Raccoons and Possums

8/27/2012
Hey family so I'm glad to hear that every one is doing great.So uncle Ben stayed over for a whole week? How did it go? Its good to hear that he is putting off weight and going back to school, tell him I say hi. 
It good to know that you guys are still going to go see Roscoe graduate I'm sure that he would like those Reese's Butter cups and its good to hear that he past his pt tests. 
So the Melatonin  pills aren't really helping but I've been taking some over the counter sleeping pill that seem to be working, but I still wake up every once in a while and the only problem with the pills is that when wake up I don't fell refreshed. 
So I don't have much time but ill be sending a letter with more info in it. So the picture and videos.
To see the picture click for this post here  
1. this is Phil one of the possums 
2. our first attempt to catch a raccoon, but he escaped 
3. this is Phil Jr another possum, man he is ugly 
4.this is a stick bug on our window 
5. same stick bug 
6.our first successful catch the video explains it 
7. picture of the our trap with... Two raccoons but one of them jumped out later on 
8. just another video 
9.me with a fork and knife in hand ready to eat my first coon meal :) just kidding we let him go after a little bit 
10. another picture of me 
11-12 the coon inside the trap 
PS the trap is made out of some old bed sheets and some rope 
Love you all hope this week goes well for all of you. 
And when you see Roscoe give him a huge for me.

-Elder Dixon

So its not letting me send the videos so I'll just send the pictures.

Forgetting birthdays

8/20/2012

Hey family so I don't really need my fan sent to me cause we have a box fan in our apartment.

So its good to hear about all the stuff happening with the uncle Bret and Grandpa Dixon.

So I'm sorry that I forgot about Crystals Birthday, I think you guys need to send a list that has Birthdays on it cause I don't have Facebook to remind me.

So has my letters been getting to you guys? Did you get the SD card I sent?

I'm glad to hear about the other missionaries in our ward its good to know that they are having good experiences over there.

Its cool to know that the people are replacing the ionizer for free I just hope she gets it back before the trip.

Ok so to answer your questions about our investigators. Kyle is the one that we talked on the curb and every time we try to set up an appointment he bails cause something always comes up and it's really hard to set up another. So the Indian guys name is Ben and I haven't really heard much about him cause he is being taught by the zone leaders and I'm pretty sure he might be done with school and moving back to India I'm not sure,

And the Mullins we contacted a couple of days ago but his wife is really sick so he told us to wait a couple of weeks.

Well that all that I have time for right now I'll talk to you guys next week.

Elder Dixon

"...I can't be that silent little kid in the corner..."

8/13/2012

Hey family 

I'm sorry to hear about Roscoe and how he isn't doing very well, so you still haven't answered my question about his shine splits, what are they exactly? And is he able to receive letters at this time?

So grandpa got a GPS? That's pretty awesome they are way nice to have cause Elder Barney has one so we use it to find peoples address's cause they don't use the grid system out here so it is next to impossible to find a address without one.so what temple did you guys go to I'm guessing you went to the Provo one?

 So the bishops are taking lessons from the missionaries? I thought that they where already members? Or are they just less actives?

 So to answer your question about the pictures I haven't gotten them yet but mail does take awhile to get here.

 So how are the McDonald's doing?

 

So every thing over here is ok, we are still having a hard time finding investigators and the ones that we have are ignoring our calls and visits so we are probably going to drop them :( and to tell you the truth its been really discouraging lately its been really hard cooping to the missionary life style, in the mtc they tell you to just be yourself on a mission, but that's really hard for me cause I have to change who I am, I have to change my personality and my character, I can't be that silent little kid in the corner any more, instead I have to be someone who has to go and talk to people i don't even know and deal with rejection every day cause so many people have hardened there hearts towards the church, or are just to stubborn to listen to what we have to say. I just wish there was an easier way to come out of my comfort zone.

 Love you all hope this week works out better for everyone.

Elder Dixon

Letters

8/6/2012

Hey family so things are still kinda the same I still haven't had any decent nights rest so that's one of the biggest things bringing me down. So you guys are taking turns writing Roscoe every day, that's pretty cool, so when are you going to start doing that for me? JK I wouldn't have time to read all of them if you did that.

So how is the rest of the family doing? Like aunts and uncles and grandparents.

So what is a Shin splints? I hope its not that serious, so how did he do on his pt test?

So we are still kicking China's butt in the Olympics, that's good :) So apparently there is a guy from Romania that looks like me, that's what some other missionaries said, when they where visiting with a member and the Olympics where on.

So this week me and elder barney went to the St Louis temple and that was way nice to be able to do that cause I needed it.

So how is dad doing with his back cause I know in past letters its been pretty bad.

Oh and you need to send some pictures of the new baby goats.

