Dec 9

Elder Feidler!

Cold weather blew in here at home and it has been grey and yucky this weekend. Chelle's friend, Tammy has been visiting us from Oregon this week.

Friday we went and watched Maddie perform in a school play called "Bridge to Terabithia" and she did great.  They even got 3rd place at UIL on Saturday with their performance

I'm loving the new car with the MINI connected system and satellite radio.  It can even play video on the screen when stopped from an Iphone4S or Ipod.  Not Iphone 5......

It you have a jail broken iPhone 4S you can mirror everything from the phone to the screen. I may look for one of those.

Always open top.  The openometer records how long the top has been open.  Silly gauge...  The seats are just cloth sport seats.

Myka has been sick this week with fever a couple of times and now a snotty nose / cold with some fever.

Been a slow work week here for me this week. Next Sunday I get to speak in church!  Drawing inspiration from Christmas Carols.

So how's it going there??  Did you have a baptism for Stephanie on Saturday?  We sure hope so!

I know many of the people I taught on my mission were from the more humble neighborhoods.   The others wouldn't listen.  In England they had large government housing neighborhoods called Council Housing and that was where we had the most success.  Just make sure she gets lots of fellowship from members.

We are starting to think about Christmas.  Your package will most likely be sent to the Mission Office as the President sent out a letter that said that was best.  We need to know if there is any thing special you need or want for Christmas.   Tell us this week or it may be too late.

Sorry we didn't chat back n forth last week.  Cyber Monday had caused huge email delays with SBCGlobal.  We got your email that night.  Zack got his earlier in the day because of the gmail account he used.

We love you and are super proud of you! Keep up the good work and keep the pedals attached to the bike! J

Love you,

Dad

Zack and I playing around with Skype

Graham:

It has been another cold week here! Saturday we did have a baptism for Stephanie! She was so excited and couldn't stop smiling! I was the one who got to baptize her. That was a little nerve racking at the beginning of the meeting but as soon as I stepped into the water the fear went away and the words came out perfectly. Only had to dunk her once. She also brought a friend to the baptism who has been Catholic his whole life but really enjoyed the baptism and also enjoyed and got emotional at church. The other lessons we taught last week weren't as busy though because we couldn't find any members to go with us and it only made it up to the twenty's a few days. The mornings started off in the teen's and the lake we live on is freezing over! Overall it's been a good week, just trying not to freeze to death! Also sending packages to the mission office is a bad idea! We have to bike to the mission office for meetings or to pick up packages. It is incredibly hard to carry a messenger bag and a package back home on a bike in the cold rain from the mission office! My companion is the district leader and all we have in our district are sister missionaries. The mission is running out of money and can't afford cars so a lot of the elder missionaries are now on bikes.

Love and miss ya'll,

Elder Graham Feidler

Dad:

Congrats on the baptism. We will send the package to your apartment then so you don't have to carry it on a bike. Anything you can think of that you want for Christmas? We love you.