Email from 2/17

Hey
So it sounds like alot of fun has happened in san diego. im sad to hear about charlton though i wish it could be a better situation for him. he is seriously in my prayers daily along with all of you. im doing well we are having some sucess i guess you can say with a nm named karen harker she is less accountable but still is very bright were trying to get her to stop smoking its a hard task to do. but we have set a date for the first week of march were hoping it will go well. two famlies actually the bartsoffs and the olers are really close families to us. but we hardly get to see them because we are trying to be more obedient with the rules here. we made a covenant that we will be 100% obedient and if we are that we could achieve a goal of 100 baptisms in our mission so will see how it goes im kinda fearful and excited at the same time. sundays we attend about three differant wards and teach after that till 9 or so its the only day that is slightly different from the rest. Me and the comp are doing alot better than before i guess you can say but we have been teaching more together so i guess will have to see how that goes too well i love you guys alot thanks for everything !

Email from 2/12

Hey,
Im doing well today is p-day for just this week cause tomorrow is transfers and we get to have it a little early in the week. But the mission is great im officially 2 months old. Seems fast but slow at the same time you know what i mean but anyways cant wait to hear from you guys next week. Kinda stinks forgot to tell evryone that it was today but oh wells. Hopefully all is well within the family. Love you Guys

Elder Narayan

2nd email on 2/12

no were both staying in raymond
should be interesting most time we just try to stay busy cause mostly the whole town is lds crazy huh? well hope you are doing well let me know if anything is happening with dad

yeah i know you could you do me a favor and tell the family ill be checking my email later so write! sounds fun though im excited for shiu and michelle i was just at the temple. a cool thought i was thinking about is we need to get charlton endowed so he can come to my wedding in the temple and stuff cause how awesome would it be to have the entire family in the C room i would love that if it could happen but will see

Letter from 2/3

Hey So you know it would be nice to get a letter from you too you butt head naw naw just messing i know your probably really busy so its all good i hope all is well tell dad happy birthday ill mail him a card hopefully my companion kinda strict on rules so ill try to get a letter out as soon as possible well i hope all is well love you Elder Narayan

Letter from 1/27

Hey Come on to get love you gots to show it lol. I know sorry last week was a crazy day we went to a temple session and than we had to drive to hang out with the district for a game of ball before we had to go to our dinner appointment. I know Dinesh is married im shocked but if she is happy than im glad. All is well here in Raymond you know thats what CTR truly stands for right? Come to Raymond haha thats our inside joke everything is crazy i see more snow than ever over here we had a foot and its supposed to get to -40 soon crazy huh and than its supposed to snow i really dont want that to happen cause snow drifts are insane over here we got stuck the 2nd day i was here so we just had a snow day it was great. sorry to hear about dad how is he other than that did he get my post card i hope he did ive been trying to get a day of rest to write letters but its crazy ive been busy with my work here. oh yeah elizabeth was baptized on saturday and confirmed so ill get you pictures soon when i get a chance. so i seems like everyone is doing fairly welll im glad that everyone is they are all in my prayers. love you all take care

Email from 1/13

whats up sis
im doing well guess the weather is 5 c so its like 32 f or something warmest it will get for a while cause its supposed to be like -20 or something next week not really looking forward to that but will see how that goes im excited cause on the 23rd a girl named elizabeth is getting baptized crazy huh! we are going to teach her all the lessons within 2 weeks so were trying to break it up well enough for her to understand. so what is going on with the fam? everything good tell kenyon i hope that he gets a better position for work. love you guys

Elder Narayan

Email received on 01/06/10

Hey so since this going on the blog( thanks by the way ) ill say whats up to the whole family. So whats up Narayans! My companions are Elder Gardner who will be my trainer he is younger than me by the way and has been out for 5 months. He is crazy spiritual and has trained another elder before me and is district leader crazy huh? But my other companion is Elder Peterson who is the tightest elder you could ever meet to bad he goes home today... so anyways Canada.. COLD..Snow,White, and Windy All the time crazy. My first area is Raymond home of the comets which i already love so much. The people here are amazing i love them all. One family the Bartsoffs is the best family and are always inviting us to come over they always have the greatest dinners too. Ive only been here for a week and they have fed us atleast 4 times. Ive taught atleast 20 member lessons and we have 31 this week crazy! We only have one new "Gator" he is lacking the desire to be baptized but we are trying to work with him to see how he feels about coming to church. Well i hope all is well i love karyn and the rest of the family thanks alot for the support.
Love, Elder Narayan

Email received on Wed 12/30

Hey Karyn, what's up? My mail address is the mission home in Calgary so if you want to send me "stuff" thats where to send it. Well write you next Wednesday, which is my P Day. Ok you're the best. Tell Kenyon I said Hi too.

Phone call from the airport

Elder Narayan called me on Tuesday afternoon from the airport. It was so exciting to talk to him. I can't believe he will be in the mission home tonight and out in the field. Kenyon and I both remembered our first night in the mission field. It was lonely, you don't really know your companion and you're in a foreign country for the next 1-1/2 to 2 years.

I guess sometimes it's hard to appreciate the freeedoms and the country we have until you live in a different country. I remember when I landed in Florida on my way back home to Hawaii from Chile when I looked out the window and saw the US flag I started to cry. It was such an overwhelming feeling to be back on US soil, even though I was still about 12 hours away from Hawaii. I am so grateful to be a citizen of the United States.

Letter from Elder Narayan on December 21, 2009

Banfields:

Thanks a bunch for the package. My companion and district loved the mamba's and the pooping jelly beans. So today was kinda fast we love Mondays because Sunday is no mail and barely any on Sunday. The food here is making me really sick feeling and all we do is sit around after we eat. It kind of stinks. So we're working on the plan of salvation. it's hard to teach and actually more hard to find a connection with certain people. I can't wait for next Tuesday we leave for Canada t 2 and arrive at 4. So did you get my letter? If not Dinesh has it. i didn't have ryour address so it was hard to figure out what to do. So I just mailed it there. How you guys doing? I think about family only when I receive letters. LOL. My mind is on studying more. I don't want to look dumb in front of my first investigator. Well it's time for bed. Love you guys.

Your Brother,

Elder Narayan