got mom a recipe for it ill try to send it home some time i wanna go bear hunting haha and yeah scott can use it i dont care thats cool but yeah its all good here thanks for everything paps talk to you later love you

October 28, 2012

Pictures are here! I had a little bit of a hard time uploading 1/2 of the pictures, so they will be coming later. Comment and let me know how you think he looks!  We miss him !!!
 

Elder Romero, Juan, Socorro, Elder Edwards
 


Elder Valea (from Tonga), Elder Dennison (Santa Cruz Ca.), Member, Member, Elder Stuller (Maryland)
 
Elder Stuller being weird

President Swain (Mesa Az), Sister Swain (San Diego Ca), Sister Fenga (Tonga), Sister Bishop (Texas), Sister Snayder (?), Sister Goff (Buckeye Az), Elder and Sister, Elder Isakson, Elder Kemeneics (Austria), Elder Larson (Ohio), Elder Jefferies (Tucson), Elder White (Long Beach Ca), Elder Richarson (Niagara Falls Canada), Elder Gomosario (Hawaii), Elder Lern (New York), Elder Rowe (Tucson),  Elder Moore (Yuma Az), Elder Homer (South Dakota), Elder Dennison (Santa Cruz Ca), Elder Fogle (Norht Carolina), Elder Edwards, Elder Stuller (Germany & Maryland), Elder Valverde (Peru & Atlanta Ga), Elder Thomas (Soldatna Ak), Elder Creer (Washington), Elder Romero (Dominican Replublic & Brooklyn), Elder Tui (So Cal), Elder Meneeze (Detroit).
 
The Bauquarizo Family from Peru. 
 
"Brown Warriors of Christ"

Elder Moore, my best friend in the mission. From Yuma Az.  
 

"Me checkin around the corner to see if this crazy cracked out chick was gone. She gave my companion a flower with white sticky stuff on it. Ha Ha Ha."
 
Elder Edwards, Elder Moore, Elder Stuller.
"My foot I rollded my 3rd week in the field playing basketball. Don't know if I told you all."
Elder Dennison (Santa Cruz Ca), Elder Valea (Tonga), Yours truly, Member, Elder Stuller (Maryland).
 
Elder Edwards and Elder Romero.
Elder Blakely (Lousianna) and Elder Edwards.
 

October 09, 2012

10/8/12

yeah confrence was really cool i went to all three sessions on saturday i durring the priest hood session we snuck down and got like front row seats haha it was sick president monson was like right in front of us i saw like twenty people i knew there to ha you guys need to come to next octobers general confrence whatdyu think bout the toucson temple I CALLED IT!! for real haha but yes confrence was very inspiring all is good here glad matt is okay love you all see yu

October 07, 2012

Oh - I almost forgot! I have a "PREVIEW" picture to show you what is to come soon. This is one of the pictures that Colton sent. This is Elder Ewards and a member that he works with. The member is 7 foot 2 inches tall, and as seen, towers over Colton making him look like a Munchkin.

October 06, 2012

He's been spotted!!!  News of Colton just minutes after the afternoon session of Saturday's Genneral Conference closed .....  Badger's mother recieved a phone call from Colton and Chesley's friend Drake! He and the single's ward ran into Elder Edwards and his companion! The word is he is doing well, and he seems to get along well with his new companion. They had an investigator with them, which makes my family proud. We are so proud of him for serving our Lord and Savior and for furthering His work. We love you Colton, but next time ..... Please send a special word to your mother! She is sadend since she feels she is the only one who doesnt get to "run into you" at conference.  (Also - we have recieved pictures from Colton! Finally! We are working on getting those posted to the blog).