Hello everyone!
My head is doing great! The color did change a little bit but not much. Thank you for forwarding Coach Robinson's comment! And yes I got the letter you sent! Thank you for that, it was very inspirational!!
When we got the report it didn't say who was at fault, so I'm guessing that just both the insurance compnaies will pay for our cars, like our insurance pays for ours and hers will pay for hers (I think). We are still waiting on our insurance to tell us we can put it in the shop, we had to go to a local shop and get an estitmate on it and email it to the insuarnce company so we are just waiting to hear back from them. I was on early last week because we were in Douglas and their were 8 of us going to email so have went earlier and the other half went later, but I will still be getting on around 10 am your time.
This week is transfers and I am staying here and Elder Boudrero is leaving and I get to be companions with Elder Horning again (my MTC comp) I honestly didn't expect to be companions with him again haha!
Abu finally kicked the can!?!?! I thought he was going to die in his sleep!! Great! If you do get a boy kitty name him Kronk!! No seriously!
Let Aunt Ja Nae know that she is in my prayers! And that when Richie comes back we have to do another crossword puzzle together!!!
School! How I remember those days!! I don't really miss them right now haha!!! Is Emily gonna try and get into Art or is she going to stay in Choir? Laura you are crazy!! You actually wanna read a text book! That's what nervous 7th graders do! haha!!!
Yeah um there is something you can try when you send the package put the chocolate in plastic bags and maybe put an ice pack in the bag with them and that will keep it cooler longer. Put when they get here I can put them in the fridge! Umm I actually have thought about what I want for my birthday... actually I haven't given it much thought haha! I will think about it and let y'all know!
The first half of this week was an extention of last week, Wednesday I got another flat tire!?! This time my back tire! We ran out of patches so I put my other new tire in so hopefully I won't have anymore problems with them! We are still struggling with finding people. It is rough. We can't even get any investigators to church! But we are going to keep going because we will eventually find someone! We are biking alot now and I have lost about 10 pounds! I'm so happy! I decided to switch to not eating a big dinner, but having a bigger lunch and it seems to be working! Sorry that my emails haven't been very long. I will try to make my week more filled with stuff to talk about. Oh! We got chased by a Big Husky yesturday! It scared the crap outta Elder Boudrero! He hates dogs with a passion! Oh! And this morning we built a huge fire! We made torches and pretended to be pillagers! It was AWESOME!!! I will put the pictures up here! I did take a video but I haven't been able to send videos so far. Well that's it for me, I love y'all and pray for y'all alot!
Love,
Elder Cameron Williams
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Cameron's Letter August 22, 2011
Cameron was in a car accident on Saturday. He called home Saturday afternoon to let us know. Since he called he didn't put any details in his email, so I will tell you what Cameron told us when he called:
His companion was driving, and they were going through a green light and got t-boned on the passenger side where Cameron was sitting. He hit his head on the handle above the door, so he has a bump on his head. His companion said that they were stopped at the light then it turned green and they went through. Cameron thought that it was green the whole time. It was an older lady that hit them and she thought she had the green light. There was a witness but he didn't notice the color of the light, he just saw the crash. Cameron got to ride in the ambulance to the hospital. They did a CT scan and he only has soft tissue damage. They called their mission president. He told them they needed to call their families. He called us about 3:30 our time which would have been 5:30 his time. I'm glad his president let him do that. While I was at the church practicing the organ, Sister Jensen, the mission president's wife called to talk to me. Emily answered the phone. She told Emily that her brother was going to be ok.
Hello Everyone!
As many of you have been told yes I was involved in a car accident and I got a good sized bump on my head, but it has gone down alot though and there is not any pain. I have taken 2 acetaminophins but I took one the first night and one after church, and I haven't had problems. I have no idea about where we are getting the car fixed. I thought about that too, but I never talked to her and.... yeah from what elder boudrero said her wasn't going to give us any information at the hospital so we have to wait for the police report which we were told would be out on wednesday.
