Ooops, I forgot to say a couple things. First thank you so much to Jonessa Smith. She set this all up for me and was so willing to help. Second, I have an idea to keep social contact. I want to set up a "club" of sorts. It will focus around service and be a way to have a support network. I want to call it "Army of Helaman" ( Actually that credit should go to Gloria Bowden's genious). My brother is going to do an Eagle project and might need help so I thought we could help him out and to kind of get this whole thing started. I will let people know about this through the blog. If you want to be a part of this please let me know and if you have any suggestions or questions go ahead and tell\ask me.

Well here I go again. This one probably wont be as long as the last...I hope. I have been pretty busy lately. It does wear on me but it feels good to be busy and doing things so I am okay with it. Some day I will stop yawning.

I finally have started doing more in my mission. They finally trained me on how to do the task they originally planned on me doing. What I do is scan in pictures and resume's for all the people who audition for the Motion Picture Studio in Provo. It is kind of cool to see all these people and what there experience's have been. I have also seen some pretty cool people. I had to do the resume for the guy who is the dad in the Testaments and the main character in Brigham city. I also did Hyrum in the Joseph Smith movie, the black guy on murder she wrote and matlock and some others that were fun to see. I know I am probably being a little childish but I thought it was fun. Of course it can get pretty tedious but if this is where the lord wants me then I will push on.

I found a new perk to this mission though. Every time there is a meeting that has food with it then when we go to take down all the equipment we get any extras that there are. The other elders have told me that at conference time they get a feast almost every day! YUUUMMMMYYY. Beleive me, to a guy food is a very important thing; it make a job so much easier.

Nights are going to get really empty after December. Savior of the World will be done and my performances will be done. It has really been crazy trying to get all of my songs ready. I auditioned for a Nauvoo performing mission, I have a christmas recital for voice coming up, a singing group I am in is performing this month, and I am singing in my wards relief society. Ahhh! I know there are a lot of amazing people out there that would say that would be easy but to me that's crazy!

On a more serious note I got the final okay to go to the temple. It took a while but it is finally happening. I actually think that having to wait to go to the temple was a good thing. It is not in the middle of everything and it has given me time to think about it and realize how important the temple is. I dont know exactly when I will go but it will be soon.

Thank you all for your friendship and support. I know that part of the reason I was able to hold up so well going through this whole mission process was because of you guys. All of your comments of encouragement meant a lot to me. Sometimes I was worried that people would think worse of me and rumors would go around because of the nature of all of this. Anyway, thank you all.

First Update

OH boy. I feel like I have a lot of learning to do. There is so much to know and get used to. I think one of my biggest problems is knowing what I need to do. I have a couple specific duties but those only take up part of the day. I have been told that I can do and learn almost whatever I want but it will be hard for me to see things that I can do and have enough initiative to ask someone to help me. I have been a little disappointed with the amount of time we have to do nothing. I was expecting to come and work, work, work until five of six but alas it is not so. All of the other elders are out of here usually by two o'clock and I feel like I am cheating the lord and myself if I quit that early. Oh well, I guess I will have to make myself go out and find things to.
Speaking of the other elders, I will give a description of them all.

First is Elder Andrus. He is our "District Leader" and he really does well at it. The leadership qualities in him are phenomonal. I have a lot I can learn from him. When he is done with his mission he wants to pursue becoming a professional pitcher. He has been in madrigals twice at Granger High and is decent at the piano. I was really taken aback when he told me that because he doesnt strike me as the type to like doing that kind of stuff.

Second is Elder Gonzalas. The passion in his life is Football (soccer) and Ferraris. It's crazy how into it he gets but it is really fun to see him talk about them. His mom is from Peru and his dad is from mexico but he speaks perfect english; only his looks tell you his heritage is different. Elder Gonzalas is really good at making people feel accepted. He jsut loves to have fun.

Next is Elder Felice. He has been there the longest, about seventeen months. I have to say he is kinda interesting. He has this thing with telling "stories". We all cant wait to here his next excuse for being late and stories of his life. He has such an incredible imagination! He cant really read past the fourth grade and his mental capacities are not the greatest but he is actually really bright. One of his passions is Astrology I guess. Its really cool.

Then there is Elder Harwell. This guy is off the wall! He can never stop moving. It is really fun to hang out with him but can be a little tiresome trying to get him to stay focused. Skating is about all I know of his interests right now. He is the one who first showed me the ropes and I was grateful for his accepting and friendly attitude.

Last is Elder Smith. Probably the gentlest of them all. He is really kind and caring. He is pretty accomplished at the piano also. I was kind of suprised to hear that because he is one of those that is a little slower. I am really impressed with him though.

I am excited to get to know them better.

During the nights I am still trying to figure out what to do so I am not just sitting around. Until the end of December I am in the crew for "Savior of the World" so I am busy with that about half the week at night. It is a really neat experience. You can really feel the Spirit when you watch the production but especially when you participate in it. It is too late now but I strongly recommend going to see it next year or anytime in your life. So I still have stuff to say but this is going on forever so I will have to post something new soon. Feel free to keep in touch. Until next time...

Elder Walker

Isn't it exciting everyone! Our friend known as Tyler Walker is now addressed to as Elder Walker as he is currently serving a mission for the Lord. I am so excited for him and I know that you all are also. It makes me happy to see my friends wanting to serve a mission for the Lord. I'm happy for Elder Walker and can't wait to hear updates.

Signed,
His Official Blog Maker
hee hee :)

a.k.a. Jonessa