August 1, 2022

 

Subject: Take your shoes and socks off right now  Guys I'm healthy now. Jonas and kelsey (my friends) Came and saw me in durham yesterday. We were talking about all kinds of stuff.  Elder Strauss and I finally got out of QUARANTINE on Saturday. The whole week and a half that we were inside was a little like the worst. Thankfully elder strauss isn't annoying or obnoxious. We basically studied our scriptures all the live long day. I've become so scriptural knowledgeable I can quote the whole entire Bible in one second. *voice recording attached* you have to slow it down really really slow tho.  Anyways I wanted to share with you one of my favorite verses that Elder Strauss showed me this week. 1 Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Bars  Also I wanted to let you know you guys are cool  And I want to be like you when I grow up  Elderbush 1 chicken   2 the whole entire Bible in one second   3 elder Bush and his investigator  4 same and kelsey  5 candid service shots  6 see #5

July 25, 2022

 

Subject: I have a son  Yes I have promised to write an email. Here is a good email I think if all of everyone were to be nice to eachother that might work out for the good.  Also I have the covid and I am in quarantine. We're having a blast here in Durham. It's good Here's some goofy pictures  But careful  It might get a little silly, a little wacky and a little CrAZYyy uh oh!

July 13, 2022

 

Subject: chrissy wake up  Hey hello  What the crab is going on my boys and laydeees. This is the last day of the transfer. We have been biking along the roads this week. One time we biked for like an hour and right at the end there was this giant hill. Turns out we live at the top of a hill. And it's pretty flipping steep. So basically I ended up shifting into first and crawling up the slope until we got to the complex, I know that's not like a crazy cool story but I just wanted to mention that because it absolutely blows to bike places, in some cases I would rather walk.    Also I know all those foreign missionaries are reading this like "dang elder Bush you are complaining, but I'm the one who lives in a third world country" some of you might even say, "first world problems, first world problems.." well I LIVE in the first world... so.. to me, they're just problems. Anyways last p day was the 4th of July and we had a blast, we played basketball, tried to catch a turtle with bread, played baseball, kept trying to catch the stupid turtle, had lunch at the hatches and much more  (not explicitly in that order) but the turtle was a big thing for us that day.  A couple things I want to say, I am teaching these people and I'm going to do something fun where I describe them in three words   Raymond: loving, forgetful, quiet Caroline: Talkative, caring, excited  Chad: Introverted, Committed, smart    Aliyah: Tall, diligent, quiet  Jeep: Intelligent, angry, fun Sherry steele: Old, spiritual, listener  Yeah there's a lot more people but here's some to pray/think about  K so I don't know if I can beat the story that I had last email but here's a weird one So I broke my bike trying to do a quadruple front flip on it and I was giving it to a member to fix it, well when we went in this member's house his son was there. And his son was talking to us and at first things were going not bad but then all the sudden my boy started going all tin foil hat on us and we looked at eachother and soldiered on, he would say things like "You have to trust me" and "you wouldn't believe what they have in there" and "I read it online" so it was just basically him talking about a bunch if stuff that we were not understanding, anyways he offered us some water and we were like "sure" but we basically left while he was upstairs we ran away from that man, all four of us, (at the moment the other elders had picked us up to get our bikes) Anyways yes.  To sum up I wrote a short ballad:    A crazy man He had a plan He talked about it, and then we ran. Ok guys well. Much love  Bush 1 me and Elder Parker 2 a man taking a picture of a dog   3 &5 my zone leader when he caught a fish 4 me on a bike  6 me.on a bike  7 me with a man named Anthony  8 me taking a picture of a man's dog

June 27, 2022

 

Hey friends this is Elder Bush here I'm in Durham  north Carolina which is a pretty good place.

☆Here's a story to read

 I've told this story about nine thousand times but here goes. 

It was a dark and stormy night

I was making calls with Elder Spencer. In the church. 

