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Letter #42: 1.23.14

Dear Family,

Okay crazy story...it could not wait until next week.  So reasons why I love Parkland.  So yesterday ...well I’ll start 2 months ago. We got a referral from Spanish to see Armondo Gonzalez.  So me and Smith go to see him.  First time he is sick.  So we come back it’s his birthday.  His mom is Laverna.  She is not all there and is a little crazy I would say.  She has some hurt feelings about the church.  She had a hard life.  She is like 56 yr old and turns out that both are members but this time she gets into telling us her story and is yelling at us and tells us to not come back.  Armondo tells us sorry about his mom he is 30 yrs old.  He tells us he wants to come back and learn more about  baptism...but he will call us.  So we never went back.  Well 2 weeks ago with me and Davis she calls us and apologizes and say sorry and that Armondo wants to change and come back to church and wants to meet with us.  So we set up an appointment with her.  One half hour before the appontment on Friday she calls us and cancels it.  So now it’s been one week.  So yesterday she calls us. 
        We don’t answer because we are about to go into a meeting.  So we did not answer and we were like... she’s crazy.  So she left a message.  Our meeting was done one hour later.  So we listened to the message right away as we got out from our meeting.  It starts off with her saying thank you to us for being supportive of her children and also her unborn...I’m PREGNANT!  She’s 56 yrs old.  We cannot understand most of it.  She is slurring her words and says, “I wanted to kill myself and the baby.  It’s too hard.  I’m alone.  I am trying to stay up”...then she mumbles something and it hang up.  So we are freaking out and don’t know what to do.  We go to the Summet Elders and have them listen to it.  And ask what should we do.  Elder Lupton and Elder Goodwine tell us to call the police.  We never called before so we are just thinking of what to do.  Maybe stop by the fire station and let them listen to it and then we did not know what to say... so elder Lupton called for us.  Then handed the phone to us to explain the story to them.  They sent the chief of police.  And then they are supposed to call us to let us know what is going on.  They say it sounded like she over dosed.  They never called us... so we feel very bad if she died cause we never answered.  So we are going crazy.  Cause if she is dead we will feel so bad and down.

Then the day before we met a RLDS...they have a lot of the same as us.

Sabba, the crazy lady that thinks she is pregnant and a member....we can not find her records.  So we head to tell her that she is not a member.  So we may be baptizing her.  Daniel was her babies daddy’s nephew.  He was charged with firearms and assault....but he moved back to Bermington.  Then we found that out.  So in a good way... I think that was good he moved back.  He was on date for this month to be baptised. But we did not know about all the charges on him.

I don’t know what’s up with all these ladies in their 50’s....thinking they are pregnant!!!

Make sure our ward is a missionary ward...missionaries cannot do it alone.  We are working hard out here.  We love it here in Parkland.  Oh I just remembered, what’s up with old men on bikes...lol..

On the good news...on Feb 1st we have a baptism for Lehi my Samoan girl.  Oh ya can’t wear red or blue cause you will get shot.  lol :(   lucky thing I don’t have red or blue.

I love my mission so much.....and it’s going by too fast.  I love you all and I want to go to Vegas with you mommy.

love your missionary

Letter #41: 12.30.13

Howzit Mommy and papa,

Okay you are like getting 2 letters from me sorry...but I just had to tell you about what happened tonight.  So ya I already finished sending your other letter.  So it is Monday p-day.  We do shopping and things like that but we tract from 6 - 7.  So we found a somewhat nicer street in our area.  It’s still middle class.... but yeah at the 4th door  this lady in her 60’s open the door ... not interested....She goes to some other church.  So we ask if there is anything we can help them with tonight.... no... then a man came and talks to us and ask us questions about how we believed in Jesus and Satan being brothers.  We said yes.  They don’t believe in that...Well, short story...he tells me and sis Davis is going to HELL cause we believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers.  Well it went much longer and I could feel the spirit gone every time he talked.  We tried so hard not to bash him.  So for all his questions we told him go to mormon.org then he said you don’t believe in the bible.  We told him we do and I am reading it right now.  He said, “No you don’t read it...” lol.  We were nice to him and ask again if there is anything we can do and wished him a happy New Years... so we left him in a nice way.

