Disclaimer: In an effort to get caught up on Cameron's Mission Blog, here are his emails to home unedited. It takes time edit them, which we haven't had lately! So, enjoy getting "up to speed" on how Cameron is doing in Dallas!!!
Nov 15, 2010
well i am still in the grove, aka my greeny area and i think i might get transfered the next one or the one after that, well i did get the package and i was wondering if yall ever found my ties or are they lost forever, that is so cool that austin got his call can you ge me his email para que pueda escribirle that would be cool well my new companion is elder clyde he and i get along way good i like him i think we will be good together, well whad 8 people at church, funny expiriencesome of our investigators got in a fight and i dont think that we will ever see 2 at church again so thats that and then after dinner that day me and elder clyde, (my new companion) both threw up because we had eaten so much and then we felt better and then we are at now not a lot has happened this last week i did go to my first zone conference which was way awesome i learned a lot, i learned that if we dont use our priesthood we will never know the mysteries of god and that really stuck out to me because i guess that told me that i need to use the gifts that i have been given haha who woulda thunk lol well the only thing left is that i still have 2 very crapy pairs of shoes and they are falling apart the one i dont even wear anymore because there are holes in the bottom and the ones i got from mr mac the wolverines have a crack in them so i was wondering about that because i do NEED some new shoes and i was thinking about eccos because they will last forever, because everymissionary that is going home soon has never had problems with their shoes and they have eccos and they still look new so that is what i want for christmas as well haha j/k but i do need new shoes and eccos are way nice ( hint hint) well that was pretty much que ha pasado este semana pues i got to go now adios mama talk to you next week
Nov 8, 2010
thats cool did you all enjoy the message that he shared with yall, and that is just weird to think that delbert is moving on with someone else but i guess thats what hes got to do now. well not much has happened again this week transfers are tomorrow and i will be getting a new comp so i am kinda excited to see who it is going to be. yeah i know it is so crazy how shayanna and steven ya han sido casado por 1 ano its crazy, yeah i know time flies way quick i burnt a tie and i remembered watching marshall burn a tie and i remember that video really clear its pretty insane how time flies, and yes i have been taking my vitamins but i need to take them a lot more than just like once a week, yeah money sometimes is a blessing especially when it makes your life easier and i still have to pay for laundrey and get some more bike stuff, i need to buy a new tire already because i have a gash from a piece of glass its like 1/4 inch long and the guys at the shop said that i need a new one, i know i am a problem child sorry. well i am going to kill off another elder, elder astle is going home on wed so hes kinda sad and excited but i think that he will live haha well i got to get going now mom i love you tons
Nov 2, 2010
ok first off i am having a ton of problems here i only have one pair of pants that are not from my suit so my suit pants are wearing out already, my 100 dollar shoes from mr mac have a crack in the bottom of them from one side to the other so i was wondering if you could get a hold of shane to talk to mr mac guy and see if i can return them and maybe get some other ones, and remember that recipe book you gave me with all the recipes in it i lost that and i was wondering if you could get me another one of those and my red plaid jacket as well and a little money because i still have to pay for laundry and dry cleaning and we dont get enough money to pay for that with the money we get every month well thats about it for my complaining :) this week was alright right now there is a thunder storm its awesome haha i love thunder and lightning, haha sounds like you are all still having a ton of fun over there with everyone lol, this week we are having 3 intercambios so its going to be a good week haha sosmetimes i just need a break from my comp and i love working with the othe elders, well not much else happened here in texas except for the fact that the cowboys suck and the rangers lost haha well i got to get going now love you a ton mommy have a good week
Oct 25, 2010
hello everyone well this week was a crazy week but a good one, first off to start the week we played volleyball on p-day with the whole zone for the first time it was fun the next day i went on an exchange so i was in a car and boy are cars nice when you have been on a bike for all your mission so far, the next day was a good one me and my companion are heading down a hill to pick up our dinner and i was about to cross the street and a silver dodge magnum kinda got in my way and i was going probably about 25 MPH and i slammed into it and put a big old dent in it with my body, it was quite the experience and i got up i was fine but the kids across the street were laughing pretty hard so i got my bike and went to the side of the street and the lady was freaking out like i was going to die or something and she kept asking if i needed to go to the hospital but i was fine, but her car wasn't, it had a dent the size of a computer monitor so i guess you can say that i took down a magnum haha because all i got out of it was a little scratch the size of a dime and a sore body for 2 days and after the accident we called the dinner appointment because we were late and he told us to hurry up which was weird because i just got hit by a car or i hit it either was but we hopped back on our bikes and headed to dinner, by the way this lady that was driving was on the phone when i hit her so it was all her fault. so that was the main highlight of this week then it was all back to normal after that, well i hope all yall have a great week love y'all, adios
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Con Amor
Elder Ricobueno
To MOM: my week was good and yeah got the box, you know me way to well mom haha and yeah i dont have a helmet it got stolen with my bike but i only got the bike back lol, and no i dont even remember packing them all i know is that i forgot them haha, and i dont know the rules about Halloween last year the elders went trick or treating, oh and by the way miranda doesnt even look familiar its so weird ahhhhh, well i am going to bye a helmet tomorrow and all that good stuff, oh and you know how you said it is time to ask for christmas stuff haha well i want a Tennessee titans shirt and hoodie haha well thats all i have come up with so far lol and thanks for all the stuff in the box again it did make my day :) well i got to get going now mom i love you so much have a good week
Oct 18, 2010
