July 25, 2011

I'm still in Usulutan but with Elder Flores from Santa Ana here in El Sal. As for the dedication (of the El Salvador temple)...I think we'll just watch it from a church. But I'm not sure yet. But we will get the chance to meet Pres. Eyring before the dedication. SO it will be fun. Once it's open...I think we can go. I have heard that we can...but obviously I don't think I'll be going if I'm here in oriente still. Haha. And no interviews...but we will have a multizone in August.

As for this week. It was chill. Lots of sun. And heat and we didn't have rain. So it was a little sucky. I did have some cool experiences this week that I wrote down. The Spanish was flowing this week and I was just filled with confidence. It was a good week really. We didn't find a lot of people but we found good ones.

This week was cool because it didn't feel like we were really working...but we fulfilled basically every goal we put. It was just a good calm week working. I love El Sal and I love Usulutan. Hah...The mission is fun

Love you and miss you all.

Elder Gilreath


check out the sweet soccer jersey that a family in the branch gave me.

And the other is with Elder Hudson. He goes home this change and was in the zone.

Pictures of the temple in El Salvador--taken by another missionary....

July 18, 2011

¿Cómo estás? Ojalá que todo esté bien con vos y con la familia. Haha...vos..I still got to learn that.

Laughing in the temple....bad...bad...haha...

Haha...Snakes isn't talking about all investigators...just the girl ones. Basically a snake is a girl investigator that progresses because she likes the missionary and not because of what she is learning. Haha. Well for the Elders that how is goes.

So yeah...I baptized a mom and her daughter. We baptized her two sons back in June so it was good to finally finish off that family. She's pretty good. It was weird because it seemed like she wasn't interested sometimes and didn't want to listen...but hey she got baptized. Cool huh?

This week is changes...so I'll tell you next week if I got changes or not. Got to go. Love you

Elder Gilreath

July 11, 2011

So the Pres is a cool guy. and his wife is nice too. He's a big buy and friendly. Also he's a UNC fan because one of their daughter's close friends actually lived with them for 2 years. She's from NC and lives in NC right now. Her husband is the pharmacy school at UNC right now.

And the temple was cool. I got some pics. It was cloudy and rainy when we went. But we are trying to go again. So we'll see if we can get it done.

And the gators are progressing...well some. Hah...I need to get some new ones. I got a little drought of finding new ones that are good. But...forward we go.

So...we had weird changes. My comp got switched...so my new comp is Elder Bol from Guatemala...the changes are really confusing. Because he only has a week and a half left in his mission. Why pres did it...idk...but we'll see whats up.

And the district is good. They are working.

And life is good. We have had an interesting mix between heat and rain this week. But everything is good. I hope I get my card soon.

Oh yeah...so that guy in the suit (with the other elder)(the pic) is Elder Rivas from the 70. Like the 4th quorum I think. We gave us a tour of the temple and explained a bunch of things about the temple. It was a neat experience walking around with him. I'll explain the temple stuff in a letter home.

And just send the box...i don't care haha.

Oh....4th of July....we got good food in the states....good food. We got it good. Haha...

Well...I got nothing else...we went trekking through mud and rain last night with 7 youth...haha...interesting experience when 3 are girls. Haha...but it was fun.

Love you all.

Elder Gilreath

July 4, 2011

They got an Independence day. I think they call it Grita de Independencia...or Yell of Freedom...so there you go. But I can't remember when it is. And I'm down to like 3 weeks for a year. so that's cool.

Yeah...I tried calling your cell phone but you didn't pick up. That was me. And a Hispanic voice....? What?....Has my voice really changed that much?

And cool that Mrs. Johnson got everything straightened out. Tell her thanks for me. And good thing that there were no purchases...I'm pretty sure I lost it outside...so that's good. It's not like in the US where they need a pin number to do a purchase. They can just swipe it and go. So I still got the money in my account? It should be like $70. something like that. I hope that I get the card fast. But I think I can hold off til whenever.

I'm good with money...I think I got about $40 in personal cash and we just got mission money. If I'm wise and and a little cheap it should be good. And if something crazy happens like I need to buy medicine or go to the doctor, the mission will reimburse me for it. So I think I'll be good.

And Bro. Conger is a good choice. Tell him to sign me up for the August campout of 2012. Or Sept. I want to go camping. Haha.

And Bro. Hemming...haha...I bet the pulpit is kind of hard to do.

The gators are good...progressing. I will meet Pres. Glazier this week so I'll get back to you on how he is. We are going to the temple today...so I'll get back to you on that as well. And...changes are the 20th.

The only real big thing that happened this week was we had a baptism of a young man...he's got a bunch of friends in the church and everyone already loves him in the church so he fits right in. It's fun to see him. It's real fun actually. He's a smart kid and he's funny.