I was so mad at him but I felt my loving Heavenly Father’s love with me tonight telling me that His gospel is true.  I am so happy to have this gospel in my life.  And to be serving Him.  The last door we knocked on we did a lesson of the Resto and gave him a BOM.  I know cause we did not let that one man get us down and we kept on going we got to teach a lesson at the door.

That just shows me how hard satan is working.  That was the first time to my face straight up that someone told me in this words that you are going to hell.  Heavenly Father testified the truth to me right after.

I love you all very much...

love Sister Casey your baby going strong...

ps.  just had to tell you of this experience that made me stronger in the Lord’s army.  I felt grandpa Kaonohi right beside me to make me strong so I could bear my testimony.

I love my ohana and kupunas

Letter #40: 12.28.13

Howzit mommy & papa,

Okay I got this very cool paper today...I just had to show or well write you a letter.  ha ;)  So did you like my last letter that I sent?  Well before I forget “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!” it was so nice to talk and to see the family.

Okay, so me and my comp sister Davis is like crazy the same in so many ways.  So right now we are burning her letters...cuz she got a dear jane a few months ago and well we are going to burn her letters from him.  He got married....She’s a hard one...Most of her comps she never liked but we are becoming to be great friends.  I think that’s why Pres put us together.  This transfer is longer than normal....it’s 7 weeks.  Just cause of Christmas.  I can feel it’s going to be a great transfer.  Anyway, the ward sucks....but we are going to change that.  Even Pres told us that this ward needs to repent...ha ha.  It’s very hard here....our ward mission leader is less active.  So yeah...the baptisms that I had here “I” had to plan the whole thing.  So me and Davis is trying very hard to change this ward.  The missionaries that was here before I came here was not the greatest missionaries.  So I have a lot of work to do.  But it is so worth it.  I know Heavenly Father needs me here with sister Davis.  Pres told us he prayed and that we need to be together here in Parkland Lakewood.

I love T-TOWN 253 = GHETTO  ;)  this new year is going to be a great and amazing year.  I’m working hard on being health and only thinkging of the Lord’s work to change this ward.  I love my mission so much.

How is everyone doing?  tell them all I love them, I love them too.  I love them more.  I love them to the Heavens and back ....lots of love from Tacoma.

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you what we did on Christmas day .. . so at 10:30 am ... oh, oh, oh  we got to sleep in to 7:30  ;) ha.  Okay...so at 10:30 am we went over to Bishop Thompsons house so sister Davis can skype... we did Christmas with them ... ate ... so I had to talk to our Bishops’s family... okay,  so sister Thompson is weard and anti social...but it was all good and fun.  Bishop is very funny.  Man, then we came home and took a nap and visited some members.  and then we did not have to tract.....yes!....so at 5pm our zone went over to our stake President’s house.  It was so much fun and a lot of food ;)  We got to act out the Nativity  and he read it.  It was so cool to do that.

So yeah....I don’t know if I told you about Christmas eve...so when we got home after I skyped yhou guys...we cleaned our house a little.  So our tub did not drain so we had to work on it and let’s just say there was a lot to make 3 wigs...lol.  Have fun watching the video.

So right now is D-Comp time.  We are watching old church movies.  We are bored...the Lord’s work is the best thing.  I don’t want to leave my mission yet.

Love your baby girl

This is the WA_TAC we baptize on and on...

