Who Reads These?

Hello Everyone!

I was just wondering who even reads my blog. Can you please comment and let me know. I would appreciate it. I love you all! :)

Love,

Elder Mendenhall

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Hello Everyone!

Hey All Y'all,

Well, what a good week. I got my new bike on Tuesday, ruined the chain that night (yeah... don't ask...I am just cursed with bikes...), fixed the chain the next day and have been enjoying it ever since. I love it. It is a night and day difference from my old one. The shocks on it are really nice too. 

Anyway, we had several good lessons this past week. Bruce, our top investigator, has had several issues with his diabetes this past week (type 1) so he missed Scripture Study and church. *Sigh* Oh well! :) Everything is just dandy though. 

We played basketball today, and I am a little battered and bruised, but happy. 

I teach my first district meeting on Wednesday. Should be alright. Oh yeah. They split our district, so it's just Elder Crockett, the Sisters. and myself. It's better then having 11 in the district. 

Ummmm... we are going to dinner right now. I love you all! Sorry to be short! Love ya!

Love,

Elder Mendenhall

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La De Da...

Hello Everyone!

So, I talked to almost everyone who is going to read this on Skype yesterday. It was awesome! :) I loved seeing everyone and talking to all of you. Just think. That was my last phone call/Skype home. Weird!

So, I pretty much ruined my shirt this morning. I just noticed. It has lots of little grease spots. I cooked bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, and waffles this morning. They were delicious! I might need to invest in an apron though. Might come in handy later on. But I love bacon, so it was worth it! :)

I guess I don't have much to say. I am buying a new bike tomorrow. I am now a district leader. I am still training Elder Crockett. Life is pretty much the same other then that. I am in Monroe for another 6 weeks. Yup! 

Not much this week, but what do you expect a day after Mother's day? :)

Love ya!

Love,

Elder Mendenhall

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Hot, humid, and it's only May...

Hey Everyone!

So, it's only May, and we have already had 90 degree weather. With the humidity, that makes the heat index well over 100 degrees. around 110 or so. Anyway, life is great, despite the heat! My camelbak keeps me hydrated. Funny story though. We get back to the apartment last night and Elder Crockett curls up on the couch. He looks exhausted so I don't bother him. Well, he passed out for over an hour while laying there. He was dead to the world. Bless his heart. He walks into our bedroom and told me he thought he was only out for about 5 minutes. Hahaha, not likely. I guess the heat and exercise on a bike will do that to you. Oh well. I am loving it. Not the heat exactly, but the mission.

Well, Bruce was supposed to come to church yesterday, but when we showed up with a member to pick him up, he wasn't there. So, no one at church. This is the hardest time I have had getting people to attend church. We keep on trying though.
Other then that, it's been a pretty good week. Nothing too big to talk about. We got a lot of potential investigators, but none really turned into new investigators. This week though! Hopefully.

I am super excited to Skype on Sunday! It's going to be really weird though, because after that, the next time I talk to all y'all will be in person...weird... I'm not ready for it to be over yet (luckily, I still have 1/4 of my mission, but still... it flies by!)

Hmmmm... I don't really know what to write. Nothing really happened this past week. Well, we only have one week left of the transfer, which is crazy. I've already been with Elder Crockett for 5 week! Hmmmm... we'll find out this week if I will finish training him (I am sure I will, but crazier things have happened...Like my training time).

The Sister missionaries had some baptisms Saturday night, which was cool. A mom and three of her kids. That was fun to attend and watch. Soon... soon, we will have some too!

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...........................uh. I guess I don't have anything to say. Weird. I hope y'all have an awesome week! I know I will. Try to stay warm over there in the west. Don't get too cold! Love y'all!

Love,
Elder Mendenhall

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Suthunuhs!

Hey Everyone,

My Dad sent this to me, so I thought I would forward it on to all y'all. :)

-Elder Mendenhall

Suthunuhs! Sho nuff! Southerners know their summer weather report: Humidity Humidity Humidity ------------------------- Southerners know their vacation spots: The beach The rivuh The crick -------- Southerners know everybody's first name: Honey Darlin' Shugah -------- Southerners know the movies that speak to their hearts: Fried Green Tomatoes Driving Miss Daisy Steel Magnolias Gone With The Wind ----------- Southerners know their religions: Bapdiss Methdiss Football -------------- Southerners know their cities dripping with Southern charm: Chawl'stn S'vanah Foat Wuth N'awlins Addlanna --------------- Southerners know their elegant gentlemen: Men in uniform Men in tuxedos Rhett Butler ----------------- Southern girls know their prime real estate: The Mall The Country Club The Beauty Salon -------------- Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins: Having bad hair and nails Having bad manners Cooking bad food ---------- Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, You "PITCH" them. _____ Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." _____ Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." _____ Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly." _____ Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. _____ All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. _____ Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'! _____ Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. _____ Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and Po white trash. _____ No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. _____ A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. _____ Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... And when we're "in line,"... We talk to everybody! _____ Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage. _____ In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. _____ Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. _____ Every Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; that scrambled eggs just aint right without Tabasco , and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. (personally, I like them for any meal, and between-meal snacks).  _____ When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner! _____ Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.. _____ And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her sweet little heart"... and go your own way. _____ To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your little heart! _____ And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff....bless your hearts, I hear theyre fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! _____ Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fah-evah ! There ain't no magazine named "Northern Living" for good reason. There ain't nobody interested in livin' up north, nobody would buy the magazine!   Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had abeen! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.               FREE Animations for your email by IncrediMail                         Click Here!                                   --   If I M I because U R U, and U R U because I M I, then I M not, and U R not. But if I M I because I M I and U R U because U R U, then I M and U R!

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Oh boy, oh boy!

HAPPY MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

I can't believe it's the last day of April. Holy smokes! Time flies! Mother's day is in less then two weeks now. I haven't even thought about skyping home really. It will be weird. It really seems like I just talked to everyone yesterday fro Christmas.

My allergies aren't as bad right now. So May is good. It's warming up though. Upper 80's. Soon it will be the 90's and 100's. I fully expect to come home in December and have 5 jackets on because I wont know what cold is anymore.

I have virtually no time left on my mission. Sure, I have over 7 months, but I can already feel that slipping away into nothingness. It goes by so fast. People always tell you that, but you never believe them until you are here.

Well, this week, one of our investigators (Bruce) told us he is on parole for 3 years. So... baptism there has halted for the time being. Silly policy. I am working past that right now. We'll see how that goes.

Nothing else is too new. Other then the whole debit card thing in Missouri, life is pretty much the same. Nothing too new to report. We are going on exchanges starting tonight. Elder Bruderer will be with me tomorrow here in Monroe. We have an appointment tonight with a new family that the Sisters found in our area and gave to us. And tomorrow we are going to visit a couple part member families. All on bike. All on the south side. And we biked to the south side the last three days. This will be 5 in a row after Tuesday. Some days I like the bikes and some days I don't. Oh well, better then walking! :)

Okay, I know this is shortish and doesn't really have an substance, but I am not much for words today. Just know that life is good and I love y'all. :)

Love,
Elder Mendenhall

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Zoo Pictures 2 of 2 (GATOR!)

Here are the gator pictures. He's so cute! hahaaha :D :D :D

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