Nov. 26th emails: The Army of Helaman

Today was transfers and nothing happened. mom you might magnify your calling too much... so most def send Elder Lee some fun things but don't send candy. me and him are loosing lots of weight so don't tempt us haha. send like protein bars or something instead. our singing in primary was great we sang with little kids The Armies of Helaman and the choir lady cried cause im so darn good at everything. but things in the mission are going really good, im super stoked for the next couple weeks. we have 2 less active families coming back to church and it is a really nice feeling to see someone be able to feel the spirit again and change there life. man the holiday season really makes it hard not to think of home. but i feel like the ward here is just a big extended family so that's really good. im glad im staying here for Christmas. im stoked to skype home and see baby scar scar. and maxy of coarse. i haven't got the package yet but i might get it today so that will be fun. oh im getting really good at chess too. during lunch everyday elder lee teaches me how to play and i almost beat him the other day. so thats cool im turning a little asian. next thing you know i will be in Yellowstone walking around with my hands behind my back and trying to pet a deer. anywho im still really bad at taking picture and writing letters so i apologize about that. but life just seems to busy on the mish. man i mos def miss shooting and i was actually thinkin about the time we camped outside cabellas. that was pretty fun. did they take out the good ol AK? and its been awhile since i have seen a good pic of max.... whats up with that? man i hope Stu is doing good. i love that fine young man more then captain hook loves the booty. tell him to get temple worthy. then he can be sealed to his puppies for ever well tell Cody i love him when he comes home and hopefully he is doing good. well im gonna go but i love you very much and the church is true byeeeeeeee

(email to mandy)
oh mandy poo. you are the best. im really glad you have such a good perspective on life. the most improtant thing you can learn in this life is that heavenly father loves you his son Jesus Christ knows you perfectly and knows exactly how to help you in any situation. and that heavenly father fights everyday so you can return too him someday with your family. as members of the church we don't realize how big of a blessing it is to truly understand who god is. most people think he is a blob or some mass that can be everywhere or is somehow three people in one body but sometimes 2 bodies. but we know that he is a loving heavenly father. and if you look at our parents on this earth and our families we can get the smallest glimpse of how much our perfect heavenly father loves us and wants us to be happy. thats really cool that you have a testimony of tithing. while on my mission thats been a tough thing for people to understand. but its one of the simplest commandments. we basically are asked to get rid of what Satan uses to make us greedy and prideful. and we gain blessing greater then we can even receive. and i love you lots. ill try to send some Christmas cards soon and tell Tammy and Roger i love them lots and they are the best.

(email to Chris)
well shoot happy almost birth day papshmere! ill share the story of on of our members who came back. he is an oil worker who works crazy hours and he was a convert and he randomly called us this week and said he wanted to meet with us... so we went to his place and he said he had been reading the BOM and had a really strong feeling that he needed to become temple worthy. so it was really cool we taught him a lesson about reading prayer and church and he came to church this Sunday and set up a time to meet with the bishop. so it was really cool to see. well have the happiest of birthdays and try not to get into to much trouble. 

Nov. 19th email:

well things are going really good. yeah we have a transfer right before Christmas so im really hoping i don't go cause then i wouldn't know anyone for Christmas and i would feel left out haha. plus there are a lot of really rich people here hahahahaha yeqah my comp is a sweet heart. man those couches better be broken in by the time i get home. ikea is turrible. but things on the mission are going good in this area there is a TON of less active people so we are working with them a lot we re activated a guy this week and he came to church and met with the bishop it was really cool.  well everyone is writing me so its hard to write this letter. but i think elder lee will for sure come visit. he says he wants to be with you guys when i come home hahaha anywho im not buying new clothes yet cause im still loosing lots of weight so im just gonna rep them like an OG then buy small ones. im at 220 right now. its pretty crazy i don't think i have been this light since i was like 12 haha it should be a good time i need to take some pictures i have really been slacking. ill get on that though so i can send you some fun things home. well i love you and im really excited to see you on Christmas via skype.

