April 15, 2013
What’s up everyone!
So just to let you all know, writing
emails is the most stressful part of the week!! I’ve got so many to read and
answer! I love it but ya'll need to have a little paciencia. I will write you!
I try my best. Maybe not every question will be answered. But anyway.... sorry
about getting upset right there. I should be counting my blessings this
week!!!! It was soo exciting you guys would not believe it!!! NOT. hahaha like
one of the most boring weeks of my life! Mainly because poor elder brown was
sick for like 3 days straight. Sooo I was in the house a lot. haha, the house
that decided not to have energy this week! Man I'm going to miss these times
when we got the air conditioning going, the water running, and the lights on
and then... Weeoooomm. Nada. It brings almost a joy ;) hahaha anyway... I did
write down a few things that happened this week.
The crazy lady.
This lady was drunk and out of her
mind! She was like yelling all kinds of stuff and in some native African Lang
and wandering back and forth across the street! In the middle of traffic! Like
I almost saw her get hit so many times! People were trying to help her but she
would just hit them! And then she started beating the cars! hahaha that part
was funny! She would just get ticked at a random car, run in front of it, make
it stop and then just start wailing on the hood! hahaha but it was sad.... haha
.. but kinda funny..
Next, there was fly hunting!!
This is what I did when elder brown was
sick. We have this thing that looks like a tennis racket but its electrified.
hahaaha Yeah, you know what I”m sayin. Haha Well needless to say, I put my camo
and African war paint on and me and the flies in our house went at it! The
flies almost won when the biggest fly flew right into my nose and I hit the
ground! but obviously since I (like captain moroni) was fighting for my liberty
and peace in the house was strengthened by the Lord and I beat the flies.
(Notice: fly hunting, in reality, did happen, but the accounts in this story
are not necessarily all true. However, the story is trademarked. TM. Yeah,
don’t be publishing this!)
Next.
I'm famous in Luanda! But for reals!
There is a picture of me and elder walker walking the roads (with our laundry
bags haha) on facebook that some random person took! Long story short the
picture has 500 likes and counting and 300 plus comments! And we’re getting
referrals off of it! Cool huh? Technology is a beautiful thing people.
So the missionary work has been slow
this week. Investigators are being lazy Angolans as usual. Faith and patience
though! Haha it’s our House Motto.
Umm what else... oh yeah I sinned this
week.... like pretty bad. It was the second day elder brown was sick and I was
going insane.. So I went into elder chandler’s room and listened to his country
music. Yeah..... most pleasurable sin I’ve ever committed. But then I felt
really bad, and I knew my area wouldn’t grow if I was doin’ stuff like that so
I repented. 2nd principle of the gospel! And thank goodness for it!
Speaking of elder chandler. I freaking
love this guy! Haha sooooo funny. He’s 22 and he has the best stories man. He
had a rough upbringing and well his stories are the best. We talk a lot. It
would be way cool to be comps with him in the future. He grew up in south Cal like right next to Compton. Yeah..
straight negro man. haha I love him! But I still miss elder davis. My, the
friends you make on the mission are priceless! I love it! Well, y’all keep on
keeping on. Trust in the Lord with everything! Seriously, everything. The
successful missionaries take the principles learned on the mission and apply
them to their lives. And if we don’t... it’s our pride stopping us! Guys, I’ve
learned that I’m super prideful. I’m constantly working on it. But ya.. fica
bem ya?
I love you all! Seriously, everyone who
is reading this.. all y’all. Voces!
Com Amor,
Elder Tingey
April 8, 2013
Well Hello everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed conference! I
will get to enjoy it in two
weeks! Hahaahaha so thanks for giving
me a sneak peak at the good
stuff! Actually, last night we all got
together and watched the
Priesthood session and the Reedy’s (an
American family here). Can you
say SPRITUAL BEEF?! Oh it was soo
awesome! But I’ll talk about that
later.
Sorry peeps that my letters haven’t
been that great the past few
weeks. An hour and a half to do
internet is stressfull! But I will do
my best for you! First off, I got
letters yesterday! I was so happy!
So, thank you Troy’s family, the Berge
family, Stefunny! Emmaline, and
Jayne! And mom thank you for the
package. I made biscuits and gravy this
morning with Elder Wilhelm. mmmmm Good!
So Stef congrats on the
mission! That’s so awesome but when the
heck do you leave? And country
music; yes! I love how everyone is
gettting into country music! The
Berges too! hahaha Country music is
like the gospel. You share it with
someone and some people feel of its
goodness right away but others
will reject it.... but then it works on
them and they realize how good
it is and how it will uplift their life!
And so they go searching for
it and they find it and they feel the
joy! Hahahaahaha like that?! It’s
true though! Speaking of country music,
the Lord has provided a way for
me to hear some country music here!
hahaha I freaked! Oh I love that
stuff! It’s soooo good. Troy ,your
family is sooo darn cute! I love them!
I wrote physical letters to a lot of
you who wrote me so hopefully
you’ll get them within a month! ( Mom
they’re coming to you first and
the addresses are attached. If you
could mail them for me please that
would be awesome!)
Before I forget, I got to give a shout
out to Ashley Clifford! What’s up
girl! hahahaha! (dont blush)
Oh and Mother, I really want your CDs.
