October 28, 2013

hey mom!

yeah i imagine that not too many people will be at the airport. it is halloween after all and i don`t want to take the kids away from their trick or treating haha, so it`s all good. even if no one`s there i know how to get home i think :) i`m not really craving anything, really i`ve had everything i wanted down here. but, if it could all play out how i would like, i would like to get up and maybe try playing basketball with dad on friday, then get released, then go to ihop haha, kinda just like we did when i left. but i don`t know if i`m still getting released that same night or what. i guess if there was some food that i was craving it would be something homemade. like cinnamon rolls maybe? that would be cool :) or those cool like cinnamon bread stick things haha, if you know what i mean. as far as clothes go, i still have a pair of jeans and a few shirts i`ve bought, and just whatever i have in my box that trev hasn`t stolen haha, so don`t worry about that. and i did see the money, but when i looked after it said i had like -62 cents, i don`t know if that`s a problem? but other than that it`s all good, i`m content :) so we`ll just see you on halloween! thanks for everything!!

much love,

elder paskett

October 22, 2013

hey mom!

sorry i didn`t write yesterday. things got a little bit hectic and we just didn`t have time. but don`t worry, i`m fine haha. my birthday was fun. the zone did a little something for me so that was fun, and my old cook in barrio centro threw me a party too. i didn`t actually get my ice cream cake until the day after, but it was just awesome haha. as far as pizza goes, the panamanian stuff isn`t very good haha. there have been 2 restaurants that i`ve really liked, but usually we just go to dominos or pizza hut so that doesn`t really count haha. that kinda sucks with byu, but oh well. honestly that just makes me think even more about medical stuff and maybe trying the u, but yeah we`ll talk about that when i get home :) let`s see, i was gonna ask if you could maybe send me like 20 or 30 more dollars? :) just for a few random things, if not that`s fine, but that would be awesome if you could :) things are good though. nelson is still coming to church and everything, but yeah just the same story. i guess this week a mormon family moved in back behind his house where he`s renting a room and he was like "look at how things work out!" haha so who knows what`ll happen there. no complaints though, not too much to tell you. i`ll just tell you in a week. this saturday i know there`s a big party too, i know lot`s of parties haha. but yeah, with only 9 days left, we`ll just talk at home haha. so thanks, i`m glad everyone is well, see ya soon! :)

much love,

elder paskett

October 14, 2013

hey mom!

for real time is passing by way too fast! 2 weeks is nothing at all! but for some reason i don`t think it`s fully hit me that i`m leaving. maybe it`s just cause i can`t look much further past the 26th, cause that`s my last chance to have a baptism so i`m just working on that. it`s weird though, i don`t know how i feel about everything. i think i`ve said it before that i just feel like a little bit of everything, sad, happy, depressed, excited, it`s a weird feeling, i don`t like it haha. and the fact that just everyone wants to talk to me about that doesn`t help haha. i decided that this transition from mission to normal life will be harder than from normal to mission, cause at least before the mission i didn`t really have a purpose, i mean like i worked and went to school and did stuff, but i had like no real direction, so giving me one when i came on the mission was hard but good. now i think going back to the same thing, for at least a few weeks when i don`t have a schedule or something telling me what i should be doing every hour of the day, is gonna be hard. i just need to get a job fast so i don`t go too crazy haha. oh, and random side note, i don`t know if it`s possible, but i would like to make a song request for when i come home haha. they don`t have be still my soul in spanish so i haven`t been able to sing it for 2 years but it`s my favorite hymn, so if you could slip that to the bishop that would be great :)

well let`s see, hermano nelson is doing about the same. i didn`t get to see him this week cause we did divisions, but it just seems like he`s not really progressing even though he does everything we ask him. he came to church again yesterday, he always does just all by himself, but for some reason nothing has happened yet. i don`t know. he may just be one that goes in the area book and maybe sometime in the future he`ll accept it all.  the same thing with hermana velgica, i didn`t see her either, but we brought her to church for the first time yesterday so that`s good. she left after the first hour, so we`ll have to go by this week to see how she`s doing, and so hopefully there`s something there. things are ok with my comp too. i don`t know, there`s not really any big great or exciting news, but things are good.

so yeah tomorrow is my birthday. i already know i have 2 birthday parties haha, well kinda 3, cause i`m gonna buy one of those ice cream cakes from dairy queen too haha. ya know i`m just a little bit famous around here in chorrera :) haha no just kidding, but i love this place. and you`re gonna pass some brownies around? that`s a good idea. you could maybe see the hainsworth`s, or however you spell their name haha, they wrote me the other day, so that would be cool. maybe the beeson`s too, bishop beeson has always helped me out a lot. off the top of my head that`s all i can think of :)

i think that`s more or less it. time is short now. basically just this week and next week. i`m sorry everyone has been sick, i`m pretty sure i`ll be sick too though when i get home haha. congrats to trev too, that`s super awesome! i`m doing good too, happy, content. so i hope you all have an awesome week this week!

much love,

elder paskett

October 7, 2013

hey mom!

i really liked conference a lot. i did get to watch it all, and all of it in english haha. but it was good. i think it was the fastest conference ever too. like at least before the mission the 2 hours between sessions seemed like half an hour, and the 2 hours of each session were like 4 haha. but this time it was over in like the blink of an eye, but i really enjoyed it. on saturday we went over to my cook´s house in barrio centro and i made french toast for breakfast, that was fun, but i don´t think anyone really liked it haha, at least the latinos. too much sugar they said haha, cause i tried to make sugar-butter, but i think that´s just an our family thing haha, but oh well. and i had plenty of snacks, trying to make it seem like home, so it was good. and they did talk a lot about marriage, don´t know what that means but...haha.

hermano nelson went to the sunday morning session. he left right after so i didn´t really get a chance to talk to him, but he said he liked it and it left him with a lot to think about, so we´ll go by this week and talk a little more about it. i guess another person you could be aware about is hermana velgica. she´s really cool too and has talked to missionaries and stuff before, but is having a hard time leaving behind the catholic church since she´s been there her whole life, but we´re working on it.

on wednesday there was a meeting with president for the zl´s, so elder clarke came down from bocas, which is like a 12 hour bus ride, and after the meeting he came over here to spend a few hours seeing people. he was born in barrio centro, and i was there like a year after, so we both know a lot of the same people so it´s cool. it was fun to just walk around with him and see people for a little bit though. he´s super pumped for me to come home. i am too. and don´t worry about the days thing. it´s pretty hard not to count down when it´s only like 25 haha. it´s just too easy to add it up now haha.

and i did get the money, and that should be just great, there´s just a few things i want to buy. and yeah if it´s at all possible i think friday would be better too, just so if the plane is late or after taking pictures and stuff we´re not in a rush to get home, but whatever works.

but yeah things are good, i´m doing good. still trying to get into good shape so i can be super hot and skinny when i get home haha. i´m glad to hear that everyone is well. def leppard is playing on the radio in this internet place right now haha. and we´ll see ya in 25! :)

much love,

elder paskett