May 5, 2011
I will reply to your letter and the emails here. So far, things here have been really fun!!! I have been missing my old district, but it's fine. I'm starting to like this new district and yeah. My new Box# is 287 just so that I get the notifications of any other letters that you send. I was also wondering if you could send me the two ugly ties that I have so that I can see if I can trade them for some good looking ties. I'm glad to hear that the visa is coming along very nicely too!!! To answer Giselle's question, she can drink my drink from World Gourmet since I won’t be back for a while. As for calling on mother's day, I won't be able to call that day since I'll be in the MTC and it would be hard to have over 2,000 missionaries call on that day. When I'm in the field I'll be able to do that though!
This week has gone by fast, yet slow. The first few days of my new District were slow, but they're getting faster. Yesterday it was actually warm and we got to play on the field outside which was fun!! I'm really sore from playing soccer though, but I had more exercise than I have for a long time!!! Today I had the opportunity to go to the Temple and it was a great experience!!!! I really felt the Spirit there and hope that I can do the same thing next week!! I also got a package from grandma and it had cookies inside so I've been eating those! I also did get your package with the purple tie and I really like that tie!! I wore it all day yesterday and yeah!! I've also gotten letters from Megan and those have been fun to read!! Those are the only people that have sent me letters. You should get Rita to put my address on the program so that I get more mail!!! Here it is just to refresh your memory. =)
Elder Ezra A. Bauer
MTC Mailbox #287
SPA-MAD 0629
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793
I hope to hear from you guys soon!!!
Lots of love!!!
Elder Ezra Alexander Bauer
P.S. Don't forget to check my emails/PDN Forums/Facebook etc.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Dear Alex. Last week of April
Hello Alex.
It is so good to hear from you.
I am so glad that so far you've had nice experiences. I'm hoping that your second district with intermediate Spanish will be good. Would you have to change dorm and companion?
Giselle sent you a letter in the mail Thursday. By the time you read this e-mail you would have gotten the letter. I also sent you a box on Friday with some envelopes and a purple tie.
I will be posting this letter in your blog in a few minutes.
In Giselle's letter I sent only a note asking you for your e-mail address. I wanted to send you an e-mail, so that when you were able to open your e-mail for the first time there you would have something to read from us, but I couldn't find your address.. Now I have it and I'm so happy to be write to you.
Well, something happening... Your dad went to Springfield to talk to Dolores...(I'm not making this up., that is this lady's name) about the apostille "garbage." To make the story short, we do have to send it to Washington DC... but they said that there is a Senator's office "just a few blocks away" so your dad decides to go talk to them. It was about 30 minutes walk, so it wasn't really that close. By the time he got there he was exhausted, so he asked if he could sit down for a minute... Then he took his hat off, and then he got all the sympathy in the world. They were very nice to him and gave him information of Washington DC like phone numbers and addresses to take care of the next step with the visa. Then, this lady said to him: "You ain't gonna walk back to your car... so and so will take you" So he got a ride back.
Once he got home, we called Washington DC, and they asked us if the FBI Document had had a seal... NOPE. It has to have a seal.. The person on the phone told me that they have a WALK IN service, so if you go there you can get the paper work done the same day. Then they gave me the phone number of the FBI in Virginia to see if I could go there also.. NOPE. They don't do "walk ins". So I started to cry and being frustrated, (since I haven't lost my hair I need to have sympathy in a different way, right? not to mention that over the phone they can't really see you) Anyhow. This lady got so compassionate that she gave me a direct way to send her the document "over night" with an "over night return" and to write Attention Patty, so she can take care of it quickly as it arrives. So I sent it today. We scanned your signature and wrote a letter as if it was you asking for the seal in the document. (She asked us to do that) Hopefully we'll get it back soon.
I am looking for someone in the church who lives in Washington DC, who I can send the document once we get it back, so they can do the walk in for me and then the same day send it back to us, so we can send it to the church.
One nice thing about this is.. The church doesn't seem to know that these changes have happened as of January 25th. So we called them to let them know about it so they can change their requirements to future missionaries.
Not to discourage you, but tonight I talked to brother Chambers at the church and he said that when he was going on his mission, a whole group of missionaries at the MTC got stuck there for 12 weeks until they finally got their visas.. I'm hoping that with "Patty's” help, that won't happen.
Tomorrow I'm fasting for this to get resolved fast. I think the two persons who answer the phone to give me instructions were angels ministering and helping out.
About the pictures, would it be too expensive to print them? You may want to be patient and get enough pictures in the chip and then send it later. Did you find the other one? May be with the "medicines" in one of those boxes.
Your room is half way clean. I found shirts and pajamas that you were supposed to take with you. I'm going to send them soon.
Do you need anything?
We all love you and miss you very much.
Here goes your first cheese scripture used to families in the mission. Moroni 8:2-3 (Just change the name from Moroni, to Alex)
Learn tons.
Love, all of us...
MOM
XOXOXOXOXO
It is so good to hear from you.
