Letter #34 Stuart... Jan 25 2010

Hey Mom,
My address is.... 231 SW Palm Dr. Well let see what do I want you to send me???? I still would like some wart remover please and umm a cool purple tie maybe!!! I love my ties and I have alot of new, really good ones! Sorry about the GPS... it was alot but its really nice and I got insurance on it! Well things are good here and I sent your questionnaire paper thing like two days ago so that should be there soon. Tell Brodee sorry I haven't wrote him and I will try today!!! Humm I guess I'm going for the Saints too I guess! I'm so glad that your are not going to jail!!! I hope you feel better!!! Hey hook me up with some rolls from grandma please!!!! Hey I'm eating 6 meals a day and doing that diet thing.... so I don't really want sweets!!! I do like the pop tars and gronala bars though! Sorry about the spelling...I dont have much time! Well I already have the conference CDs!! Rememeber I got them a long time ago! I did get the camera you should buy and send me rechargeable batteries so we can save money!!! Well I hope this Email sends...... I love you so much Mom !!!! We are doing good... we have two People that are going to be baptizing in Feb.... Gary is really cool and he has a cool story! I will have to tell you some time when I have time.... but he has killed people!! Crazy huh..... Well love you All.. bye from Elder Summers!!!

Letter #33 Stuart...Jan 18 2010

Hey Mom Well I'm sad the Cowboys lost but there is always next year!!! You better not have to serve time in jail that is bull crap!!!! Well sorry but I bought a GPS.... I need it though!!!! Stuart is a really weird place to try to get around in! The ward is nice.... but not super big or good at missionary work!!! So that stinks!!! LOL Well I have been doing good here!!! My companion... Elder Carmack is a really nice guy and I love him! We live with two other Elders.....Barnes and Whittaker and I love them too!!! They are really cool!!!! Well humm.... I need new contacts soon!!!!! Well like in a month or two. Ok ...just a heads up my new razor is doing really well and it helps out alot with razor burn. I'm goin to still use the other razor for my neck though!!! Ok well it a nice house we live at. It's actually an apartment. I'm driving and it not that bad...... but it is a little scary!!!! LOL I have to step up my game even more over here.... this was a huge 1st week we found 10 new gators but only one made it to church. His name is Gary and he is trying to give up smoking! We are going to teach him on Wed at the church with are ward mission leader Bro. Bowser..... he is cool but he has alot of work to do!!! He covers 3 sets of missionary.......he is really cool though!!! I'm trying to get Bishop Clark to get him a couple of councilors and some ward missionaries to help him..... because it's to hard for him and we need more help!!! Well we set a date with this man named Michael, who we meet my 1st day here, but he didn't make it to church! So we are going to go see what the deal was!!! LOL I do like it here and there is alot of people here.The ward is small and alittle weak.... so I hope I can make a change!!!! So I can take the GPS back if you want me to. Just let me know!!! Well it's weird being the senior companion... you have alot more to do!!!! I keep tons of notes about everything us missionary do and who I'm with! Elder Carmack says he has never seen anyone take so many notes!!! LOL I gave a training last district meeting.... my 2nd by the way but it was about attitude!!! It was ok, I talk about joy and anger!!! I haven't gotten the camera yet... maybe today!!!! I will take alot of pics though when I get it to make up for not having it OK!!! Hey I have so many cool ties now.... ties are like my life!!!! I will take a pic of them so you can see!!! I gave Elder Carmack a suit that Elder Delucchi gave me! He wanted a different color than his other suit! Hey just wondering...... are all my shirts ok?...... and pants? LOL Has anyone takin any thing? Just don't let them take them unless they ask.... ok !!! Well I'm working out more and have gotten a little bigger!!! So it's gay... we don't even live in our area ,we have to bike like 5 miles just to get in our area and that stinks!!!! You can open all the packages but the one that says don't open!!! The other one is posters and pics I just dont want them messed up but you can open them just don't poke holes or tape or any thing..... they are the ones I want Dad and Papa to make frames for ok!!!!! That's a nice coat I sent huh??? Hey do you think you can get the button fixed for me??? I really like it ok!! Well I got in trouble again before I left St.Cloud. I played a prank on the St. Cloud ward and I put pics of me all over the church..... it was funny but Bishop Ables the other wards Bishop got mad and called Pres.D!! Everyone else thought it was funny even Bishop Fortes but not Bishop Ables!!!!! So Pres. D is making me write a letter saying I'm sorry to him......so that stinks!!!! And Pres. D got a little mad at me... o well I'm still going to work as hard as I can!!!! I'm here to serve the Lord and have fun while I'm doing it!!!! I won't do anything like that anymore though!!!! LOL.... but I love the work...I love the Lord and I'm so greatful that I'm out here and not at home messing around and messing up my life!!! Thank you Mom and family for helping me out!!!! You guys saved my life!!!!!! I'm very lucky!!!!! But I'm here now and I won't look back ever again!!!!! I won't let go of the rod ever again!!!! I might trip up a little bit but I won't let go!!!!! Well I Love you guys...... keep praying and reading!!!! Love Elder Summers