“at 6:55 ask anything alive to take the dive” - ZL’s

The Lord is the way....

ps...ok so I got Omni’s pixie gift back...I must have sent it to the wrong address....it says “return to sender”.  I’m sending it to you guys and can you please send it to the right address.  Thank you

Letter #39: 12.25.13

Aloha, 

ok this letter is just another fun way to write -u guys.  So yeah we found this paper in our apt so ya, I miss and love you all so very much.  It was so good to skype you all.  Man my kids are all grown up so much.  So yeah, forgot to tell you guys a way funny story.  So ya next time I’ll write it all for mother’s day talk.  but ya my story...all missionaries apt have a pic of Jesus on the door.  Right, so someone keeps on taking our Jesus pic.  So far it’s been 3 times.  At least they are taking a pic of Jesus.  ha ha.  So Christmas eve we cleaned our apt so now on the plus side the tub drains now....Let’s just say there was enought to make a wig!....lol...It’s all on video.  You’ll see it soon.  So yeah it’s Christmas right now.  I wish you all the very best.  Man the time is going by so fast.  Well I hope you had fun reading this letter.  I just came up with this fun way.  I just needed to and tell all my brothers I am focused on the work.  Mostly now as I am going down hill of my mission.  I just have a lot of fun stories to tell you all when I come back..  Thank you for all you do for me and helping me get out here but I have no idea what I want to do when I come back.  R you guys feeding the missionaries there?  Man life keeps on ging on when I left... ha ha .  and time is so short.  There is so much I learned out here that I can’t wait to tell you.  

Love Sister Casey  

ps.  I hope you found out how to read this

Letter #38: 12.2.13

ALOHA MY OHANA,

I just really love this area so much.  It is among the most humble of places I have been.  I am really learning to not judge anybody by their appearances.  So many of these people have the best hearts, but have next to nothing.  At first, It was a little hard here cause it was not Silverdale, but I knew the Lord knows why I am here and I keep on asking for help.  And I keep on telling myself I love it here.  And now it is so very true.  I found the joy in the work here.  It is way harder here.  I even trust in God even more.  I have seen the Lord keep me safe so many times since I have been here only for 4 weeks.

Okay, so Thanksgiving we started our day with our studies and it’s Thursday so that means weekly planning.  We weekly plan every Thursday so that takes us to about 1:00.  So it did not feel like Thanksgiving cause I never have to help cook and clean.  Then we went to the Shotes home and 5 other families from the ward were there too.  That started at 2:30...Oh ya I forgot we had the turkey bowl too.  So we went to support cause we can’t play with the boys but the Elders can.  Then we went to the Shotes.  Then a lady from Brokdel ward invited us over too.  Well that’s a whole different story but not important.  So we went there at 3:00 from there we went to Mark and Judy’s, who we knocked on during the week before and he invited us back on Thanksgiving.  He is also the one with 42 plus people over.  So they were at 4:00.  That went so good and it turned out to be his cousin there who played me and my comp very good.  LOL...He just talked to us and then we soon found out that he was going to Idaho.  We asked why? And he told us, “oh a job and to see the temple grounds”...we are like okay...ya we love the temple.... so clueless...ha, ha...We still thought he was not a member...Sorry I’m writing with my left hand....well, then he said he is going to take out his endowments.  Then we said , “You’re a member?”  and he said yes almost a year.  He is the only member in his family.  Then Mark and Judy ask us about missionary work and the temple.  Then they told us that the cousin was a ward missionary.  It was a wonderful time.  Then at 6:30 we went to the Weavers home....our mission home.  President only invited the Tacomna west and East and Lakewood zones for Thanksgiving cause we are the closest ones to them.  So it’s not a long drive.  We all got to put up the Weaver’s Christmas tree and talk then we played “Coach Frase” with 70 people ...well missionaries.  Then we all went around saying one thing we are thankful for.  Then we sang Christmas songs and dancing.  So much fun.  Sister Weaver made homemade sherbert ice cream.  then got home at 9:00.  Oh yeah...every home we went to we ate.....but I am so proud of myself cause I did not eat that much and did not have any deserts but only that sherbert ice cream.  That was mission Thanksgiving.

