Thursday, September 29, 2011

Take no Thought What Ye Shall Eat or Drink

A family that is taking good care of Elder Novakovich texted us this picture, I assume to prove that Darren is not starving.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

9/26 Letter from Elder Novakovich

So I find out transfers this coming Saturday, which happens to be General Conference!  Woot.  If I was any sort of fortune teller, I would guess that I am staying in Gardiner and Elder Gaykowski will be going somewhere else.  But I have no clue though, because President has developed the reputation of making transfer decisions no one saw coming!  I never would of expected to be leaving Somersworth after one transfer, but it happened nonetheless.  Hopefully I do get to stay though.  I really like Gardiner.  I have especially grown to love a guy who lives really close to us.  His wife is a member.  He has a golden heart, but he has been messed over by religion before so doesn't want any part of it.  He was actually the one who called home the day you had your surgery.  We were over at his house and I was talking about how you were going through the surgery that his wife went through just a little while back.  He asked me for my home phone number and he called to see how the surgery went.  Tyson picked up the phone, and from the sounds of it, he didn't have a clue what was going on.  Hopefully he relayed the message, but I imagine that he didn't.  He is an amazing guy.  I love that man to death! 

So the baptism for John was pushed back the 8th of October due to general conference. 

I don't know what I would really like for my year mark!  For the pizza, I think anything would be good!  I can't really remember what toppings the pie has, but I think something with some meat would be good!  As for other stuff, I really don't have any cravings.  Hard candies like blow-pops, lifesavers, and some others like that would be good.  I guess you can surprise me!  I haven't been disappointed with anything thus far!  :) 

That is so cool to hear about Camryn and the blessing.  That had to be an amazing thing to hear about how she knew the blessing was going to work.  It's amazing how much faith a child can have!  I guess that's why the savior repeats over and over again in his teachings "become as a little child."  Tell her I am so proud of her! 

Ahh I can't believe Taylor is almost in college too!  Man, it's going to be sweet being in the same school as Taylor!  That will be a really fun experience!  I bet she is way excited for college to start... 

Oh boy, I think Utah State might win it again this year.  BYU isn't doing so hot!  Hopefully the Aggies show up to play!  The game is at BYU this year, right?  That will be a fun game to go to.  Hopefully some crazy Aggie fans cause some raucous! 

Well things are going great here in Gardiner!  We have a combined district p-day today, which is going to be sweet!  Everyone in our district can play some basketball!  We are going to have some competitive games for sure!  I am really excited for that.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

More from Elder Novakovich

The weather here has been perfect.  From what I checked out, Utah has been scorched!  The weather there has been hotttttt.  I am not jealous of that.  Not one bit.  You can tell though that fall is coming upon us here.  People are emptying there pools.  Just to go on a little tangent:  EVERYONE here has a pool in their backyard, which is ironic because they have MAYBE 3 months of weather that is good for swimming.  Anyways, people are emptying their pools and the trees are starting to show signs that they are going to change colors.  The only depressing thing about fall on its way is the fact that winter is that much closer.  I am not looking forward to experiencing a full blown, frigid winter in New England.  No sir, I am not looking forward to that at all.  But I will be sure to capture all of the beauty of fall for y'all!  I will include a lot of pictures to show you the best part of being in New England.  

Things are going absolutely great out here in Gardiner!  The gym is still in full force and I have nothing to complain about!  This month is going to be a busy month!  Elder C. Scott Grow from the Seventy is coming down for our Zone Conference on September 19.  And to add more awesome to this transfer, we have interviews with President Wilkey on the 15th!  President Wilkey is going to be one busy man this month!  I am excited to be able to talk again with President!  They are much more enjoyable now that I am not talking about negative things!  I am grateful for all that he has done for me.  I was talking with him last Zone Conference and he mentioned to me how I was going to be his favorite story.  He talked about how happy he was that I am truly starting to plant myself in this mission soil.  He wrote a little letter to me and placed it in my BoM, which basically was complimenting me.  I was very happy to hear that he likes what I am becoming.

Well it’s good to hear that things are going well on the home front.  I miss everyone so much!  I love you so much and am extremely grateful for all you do!  

I love you!

Elder Novak