This week has been a weird and very slow week! First, last monday we played dodgeball on P-day with the district and the next few days people were sore! And Tuesday after district meeting we did a tradeoff in Douglas. Wednesday Elder Chapman and I went to Dairy Queen for lunch and we were going to bring food back for our companions, but when we got back nobody was home. We thought that maybe they went for a walk so we went into the Zone Leaders room and took a nap on their new beds! After a little over an hour they still weren't home so we called the Zone Leaders to see if they knew where they were at and sure enough they went with the Zone leaders to Valdosta (that's about an hour away) and we discovered that their key got broken somehow and they weren't gone be home until the evening so since Elder Boudrero and I had a coordination meeting that night, Elder Chapman and I decided to come back to Alma for it and he was gonna spend the night! The next day we traded back. Then nothing really exciting happened the next few days, Then on Satruday we were asked by a less active lady to go give her son a Book of Mormon and he is a member too but he is in jail and she wanted him to have something to read. Then when we got to one of the main streets we got in a wreck and so I have been in Douglas alot more than Alma this week! Well I sent pictures of the wreck and my head. I'm sorry if y'all can't see the bump, it was the best I could do. The bump is above my right eye. Well I think that is it for this week, sorry my letter wasn't very long, OH!!!! Hold on a minute! We had a big rain and thunderstorm yesturday (sunday) that broke off many branches of a tree outside the house! it was crazy!!! Oh and Laura and Jamie, my friend Elder Chapman is going to email you (if you didn't know already) I think you will like him! I hope y'all have a great week! Lova ya!
His companion was driving, and they were going through a green light and got t-boned on the passenger side where Cameron was sitting. He hit his head on the handle above the door, so he has a bump on his head. His companion said that they were stopped at the light then it turned green and they went through. Cameron thought that it was green the whole time. It was an older lady that hit them and she thought she had the green light. There was a witness but he didn't notice the color of the light, he just saw the crash. Cameron got to ride in the ambulance to the hospital. They did a CT scan and he only has soft tissue damage. They called their mission president. He told them they needed to call their families. He called us about 3:30 our time which would have been 5:30 his time. I'm glad his president let him do that. While I was at the church practicing the organ, Sister Jensen, the mission president's wife called to talk to me. Emily answered the phone. She told Emily that her brother was going to be ok.
Hello Everyone!
As many of you have been told yes I was involved in a car accident and I got a good sized bump on my head, but it has gone down alot though and there is not any pain. I have taken 2 acetaminophins but I took one the first night and one after church, and I haven't had problems. I have no idea about where we are getting the car fixed. I thought about that too, but I never talked to her and.... yeah from what elder boudrero said her wasn't going to give us any information at the hospital so we have to wait for the police report which we were told would be out on wednesday.
This week has been a weird and very slow week! First, last monday we played dodgeball on P-day with the district and the next few days people were sore! And Tuesday after district meeting we did a tradeoff in Douglas. Wednesday Elder Chapman and I went to Dairy Queen for lunch and we were going to bring food back for our companions, but when we got back nobody was home. We thought that maybe they went for a walk so we went into the Zone Leaders room and took a nap on their new beds! After a little over an hour they still weren't home so we called the Zone Leaders to see if they knew where they were at and sure enough they went with the Zone leaders to Valdosta (that's about an hour away) and we discovered that their key got broken somehow and they weren't gone be home until the evening so since Elder Boudrero and I had a coordination meeting that night, Elder Chapman and I decided to come back to Alma for it and he was gonna spend the night! The next day we traded back. Then nothing really exciting happened the next few days, Then on Satruday we were asked by a less active lady to go give her son a Book of Mormon and he is a member too but he is in jail and she wanted him to have something to read. Then when we got to one of the main streets we got in a wreck and so I have been in Douglas alot more than Alma this week! Well I sent pictures of the wreck and my head. I'm sorry if y'all can't see the bump, it was the best I could do. The bump is above my right eye. Well I think that is it for this week, sorry my letter wasn't very long, OH!!!! Hold on a minute! We had a big rain and thunderstorm yesturday (sunday) that broke off many branches of a tree outside the house! it was crazy!!! Oh and Laura and Jamie, my friend Elder Chapman is going to email you (if you didn't know already) I think you will like him! I hope y'all have a great week! Lova ya!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Cameron's Pictures August 15, 2011
Me in front of a swamp covered in lily pads!
