Hey family!

 

Um...so like I miss Harry Potter. Elder Jackson and I were quoting Harry Potter for like 30 minutes today. It was fun. Hey Dad, remember that High Adventure at Flaming Gorge? did I spell that right? I quoted Harry Potter until all the Priests were quoting it. Hahaha! That was a really fun trip. Also, the Green River trip was very memorable, too. What a spoiled kid I was.

 

Bad news...my camera broke. I had it in my pocket, and somehow when I bent my leg getting out of the car or something and I heard a crack. I took it out later and looked at it. The display screen is busted...so I'm sending it back. With the SD cards. There are pictures on them, too. I don't know if you can fix it somehow? If not, I would like to have a new one. Sorry for the inconvenience. I know they're not cheap. BTW, during the week (before my camera broke) I had a thought of something I could do for work when I get home. Or much later...either way: I would like to take pictures for a wildlife magazine thingy. Yeah...thingy. My plan is, to first, buy a camera. Second, go hiking a lot. Third, move to Yellowstone and take a lot of pictures and hike a lot. Sounds fun to me! I love the outdoors and during my mission, I've come to love taking pictures of things. Especially landscapes and sunsets and animals when I can. Anyway, just a thought. The possibilities are endless, I know. Also, I can't just abandon the piano. I must pursue it. I also want to learn auto mechanics. Strange huh? I can't really make up my mind. Nevermind.

 

The deaf branch is going ok...since I've been back, we haven't had any investigators come to church. I'm bad luck. I don't know what else to do. The branch is praying for them when they go to the temple, too. We try everything we can do. It's getting annoying. I know there must be something to learn from this. Something or someone (me) needs to change. But how? what needs to change? Wouldn't that be easy? I was reading the book you sent me for my birthday (love it btw) and it was talking about trials and why we have them. This is a trial because of how I am reacting to it. God doesn't give us trials that won't be for our good. But those trials only come when we are worthy. Yeah. Worthy of trials. Trials are necessary for growth. It is a stretch to become like God, and stretching is difficult and often painful. But in the end, we are far more capable of great things. I'm kinda just waiting it out and keeping my mind open. Trying to be sensitive to the Spirit.

 

The Bobryks are going to be in Canada this year for Christmas...so I'm not sure where we are going to be. Thanksgiving...I'm not sure either. We could go to the Bobryks again. That would be fun. But I'm guessing someone in the Deaf Branch wants to feed us...last year that really didn't work out. Haha..I just remembered the Thanksgiving before I left. Anthony got his call that day. We were at the Beardalls and "Hairy-Bignose" said quietly "smell my bellybutton". Only Charlie and I heard it, and I couldn't stop laughing. At that time, I was working at the Post Office, I had work that evening infact. So my sleeping pattern was off, and hearing something like that in the middle of a massive meal is not easily ignored. I could not stop laughing. Do you remember?? It was funny.

 

Anyway, I gotta go. Thanks for emailing and such. I would like a letter from the girls. that would be nice. I know they can make me laugh. Laughing is the best. I'll try sending the camera with the digital picture frame, too since I can't use it. sorry for being not responsible for my things. I'll pay you back?

 

♥/Elder Brian Ross Peck

♪California Riverside Mission♫