So in the letter that you guys sent with Dayan and Devin's letters and your letter as well Megan drew me a picture and said some thing about cranes and I couldn't understand it so if you could tell me what she wanted it would help out a lot.

Love ya lots Elder Dixon

 

Teaching investigators

7/30/2012
Hey family how it going, so you guys didn't read my letters right we don't have a baptism date yet for anyone and I don't get to teach Ben cause he is in the zone leaders area who are over all the single adults and Campos.

We haven't taught kyle yet cause he keeps canceling on us cause something always comes up.

So I'm glad to here that uncle Wade's wedding went well, sorry to hear that mom got sick cause of it.

So Cola gave birth to a buck and a doe that's good, what do they look like?

When do you think the white goat well give birth?

So this week was pretty awesome,

So Tuesday we just did a whole bunch of finding and as usual no one wanted to talk to us.

On Wednesday we taught on of our other investigator Womier she has been taught by a couple of missionaries now and is pretty slow at understanding things so its going to take awhile.

On Thursday we had our supper activity and we went to a cardinals game, went to the arch and saw the Mississippi but it was pretty small where we where cause it was in st Louis, but I've been told that it gets a lot bigger and I've seen some pictures of it to.

Then on Friday we went to a devotional and we heard from some awesome members, one of them being the guy who bought the land for the temple, by the way I get to go there on the 4th so I'm happy that I get to go into it this time.

Then on Saturday we just did allot of finding again.

Then on Sunday we went to church. so this week hasn't been so fruitful as the last couple of weeks.

So today is zone p-day so I'm looking forward to that.

Love you all,

- Elder Dixon

P.S. I'll be sending some pics real soon

P.S.S.

By the way have you looked up those address for me yet?

Love Elder Dixon

 And tell brother Nelson that Elder Barney says hi back

"...had to drop one of our investigators..."

7/23/2012

Hey family I got your letter this week it was great, thanks for the drawing Megan :)

So she wants me to make her some cranes for her b day, you'll have to remind me, so this week was pretty awesome on Tuesday we decided to fast cause we were sick of our potentials falling through, so after that we went out tracking and didn't find any one. Came back from lunch and prayed for guidance of where to go. So one of our potentials popped in to my mind so we went to his neighborhood and knocked on his door and he said that he wasn't interested so we just went and tracked the rest of the neighborhood and we knocked on a couple. We ran into a atheist and a minister for a baptist church and they were not interested so we knocked on this one door and a guy came out and said that he can't talk to us cause his kids asleep so we started to walk back to our car and he came out and stopped us and asked if we could just talk to him outside on the curb so we were really excited to hear that. So we taught him the first lesson on the spot and we answered all of his questions he had about the church, and he is really opened minded to so that was great, and we have another appointment with him tomorrow so I'm praying that it goes well.

 

We had to drop one of our investigators, at first the lesson was going well then he started to ask weird questions and it just started to escalate and it wasn't because of us he was just drunk so it got to the point where the spirit was just telling to get out so we did but he wasn't to happy about us leaving he was telling us to sit back down and swearing so we aren't going back there for a while, but I'm glad that he is a pretty small dude and he had a broken arm and was in a wheel chair so if things got out of hand we could have taken him :)

 

Those are probably the top stories of the week hope that last one didn't freak you out mom :)

So today has been pretty awesome we went golfing with a member cause he lives in a apartment with a golf course around it so that was pretty fun at first I couldn't hit the ball but near the end I was able to hit it pretty well so I that was fun, it's a lot funner if your playing it instead of watching it. and we get to go cave spelunking cause in the beer creak ward a member has a pretty deep cave in there back yard so the missionaries from that area invited us so I'm way excited for that.

 

I'm kinda jealous cause you guys are getting rain, we haven't had any real rain storms since before I got here we just get little sprinkle showers .

That's kinda a bummer that the Scottish festival wasn't as great as in the past.so you got the letter from sister Witman they are a awesome family they are like in there 80s so there real smart sister Witman has written a couple of articles and brother Witman is like the law teacher for most university's so he is a real smart guy. I'm surprised that she mentioned that I was bold cause I think I'm still the same shy boy who left home a month ago.

So the heat is still a killer :( and the guy we talked to in the park is Ben and the guy we ran into while fasting is Kyle. and yes sending me a book with some pics would be nice I'll send my SD card in the mail soon it just has a lot more room on it.

Glad that you are all doing well and i look forward to your guys reply love you all

 

Elder Dixon

 

PS the next hand written letter wont be as long as the rest cause I don't have much time to write cause today is going to be busy.

Here is Jacob's address
              Elder Jacob Dixon
              9 S Old HWY 63 apt. #5
              Columbia, MO 65201