Okay, this paper is the lesson from RS this past Sunday.  It is so good.  It is even better with the CD of their voices.  I know it is on-line you should look it up and do it for FHE.  I was just so touched. Oh ya, so hula class was very good.

Okay, so with our reading as a mission I am in Ether.  I just wanted to share something funny.....(Ether 1:2) Lord said “And a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared”  Ether 1:34.  He had favorites...lol.  Jared prays for his and his brother’s language to stay  (tower of Babel) Well like the favorite...the Lord says yes then the next chapter 2:14, “the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared and chastened him...” then so he repented of his sin of not praying to the Lord.  Then cause you know the brother of Jared is the favorite he is forgiven.  I just thought that was funny even the Lord has His favorites....jk.jk. 

Right now I am watching the Resto movie.  I am so greatful to be living at this time and I am so greatful for Joseph Smith and Emma for all what they did for us to have the BOM that I can read and learn everyday.  My testimony is so much stronger then ever now.  I love this gospel with all my heart.

Oh ya we are teaching this 80 yr old black couple who are 7 Day Adventist.  We found them knocking.  They are so sweet.  So this past week it’s getting colder and colder.  Yesterday, Sunday the 1st of Dec we tracted in the rain and I just have a strong desire to do the work.  But my socks was soaked and I just had it on all day so my feet were cold and it kept my body cold all day so I have the chills.  But that was the best knocking ever...when I showed my love for the work and the Lord he keeps me safe and we were blessed for that to work and bearing our testimony in the cold rain....well I know my husband is getting handsomer every time I tracted in the rain...lol...that’s what the missionaries say and another fun one is every time you drop a BOM your husband or wife is getting uglier. (Blue BOM...ha ha) And for the WA-TAC when it rains every day.  Oh yeah my husband will be the most handsome one out there...lol.

Okay so Satan is working so hard on me.  Our apartment is just filled with sweets...lol.   but Ive been strong and not eating any of them :(  I am so excited for the mission Christmas party.  It’s going to be a lot of fun.  Oh yeah, I had L&L’s again but it’s the last time.  I had a loco moco....ONO!  I love you and miss you till the heavens and back.  Thank you for all you do for me to help me get where I am right now on my mission.  I am so happy to be 8 of 8 and to have such amazing examples in my life.  Now I need to be a great example to many,  There is just so much that I want to share with you.

Always with much love and aloha

Your missionary   Sister Casey

Oh yeah, how do you like all the pic on the SD card.  Just sent it back when pau with it xoxo  Mahalo  ;)

Letter #37: 11.18.13

My Dear Ohana,

Okay I just love my new area so much....Parkland Lakewood.  To start off, I am safe here, so mommy don’t worry at all.  Only if you like you could look it up on the web...LOL.  The people here are so humble... I think that’s why the Lord has me here to teach me.  I never found that person yet.  This is the perfect time to be here for Thanksgiving.  Everyone is just so greatful for what they have.  It’s only been 6 days and I have met 48 members so far.  It’s very sad cause some homes feed us but they barely even have enough for themselves.  And they want to serve the missionaries.  Our numbers been so good this week.  There is a lot of polys and a lot from Hawaii here.  So they all just love me to death.  We have visited one member and an investigator in a nursing home and we also visited a member also in a sister nursing home.  So right now, mommy and papa, my best friends, I promise I will never let you be in a nursing home at all.  I will take care of you both.  Every time we go there... it is just so sad.  And I went 4 times so far.  There are a lot of people there dying.  There is one man named Clod and he always called out “Help Me...Help me...”  It is just so sad and they don’t get visits that much.  And we go over and it makes their day and they are so happy when they get a visit.  But it’s just sad to see them like that and here is the ghetto...so it is not that nice and it always smells.  All the nurses just love us when we come over to visit them.  So I do feel good after.  Some times we see them in their wheelchairs in the hall so we push them and walk around and talk to them cause they just look so bored.  And it’s the same everyday.  There is one man named Edward in a wheelchair and he has only one arm and he follows me around and says “you’re so pretty”.  So I do walk with him and talk to him sometimes.  It’s just really sad there and I will not let you be there when you get old.