As African goose (orange beak), and a Chinese goose (black beak) and babies.
praying mantis
A turtle a less active found on the side of the road.
Cameron's Letter August 15, 2011
Dear Family and Friends!!
Yes, I have gained weight and I am starting to lose it, I have been cutting back on food and since we are already biking 5+ miles a day it is good! If you go by the weight when I weigh myself in the morning than I have lost 8ish pounds, but during the day it's only around 5 pounds lost, but that's good either way! I did get you epistle mum and I loved it! I like hearing all the details! Thank you!
Awwwwww! Emily is going to be very lonely at home! But don't worry I will be home half way through the school year!!! OH!!! Before I forget, since school is starting up you have to tell me about how Westlake football team is doing please!!!
Emily is getting a new bed?!? that's crazy! What are y'all gonna do with the bunk bed? How is the basement doing??? Are y'all ready to paint yet????
It sounded like Laura had alot of fun at EFY! It really is alot of fun!! Laura, who was your c.o.w.? That's crush of the week if you didn't know! :D
That's awesome that y'all went to Bro. Christensens birthday!!! Do you know if they got my letter? I miss those people! Along with alot of other peoples!
Well it sounded like y'all had another eventful week!
This weeks synopsis is going to be short because things aren't happening right now. People that we teach and set times to go back and teach them either give us a bad address or don't show up! It is starting to get frustrating that people are doing that, and Elder Boudrero said that whenever some people find out who we are teaching they will go to that person and give them anti stuff. But I'm going to keep going and maybe I will find just one who is ready! We got pretty good rain storms on Tuesday and Saturday. We had Zone Conference on tuesday and it was pretty good! I enjoyed the spirit and I learned some good things that will help me be a better missionary! And yesturday we had Stake Conference, that one was also pretty good! That's pretty much it for my week!
Well I am going to put some pictures of animals I have encountered within the last 3 weeks. I love y'all and I hope y'all have a great week!
Yes, I have gained weight and I am starting to lose it, I have been cutting back on food and since we are already biking 5+ miles a day it is good! If you go by the weight when I weigh myself in the morning than I have lost 8ish pounds, but during the day it's only around 5 pounds lost, but that's good either way! I did get you epistle mum and I loved it! I like hearing all the details! Thank you!
Awwwwww! Emily is going to be very lonely at home! But don't worry I will be home half way through the school year!!! OH!!! Before I forget, since school is starting up you have to tell me about how Westlake football team is doing please!!!
Emily is getting a new bed?!? that's crazy! What are y'all gonna do with the bunk bed? How is the basement doing??? Are y'all ready to paint yet????
It sounded like Laura had alot of fun at EFY! It really is alot of fun!! Laura, who was your c.o.w.? That's crush of the week if you didn't know! :D
That's awesome that y'all went to Bro. Christensens birthday!!! Do you know if they got my letter? I miss those people! Along with alot of other peoples!
Well it sounded like y'all had another eventful week!
This weeks synopsis is going to be short because things aren't happening right now. People that we teach and set times to go back and teach them either give us a bad address or don't show up! It is starting to get frustrating that people are doing that, and Elder Boudrero said that whenever some people find out who we are teaching they will go to that person and give them anti stuff. But I'm going to keep going and maybe I will find just one who is ready! We got pretty good rain storms on Tuesday and Saturday. We had Zone Conference on tuesday and it was pretty good! I enjoyed the spirit and I learned some good things that will help me be a better missionary! And yesturday we had Stake Conference, that one was also pretty good! That's pretty much it for my week!
Well I am going to put some pictures of animals I have encountered within the last 3 weeks. I love y'all and I hope y'all have a great week!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Cameron's Letter August 8, 2011
Hello Family and Friends!
Sounds like alot more fun than I am having, but I am having a different kind of fun than y'all! Yep! I got the tires! Thank you very much for them! Richie is now in the MTC?!? That's awesome!!!!!!
For the MP3 umm which ever, if you feel you want to record something for me now you can send it, or you can wait for my birthday or something! But I think I might send my other one back and have you put Octobers conference on that one because the one y'all have is the one that has all the other conference talks on them and I don't think I will get tried of them as quickly as if I had just April's Conference! You can do what you want with the pencils!
