I GOT ATTACKED BY A FREAKING DOG!!!

Hey Mom!
Ok so this past week was painful in a lot of ways, the work went well, and...I GOT ATTACKED BY A FREAKING DOG!!! so i got a nice bruise on my arm from where he bit me and a nice gash in my leg from where he got me and the infection that came after... i got bit on wednesday...and...i gots pics of it! lol anyway. about the emailing thing, i am allowed to recieve emails from others, but i just cant email back to them, only through family who can forward that letter, its what president said awhile back. and i am getting pretty dark lol, the good ol' Miami sun is taking its toll lol. half way up the neck and from just about the elbows down lol. legs are SUPER white! lol. i got a nice bracelet tan and a watch tan even a ring tan lol... we met a lot of really cool people this past week and only had 1 gator at church.. but she is super solid... so from getting in super close bike wrecks with the comp. and getting bit by the dog and after punching it in the face, its been an interesting week. 

Teiler is tall! so what kind of car did he get???? And that would be a great idea for me getting a car 8 months from now :S that is a scary thought. .... when i entered the MTC, the Letters MTC meant missionary torture...training Center lol, now they mean Make Time Count. it leaves me only 8 months to do all i can to bring as many souls unto Christ as i can. i also have been reading a really special song that David and I sang for a baptism. ask him to translate it for you but i will write the lyrics at the end of the letter... I didn't get an email from T-Rod either btw, para que sepan. (so that you know), last letter from David was pretty cool actually, so i guess it is definitely in the plans that him and i are living together after the mission, and i want to be a physical therapist now and he wants to be a chiropractor, i love that guy! . how is james doing on his mission???????  what is his maling address?????? and whats the dealio with Ryan?????? so here is the song but thank you for the booster letter, i love you all. have fun on vacation! i bet i am warmer than you still!

Te Hallare Mi Querido Amigo

Antes que vinieramos al mundo
Vivimos con amigos amados
El concilio se junto, el plan resulto
El libre albedrio se nos dio

Dijo el Senor encuentra mis ovejas
Que en el mundo perdidos estan
Le prometi que yo si lo haria
Por mi la verdad obtendran

Te Hallare mi querido amigo
El plan te ensenare
Aceptame cuando te encuentre
Y la verdad te mostrare

Recuerda que el valor de las almas
Es grande en la vista de Dios
Es hermoso encontrar
Las ovejas del Senor

Hay que ensenar a sus hijos
Pues listas almas habran
se sabe que la obra del Senor
por el mundo marcha con fervor

y si tu gozo es grande con un alma
Ensenada y traida a mi
Que feliz el corazon se exalta
al traerlos hacia mi

Te Hallare mi querido amigo
El plan te ensenare
Aceptame cuando te encuentre
Y la verdad te mostrare

Recuerda que el valor de las almas
Es grande en la vista de Dios
Es hermoso encontrar
Las ovejas del Senor

Es Hermoso encontrar
Las ovejas del Senor.

FLAT!!!

Hey Mom!
Wow i miss my mountains! Here it si flat, so flat in fact, you can see for miles here in homestead, so as the transfer draws to a close in 2 weeks, we are worrid about our gators, they are not progressing.

I think my career idea changed... i really want to go into phisical therapy and improvement through movement studies... i think i would really enjoy it, and David, wants to be a Chiropractor. Maybe even we will work together! Oh Teiler!!! that is awesome that you got a good job like that!  that is super coool! you'll be able to save up for your mission! and get ready for the best time of your life!! im glad i did..! oh...dont die i still need a brother to pick on when i get home. ahhaha jkjk... Oh and this past month so far we have broken ground in the mission! we baptized 102 in 4 weeks as a mission! NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE! and just a few weeks ago president asked us what we were wiling to do to be able to do something we have never done before, and we said anything.. unfortunately my companionship hasnt baptized yet but we will in a the coming weeks, btw pray for me to stay in this area... i love it here... not as much as sunset but i need to stay here for a little longer..so we are going to the mall a little later on and i will probably buy a hat and sunglasses. my other sunglasses broke. but mom....next time pictures are taken, GET IN THE PICTURE! lol.. i miss your face!lol So how is the fat little runt Tiibo doing? how much does he weigh? like 50 lbs? So i am done with Polestar Pilates for now, it takes too much time for me to do the class, but every couple weeks or so (depends on if i stay or go) i might go for a one-on-one with Kathleen. but my abbs are getting pretty tight. it is nice...but i need to go now to send you something for David. I love you all! Take care and until next week, Hasta La Vista

