2/22/10
Hey,
How are you? Everything went well for my birthday and i had a good time. I cant believe how fast the time has gone by that my birthday has come and gone. Time is going so fast. Febuary is already over! Anyway the game was fun that we went to on saturday and the cheerleaders arent that cute and are terrible at dancing. I guess the players get paid decent but nothing like they do in america. We went to TGIFridays and ate there and it was pretty good. That is the only other american resturant and it is only in Dnepr. I think though i will be in the mission office the rest of my mission though. My companion goes home next transfer so unless this is my last one then i am pretty sure i am staying here. Zone conference was good but it was only the first one. We still have to do another 4 so this week i am going to be traveling alot which will be fun. For my talk though i just write down ideas that i want to say and just go from there. I can do the same in russian though but Zone Conferences are in english so its good. I know that kid that spoke. That sucks that they got beat up. Haha i only had 5 attack me but i made them pay the price for it. I am glad that the US won in hockey though. That would be cool/weird if NHL players stopped playing in the olympics. Nothing to exciting though happend last week except my birthday. We are still working hard to find people but few lessons unfortunatly. I was in Zap yesterday for church because we had to do an audit there on the branch and it was really fun to go back. That was my second city in case you forgot. But seeing everyone again really was enjoyable. Haha felt like i never left there. Well sorry that this email sucks but i really dont have anything to say. Things going well. My companion and i are doing well. He is a stud. I think this is the shortest email of my mission but yea just know things are going well and we are having fun and that i am doing fine. Love you. Crazy to think that i only have 3 months left. When do i need to registar for school and classes? Thanks again. Love you.
Elder Hukill
Saturday, February 27, 2010
WHATEVER-ITS THEIR SALVATION
02/15/10
Hey,
Well the church just gave us a new email system which is really nice because it is linked with google mail so yea its cool and have alot more space for memory. so that is why the email address is different than it has been. Things here are going good. Still hard to find people to meet with who will continue to meet with us but we are trying. We find people to meet with once but then after that they dont ever again. Whatever. Its their salvation. The weather here is crazy though. Some days it is freezing and snowing then the next it will be warm enough to melt snow and then everything is just wet. Yesterday i remembered how you mom would put walmart bags in your skiboots. So yesterday i tried it out and it worked really well except i didnt have walmart bags. Haha. So thanks for the idea. I didnt know it was the olympics. Haha i dont think they will have anybody huge but maybe there will be some random guy who does well and wins. Movies here are very cheap so if you give me a list i can find some and bring them home. They have russian and english. We had some drunk guys show up on our doorstep the other day so that was fun. My apartment we have a security camera so we turned on the tv and they were standing there and were like open the door. Haha it was pretty funny because they said they were the cops and their "badge" was a taxi card. So anyways we didnt open it and were just yelling at them and telling them to go away. But then the office elders came over so we had to open the door and we scared the drunk guys pretty because my comp is like 6-4 and a big guy and i was holding a bat. Haha it was funny. So thats about the most exciting thing to have happend lately in my life. We start Zone Conferences again so i am going to be travelling again which will be fun and tiring at the same time. We are going to another basketball game this week for my birthday so that will be fun. I dont think 55,000 missionaries would be enough for all of China. Haha then the rest of the world would be without missionaries. Anyways things are going well here and i dont have much else to say. Hope everything is going well for you back home. Love you. See ya.