Robbie is engaged!?! Holy Cow!!! Next you will be telling me that Karen is getting married!!!
Well it sounds like y'all have had alot of fun with cousins in Canada, I miss everyone up there! And I wanna go fishin!! And jump off the docks! And all the fun stuff y'all did! Well when I do return and go to Canada it will be great!! And I wish I could have seen Richie off, but I will definately be there at the airport to pick him up!!! (Along with his family of course!)
Well this week has been an interesting week I did 2 trade offs 2 days in a row and pretty much all our plans both days fell through!! I got to stay here in Alma and Elder Boudrero went to other places! I wasn't quite sure how things were going to play out, but I did the best I could! The first trade off however we saw an new investigator named Carmen and we taught her the 1st lesson and when we told her that Joseph Smith was confused about which church was true, she felt the same! We gave her a Bible, a Book of Mormon, and a pamphlet! She said she would start reading, and that she liked to read! So I think she could progress, but she didn't come to church. It has been 3 straight weeks of no investigators at church! Friday I was on trade offs with one of the ZL's (Elder Howland) and we pretty much tracting all day! And we got along really well! He and I are alot alike! We talked about video games and Star Wars!!! It was pretty cool! And the morning before we traded back we went to see an appointment but they didn't answer so Elder Howland wanted to talk to a group of people on the other side of the street and we went and told them who we were and bore testimony of Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith as a Prophet, and the Book of Mormon! And gave them all copies of the Book of Mormon and we are seeing them again tonight! There were 5 in the group!! It was awesome!!!!!!!!! This gospel is awesome!!!! Stay true!!!! I love y'all!!!
Love,
Elder Cameron Williams
Sounds like alot more fun than I am having, but I am having a different kind of fun than y'all! Yep! I got the tires! Thank you very much for them! Richie is now in the MTC?!? That's awesome!!!!!!
For the MP3 umm which ever, if you feel you want to record something for me now you can send it, or you can wait for my birthday or something! But I think I might send my other one back and have you put Octobers conference on that one because the one y'all have is the one that has all the other conference talks on them and I don't think I will get tried of them as quickly as if I had just April's Conference! You can do what you want with the pencils!
Robbie is engaged!?! Holy Cow!!! Next you will be telling me that Karen is getting married!!!
Well it sounds like y'all have had alot of fun with cousins in Canada, I miss everyone up there! And I wanna go fishin!! And jump off the docks! And all the fun stuff y'all did! Well when I do return and go to Canada it will be great!! And I wish I could have seen Richie off, but I will definately be there at the airport to pick him up!!! (Along with his family of course!)
Well this week has been an interesting week I did 2 trade offs 2 days in a row and pretty much all our plans both days fell through!! I got to stay here in Alma and Elder Boudrero went to other places! I wasn't quite sure how things were going to play out, but I did the best I could! The first trade off however we saw an new investigator named Carmen and we taught her the 1st lesson and when we told her that Joseph Smith was confused about which church was true, she felt the same! We gave her a Bible, a Book of Mormon, and a pamphlet! She said she would start reading, and that she liked to read! So I think she could progress, but she didn't come to church. It has been 3 straight weeks of no investigators at church! Friday I was on trade offs with one of the ZL's (Elder Howland) and we pretty much tracting all day! And we got along really well! He and I are alot alike! We talked about video games and Star Wars!!! It was pretty cool! And the morning before we traded back we went to see an appointment but they didn't answer so Elder Howland wanted to talk to a group of people on the other side of the street and we went and told them who we were and bore testimony of Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith as a Prophet, and the Book of Mormon! And gave them all copies of the Book of Mormon and we are seeing them again tonight! There were 5 in the group!! It was awesome!!!!!!!!! This gospel is awesome!!!! Stay true!!!! I love y'all!!!
Love,
Elder Cameron Williams
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Cameron's Letter August 1, 2011
Hello Everyone!!!
