Monday, January 31, 2011

January 31st Letter

hey mom

this week was good. we had a baptism and 3 confirmations. but we didnt take anyone in church. the person wasnt there. the pepole here are so irreponsible. they will tell u one thing and do another and not care. but we still love them. this week i passed a few days in another area trying to help one elder with his possibles for being baptized. we just walked around alot. no one was there. we are teaching some cool people. this month we baptized 7 people. the computer is not recognizing my camara so i cant send pics. we have a new elder in the zone. he is from arizona. his name is elder nelson. he seems cool. the zone this month did good. we baptized a good amount. we have sister missionarys in our zone and they are so annoying. i dont know if i want to get married. they complain so much and excuses and excuses. but all is well. im learning pacience and what is sdyney talking about with a family. what family. im confused. everybody is talking about how im leaving soon and telling me im already n my house. trying to make me trunky. lol. but all is good. we continue working. well mom i have to go. we are going to play some b-ball. well got to go. love you.--
elder gentry

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

January 17th Letter

Mom,

So mark and them are not going to be there when i get relesed or what, they fly in later than i do? thats fine. it would have been cool to have mark there but i get to wait for him again.lol. even though he isnt the missionary this time. this week was rough. we had alot of baptismes postponed. we didnt have water so we didnt get to yesterday but tommorrow we will. in the zone we could have like 10 baptismes this week and thats good for this zone. well i thought i was going into panama good thing u told me well mom i hope everything is going good. im fine. it was cold this week but its warming up and HAVE U GOTTEN PACKAGES I HAVE SENT HOME: I NEED TO KNOW. bc i sent some of my important stuff back. well love you. bye

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elder gentry


melissa im pretty sure im going out there but im nervous to tell you to buy my ticket bc i dont know how it will be when i get back. im planning on working with my friend when i get back. and im trying to talk to wade to go with me.thiss week we had a bap get postponed. a kid of a lady we bap. thiings here are good. it was cold this past week. well sis. i dont have time. but talk to mom about it and what you two think. well sis. ill talk to u later. love you.
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elder gentry

Monday, January 10, 2011

January 10th Pictures



January 10th Letter

WHOOH!!!!!!!!! i knew u would come. we have to see the twilights. i want to see them. are they better than the first one? well anyways on to more important things. this week we had 4 baptismes. the president of the mission came and his wife. we baptized the sister of a convert. we baptized the grandson of a member and a friend of a member. this week we by really great. the zone did really good too. so if we keep it up we will do somethng cool. maybe we can see toy story 3 or something. i have a new comp. his name is elder flynn from utah of course. he is cool and tall.
we had a lot of success and its so great to see the people we are teaching growing in the gospel and recieving answers to their prayers. i love it. well sis i lve you. be good. im going to buy my ticket next week so ill know the time next week. bye
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elder gentry


mom so have you gotten packages i have sent home? i need to know that. well how are you doing. we had 4 baptismes this week and hopefully we will have 2 more this week. the president and sister romney came to it. it was really cool. sister romney is hilarious. and mom WHAT AIRPORT DO I FLY INTO. u need to let me know dont forget to tell me bc they are buying my ticket. i think u told me panama. we baptized a sister of a lady we baptized a month ago. we baptized a friend of a member and her son, and a little kid. his grandma is a member. so whats going on there. i hope everything is going good. i think i wear a large. well mom i think that is all. im still alive so dont worry. love you guys.
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elder gentry

Sunday, January 9, 2011

January 3rd Letter

Hey mom. everything is good here. just another week. we had alot of people that went to church and quite a few people that we are teaching. its freezing one night and hot the next night. really weird here. and my friend josh says hey. he is the one from atlanta. he is 14 and his family just came here. well my size is the same. 32. i just need bottoms. its half cotton and half something else. im just going to leave half my stuff here. we have changes tonight but im pretty sure i am staying. ill probably end my mission here.... i dont miss games at all....but i do miss movies. there are movies i want to see and we need to start planning my trip to idaho.i have to talk with my friend to see whats up with the job with him but we have time i still have a while left. but anyways mom. i love you. i have to go. bye.
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elder gentry

hey sis, dont worry. ill be home and ill help you with the kids. they have to get to know me again bc i know they dont remember me and peyton said he is going to beat my face in. so i have to go out there.....everything here is good. we have 2 sisters in my zone and they make me NOT want to get married. drive me off the wall. so much drama and complaints. i decided ill stay single.lol. jk. but this week was really good. alot of people in church and alot of possibles. the lord really blessed us. and sis just keep on and on. life is hard but its how we progress. the kids are going to help u become what u need to become. just pacient and uncle jordan will be there to help out. remember to teach the kids good things. love you.

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elder gentry