Well on a good note we have 3 on date...yes :)  My ward mission leader is less active.  It’s hard for me because coming from Silverdale 6th Ward with Brother Barney.  He is the best ward mission leader ever.  And my ward mission leader is less active so I’m going to work on my ward mission leader and missionaries.

Oh man, so also a member of the 12 is coming to talk to us missionaries in the Wa-Tac on Saturday and then he has a leadership meeting with the Bishops Saturday noon and on Sunday the member of the 12 is speaking in our Stake here in Lakewood so I get to hear the member of the 12 2 times.  That’s awesome!

Okay funny story... for this happens like everyday and night...So I look outside of my porch and next building...there’s always police at the door and they are going in and coming out with someone handcuffed.  Or at nights we hear loud knocking and it’s always the popos (police) getting someone or a prostitute.  Ya there is a lot of prostitutes here.  Oh man our parking is so bad here.  We can never find parking at our apartments.  When we come home at 9.  So some times we drive around our parking 3 times, never find parking so we will have to park at a member’s and she will drive us back.  Oh man it’s cold!  And funny we live out of our area so we are in some of our elders area so some times we see them at our apartment complex at lunch time.

Man, I never been this excited to clean my apartment ever.  So elders used to live here forever until they change it to a sisters area now.  It’s only been sisters for 3 transfers.  so elders apartments are so bad.  But on the good side there are a lot of weights and it’s upgraded from the other ones I had in Silverdale.  It’s much heavier.  I’m excited on that.  Okay, so Parkland is a bad place for me to be on a diet.  I been trying but the holidays are coming up....LOL

Man I just love my comp so much.  We have so much fun :) because last transfer for her and well 2 transfers ago was very hard with our comps.  Well let me tell you.  I do love my old comp very much but it was hard to get to know her.  It is so different not serving in the same ward as elders any more.  I don’t have to share.  But I do miss serving with elders cause it’s a whole different way of serving.  The work is wonderful.  I love Jesus Christ and know I am nothing without him.  I love my mission.  It has already changed myt life.  My testimony has grown so much.  Thank you for having us my family in the church.   I love you, I love you too, I love you more, I love you to the Heavens and back to Hawaii.  I love you from the WA-TAC.

Always with love and Aloha,  your baby girl, Sister Casey

Letter #35 & #36: 11.9.13

Dear Mommy,

So this will be a short letter.  I’m sending these jackets back cause I don’t need them right now.  I have a lot of other jackets that I am using but I don’t want to leave them in mhy aprtment for some other sister.  So I’m just going to send it home.  Mommy you may use them when you go to visit Jarom and Omni them.  They are very good jackets so I want to keep them.  

Okay, so today we had a surprize zone meeting...a lot of new rules.  So now I am going to be sending you some of my teaching objects cause now we cannot use them.  But I still want them so keep them safe.  I used them for half of my mission.  Do not let the kids play with it.  Thank you so much love you all so much.  I love you.

PS  so keep the pic till I get home  

Love Sister Casey

PSS  I have a wonderful member who put pic of me on facebook that’s how the pic got on.  One visit she downloaded it for me so that everyone can see how I am doing.

Letter#36

Aloha ,

Okay so my teaching things keep them safe until I come home...then I can show you all it for like family FHE.  Please don’t let the kids play with it.  I worked hard on them.  Thank you.  The Geometry book is from a boy that’s a recent convert in Silverdale 6th ward.  Him and I became very good friends and he loves old things and he gave me one of his old books and signed it.  The flowers were from Daisy Tangaro.  It had 4 but I gave 2 away to 2 elders going home.  