Elder Hukill
Hey,
Well the church just gave us a new email system which is really nice because it is linked with google mail so yea its cool and have alot more space for memory. so that is why the email address is different than it has been. Things here are going good. Still hard to find people to meet with who will continue to meet with us but we are trying. We find people to meet with once but then after that they dont ever again. Whatever. Its their salvation. The weather here is crazy though. Some days it is freezing and snowing then the next it will be warm enough to melt snow and then everything is just wet. Yesterday i remembered how you mom would put walmart bags in your skiboots. So yesterday i tried it out and it worked really well except i didnt have walmart bags. Haha. So thanks for the idea. I didnt know it was the olympics. Haha i dont think they will have anybody huge but maybe there will be some random guy who does well and wins. Movies here are very cheap so if you give me a list i can find some and bring them home. They have russian and english. We had some drunk guys show up on our doorstep the other day so that was fun. My apartment we have a security camera so we turned on the tv and they were standing there and were like open the door. Haha it was pretty funny because they said they were the cops and their "badge" was a taxi card. So anyways we didnt open it and were just yelling at them and telling them to go away. But then the office elders came over so we had to open the door and we scared the drunk guys pretty because my comp is like 6-4 and a big guy and i was holding a bat. Haha it was funny. So thats about the most exciting thing to have happend lately in my life. We start Zone Conferences again so i am going to be travelling again which will be fun and tiring at the same time. We are going to another basketball game this week for my birthday so that will be fun. I dont think 55,000 missionaries would be enough for all of China. Haha then the rest of the world would be without missionaries. Anyways things are going well here and i dont have much else to say. Hope everything is going well for you back home. Love you. See ya.
Elder Hukill
WALKING AROUND NAKED
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Hey,
Hows it going? Things here are going good and last week was a really busy week for me because it was transfers and we had to move people and just stuff like that. Nothing to exciting though. I found a new apartment for the office elders that will save the mission about 200 dollars a month and so i was doing stuff with alot last week. I got a new companion whose name is Elder Gruver. He is from California and is one transfer older than me so i was in the MTC with him. He is a good guy and we were around each other in Poltava so we are already good friends. I really dont have much to put from last week but i was able to go contacting for the first time in my area since i came to Dnepr and that was really good we met some people who i guess had seen me and McDonalds a couple of days earlier. Haha who knew that McDonalds would be such a great place. That doctor guy told us he was really busy and wouldnt be able to meet with us until after feb 13 so i hope he calls us. He was such a stud. We went to a basketball game here on saturday and it was really fun. I think most college teams could beat them but still it was fun to go and watch a competive sport. There is a rule where only 2 americans can be on the team and dnepr has a 6'9 black guy from alabama who we talked with after the game. Haha they just let you walk over the court and talk to the players. Pretty crazy and opposite from america. High School gyms in america are bigger than where they play but yea it was fun. That is cool that the girls went skiing. The weather here is pretty cold and the humidity makes it feel like i am walking around outside naked. Haha it goes right through my clothes. A 2nd grade reunion eh? That is pretty weird. I wonder if i will have one of those things. The package i got was from Grandma and Grandpa Hukill so tell them thank you from me and that i love them. And also tell Grandma i wrote Aaron and Anthony and am just waiting to hear back from them. I do remember the Princess tower thing. Haha that is funny that she remembered it that well. Yesterday during Church we had a lady get up who wasnt a member and she bore her testimony how all churches are true and that she wasnt sure if joseph smith was a prophet. Haha it was crazy. Everyone was in shock. I am glad the Saints won though. Haha i like Peyton Manning but i hate the colts for some reason. I think it goes back to when i used to play them in techno superbowl on regular nintendo. Who knows. Oh yea i just remembered something. I know you said you were done sending packages but if you could send a small one or something like that with Crest whitening strips i would appreciate it. Well anyways thats about all going on here. Thanks for everything. Love you all.Elder Hukill
Hey,
