Another Baptism!

I'll send the memory card tomorrow. I haven't really remembered to. Things here are going pretty well. We had a baptism for Adam on Saturday at 5. Y'all are going to have to email me b4 Monday of next week because I won't be able to on Tuesday because we are doing some spring fling thing on our P-day. Anyway we have been contacting people and stuff for the past week. We taught the 1st lesson last night  to this family whose last name is Gaunterman. Things seem to be picking up a little bit which is good.

                                                                     with Dennis and Bro. Jenkins

 I thought the thing Garrett did was pretty cute (Garrett wanting to be like his older brother asked to dress up as a missionary.  So we taped a name tag on him that said Elder Mattei so he could play around the house and go out in our court to ride his bike like most missionaries.  What we didn't know was that he grabbed a Book of Mormon and took it with him and proceeded over to our friends (and next door neighbor's house), knocked on their door, and asked them if he could tell them about the Book of Mormon) and the thing about Todd was funny (not so funny in our eyes, since Todd for the end of school had a kid in his class put a purple coloring in his hair matching the HS colors.  What he didn't know was that the dye was permanent.  After several attempts to remove, we only managed to color his hair pink rather than purple.  So we had to give him a crew cut which still shows a slight pink tint) . Hopefully Lindsay will enjoy Cali. It's cool that Mark is working for Brother Donaghue. How is their family doing? I haven't seen or talked to them in probably years. I'm really tired right now. We had a late night last night watching a Joseph Smith movie with some other Elders and we had a camp fire. Things with Trevor have been going pretty good. We seem to be getting along well. So how are granny and them doing? I need to write them. I've been so bad with writing people lately. I would write Mark and them more but when I wrote Mark I didn't get  anything back.  So are y'all gonna do anything fun over the summer or just planning on staying at home? 

We had zone conference last week which was really good. I enjoyed the topic they talked about. They talked about the Restoration of the gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith. This Sunday was fast Sunday so I went up and bore my testimony. I try and make it a goal to do it every fast Sunday. I went to the temple this morning and got up around 8 to go. I was up till about 2 so I'm very tired. It's been a long day. President Yardley I think will be gone by July 1st. It will be sad to see him go. He has been a good mission president. My companions don't write home that much, at least that I know of. O yeah I don't know if I told you this but I cut my hair pretty short about 3 weeks ago. I thought it looked pretty bad so I probably won't do it again but my hair will look short in some of the newer pics that I have taken. I'm sure you will do fine mom training (actually getting out of training) So what all is going on in the political world? I keep hearing about that oil spill and how bad it is. I feel bad for all those people in Louisiana because they went through Katrina and now they're having to go through this. I heard Obama keeps going to parties and stuff like that as well and not really caring so much about it. John Warren, this guy that is a member that takes us out to eat all the time, he was like Elder Mattei you aren't suppose to talk about politics lol. He is pretty liberal lol. But John is a very nice guy. He takes us out (seriously like all the time) and he is always willing to feed us. He gives me a hard time about talking about girls and stuff all the time lol. You know how I am lol.  Anyways I g2g. I hope all of yall are doing well.

Love

Elder Mattei

Memorial Day

So for memorial day yesterday we went and had a fire and cooked hotdogs and stuff on it. Then we went exploring in the canyon and along the river. Me and Elder Martinez went in a totally different place than anyone else. We went to go see this small waterfall and we walked through bushes and thorns and stuff. I took pictures and video of all of it. It was pretty intense and I'm all cut up from it. Also slid down a hill for about 10 ft until I could find something to grab on to or stop myself. I dragged my arm to try and stop myself so I got cut up a little bit. It was pretty scary but I was ok. I also have tons of cuts from thorns and stuff and was covered in mud. Last night I wasn't able to sleep till about 3 am cause I was itching so bad and cut up. It was really frustrating and was a very long night. But yesterday was a lot of fun. Today me and Trevor slept in pretty late. We also had a bon fire the other night. It was pretty fun. Adam is going to be baptized this Saturday at 5 pm. We have also found other people to teach so we have been pretty blessed lately. I'll try and remember to send my memory card this week. Sounds like yall had a pretty busy week though. Hopefully pop-pop will start to feel better. Whats causing all these medical issues with him? Trevor does keep a journal. He writes in it once in awhile. Hopefully everything goes well with your job. The pictures from Mark's graduation looked good. Its cool that you saw Julian there. He needs to email me sometime. I have been keeping in touch with Damon some over email. He seems to be doing pretty good. We would teach the Burmese families if the translator showed up when we were there. Elder Crook is in Kuna. It doesn't sound like Elder # has changed any cause he was lazy when he was with me. Elder Ware is in Le Grande Oregon. I wanna serve there cause there is actually green to see and not desert. He wants me to come up there and serve with him. I still keep in touch with him on a regular basis. Elder * has seemed to settle down a little bit. Hopefully things are going better for him. Anyways I hope yall continue to do well and everything.

Love

Elder Mattei

A Really Random Letter

Tell Garrett thank u for writing me. This week has been pretty good with Trevor but its been slow. We are low on miles so we really can't do much which stinks. I lost my address book so you are going to have to send me Granny and Grandma and everyone's address. We figured out that Adam was kinda afraid to be baptized cause its a big commitment and everything. He will be baptized soon though. Our area is kinda slow right now as well. So we are going to basically go contact part member and less active families. I really hate miles on our car because it limits how much missionary work we can do. Just so you know we call each other by our first names at home and stuff.I had asked him if he calls Elder Gonthier Trevor since that's how he knows him best.  Usually  the missionaries call each other by their last names, like in the military.  We just thought it would be totally weird for them to never use their first names.    We have found 2 new families to teach which is good. We went to the temple this morning and played football which was fun. This letter is really random so sorry about that. Things with Trevor are going good. He made me clean up my room cause I'm a slob and he's a neat freak lol. Thomas should get Super Mario Galaxy 2. I heard its really good. I just got a email from him saying he likes call of duty more than sonic. I never thought that day would come lol. Tell Mark congrats on him graduating. I actually have the memory card in a envelope, I just have forgotten to send it. I'm trying to think if anything big has happened at all this week. Things just seem to be going really slow right now. I'm just wondering, is Mark still good friends with RJ? I haven't heard about him in a long time. How are the Russo's doing? I really wish I could watch LOST. That show was so good. If Mark buys them tell him he needs to buy them on Blu Ray and not DVD. Because at some point yall are gonna get a good HD Tv and it will look a lot better on Blu Ray. How did Mark's grades turn out?  I actually got to talk to Russ the other day. He is the 1st baptism I had on my mission. He is still his crazy self but he is still active in church and is doing good. He was telling me he was going to take me in a sweat lodge after my mission and show me how to talk to ghost and spirits and stuff. It was too funny. So apparently Trevor has gained 20 pounds and I've lost probably 15 my whole mission. I remember Dad and everyone at church calling me chubby. Tell Granny and them I said hi. I need to write them. I appreciate the letters I do get from them. Dad I didn't know the money was for emergencies cause I spent a good chunk of it on pants and stuff lol. I bought a pair of Dickies pants. They are basically work pants but they look like slacks but feel like a pair of jeans. So they are nice to wear. So apparently there are like 4 other Burmese families that are coming to church. I dont remember if i told yall this or not. Hopefully I will have more to write about next week. Well I don't know what else to write right now so I'll ttyl.


Love Elder Mattei