Well so last night was my last Sunday in Silverdale.  The Hew-Lens ohana gave me leis.  I felt so loved from this ward.  They all keep on saying you are a part of this ward you been here for 6 months.  I made a lot of them cry when our Bishop surprized us with me going up to bear my testimony.  I was so shocked but I should have known he was going to do that.  I just love this ward so much.  I can’t wait until I can bring you back to visit all of my wards I served in.  I just can’t tell you how much I love this ward.  I just have so many families here.  This is my ZION!  

So ya, by the time you get this box you should know I am transfering back down to Tacoma...well right next to Tacoma, Lakewood Parkland and my comp will be sister Smith.  Funny story my comp now, sister Stokes trained Sister Smith.  So I know a lot about her.  Well Lakewood is the GHETTO.  So humble people.... yes...I’m just making a good impression on me to have the right mind set so I can leave my ZION Silverdale 6th:(  and guess what my apartment was?  An elders apartment just until 3 transfers ago.  So it is not very nice like this apartment that I’m in right now.  Well when I first came here I did have to clean big time.  So far every white glove inspection I got 100% whatever apartment I’ve been in.  And funny, here in Silverdale, this is the first time it ever passed!  I do good :) Man!  I am not going to be serving with elders in the same ward any more.  I know I am going to miss it a lot.  The work is so much better with sisters and elders in one ward.  So ya, now it looks like I will be there in Parkland for Thanksgiving and most likely Christmas too.  So this transfer is only 5 weeks and next transfer will be 7 weeks.  So the missionaries that are going home will be home for Christmas.  But after it will be back at 6 weeks a transfer.  So I finish packing today well most of it yesterday cause I knew I was getting transferred.  So I started packing of Friday.  I did all of my books.  Man I have a lot of stuff...LOL :)  

Funny story, sister Weaver did not want me to stay here last transfer...but It’s not her it’s pres. and I talked to him so I stayed.  Then last interviews she told me that I’m gone.  I told her I know.  So I just knew I was gone.  Cause 6 months is a long time.  But I set up 6 baptisms in December.  I taught them all.  So I know I’m leaving my ZION better then when I got it.  And it’s in good hands with sister Stokes and Elder Rich.  Oh ya, both of us have one leaving and a new one coming in.  So Elder Siebars is going to Bermerton.

Letter #34: 11.5.13

Aloha,

I’m starting to work out every night with those weights that I found in our apartment.  I sent you the pic of me working out.  It’s so funny cause some of the Elders I serve with....well, I’m stronger then them....ha, ha!  I told you a ittle about us moving the bakery.  That was so much fun.  I do so much service here on my mission.  And it’s funny cause they never like to ask the sisters for hard work and I always show them up... cause I can work just as hard as the elders.  I guess that’s one of the things I have to work on is to let the elders feel like men and not get out dun from a sister...LOL.:)  Time is going by so fast.  It’s funny this transfer went by so fast but also felt like one big transfer too.  Well it felt like one big transfer cause not one of us from my ward got transferred out.  But now looking at it...its coming up to my 6 weeks of the transfer and this Saturday is transfer calls.  So yes time is going by so fast but not fast enough for Fia.  Well that’s what she keeps on telling me.  I’m just getting lost in the work, but today and yesterday I’ve been very sick.  So today I been resting to get better.  So I want to be all healthy .  I do think I am the one leaving the area...so I’m going to miss it a lot.  It’s like my home.  I ‘ve been here for 6 months.  That’s a long time.  I just love all the people here so much.

Hey did Pena Moors come home from his mission?  Cause I think he should be home or coming home soon.  Well if you see him tell him “Hi” for me.

I love you all so very much and miss so much my ohana.  Make sure that none of my kids forget me.  Maybe you guys can do a video of all of them for FHE and put iot on a flash drive so I can watch it or on a SD card and I can watch it on my camera.

Stay well...lots of love from Tacoma.

Always with love and Aloha,  Sister Casey

I will try to make a video for you guys on Thanksgiving for the family.

