Adventures in Canada: October 1st Letter

I love the story of those guys that helped out the Handcart company. I like to think that had i been alive at that time i would've done the same thing. Actually, Josh was baptized on September 27th, not the 28th. How do i know? BECAUSE TYLER WAS BAPTIZED THE SAME DAY! word. That was such an awesome experience. I gave a talk on baptism and used an object lesson on hot sauce and how it cleans a penny, (thanks to Aimee and her volleyball tournaments and eating at taco bell at said tournaments) Guess i should've saved that for the talk on the holy ghost and the baptism of FIRE! hahahahahahahahaha......I then was a witness for the baptism, and after Tyler came up her looked at me and the the biggest smile I've seen on ANYONE. That was pure joy for sure. It felt so good to know that I've made such a difference in some one's life and stuff. Also, i thought about it, and i guess he's in the same situation as dad was. I created a younger version of my father! wowwww. I'm so grateful for those two missionaries who taught you guys. Its fun for me to hear about you seeing all my friends at BYU. You should go visit the Divine six in apt four at liberty square and whip them into shape! dad, your experience with the girl on the plane was hilarious. and horribly awkward. wow, i dont know what i would've done. gross. haha, birthday girl was funny too. I had an experience at BYU like that where this girl kept leaning more and more and more and i was leaning halfway into the aisle to get away from her. How did the lady take the gospel discussion? Was she nice and stuff? My new comp is way outgoing and fun. He's from Idaho but more recently from Vegas. He loves sports and a lot of the same things i do so we have lots of fun talks and stuff. For kicks, and to celebrate p-day eve, i trimmed ETT3 (endure to the end) onto my chest, and then a big smiley face on my belly. :) haha i can almost see you rolling your eyes. Elder Pehrson put CTR and ETT3 in his legs. so yeah, that's fun. We've picked up a few new investigators, Rebecka met some LDS kids at college, so she started taking classes at the institute and is interested in the church. During the first lesson, she told us she already believes in The Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, just isn't completely sure about a Modern prophet (conference! yay!) and stuff. So yeah, she's way cool and has been through a lot and became Christian on her own out of a very anti-religion family. With how well things are going, I'm expecting to get 2 baptismal dates this transfer. The other Tyler is very close, just wants more knowledge, and We're trying to get a hold of Carla, she's way busy and hard to catch, but i feel really good about her. You can tell she wants to change.While we were walking around earlier this week, we saw TWO people fall off a bike and a skateboard. The guy on the bike didn't totally fall, but he feet slipped of the pedals and stuff, enough to look really embarrassing, and a guy in front of us on a skateboard caught a crack and got launched. that was fun to see. I felt really bad cuz I've had experiences like that and its so embarrassing, so we did our best to comfort. well, enjoy the pictures, and I'm excited for the letter! I love you guys SO much and really miss you! Elder Crippen

"Posterity Shot" Elder Taylor trained Elder Castillo and Elder Page, who trained me.