Like, you know the ones you made
with you singing. Yeah, those. Can you
send those on like a pin-drive
please????!? Elder Harper has some
songs you’ve done and I hear them
and I’m just like.... this would be way
better if my mom was singing
it!
Alright, story time.
So this week was literally attack of
the girls!! Like for real, idk
what”s going on! I think I just let my
hair grow a bit too long and it’s
starting to curl and well.... haha. So
me, Elder Brown and Elder Walker
are at the bank getting money from the
ATM and all the bank workers
motion for us to come inside. So we go in
and they’re all women. Great.
And they’re asking us like who we are
and what we do and what not. And
then, it just gets too much like too
many questions. So usually what we
do to get people off of us is give them
a pass along card and go. So
that’s what I started to do. Except
this pass along card that I pulled
out didn’t have our number on it. So I
made the mistake saying I’ll
write our number on this card and give
it to them. BAD IDEA! I know I’m
stupid! Wham! All of the sudden they
are literally, like on me! I kid
you not, there was like 5,s 25 year old
girl bam right next to me trying
to see me write the number! And they
start touching me and what not
and I’m like oh! NO! My comps just
walked outside but I was trapped!
Finally, I’m able to get through the
"crowd" and get outside. So I’m
outside waiting for the ATM and the
walls are glass and they keep
motioning for me to come inside and I’m
just like no! So finally they
call our phone! Oh my gosh! Elder Walker
answers it and they’re like,
“send the tall one in!” Elder Walker
looks at me “dude they want you to
go in” and I’m like no. And so this
goes back and forth a few times
until finally Elder Walker just yells
into the phone in Portuguese "He
can’t date you! And he already has a
girl friend!" Hahahahaahah sooo
funny! Elder Brown is a wise man, he
keeps a pic of his girl and just
flashes that any time something like
that happens. But it didn’t stop
there. This kind of stuff just was
happening all throughout the
week! Even at church! All the mocas
started flirting with me ( oh
sorry, young women) and I’m like trying
to be nice but firm and then
they started swarming me standing next
to me seeing how tall I was (which is every African girl’s excuse "wow
your tall, let me stand next
to you to see how tall you are")
Anyway it was bad. Geez!!! Darn
snakes! Hahaha its all good though,
entertainment I guess!
So my new area..... needs work. So we’re
gonna be doing some serious
work! It’s basically like were opening
the area up. There is nothing
going. And we had to remark some
baptisms from my old area because of
some complications with commandments in
the past. But they’ll still
happen. Don’t worry, Rita’s family will
be baptized! If it’s the last
thing I do! I saw them at church
yesterday and they’re like, “we already
miss you!” And man, my heart just like
broke! ahh!
So Elder Brown. He’s a stud from Cali
bra. But yeah, he is super cool.
hahaah So funny our first weekly
planning session, at the end we have
comp inventory and he just looks at me
and goes ..." so basically, I
have no clue what I’m doing so we’re
gonna learn together.." HA! I
busted up laughing! Soo funny! It’s his
first time being senior comp.
I’m really glad I’m with him because we’re
pretty close in language
skills so I get to practice a lot. My
language skills are being tested and
it’s awesome! Oh I live with elder
brown (cali) elder walker (utah)
elder chandler (cali, and the funniest
guy ever who knows everything
about engines and what not and is gonna
hook me up with a lift on my
truck that dad’s going to buy me after
the missh ;) and he loves
country music! and well.... haha...
haha.. I’m not breaking any rules, I
swear! I just live in the house!) elder
wilhelm (az, st johns) and
elder harper (cali but his family is
moving to montana).
So, no mom, I haven’t lost any weight,
I’ve actually gained 12 pounds....
Things happen when you don’t eat right
and bread is a lot of your
meals.... haha, but I like gaining
weight. Makes me look better ;)
No mom, I don’t need money. I’m
learning to live like dad. Speaking of
which, Dad, I got your emails this week.
Thanks! I wish I could be with
you! Sounds like a blast!
So, Darin, you are a freaking stud man!
Dude Priesthood session of General Conference was all about you bro! like I couldn’t
stop thinking about you!
Keep preparing yourself well. The
priesthood is amazing. At home, a lot of
people have it so it’s difficult to
really see how amazing it is. But
out here, the pickin’s are slim. Acting
in the name of GOD, the one all
powerful and ruler of all; You are his
son! Like wow! And He can
perform miracles through you! You have
the power of God! like holy
cow! Us missionaries talk about super
powers a lot, but we already
have the best one. The powers of all
powers is at your disposal. Wow!
Sorry, I’m just fascinated by the Priesthood
this past week.
Babes, wow, I’m so proud of you for
doing that service. That is so
nice! Doesn’t it just make you feel so
good! And just think you can do
little things all the time and always
have that feeling! Uplifting
comments are some of the best service
projects ever! They work
miracles. Elder Davis did it to me and
I love that man.
Marissa, keep on keepin on! The mission
is amazing at how it prepares
you for so much. With me its really
preparing me for Fatherhood. It’s
amazing. Wish I would have started
before the mission learning these
things.
Hannah, you little cute girl! I can’t
wait to talk to you on Mother’s
day! I just want to hug you! I can just
imagine you and Travis playing
amongst the African kids sometimes. Haha
I love it.
My time is short. Sorry this letter was
pretty short, but I gotta email
President! Keepin’ the rules; you know
how I do. Entao, eu amo voces!
perseveram ate o fim!
Elder Tingey