Oh ya, I forgot to tell you that we just found out on Halloween that one of the members of the 12 and 70’s are coming to Washinton to talk to us missionaries.  Pres. and sister Weaver said its been a very long time since a member of the 12 came to our mission.  We always get 70’s.  So we all are very excited.  And they are coming November 22.  So that’s news for you.  I always forget what to tell you guys but that’s why I am so happy to have journals and pictures of everything for I can remember.

Man a lot is changing back at home.  Fia keeps me up dated.  All my friends from school are having babies or going on their missions.  A lot from school who I will never think they would ever go on a mission are going.  Funny how that works and the power of repentance.

Letter #33: October 2013

Oh yeah another cool story I Just remembered I wanted to tell you.  Or maybe I already told you.  Well, the lavender lady...I was inspired to write my testimony in a blue Book of Mormon.  So it was not a short testimony.  It was 2 pages in the Book of Mormon.  It was my testimony about our house fire and how the Book of Mormon helped me get to where I am now.  So I wrapped it up and gave it to her as a thank you.  So she said she will read it.  So the next Friday she came up to me and gave me a hug and said thank you.  And we started talking about how God works and all the blessings we get every day.  Then she told me about her husband’s passing.  It was coming up to his 3 yrs anniversary.  I just went by the spirit and I am so happy I listened to the spirit and gave her a BOM.  Fridays at the mall for family history is so wonderful.  I think it’s also for us to get to know and become friends with everyone who is set up at the farmers market.  They all know me and is always so happy to see me every Friday.  I joke around with a lot of them and I have given out a few BOM to them.  And it just means so much more to them because I get to know them.  We have so many funny stories about them saving me from the chocolate guy...ha, ha, ha.  That’s a story I need to tell you guys.

OKAY  CHOCOLATE GUY STORY...a crazy guy

So this started about 3 transfers ago.  I met this guy maybe the 3rd week we have been doing the family history at the farmers market at the mall on every Friday.  So you know me...I am sweet and very nice..right...and mostly now cause I am a missionary.  So I talk to everyone now.  So he will come by our booth so I talked to him about family history and every Friday he came at our turn.  Well let me discribe him for you.  He is in his mid 20’s, he looks homeless, very dirty and filthy and smells.  And I think he is not all there.  So there was this one time he came and talked to us for an hour.  He talks so much!!!! But I was thinking well I’m going to get a lesson out of this.  So I was teaching him the first lesson in the mall, gave him a BOM, and some Elders number.  I did not want him to call us.  I prayed with him too.  Oh ya did I tell you that out of nowhere he hugged me.  Then he gave me 3 chocolate candy bars that’s why we call him the chocolate guy.  I did not eat it.  Then he left then came back after 15 min.  So another lady that has a booth close by seen him and she came over as a distraction and talked about family history so that he would leave.  It was so funny because there were elders there and watching and laughing.  I texted them to come and talk to him but they would not come.  They thought it was so funny.  So we changed our time for the booth for the next few weeks but he some how found out  what time we are there.  So he always talks to us about how he loves the BOM and that he loves me and is praying for me everyday.  Well this past Friday he came again and from behind he hugged me again.  I told him he can not hug me.  Well this time we are by the T&T phone guys and I was talking to them.  Well the chocolate guy ask if he can come to Hawaii with me.  I never answered then he said oh I will give you my address so we can write.  So he is taking forever to write his address down then he pats my head and gives me his bracelet that he made.  It is so dirty!  Then he gave me more chocolate...and wanted to hug me again and said,  “I love you”...I texted the elders and they came over to distract him and finally the chocolate guy leaves.  Then I talk to Elder Hathaway and said it’s all his fault cause he was the elder from 3 transfers ago that were suppose to talk to him the first time I met him.  Well they leave and then the T&T phone guys talk to me and asked was he drawing you a pic or giving you his #?  I said his address#.  Then the T&T guy said he has guts and laughed and said he beat me to that.

So that’s the chocolate guy story.....crazy guy...ha ha ha....glad I’m outta there.