All of the sudden I saw a spare wheelchair sitting around. Like a paper bag.

youknowhowpaperbagssitaround?#cringe

Basically I copped the sucker and played and played until my heart was full. 

Then I wanted to go outside and do a little off roading in the chair. So I put it in fwd and rolled through the doors. 

Pause. Yes I know I get distracted very easily. I would like to remind you that all the calls are taken care of by now. 

So I rolled through the door

Happy as can be in my new toy. I thought life couldn't get any better. Meanwhile to my utter surprise..  BAM. 

A little boy crawled across the carpet and I was in much shock. 

Anyways I picked him up and cupped him in my hands. He also tried to bite me. I also managed to do this while staying in the wheelchair. Little did I know this guy was a sneaky feller because he sneaked right out of my fingies and crawled up my back like a psycho. I couldn't find it at first but then I felt him scurrying across my shoulder blades. "I am surprised!" I said. (I was surprised) I tried to see this sneaky boy but he was at the perfect angle that I couldn't turn my head all the way around. It was at this moment that Elder Spencer decided to not help me.

He instead took a film of me on his phone.

But I digress. 

I tried to claw at this boy with my hands but he flung himself off my back and flopped onto the doormat below. I was again a shocked man. Pretty much I grasped and grasped at this guy's tail but he was just out of reach and he crawled under the baseboard. Also this boy is a lizard. Forgot to say that. 

Long story long, he gave me his tail in exchange for his freedom and I was left with nothing but a sad reminder of how bad I am at catching lizards. 

BUT WAIT, THERES MORE

because later that day I was walking out with the whole district in my suit pants and shirt and tie. When HOT DOG this same man was out and about in all his tail-less glory. I went immediately into stalking mode and pounced on this sucker. Hah. I've finally got him. I put the little child into the front of my shirt pocket and proceeded about my day. Not 00000.001 milliseconds later this freak of nature fosbury flopped over the lip of my pocket in a desperate attempt to escape. He was fast. But I was faster. I scooped his tiny little body into my arms... but he was a wiggly man again and I juggled him around for a solid 5 second. (I also have video of this moment) 

Finally I clapped him up against my belly trying to pin him to me. I am surprised he survived all of this. He's pretty durable what can I say. 

Anyways after I cupped him up to my belt area I took a peekity peek at this nut and what do you know he was completely gone. I was absolutely chill. And I did not yell and scream and think there was a lizard in my pants. I didn't even pull my pants down to my ankles to check to see if there was a boy in there. Ok maybe I did. BUT HE WAS NOT THERE. I CHECKED ALL MY POCKETS EVEN. Guy was on x games mode.

I searched for a while but he was nowhere to be found. I eventually gave up and denounced him disappeared. I guess he had jumped out while I was juggling him. Or maybe I'm literally insane and he was never real. But wait... I HAVE EVIDENCE OF THIS. I CAN LOOK BACK ON THE VIDEO TO SEE WHERE THIS SON OF A GUN WENT. Let me sum up what happend when I checked the video. First of all it was blurry as heck. Second it totally looked like I got him. One second he's up against my clothes. Next second he's way gone. Pretty much a mystery I would say. 

That is. Until about short 15 minutes later.  When I was in the car actually chilling and actually relaxed. Still not sure where the man went but not worried too much. 

Meanwhile the scrub was still clinging to the fabric of my shirt. But not on the outside. No. On the inside. This man had made the most 1000 amongus imposter IQ play of all time. He had crawled into my shirt instead of my pants. And while I was looking in all the pants pockets and holes, he was sitting on my shoulder observing it all. Like a parrot. I don't know. 

Anyways I felt him moving and I was so surprised I actually yelled. Which was unfortunate because my district leader was on the phone with an investigator. I yelled and glued my hand to my shoulder as I waited for the driver to pull over. After that I pulled him out and confronted him. He seemed just as scared as I was... NOT. this guy was looking at me like I was a fly on a wall, a sitting duck, with a tie on. and a shirt. That he could crawl into. He pretty much violated all my privacy.And for that, he payed the ultimate price. TOTHESTREETS!

anyways I put him on the sidewalk and drove away. I tried to forget about the whole stowaway situation. Too bad we literally have a whole entire video about it. 