Other than that....I went to Jucuapa. That was kind of fun. It's a nice little town. We had some decent rain this week.

I'll have more exciting stuff next week. Got to go. Love you guys and miss you

Elder Gilreath

June 27, 2011

I heard about the aquarium for Dad...haha...And I feel like he fell asleep for part of that hour as well. You guys need to send me a picture. Haha. And does kota like it? I bet he just stares at it.

As for the box...I want Starburst...I feel like I had something else....brownies! and rice krispys...and....twizzlers....and....poptarts...but the strawberry ones...smores is only bomb when its hot...and I don't have a toaster. ANd...I'll keep thinking.

Alright...so this week in Usulutan...it rained...and rained and rained. It was so sucky...honestly it was. It poured with lightning and thunder a bunch too. We normally found shelter and just waited it out. Like one day we heard the rain coming so we ran for a place with an overhang. And it started to pour. Last night we ran in between houses on the muddy streets to get to one house. And we gave pamphlets at every house. It was actually kind of funny. Pretty good times.

We also gave a blessing...and the Spirit was strong. Super powerful this time.

Life as a DL is a little more hectic. I basically only work full days Friday and Saturday. Tuesdays and Wednesdays I'm not in my area and Thursdays we always have meetings in the mornings. So it's a little more hectic. But it makes for a faster week. So it's all good.

My comp is doing alright. Just waiting on a package and thinking too far ahead in life. Haha...and the new mission president will be here Wednesday. I think at 7 pm is when he'll be here and have control of the mission. So yeah...that's all I got.

Love you guys and miss you.

Love,

Elder Gilreath

June 20, 2011

So honestly...I forgot about Fathers Day...sorry Dad...it's just that they don't celebrate it here. And there isn't something fun like calling home to remind me. But Happy Belated Fathers Day.

Oh Busch Gardens...good times. But we went in the fall during Halloween. I actually really want to do that again. It was fun. I liked it a lot. Halloween 2012...lets go. But yeah. Busch Gardens is fun. Kings Dominion too.

Haha...and don't worry about the prayers mom. You told me that you didn't really pray for something like that. And besides...even if you had prayed for that you would have been overriding my prayers...remember. 1) I wanted to leave after Sallie was born. 2) I wanted to learn a language useful and 3) I wanted to go somewhere where when I told people they'd be like...that's cool. SO yeah...I got all 3. We serve where we need to be. Not where we want to go. Cause honestly...I wanted Japan or Italy...haha.

Hey and good luck with the Temple calling. That's cool. I think you'll enjoy it a lot.

I had my last Multizone with Pres. Perez this week. I had my last interview with him in May. Haha. Did I not write that?

And as DL...I am senior. My comp has 9 months in the mission...as in less time than me. Weird huh.

And strange food...nah. Nothing this week. I did try a new fruit...called zipote. I don't know the English word. Something I have never seen. I didn't really like it,but hey, I tried it.

So this week was interesting. We had 2 baptisms. The mom didn't get baptized because the dad of the kids is coming back and they aren't married. So she was worried about that. So we are just gonna keep working with her.

Let's see. I did divisions 3 times this week. That helped the week go by fast. The Multizone Thursday. It's been raining a lot actually. A ton of mud everywhere. Kind of sucks. But the boots are awesome.

And quite possibly the most exciting thing of the day. Americans vs. Latins for P-day playing soccer. Who won? That's right...the Americans. We won by 2 I think. Maybe 3. Isn't it weird how we won considering we don't really play it. But we did. It was intense honestly. Because it was like 9-9 before we got up by 2. We were playing on a small field so lots of goals. But yeah...I actually like soccer again. It's fun. Though I do miss basketball and football.

Anyways...that's about it. I got nothing else.

Love you guys. And miss you.

Love,

Elder Gilreath

Our cook's puppy:

June 13, 2011

Bro Hemming is gonna be good as the other counselor. He'll be good. Just needs a little experience.

As for the pool...I want to go back...but idk if I will when I come back. But we'll see whats up.

I actually forgot that Austin and Shanna were gonna have a kid...I really did. But that's good for them. Send me a picture. I want to see him.

And I knew it. I knew Clark would get engaged and married fast. I knew it man...I knew it. Man...I want to be there...but if you can tell him congrats for me. That would be good.

And I know Elder Day...he's in my District...btw I'm DL now...what up!...

But yeah nothing new here. Other than that. I got a new comp. Elder De Leon from Guatemala. He has like 9 months. It's all good here. We might have some more stuff to talk about next week. We are working hard here. It's hot.

Hey miss you guys and love you guys

Love
Elder Gilreath