Sounds like y'all have had a fun time up in Waterton! Haha! Well y'all will look back on this and laugh! Elder Boudrero goes home either on Thanksgiving or the day after, so he is almost done. I am adjusting just fine, and I haven't quite met the whole town, but pretty close! We go to email at the local library, and yes I got your letter! Thank you very much for it! It was great to get a detailed letter! When does Richie go into the MTC?
I miss Waterton! I miss messing with cousins and fishing! And also there is Big Scoop I miss too! Oh!!! Here is what I would like you to send me please Some Old Dutch Salt and Vinegar chips, Smarties, & Sour Gummy Worms. That would be great if y'all could send me those!
Have y'all gotten an email from Jamie last week? Because I haven't.
Well this week has gone by fast! Last Monday we saw a potential investigator and committed her to be baptized! We are gonna see her again today! And on Tuesday, do not get me started on Tuesday! Let's just say that the front tube on my tire decided to be dumb! And went flat! Luckily we were close to a members house (Brother Dixon) and we went to his house. We looked at my tire and it wasn't fixable at that time (because we didn't have the supplies to fix it) we had some appointments nearby so we just walked there, it was looking like it was going to storm quick! Our appointments fell through and we went to another members house to refill my water bottles, and they told us that we better hurry home. Our only option (and I truly mean our only option) was to walk home get our car and come back. As we were walking we called a member (Brother Juarez) to see if he could give us a ride, he was and when he picked us up we told him my tire was flat and he gave us supplies to fix it. So he took us to our bikes, (by this time it is pouring raining!) Then we tried to fix it but weren't able to, we waited at Brother Dixon's until the rain stopped, then we walked the 2+ miles home, because we needed to go to Douglas (about 30 minutes drive) so Elder Boudrero could do a batismal interview. We were speed walking! When we were about .5 miles away from home we came across a snapping turtle! It tried to bite Elder Boudrero! I took a picture then a truck did a U-turn and stopped by us. An old man gets out and asked if we were going to take him home and eat him, we said no. Then he said,"Then I will!" He picked up the turtle by the tail and put it in the back of his truck and drove off! We were shocked at it! We walked home quickly and went to Douglas. We went back afterwards to pick up our bikes and took them home. When we got home we attempted to fix my tube but were unable to!
Wednesday we work on it all morning and we got it right before lunch. After lunch we went to thank Brother Juarez for the material, but he was home, and as soon as I got off their property guess what! My tire went flat! We tried pumping it up but it was leaking. So we walked the 2+ miles home! And we spent pretty much the rest of the day trying to fix my tire!!! Literally! We spent at least 6 hours trying to fix my bike, but everytime we thought we got it, there was always a small leak! In the evening we went to our weekly coordination meeting, there was a combined activity of 3-4 wards/branches youth came to our building and played water baseball! It looked like a ton of fun! Laura you should suggest this as the next combined activity! Ok, the pitcher threw a ball that was soaked with water, then when you hit it you run to first base, you have to sit in a kiddy pool, second base you had to sit in a chair and get a water balloon broken on your head, third base you had to put your foot in a bucket, and home plate you had to slide on a slip and slide to the end to be safe! The place where the batter would bat was just right in front of the slip and slide end. If you need me to I can draw it in a letter and send it to you. I didn't play, but it looked like a ton!!!! Of fun!! And you would have to tell people that they WILL get wet!!! And then after we had hot dogs for dinner!
Thursday we did weekly planning and after lunch worked more on my bike, we started using tape and it seemed to work! So we went out to see people. It worked, my tire was fixed! Ish.
Friday we woke up at 3 in the morning so we could be in Douglas by 4:30. We had to go to Tallahassee for a meeting with a member of the 70's Elder Munns and his wife. It was at least a 3 hour round trip! We didn't get home until 6:30 that evening! Could you see if you can find a Giant brand tube that is 26x 2.125 or around that size? I tried at the Walmart in Douglas but the one I bought wasn't the right size.
Saturday I got to chop down a tree and throw alot of things into a huge fire! We also found a fire proof salamander! It was crazy! It survived the fire!!! I got EXTREMELY dirty!! But it was great! Well I have to go, but I will talk to y'all later!
