Man, this week has been full of great stuff!!!!!! First thing is first, CONGRATULATIONS ADDY!!!! That is pretty sweet and i am way stoked for you and your FIANCE. haha. that is crazy, im gonna be a brother in law! So August 3rd could be the big day huh? Good luck fitting everyone into the Newport Beach Sealing room. haha. It is one of the smallest temples in the church, but a beautiful one. You made a good choice to be married in that one. All i gotta say is that i better be in those pics! ill have to take a good picture of myself for you guys to blow up into a lifesize poster. What pose do you want me in? I have a variety to choose from ;) haha
We have been getting feed so much lately! Ever since members heard that i was leaving, we have been getting fed left and right. Friday night the Dolls cooked out for us (Brats, Veggies, Cole Slaw, cake and ice cream), Saturday for lunch, the Dolls cooked out for us again before the baptism (Burgers and hot dogs, cole slaw, and cake and ice cream), Saturday night the Kings cooked out for us (burgers, brats, hot dogs, brownies), Sunday for lunch Marcus cooked out for us (steak and ribs) and last night the Andrews cooked out for us (lu'au style with pork and beef, potatoes, root beer floats, and all that good stuff). I am stuffed and looking a bit too healthy around the hips haha. Last Thursday the Jones cooked some good southern food for us. She cooked some baked macaroni, fried chicken, collared greens, sweet potatoes and some potato salad. It was prety good except for the collared greens. I almost puked while eating those things. i dont even know what exactly they are, but i never had them before so i tried them. I think i drank like 4 glasses of water while trying to eat them.
Last night at the Andrews was so much fun. right when we got there bro andrews told us that the pigs got out and we had to go wrangle them up and throw them back over the fence. 9 of them were loose, so elder buckley and i had to go chase them around the farm and grab them by their hind legs, pick them up, take them to the fence and throw them over. That was hilarious! Those pigs squeeled so much when we picked them up and hucked them over the fence. after catching the pigs, we had to try and catch the rooster that we were going to harvest. We were trying to catch that thing for 2 hours before finally cornering it to grab it. Whoever says that chickens arent smart, theyre wrong. They are the dumbest smart animals out there. when we caught it we put it into a cage where it waited to be slaughtered. and mom, dont edit any of this out please...i saw the last letter that you edited and you edited out the best part...court! after the rooster chasing, we went and fed the baby calves with bottles. they are like a week old and as cute as can be. I have pics of all of these events too... so after wrangling pigs, chasing roosters, and feeding cows, we went to slaughter the rooster. We had 2 of them, and i got the bigger one. i put that things head on the stump and chopped away. it was a bloody mess. got my shoes all bloody, and my pants all bloody. they didnt even run around though, they just flapped their wings and then died. When they stopped flapping around, we had to go dip them in boiling water to soften the feathers so they would come off easier. after plucking them, we took them inside the kitchen to clean them out. Everyone thought that i was a natural because i had no problem doing it. I just told them that i hunt and clean birds all the time. That was the most fun i have had since ive been in Lawrenceville.
Last night i got my transfer call. I am going to Manchester with Elder Cook. Elder Biscocho is being transferred (thats a good thing) and we are getting a visa waiter going to Bulgaria. Hopefully i can learn some bulgarian :) that would be legit. I am so excited to go to Manchester Ward. They have everything there. It is a very nice part of the City and i am in the same stake as Pres. Perry. The midlothian stake has a lot of the wealth of virginia. i dont think i will have a problem with not getting fed. I dont know exactly what restaurants are there, but im sure they have a lot.
We had a great turnout at Lorraines Baptism this saturday. She had a lot of support and it went very smoothly! I baptized her on Saturday and Confirmed her on Sunday. I think the baptism font is still full because i forgot to pull the plug before i got out haha. we have to go in tonight to unplug it. Lorraine was so excited! She told us that Satan was working with her before because her arthritis was irritating her, and she was having some doubts. however, she still knew what she was doing was the right thing to do so she went on with it. It was cool to hear that from her because she already has a great understanding of how satan works, and how the spirit can testify to her that what she did was the right thing. Lorraine is such a nice lady and i am going to miss her. She was prety bummed when she heard that i was leaving. The Young men are going over to her house tomorrow to clean up her yard, so we are going to go over there with them to say my goodbyes. Yesterday at church was hilarious. After i confirmed her, she said out loud, "well that was harmless!" hahahahahhaha everyone gave a little laugh. i dont think she quite understood what was going to happen, but she was glad that we didnt do any harm to her. haha. The hymns we sang were hilarious too. Our branch CANNOT sing for beans. it sounded like a bunch of cats and dogs howling. i was trying not to laugh during the hymns. it was so bad that i couldn't even sing on tune because i had nothing to compare to. The pianist was missing notes, speeding up, and slowing down, and the congregation couldnt keep up...it was a train wreck. only in Lawrenceville...... (thats the phrase elder buckley and i like to use).
I have been feeling a lot better and sleeping better. My health is improving! :D
So ian has a job huh? and is taking after his brother with the big spending? haha no biggy, he will learn on his mission to not spend as much money. even though i just bought sunglasses today. Marcus wanted to buy my old ones from me at full price, so i used that money to buy me new oakleys. they are oakley batwolfs, the root beer color. they are pretty nice. whats it like working at the ball fields? do the chalk lines look straight or what? Take some pride in making that field look good.
How is everything else back at home? any plans for going to cali next? how is kennadys softball team doing? volleyball sounds like they are improving a little bit. Hey, i gotta go now, sis pearce is taking us out fishing at the pnd out back. gonna get me some catfish :) later tonight, the edmonds are cooking out for us. its marshalls birthday and i think they are cooking us steak. yummm!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday night the Harpers(Relief society pres) are cooking out for us, and wednesday Bro Dilworth is having us over for dinner. I shouldve told them that i was leaving a long time ago!!!!!! hhaha. Yall take care. I love you all and miss you!!! let me know what happens this week!
Love,
Elder Baldwin
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