St. Cloud Days

Land of the Gators!!!

The Ball boys..Elder Wilson and Summers

The 4 Amigo's...Elders..Creer, Delucchi, Wilkes and Summers

Charles Cameron and his wife

The Halls

Connie and her Grand daughter Linnea

Showering off after getting soaked in the rain!!!

These Elders drink....smart water!!!

Hackey sack????

Pulling the plug

St.Cloud Letter #32...Jan. 11 2010

Hey Mom
I'm heading to Stuart north !!!! Which is on the coast and is like 40 miles north of West Palm Beach! My companion name is Elder Carmack, he has been out a transfer less than me. I'm senior companion so that means I have to drive!!! Wish me luck!!!!! Hey send me some more tapes so I can send you one back!!! Hey you know those old chargers for the CD players????........ The ones that you can plug into the wall !!!! I need you to send me one. I don't want to have to keep buying more and more batteries for this player I have!!! Well it's really hard to leave St.Cloud .....but I know it's time but man it's really hard!!! I'm going to give your email address to Tracy Hall!!! I love them so much ok and I'm going to maybe give your address to a few other people too ok????? Well is Nollie going to be born soon??? I can't wait till she is born but I'm going to hate not being able to see her and hold her!!!! Man it's ok though. I will do it for the Lord!!!! I miss you guys!!!! I'm way happy about the cowboys!!!!! Elder Wilson is district leader now!!!! Hey also rememeber Elder Delucchi birthday is the sameday as mine so remember to tell him Happy birthday too ok???? Man 6 months down...... I'm not ready for it to be going so fast !!!!! It's crazy I wish I could be watching football with you guys on that nice big TV but it's worth it being out here....... I know that !!!!! Ok I'm sending four packages home..... one you can't open!!! One has a coat that I need you to fix..... because I want to wear it when I get back.... one is just stuff and the other one is posters. Please don't open them until I get back..... ok the poster I guess that is ok!!!!! I trust you Mom!!!! Well I love you so much and don't worry I'm still taking pictures on Elder Wilson camera..... so I have a few goodbye pics!!!! Man I don't want to leave..... but I'm going to go into Stuart and work hard!!!!! It has been closed for a long time then it opened again then closed when I got here and it opened a transfer after I got here!!!! I think they have only had one baptism though..... so I have my work cut out for me!!!! But I'm ready......I know the Lord is with me..... Joshua 1:9 !!!! I love you guys and go boys!!!! Love Elder Summers

