Monday, July 26, 2010

Elder Jeff

My 'little' brother is on a mission in Alaska. I tried to email him every week at the beginning, you know, to be a good big sister. I got kinda out of the habit when he would send me emails like this:

"Need some new ties, about ten. Ask the woman for money" (translation: please purchase me some knockoff ties while you're in China. Mom will pay you back)

That is literally the whole email. I guess he is too busy fishing on his p-days to write decent letters. However, I can tell that he is growing, and his emails have been getting longer (still not sure if he refers to my mom as 'the woman'...). I just got a forward from him today, and I wanted to share part of it with you.

"here is some funny tracting dialog from yesterday:
jeff- hey hows it going?
man- good
Jeff- well we're missionaries from the church of jesus crhist.. bla bla bla have you ever talked to missionarues before?
man- yeah i have but it's not really for me
jeff- hey man thats cool. it's not for everyone... just kiddin it is."

*spelling was left 'as is'*
**Elder Williams is the one in the attractive blue tie on the right. Whoever picked out that tie must have impeccable taste**

6 comments:

susan said...

Ok in Jeff's defence, he claims to call me "woman" because that is what Jesus called his mom. I don't buy it either, but it is hard to argue with. I used to tell him that when he had ALL of Jesus's other attributes he could call me woman.

Olivia Carter said...

Ha, ha! To your post & your mom's post! So funny!

April Carter said...

That is so funny. Looks like he really is growing. Love the tie by the way. Jeff is a handsome man. I think I should write him. I bet you would think...who the heck is this lady.

Meredin said...

Where at in Alaska? My grandparents live there, along with 2 aunts and a uncle. and some more extended family

Mindizzle said...

ha ha. Jeff. You can't take away his personality. "Just kiddin, it is"

glad he's doing well :)

alma and nicole smith said...

haha, that's funny. ok so i just checked your blog for the first time in a while and had to look at the url to figure out where i was with the new title and all. i have to admit, i was rather attached to kkcarter coolspot :)