Yeah so that's basically it. We also got a new car this week. 

And we had Chris's baptism in thr Durham 2nd ward. Chris is a very cool man. We like him. 

K people you could pray for

And I will describe next week

•Aliyah, that she will keep being awesome

•Brittany, that she will find a job

•Brad that he will find a house or go to an old folks home

•Chad, that he will realize the importance of family

•Jeep, that he will have faith

Pictures from this week

Much love,

Your second favorite Elder bush

1 puppies 

2 Elder Peterson 

3 me

4 knives we made with brother rouse 

5 Chris's baptism

6 ONE OF THE FATTEST DOGS I HAVE SEEN 

7Joel, the knife making man

8 hats at a hat store

9 lizard movie

June 20, 2022

 Subject: Why does the cow in barnyard have an udder. he's a guy.

What's going on subscribers. I have a treat for you, use the code 8EH372GE8DVL to get a 50% off if a  North Carolina sticker at  elderbushsweeklys.com!   Jk that's not a real thing. If it was I would be rolling in cash. 

Well here's a cool fact, we saw many many milágros this week, for those of you that are monolingual that means miracles in Spanish.

To sum up a bunch of people opened the door for us before we even knocked which is super rare but it's even rarer when it happens more than once, or for instance 6 times in a day. 

Saturday was a heck of a day. It was amazing. If you want to hear about, call my mom. She will tell you all about it. (706)-504-8635. 

-Mom I hope you were taking notes when I told you about Saturday. 

K so for p day me and the boys went to go make some knives. We have this member in our congregation who has a lot of practice making knives. He has a beard and his name is Joel. Joel helped us cut and shape and sharpen and harden and clean our knives.  It was freshity fresh. Kind of like subway, except without the sandwiches. And except were making knives. 

Ok so it's not at all like subway. So sue me. 

Sue me like Subway was sold multiple times for their bread and their tuna fish. 

Anyways, making knives was GRAND, and Joel is OLD, and it took some TIME.

So you could say it was a grand old time. 

Haha yesss. That's pretty much like my catchphrase by now. If someone could make me a cake that says that that would be good I think..  

I've had week and I'll have another one this week. Especially because I get to bike everyday  this week.

 Heave ho time to go

Owen

 PS

 I tried sending a video of me making a knife but I couldn't so pretty much I'm telling you this so you can mentally visualize it in your brain (brevity) and picture me doing some freaking cool stuff 

June 6, 2022

 

Subject: who in their right mind wants to be a synchronized swimmer  Wwwwwwhats going on guys here to bless not impress, your favorite hot mess Yours truly. Yeah so I DID get transfered to Durham. I'm having a blast here already, Just so you know DURHAM stands for  Don't U-turn Really Hard And Make a Mess.  The reason that acronym is fitting is because everyone drives like they have pencils in their eyes here.  Gotta say tho that's not the worst mode of transportation  Lately Elder Spence and I have been biking and taking the bus places and I've gotta say I would rather get hit by a bus then bike another day here.  But alas, I must soldier on.  Anyways elder spence is a greenie and he just finished training so he's cool I guess  I also have never been in an area like Durham before  First of all it's in the triangle, which is really populated, Durham also has Duke and UNC which is way cool. Also it's a lot of a smaller area which is interesting. Anyways I'll have more info for you next week you lovely people Elder bush Pictures  1 dinner at good place which I forgot the name 2 cathedral at duke 3 more of that^ 4 me having a spiritual experience  5 Elder Peterson 6 i8 7 lady helping us pump bike up  8 dog 9 sweating a bunch  10 Elder g  11 Elder b