Love,
Elder Cameron Williams
Sounds like y'all have had a fun time up in Waterton! Haha! Well y'all will look back on this and laugh! Elder Boudrero goes home either on Thanksgiving or the day after, so he is almost done. I am adjusting just fine, and I haven't quite met the whole town, but pretty close! We go to email at the local library, and yes I got your letter! Thank you very much for it! It was great to get a detailed letter! When does Richie go into the MTC?
I miss Waterton! I miss messing with cousins and fishing! And also there is Big Scoop I miss too! Oh!!! Here is what I would like you to send me please Some Old Dutch Salt and Vinegar chips, Smarties, & Sour Gummy Worms. That would be great if y'all could send me those!
Have y'all gotten an email from Jamie last week? Because I haven't.
Well this week has gone by fast! Last Monday we saw a potential investigator and committed her to be baptized! We are gonna see her again today! And on Tuesday, do not get me started on Tuesday! Let's just say that the front tube on my tire decided to be dumb! And went flat! Luckily we were close to a members house (Brother Dixon) and we went to his house. We looked at my tire and it wasn't fixable at that time (because we didn't have the supplies to fix it) we had some appointments nearby so we just walked there, it was looking like it was going to storm quick! Our appointments fell through and we went to another members house to refill my water bottles, and they told us that we better hurry home. Our only option (and I truly mean our only option) was to walk home get our car and come back. As we were walking we called a member (Brother Juarez) to see if he could give us a ride, he was and when he picked us up we told him my tire was flat and he gave us supplies to fix it. So he took us to our bikes, (by this time it is pouring raining!) Then we tried to fix it but weren't able to, we waited at Brother Dixon's until the rain stopped, then we walked the 2+ miles home, because we needed to go to Douglas (about 30 minutes drive) so Elder Boudrero could do a batismal interview. We were speed walking! When we were about .5 miles away from home we came across a snapping turtle! It tried to bite Elder Boudrero! I took a picture then a truck did a U-turn and stopped by us. An old man gets out and asked if we were going to take him home and eat him, we said no. Then he said,"Then I will!" He picked up the turtle by the tail and put it in the back of his truck and drove off! We were shocked at it! We walked home quickly and went to Douglas. We went back afterwards to pick up our bikes and took them home. When we got home we attempted to fix my tube but were unable to!
Wednesday we work on it all morning and we got it right before lunch. After lunch we went to thank Brother Juarez for the material, but he was home, and as soon as I got off their property guess what! My tire went flat! We tried pumping it up but it was leaking. So we walked the 2+ miles home! And we spent pretty much the rest of the day trying to fix my tire!!! Literally! We spent at least 6 hours trying to fix my bike, but everytime we thought we got it, there was always a small leak! In the evening we went to our weekly coordination meeting, there was a combined activity of 3-4 wards/branches youth came to our building and played water baseball! It looked like a ton of fun! Laura you should suggest this as the next combined activity! Ok, the pitcher threw a ball that was soaked with water, then when you hit it you run to first base, you have to sit in a kiddy pool, second base you had to sit in a chair and get a water balloon broken on your head, third base you had to put your foot in a bucket, and home plate you had to slide on a slip and slide to the end to be safe! The place where the batter would bat was just right in front of the slip and slide end. If you need me to I can draw it in a letter and send it to you. I didn't play, but it looked like a ton!!!! Of fun!! And you would have to tell people that they WILL get wet!!! And then after we had hot dogs for dinner!
Thursday we did weekly planning and after lunch worked more on my bike, we started using tape and it seemed to work! So we went out to see people. It worked, my tire was fixed! Ish.
Friday we woke up at 3 in the morning so we could be in Douglas by 4:30. We had to go to Tallahassee for a meeting with a member of the 70's Elder Munns and his wife. It was at least a 3 hour round trip! We didn't get home until 6:30 that evening! Could you see if you can find a Giant brand tube that is 26x 2.125 or around that size? I tried at the Walmart in Douglas but the one I bought wasn't the right size.
Saturday I got to chop down a tree and throw alot of things into a huge fire! We also found a fire proof salamander! It was crazy! It survived the fire!!! I got EXTREMELY dirty!! But it was great! Well I have to go, but I will talk to y'all later!
Love,
Elder Cameron Williams
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