Nov. 14th email:

 well well things are going pretty good in the mission. its been really cold and snowed quite a bit. we have been shoveling walks and stuff like that so its fun. a member gave me some cute red gloves so i have been wearing those to shovel snow and what not. but i think i will buy some nice ones for tracting so i dont have to keep my hands in my pockets. umm me and my comp are singing in our primary program this sunday so that will be pretty funny. man its pretty crazy that colemamogram is home. i miss him. oh well missions go bye super quick so im not worried about it. hopefully everyone isnt married when i get back. my halloween was really good we just played B Ball the whole time and then my comp carved his first ever pumpkin haha it was funny. yes they trick or treat the same. "and a little trip up south would be fun too :D!!" mom you cant go UP south haha silly commander. tell colman he better use the hot tub at least once a week  for and in behalf of riley christian knaphus. and give him another hug for me. thats rad that colty is doing so good. tell  dallas she dosent have to write me..... just kidding i love her too. oh and i got the pakage awhile back im lovin the tunes mandy picked for me. i snuggle with my comp while listening to michael buble. didnt garr tell dallas not to write him? hahahaha sily gardino. well  im gonna bouce ok byeeee

 (a fun email we got from Riley's companion, Elder Lee)
 hey
Im a awesom companion of Elder thy son, he was telling me about you guyz a lot haha
Im enjoying to listen those story a lot. i heard his brother in low's fart is awful, but recently i beat his record;)
I also heard his sister is hair dresser, her hair looks nice. His brothers are such a goof ball, I was telling Elder Knaphus that your brother should shave beard
hey I also try to help your son to lose weight so he can marry with weem after his mission
Im excited to see you guyz one day and i will take care of him until end of my mission.
Oh..! i have som funny picture that will make your family happy:) (may be..)

November 5th email: I bought a magic bullet

well hello there. the mission is pretty crazy we have been doing pretty good here in Sturgeon but the work is really slow here. all the people are crazy pridefull. but we started teaching this way cool Jamaican family so thats neat. they really hate the snow its funny. yeah we have a guy on date to be baptized. his name is Abner he is a big  goof ball. he just attended another baptism and really liked it but his whole family are very devout baptists so it makes it pretty hard. hopefully he stays strong. yeah i don't have gloves yet... im just gonna keep procrastinating tell my fingers fall off. man your getting hella good at bowling. before i get home youll be makin the big bucks playin on espn. well not much is new here my comp thinks he can tokyo drift cause he is asian so that makes things exciting. my comps favorite thing is to take pictures of me pooping. i pretty much feel like im at home so thats good. sounds like Scar is growing up fast, she will prolly be dating by the time i get home. in sturgeon we get fed a ton there is a member that works at booster juice (jamba) and she gives us free drinks so we go there a lot. we are actually gonna go there today. then we eat at members houses a lot. oh i bought a magic bullet a couple days ago so thats fun. i make smoothies with it and they are tasty. im starting to loose weight again so thats good im at like 225 my Asian comp like to be healthy so its really good,. my trainer went home last transfer that was sad he was a good missionary. jeez it sounds like Logan is gonna turn are house into a man cave soon haha. thats dope. tell him he should just turn the door into a vault door then hang all the guns on the wall like the room in boondock saints. how are Dallas and Colton doing? havent heard much about them for a while. well i got to go but i love you much. byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