hello mother if you havent sent the packages yet i would like all the ties that are mine like my red, silver paisley ties, my black plain ones if you can find them and my aqua blue one , and guess what i have some great news for yall i have to get braces after my mission because i dont have an over bite and it is dangerous for my roots and my teeth will shift because i am missing a tooth so yeah well this week was great not as good as last but it was good i figured out that i know spanish lol well enough anyways lol. well thats to bad that you lost it but its all good, im glad all is going well for you all, mi companero y yo, estamos mejor ahora no tenemos muchas cosas contra nosotros, well not much really happened, my first baptism moved to new jersey so adios to him :( well got to run now mommy remember i love you have a good week
Oct 11, 2010
hello mother hows it going thats awesome that you and dad are going to be teaching together now, well this week was awesome me and my comp are doin better now but there are still just a few more things that i guess both of us could work on to be mo united when it comes to working, well we have the most progressing investigators in the mission and the most scheduled baptisms as well so yup i guess we are doing alright, hey mom i am still struggling with the money thing and my bike doesnt have any lights or reflectors and it is getting dark out and i am afraid i am going to get hit by a car and be killed so if you or dad would be willing to help me out with that that would be awesome, well i am sure dad is going to get even more wackier when all of us boys are gone hahaha well i love you all especially you mommy take care gotta run now hasta luego love you tons bye bye now
yup he actually is getting better now so its getting better, but yeah its true and if he goes backwards it will just show that he hasnt truly changed, but then again i still love playing the drums me and my comp actually every p-day we have a member in our ward that has a nice drum set and a guitar and my comp plays the guitar and we just put stuff together so i still like doing that haha, and i am not going to lie we actually sound good haha. and yeah i do know the scripture its a good one that i hear a lot and it is true i have experienced that in my life here it is tough but we are doing good and it is paying off we have the most progressing investigators and the most set dates in the mission out of all the spanish missionaries so i guess it is paying off by working hard, and yeah Joseph smith went through a lot more than each of us ever will but now we are now seeing the blessings of his desire to just ask a simple question in prayer but then again he had an enormous amount of faith, and just like it says in ether 4 7 we too can see all that the brother of jared saw if we just have the same faith, and yeah one thing i was wondering if you can possibly try and find the conference talks in spanish on CD and send them to me because there is a member in our ward tahe is a spanish teacher and he said it would really help my spanish out so that would be a great help, cuz i am still struggling a bit in spanish then again i am in the only bilingual ward and we do teach a lot of english lessons but i think i will figure it out. well thanks for all the advice dad i gotta get going now. LOVE YOU more than you think ( i think ) well take care dad have a good week
Oct 4, 2010
haha me neither mom i am already 5 months out crazy fast well this last week was about it the 60s and 70s so it was nice here, well that still stinks that you are sick still but i have been praying for you to get better but i dont know if that is working, i was also excited when the announced indy getting a temple and it was the only one i heard because we walked in right at the end of announcing them so that was cool. well this week was good i didnt ever think that i was going to watch all 5 sessions of conference ever haha but i did and i was shocked at what i was missing my whole life i really loved the priesthood session as well i really liked the talk about the one when the scorpion bit his foot when he was little and i think that hos message was really good that we should probably not ignore what our parents say haha who would have thought that i would be saying that well i guess that you did try and warn us that we were going to agree with you sooner or later but i guess it happened later haha. and i really just liked the whole conference especially when the prophet spoke its good to know that our prophet still has a great sense of humor. well righ now i am reading the book of mormon for the second time i really didnt feel like it for the last transfer cuz it was tough with my companion and all which i probably should have read more then i finished it for the first time in 7 weeks when i was with elder ramirez i started it about a week into the transfer and i finished about 2 weeks into the next transfer but my goal is to read it once a transfer now until i die but its going to be hard but worth it and it is amazing how much stuff i have learned since reading it huh weird maybe i should have read it earlier huh lol well as for that not much again this week we did set four baptismal dates so i guess that is good lol well thats pretty much it now, and another thing i still need stuff for my bike but i guess i can survive until you are all settled in and have extra money to spare but until then i love you and take care mom
Sept 27, 2010
sorry dad ill try and do better at writing you. but i also havent recieved a letter in the mail or anything for probably over a month so i like to here from friends but then again i only here from eric. carlee and moises(who pierced his ears so have miles go over to moses and rip those things out of his ears) and yeah i know i havent had a mountain dew in probably a month and thanks for the reminder on the scripture i use it a lot when we are in lessons. and you know what is funny about the walker texas ranger i have seen the house where they do a lot of the filming for it hahaha its way nice and the neighborhood there is way nice. that area is just north of my area. but yeah i have been there. and i still havent heard from any of your friends yet dad but if hes still looking for me i am in pleasant grove dallas texas, (not so pleasant) well this week we had a great week 17 new investigators, 4 at church, so this transfer we are hoping to baptize about 6-7 people. well thats pretty much it for this week that i can think of but if there comes up any more stuff ill let you know lol well i hope you have a good week this week love you dad
hello mother, well this week we had a great week 17 new investigators, 4 at church, so this transfer we are hoping to baptize about 6-7 people. that good to know that my memory card is not lost in the mail i thought someone stole it or something but all is well whew. well thats awesome i have always wanted to go to a hockey game i bet its fun to watch a big fight huh lol well im sorry to here that you are sick once again i will be praying for you all as i have been so that you can have better health. thats so crazy that david is leaving in a month and a half. is austin starting his papers. and has spencer F turned in his papers or left yet well let me know about all the people at home and where they are going to go and all that good stuff. and another thing mom could you send me another packet of the recipes that you gave me before i left because i miss you food lol and i want to cook haha well mom i hope you get better soon i gotta run love you tons :)
