Attempting to Retrieve EMAIL - voice recording

Hello Everybody,

It's Elder Darcey I'm sending a voice recording because we got over to the Family History Center at about nine am and we realized it's Memorial Day so I can't email on a computer as we are now driving to Driggs for a Zone activity.

I'm sending this quick message instead because that's my besst.

This week has been awesome so much good stuff happened.

On Thursday we went on exchanges with one of the AP's and it was a blast and we visited a ton of people and we spent from 5:30 to 7:30 at a community fundraiser for the fireworks for the fourth of July.  The more they make, the better the fireworks are that year.  It was put on by the four different religions in the area in Ashton.  We were serving pulled pork and potatoes and there was a ton left over.  Each church served different food and it was great and we talked to two or three hundred people that night.  It was so cool..

Lots of stuff fell through and lots of challenges in peoples life are starting up because summer is beginning.  I no longer wear long sleeve shirts and though it's only 70, not warm, but warm for here.  There is no snow, in West or Island Park.

That was a weird night.  Friday night we spent in West, in one of two places, more hotelish, or rent a cabin place.  It's really nice, oddly nice.  We were there this week and they put us in one of their best cabins and it was very, very nice.  Watch for the video in the album. 

Rose, this week was definately getting home Wed night and we walked into our house and the guy who lives with us fixed our shower.  We had the worst shower in the mission.  NO Exaggerating.  Go to your sink so some of the water is barely dripping out and that was us. 

Thorn,  probably oof, just how many people had to bale for how many different things going on.  I can't control that.

District Council I was going to make brownies, but that morning went too fast, and the night before I made another key lime pie and they had family over and it was a great time.

Lots of photos and videos.

Elder VanOrman is awesome.  Okay bye,

Elder Darcey 

I'd like to have an Email

Hey Everyone! This week has been Great!

Other than being congested. 

Ignoring that though, I have been feeling great! So much awesome stuff is going on!

First order of business. Key lime pie was amazing. I made it for district council along with a pumpkin pie, and they were both very good. President Nelson (mission prez) was there, and he talked about making sure that we were diligent in our work and all sorts of cool stuff like that.

also Tuesday I went on exchanges with Elder Wheelock. And had a great time trying to keep up with conversations where I could only say Hola and Adios.

That afternoon (Wednesday) we had a ton of pouring rain. In fact the last week has been filled with nothing but overcast and rain. Man has that been nice. Anyway, we had a lesson while walking around a track in the rain. That was a real blast. We are going to be doing that again this week but it looks like it won't be raining as hard. :/ 

Friday morning we went to Island  Park.  

There we helped a guy tear apart a deck from his cabin on Henry's lake. We burned a lot of stuff, moved a lot of stuff destroyed a lot of stuff. That was a good time.

 Also when we got outside, we found a bird (hawk?) hanging out in a room full of windows and no exit. The poor bird (bird?) couldn't find a way out so I had to pick it up and carry it out. We were scared it wouldn't survive because it had just been ramming it's head on windows for the last few minutes. But a little while after I put it down outside, I was surprised when it flew away. 

Then in west we ate dinner with a ton of drama people. They were doing rehearsals for a show they do all summer and we were invited to "Taco Christmas" so that was weird. 

Anyway, That's been my week!

Rose: Carrying a bird (cat?)

Thorn: Not getting a snow cone every day.

-Elder Darcey

Happy Email's Day!

Aidan Darcey	1:14 PM (1 hour ago)
to David, Dia, Ian, Jackie, Brian, me, Terina

Hello Everyone! It's seems like it's been a whole day since I last talked to you! Except I know it's only been 15ish hours because Yesterday was Mothers Day! 

We gave a talk in one of our wards that morning and I talked about a ton of different cool memories about mom! Like how she made a full chain mail armor set for me out of pop tabs, and other cool stuff like that! Anyway my mom is Awesome!

Tuesday was ZONE CONFERENCE! I forgot it was this week until I started typing this Email. Anyway it was a real blast! one of our mission presidency from when I came out was there. (he had been released a few months ago) anyway, before his training (which are always loud and full of energy) Prez Nelson got up and "warned" all the missionaries that had never met him. "Just by the way, President Hall is a high energy speaker!(laughter) So don't be too scared, Listen to the spirit, and don't make eye contact!(more laughter)"

Also this week we got to help at the food handout again! That was a blast! There weren't as many people as last time, and so there was a lot of food leftover unlike last time.

In other news, I am going to try makin' those pies today and Wednesday when we go to district council.

The most part of this week was spent with a killer headache. So that's been fun. It is however going away quickly so I am probably not going to be sad in the future. We have also been doing a ton of cleaning in the place we are staying. Previous missionaries (nine years of them) have simply left whatever they didn't want to take with them. and so there was about 9 years of mess in the place. We have gotten it down to probably 4 or 4.5 years now. Anyway, while we were cleaning, We met a small brown friend that has been living in a pile of socks that we found in the corner of our place. We named him "Furry Houdini" because when we went to catch him, we had him cornered behind a small box. We moved the box and he had pulled a disappearing act on us! We haven't seen him since and we assume it's because he doesn't like the clean-r room that we now have.

umm... oh

Rose this week was that we were given "brownies" at one of our dinners but they weren't actually brownies. they were just Fudge. man that was good.

Thorn was my headache and stuffiness.

Hey Elders Can Call Home Now

Hey all. It's Email time.

I am going to Email quickly.

We can call home now, weird.

I don't know how often I will call, but I will figure it out later.

Anyway this week was great. Like I said Tuesday we went to the Temple, and had a great time. Then Wednesday we did some service and a ton of other stuff. basically walked around for the evening.

Thursday we went to Zone Conference! It was Awesome! Someone from the Mission Office showed up and talked about how we could make the mission do better. Using better planning and Goals. It was really cool.

Also We had a great training on the Book of Mormon. Basically we were told to be using the Book of Mormon more, because It is the big difference between our church and every other church. The one thing that stuck out to me was he said "All of you are out on your mission because you know the Book of Mormon is true. Invite people to find out why you are on your mission... By having people read the Book of Mormon" 

Anyway Friday morning we went to correlate with the other missionaries and halfway through the meeting I got an Email... about calling home... and that ended the meeting as everything devolved into chaos.

Brother and Sister Roberts took us to dinner and took this photo and sent it home to my mom. 

Next Sunday we are speaking in one of our wards. so hopefully my talk doesn't stink.

the work is going great, and the lord is blessing us!

-Elder Darcey

LTPS

Elder Darcey

More than 16 months out despite what he says to people...

Where is he?

ASHTON

(for more than a month and a half)

Mailing Address:

Packages & Letters:

Elder Aidan Darcey

2304 E. 1100 N.

Ashton ID. 83420

Mission Office:

Elder Aidan Darcey

351 W. 14th St.

Idaho Falls ID. 83402

Pictures?

FIND THEM HERE

Email?

Aidan.Darcey@missionary.org