Yours Always

Elder Maki

RAINY!!!!!

Dear Mommy!

Wow this past week was on the wetter side, first monday we had a big ol' nasty storm

and then it has been raining every day since, luckily it stops while we proselyte, lucky eh?  the temperature has been in the high 80s with of course 100 % humidity which makes it about 105-110 degrees.. and of course you sweat your brains out... 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!! Feliz cumpleanos a ti, feliz cumpleanos a ti, feliz cumpleanos a mami, feliz cumpleanos a ti! LOVE YOU MOM! 29 AGAIN!!! (BTW that was the happy birthday song in spanish lol) 

Well i still haven't sent the receipts home cuz its hard for me to get to a post office, but when i can i will, and i have physio on fridays still, Kathleen will be telling me about pilates class on this friday.  So Elder Smith and I are getting along well and he is funny! Elder Dowdle and him like to luchar! which means fight. they wrestle and it is hilarious cuz they just tickle each other and Elder Dowdle is SUPER ticklish lol. And i do have to say, that was a huge letter mom lol. and the computer i am using is wonky so i have to scroll right  not up and down... 

about the trip to honduras, YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after hearing David telling me about it, and his dad saying if we ever wanted to go we could stay there, i want to go so badly.!!! David is awesome! he and i will be life long friends/brothers. and he is right, moms are the best! I think he and i are even going to live together at some point, I was one of the only (out of 2) companions that he got along with, and i was the one that he got along with most... i miss that guy! so this next week, please pray for Roberto, who should be getting baptized on sunday... also for Mariela, and Monterio. thanks! My mission means alot to me, dad knows what i mean, it has taught me a lot and I'm sure when i share the journals with you that you will see why. and the pics i have... all in all this past week was not very successful when looking at the key indicators, we blessed a lot of people but they were not super elect cuz they buffed us on our return apts, but the work of God continues, and worlds and lives abound right? (if you could high to Kolob) but i have nothing else to write except that I love you all and take care!

Yours Always

Elder Maki

READY TO HARVEST

Hey Mommy!

Well this past week was awesome! losts of harvesting! left 20 blessings!!! crazy eh? 

thanks mommy! I seriously started crying while reading your email mom, it was seriously an eye opener, it made me reflect back on my mission, especially the picture of dad in the Miami Beach Florida shirt! Where the heck did you get that!?!?!?! lol at least its not a south beach shirt, you get that i will smack you so hard through the computer even it will get dizzy! lol no just that south beach is the closest thing you will get to the devil's layer (you know what i am referancing) also it is totally true, 

i always did want a sister didnt i? well i found one, and you didnt even have to buy her! lol. it was wierd cuz she has had such an astounding impact on me and I on her.  If you want her side of the story of the night i gave her that blessing, ask her. truly amazing!  teiler didnt write me again...well one year ago saturday i left the MTC into the Salt Lake City Mission...On and with the picture you sent, i think i am beating you all with the tan! muahahaha, i am super dark! ill send you a pic next week i forgot my camera. But this past week, we met so many people! biked a total of 170 miles in one week... ya the area is HUGELY HUGE! sorry i had crystalite juice mix this morning, feeling kinda crazy... lol and its P_DAY who can complainn right? i know exactly how Elder Krogue feels, when one is in a very special area and he gets to love the members, its hard to leave, like me and Sister Nava and Maria. , how long has he been out? 