St.Cloud letter #31, Jan 4 2010

Mom,OK.... well bad news I broke the camera. I will send the SD card home but the camera broke when I dropped it and now it won't work at all. I took the whole thing apart and then put it back together but it won't even turn on now!!!!! Sorry oh and while I'm at it I ought to tell you I bought an electric razor to try it out.... because I keep getting bad razor burn on my neck. So I'm going to try this!!!! Well I bought it with my food money because I didn't want to waste anymore of your money but if you buy me a new camera I promise to not break the new one!!!! Sorry mom I didn't mean to break it!!! Well the last few days have been really really cold but that hasn't slowed us down at all!!!!I got a nice coat from Brother Steve Clark.... that is the guy that pick me up the every first day I got here. It is really old but it is nice though. There is some pics of it on the SD card!!! I haven't got your package yet..... maybe today though. Well that sucks for Uncle Ty having to live in Bagdad and I'm sorry to hear that bout Maghan. Hope she's ok!!! So you get to spend 2 day with Bentley..... that's really cool!!!!!! Well I'm sorry about the camera mom!!!!!! GO COWBOYS!!!!! I am so happy about them. I hope they take it!!!! 24 -0 over Philly.... that's pretty good!!!! But I hope they don't get cocky or they will lose really fast!!!!! Next Monday I will send 3 packages home 2 can be open but one has to wait until I get home ok!!!!!! You will know which ones you can open...... and have Dad and Papa start making frames for those posters okay!!!! Please tell Papa I said "Happy Birthday"..... Well I will keep working hard !!!!! I love you guys so much!!!! Elder Summers

St.Cloud Letter # 30, Dec 28 2009

Hey mom,
How are you doing??? I'm not going to lie... I was really home sick after Icalled the next day!!! But I'm back on my feet and working hard again!!!! Well I'm so happy I got to talk to you all but I never heard what everyone got for christmas.....HAHAH!!! All I know is what you got and what Dad got. Well I'm glad the Cowboys are doing good !!! Thank you so much for the jerseys!!! Now just tell me what clothes Dad and Brodee want to wear??? Because I don't mind but I do want some of them when I get back ok?? JK it's not a big deal !!! Well just send the packages and letters to the mission office again!! Well I love you so much!!! Well it's zone p-day today so I will probably get to play some football today..... I hope !!! Well we have a few people we are working with but we aren't as busy as I would like to be. Me and Elder Wilson are going to give a training on pg 107 in the Preach My Gospel. We have these new pass along cards that work really well and we are trying to get the ward to use them. Well ok I need to write Pres. D but I love you so much and thank you for everything mom!!!! I will be sending three packge home the monday after I find out that I'm leaving St.Cloud ok??? Well I love all you so much!!!Elder Summers

St. Cloud Letter # 29, Dec 21 2009

A little while later I got this...........JK.... I'm going to call!!!!! But it's going to be later. I think Elder Wilson is going to call at like 7 our time and then I will call !!! Sorry it's so late but what can you do!!! Tell Jack I'm sorry!!! Well tell everyone I'm doing good !!! Hey so I don't just say the same stuff over and over put it on speaker phone at 1st so everyone can hear Ok? Well Kendice got baptized. I won't be sending any pictures until I get another SD card back. So send one and remember that those black ones don't work !!!! Hey I bought those poster.... sorry they were 70 bucks!!!! But I really wanted them !!! Make a list of ? to ask because we are only allowed to talk for 40 min.... we might pull off an hour though... maybe!!! Tell everyone to do the same..... because I don't want to tell everyone the same thing over and over!!!! Well things are going good here. We have a few gators... but only Charles wife has a date for baptism!!! Oh and don't worry I haven't cheated and opened all the presents yet! I'm opening them on the right days! Well things are good and the Cowboys made me happy!!!! I knew they could beat the Saints! St. Cloud is good but I will probably be going next tranfers though. So that sucks cuz I love it here!!! Well today is only a half p-day until 12..... then on Christmas Eve we have p-day until 4..... so it's weird..... but anyway thank you so much for the Book of Mormon with your testimony in it. I will give it away soon. Send some of those pictures!!! Well I have to go.... we still have to shop!!! I have a funny story to tell you about the baptism that we just had. We filled the font up and we noticed a spider in it. So I had Elder Wilson hold on to me while I reached to get it....well we both ended up in the water. We had to run home and change out suits before it started. It was funny!! Ok well I love you and I will call I'm guessing around 7:35 or 7:45....or somewhere around there!!! That's my time so I think 5:45 your time anyway love you and talk to you soon!!!!!Elder Summers