October 29th eamils: Watched the Calgary Temple dedication

We pick up the mail once a week every pday after i email we get the letters. we actually have a primary program coming up and me and elder Lee have to sing in it hahaha its gonna be turrible. yeah the weather is sucky here and all the people here think it is still warm out. its crazy. in Hinton i doubt they have a primary program cause there is only like 2 children in the whole branch... anywho things are going really good here in Sturgeon we are having lots o success and my comp thinks he is Tokyo drift when its snowing so its pretty funny. yeah Halloween is the same here. there is a lady in the ward who is just like you when it comes to holidays she goes all out. on Halloween we cant work so thats cool we get to just chill one night. I'll mos def miss the Halloween doughnuts you will have to send me some. i also miss the hot tub! man its ok the mission is flying by! its crazy im like 1/4 done with the mission. tell phill to make his football team eat corn cause it helps with formed tackling. thats good that you had the missionaries over. my comp likes talking about all sorts of weird crap. mostly about girls haha  well today we are pretty busy cause we have to go to cal tire and get an oil change but things are going good in St Albert. we watched the Calgary temple dedication this Sunday and it was really good the prophet told us to read D&C 76 so i read it and its really cool so you should read it too. well im gonna get goin but i love you and hope all is well byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 why hello dearest sister. things are going good here. we are on our like 20th snowstorm haha yeah its below zero everyday here so tracting sucks. i think i will get the package today. and im actually running out of money again cause my silly Korean comp has no money so i had to buy him a bunch of shiz. members feed us everyday and i just eat fruit and stuff members give us. every week members give us eggs so i eat those a lot. so all i buy at the store is milk and cereal.  but mission is going well we have a person on date for baptism so thats exciting. i love you lots byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Fun picture from the Edmonton Mission blog

It is fun to see Riley with all the missionaries!

October 22nd email: my eyelashes were freezing together

Man that's good that Graham is going! and holy cow i didn't know Travis would go soooo sooon. that's way dope he will be the best! well ill tell you a little about my comp. he is from Seol Korea and is really funny. he is 25.hes funny though. and he can cook cause he was a chef. and this whole week we have been dealing with the Korean government because he got citizenship in Canada. so he avoided the military service in Korea. so they make it really hard for him to renew his passport. we had to drive like 2 hours just to go get some special picture taken then we had to go to the Korean embassy. i was the only non asian there. and it was in the middle of china town. while we there for 3 hours our car got broken into. so the GPS a member gave to me got stolen. so now we have to use maps. but that's okay cause i got a little Korean GPS. so life has been a little hectic this week but elder Lee is a super hard worker so we are gonna be dunkin people every day. do you go on my facebook ever??  anyway things you could sent me... teeth whitening strips? um a sexy scarf. did you send gloves? thats all i can think of right now. you could tell Logan to tell me all the ish he is buying for his guns! cause it appears he bought a badazz compensator for his Beretta!!! man I'm super jealous. here is a fun idea when you send me camera memory cards you could send them with lots of cute videos of scar and max and guns then i could see them then delete and send you stuff. well here is more info on elder Lee, he is by far my favorite comp. even though he is Korean he would fit in with our family. he is always walking around naked and when he says words like penis its really funny cause he ends it with an R. hahaha it kills me. ill try to get video of it. and my new name is elder knafurs haha i love him. its almost like having a cute little puppy as a companion.  oh yeah i got a ticket this week tooo so im gonna have to pay that...... that's crazy that Jason is doing so good. tell him i say hi. also tell T North that i love him terribly good. man the mission is going pretty fast im pretty sure im close to the 1/4 mark so thats pretty weird. oh ya elder Marsh is doing supper good i love himmm. hopefully we will serve together. haha so yesterday while tracting my eyelashes were freezing together and its not even winter yet. so its pretty fun. ill try takin more photos. im just too lazy ahaha. have you got my last letter? it was a good one. I pick up letters every Monday :) its really nice.  on transfers we all meet in the chapel next to the temple and meet our new comps then drive home with them. we also hear the testimonies of the leaving missionaries. yeah its in the negatives here its -6 right now hahaha its nice.  anyway i got to mail the president byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei

-are you in the same apartment? YES
-what did you do with all the ties we sent? i wear them...
-what kind of car do you have now? the SAME one
-who is senior comp now? well he barlewy speak engrish so i do all the planning and stuff but he has been out a year
-do they have Halloween in Canada? yes
-can your comp drive? well ya but i dont trust him. haha!!