I am so glad that so far you've had nice experiences. I'm hoping that your second district with intermediate Spanish will be good. Would you have to change dorm and companion?
Giselle sent you a letter in the mail Thursday. By the time you read this e-mail you would have gotten the letter. I also sent you a box on Friday with some envelopes and a purple tie.
I will be posting this letter in your blog in a few minutes.
In Giselle's letter I sent only a note asking you for your e-mail address. I wanted to send you an e-mail, so that when you were able to open your e-mail for the first time there you would have something to read from us, but I couldn't find your address.. Now I have it and I'm so happy to be write to you.
Well, something happening... Your dad went to Springfield to talk to Dolores...(I'm not making this up., that is this lady's name) about the apostille "garbage." To make the story short, we do have to send it to Washington DC... but they said that there is a Senator's office "just a few blocks away" so your dad decides to go talk to them. It was about 30 minutes walk, so it wasn't really that close. By the time he got there he was exhausted, so he asked if he could sit down for a minute... Then he took his hat off, and then he got all the sympathy in the world. They were very nice to him and gave him information of Washington DC like phone numbers and addresses to take care of the next step with the visa. Then, this lady said to him: "You ain't gonna walk back to your car... so and so will take you" So he got a ride back.
Once he got home, we called Washington DC, and they asked us if the FBI Document had had a seal... NOPE. It has to have a seal.. The person on the phone told me that they have a WALK IN service, so if you go there you can get the paper work done the same day. Then they gave me the phone number of the FBI in Virginia to see if I could go there also.. NOPE. They don't do "walk ins". So I started to cry and being frustrated, (since I haven't lost my hair I need to have sympathy in a different way, right? not to mention that over the phone they can't really see you) Anyhow. This lady got so compassionate that she gave me a direct way to send her the document "over night" with an "over night return" and to write Attention Patty, so she can take care of it quickly as it arrives. So I sent it today. We scanned your signature and wrote a letter as if it was you asking for the seal in the document. (She asked us to do that) Hopefully we'll get it back soon.
I am looking for someone in the church who lives in Washington DC, who I can send the document once we get it back, so they can do the walk in for me and then the same day send it back to us, so we can send it to the church.
One nice thing about this is.. The church doesn't seem to know that these changes have happened as of January 25th. So we called them to let them know about it so they can change their requirements to future missionaries.
Not to discourage you, but tonight I talked to brother Chambers at the church and he said that when he was going on his mission, a whole group of missionaries at the MTC got stuck there for 12 weeks until they finally got their visas.. I'm hoping that with "Patty's” help, that won't happen.
Tomorrow I'm fasting for this to get resolved fast. I think the two persons who answer the phone to give me instructions were angels ministering and helping out.
About the pictures, would it be too expensive to print them? You may want to be patient and get enough pictures in the chip and then send it later. Did you find the other one? May be with the "medicines" in one of those boxes.
Your room is half way clean. I found shirts and pajamas that you were supposed to take with you. I'm going to send them soon.
Do you need anything?
We all love you and miss you very much.
Here goes your first cheese scripture used to families in the mission. Moroni 8:2-3 (Just change the name from Moroni, to Alex)
Learn tons.
Love, all of us...
MOM
XOXOXOXOXO
Saturday, April 30, 2011
FIRST LETTER FROM ALEX
Dropping Alex off at the MTC
Elder Alex with Grandpa
Elder Alex with Grandma
April 30th 2011
Hello my parental units!
So far my MTC experience has been pretty good!!! When I arrived, I was taken through the main building to get my nametag as well as my MTC ID card. Then I went to my dorm to see where it is and to settle in a bit. After that I was taken to my classroom which is up 4 flights of stairs so I get my workout every morning! I met my District in the classroom as well as my companion which his name is Elder Hilton. He's from Dallas Forth worth Texas and he's pretty cool I guess. We also met our teacher Brother Rapp, and he's really funny when he teaches us! The view from the classroom is wonderful too!! We get to see all of Utah Valley off to the south from there. The food could be better, but it is still pretty good!! I haven't over indulged yet, but I might before I go to Spain. I'm trying not to get too used to my District since I'll be moving to another one on Monday since they put me in the wrong class. They put me in beginner Spanish and so they are moving me to Intermediate on Monday! I can only hope that my new District is as awesome as this one!!
I got some envelopes from the Bookstore here in the MTC and I just used the money that's on the card. We get $6 every Wednesday so that would be nice to buy anything else that I may need. I would like some envelops from home though since I have to fold my letters ridiculously small in order for them to fit inside. As far as pictures, I do have some, but I can probably send them when I print them since they have a picture printing center there at the bookstore as well. The only times I can write people are on P days which today is Saturday, but from here on out, I think they are on Friday's that is, if the new District has them on Fridays as well. How are things at home? Anything new with anything? How is Jonathan doing in school? I hope all goes well with everyone there! Don't forget to post this on my blog, ;) I love you all!!! Until next week!!!
Ezra A. Bauer
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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