 oh and the harvest approach is...."Hi! we are representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ! and He has sent us here to leave is peace and blessing upon your home and family! can we come in to leave that blessing?" then you go in and kneel down and you start the blessing with..'In the name of Jesus Christ and by his authority, we leave the savior's peace and His blessing upon your home and your family...' and then you bless each one as if you are giving them a priesthood blessing. and at the end you bless them with the desires and abilities to recognize the truth and to act upon the witness of the Holy Ghost. and then close in the name of Jesus Christ Amen. Works every time! its awesome! i hope it works for them.. we are the first mission to do it. so we have had all the successs but i hope it works for them it would be good for the Canada Calgary Mission. 

Dad it looks like you have lost some weight? or are you sucking it in? lol. tell Elder Krogue that i feel bad for them cuz they have to wear their long sleevs, i dont!!!lol it just means i have more area to get sunburnt, ALL YEAR ROUND!! lol uhoh now i am making fun of them, now thats not very Christlike. ;D Well i got to go find a talk online. I love you all and thank you for everything! P.S: Tiibo is HUGE! how heavy is he? and mom its a miracle you let them take a picture of you!

Yours Always 
Elder Maki

AWESOME WEEK!

Hello Mommy!

So this past week was pretty freakin awesome! we had transfers, and Elder Hardman is up in Wellington now, that is about a drive from stirling to Calgary, and Elder Smith came from Jupiter, right next to Wellington down to me in homestead. He is from...of course Utah, the factory as we call it, he is the 10th of 11 kids, and he reminds me alot of elder bishop! he is awesome! we tore this place apart the last half of the week, and we had 3 gators at church and they all now have dates for the 22nd of July, please pray for Brittany and Riley, that they will get married, and baptized, and pray for Fidel Delatore that he will accept our msg and have the desires to come closer to Christ.. those are the three gators that came to church, Brittany has 3 absolutely adorable kids, Marshante who is almost 5 and is deaf, she is soooo cute, everytime we are there she says to me in sign, I love you. and Rekayla is 2 and she is just a little fireball! lol she runs around but when they are at church she is the cutest girl! and Riley junior is 1 and he just looooooves to laugh! he looks at me and i smile and then he just laughs and laughs lol... ill send a pic next week of them.. i havent sent the reciepts yet but i am filling the last pages of my one journal and then i will send them home.. we biked 23 miles the other day and then 19 yesterday. our area is huge!!! but i love it! i love being back on two wheels! :I) it sucks in the wind tho. The new car is sick! it is so cool! looks nice! cant wait to drive it, in 9.5 months :S scary thought.. 

yes i got all three pkgs and i have given some stuff away, the big turk bites and the smarties are all gone now lol, i just wish i could find some of that stuff here! so time is going by way too quick its kinda scaring me. and sorry about the cool your jets thing, i wasnt having a very good week.. and on top of that i was sick, and achy but i am doing ok now, i woke up this morning a little under the weather again.. i want some pictures of my mountains! good ol' Alberta Rockies! i miss mountains, in case you didnt know, you wont find anywhere flatter than here! lol... so we had a tropical storm come through here but luckily it didnt hit us but hit orlando-ish area.. we are deffinately gonna get something fun this year, cuz its been sooooo hot and humid lately, but we will all be warned even before the news crews find out anything...so no worries.... 

yesterday was the spiritual experience for the week.. after church we went by Brittany and Riley's and they had asked that we dedicate the home. someone apparently cursed it and we deffinately felt it once we walked in the home. we dedicated it as a place for gosple living, as a place of worship, where an eternal family relationship can build, protection, and it was amazing! they all felt the spirit, and they opened up even more! 

so i stil havent found another mission mom in this area yet but they are out there, Sister Tellez is getting pretty close lol.. or maybe sister Mckee.  more likely sister Mckee but anywho I have nothing else to write, but Teiler, what happened? no news on said road trip! lol. take care everybody! i love you all!!!!!!

Yours Always
Elder Maki