Hows it going? Things here are going good and last week was a really busy week for me because it was transfers and we had to move people and just stuff like that. Nothing to exciting though. I found a new apartment for the office elders that will save the mission about 200 dollars a month and so i was doing stuff with alot last week. I got a new companion whose name is Elder Gruver. He is from California and is one transfer older than me so i was in the MTC with him. He is a good guy and we were around each other in Poltava so we are already good friends. I really dont have much to put from last week but i was able to go contacting for the first time in my area since i came to Dnepr and that was really good we met some people who i guess had seen me and McDonalds a couple of days earlier. Haha who knew that McDonalds would be such a great place. That doctor guy told us he was really busy and wouldnt be able to meet with us until after feb 13 so i hope he calls us. He was such a stud. We went to a basketball game here on saturday and it was really fun. I think most college teams could beat them but still it was fun to go and watch a competive sport. There is a rule where only 2 americans can be on the team and dnepr has a 6'9 black guy from alabama who we talked with after the game. Haha they just let you walk over the court and talk to the players. Pretty crazy and opposite from america. High School gyms in america are bigger than where they play but yea it was fun. That is cool that the girls went skiing. The weather here is pretty cold and the humidity makes it feel like i am walking around outside naked. Haha it goes right through my clothes. A 2nd grade reunion eh? That is pretty weird. I wonder if i will have one of those things. The package i got was from Grandma and Grandpa Hukill so tell them thank you from me and that i love them. And also tell Grandma i wrote Aaron and Anthony and am just waiting to hear back from them. I do remember the Princess tower thing. Haha that is funny that she remembered it that well. Yesterday during Church we had a lady get up who wasnt a member and she bore her testimony how all churches are true and that she wasnt sure if joseph smith was a prophet. Haha it was crazy. Everyone was in shock. I am glad the Saints won though. Haha i like Peyton Manning but i hate the colts for some reason. I think it goes back to when i used to play them in techno superbowl on regular nintendo. Who knows. Oh yea i just remembered something. I know you said you were done sending packages but if you could send a small one or something like that with Crest whitening strips i would appreciate it. Well anyways thats about all going on here. Thanks for everything. Love you all.Elder Hukill
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Three transfers left
02/1/2010
Hey,
The weather here has gotten alot warmer since last week. Yesterday was the first time i have felt about freezing in a very long time. But not everything is just soaking wet so it kind of sucks. We played football the other day in the snow and it was really fun. My companion is going home today so it is kind of weird. I have learned though some things that i want to do to make the trip home easier. I dont know what you want me to buy you but i have gotten some pretty sweet things for you but if there is anything else just let me know. I get a new companion on Thursday and i already know who it is and i really like him. He is a good guy but also will be going home before i do. Haha. I have 3 transfers left. I met this guy on the street the other day and he was with his wife and kid. So i stopped and talked to them and they were really nice. I got his number and met with the dad at his work which is the hospital since he is an orthopedic sugreon. He is way nice though and is excited to learn about the gospel with his family. Baptizing a family would make me life. Haha. He showed us X-Rays of knee and hip replacements and that was pretty cool to see. That is cool about Manning saying that about Cauley. Haha i have to admit though that i dont want the colts to win the Super Bowl. but that is good for that BYU guy.
Love, Tyler
Hey,
The weather here has gotten alot warmer since last week. Yesterday was the first time i have felt about freezing in a very long time. But not everything is just soaking wet so it kind of sucks. We played football the other day in the snow and it was really fun. My companion is going home today so it is kind of weird. I have learned though some things that i want to do to make the trip home easier. I dont know what you want me to buy you but i have gotten some pretty sweet things for you but if there is anything else just let me know. I get a new companion on Thursday and i already know who it is and i really like him. He is a good guy but also will be going home before i do. Haha. I have 3 transfers left. I met this guy on the street the other day and he was with his wife and kid. So i stopped and talked to them and they were really nice. I got his number and met with the dad at his work which is the hospital since he is an orthopedic sugreon. He is way nice though and is excited to learn about the gospel with his family. Baptizing a family would make me life. Haha. He showed us X-Rays of knee and hip replacements and that was pretty cool to see. That is cool about Manning saying that about Cauley. Haha i have to admit though that i dont want the colts to win the Super Bowl. but that is good for that BYU guy.
Love, Tyler
Coldest Weather of My Entire Life
01/26/2010
Hey,
Sorry i am writing a day late but whatever. Haha just know i am still alive and will write sometime during the week if i dont on monday. The weather here has been the coldest of my entire life. I seriously dont think i have ever experienced weather like this EVER. The other day it was -27 C. So cold. There is ice everywhere and its fun to slide everywhere. My feet though are freezing. Haha i am going to buy some wool socks so those will be nice. There is a ton of snow though. We finally got done with all of the Zone Conferences after giving the same talk about 6 times. I cant believe how fast this month has gone by. The first week of the month though i didnt think it would ever end. How did Cauley do? How often does he play. I dont really know what to say about my responsiblites though. I just help president with transfers and talking to missionaries and just know what it is going on the mission. I dont know. I just do whatever. And we do finding and such when we arent busy with other stuff. But for the most part we dont have much time which is to bad. We do alot of work though with Less Actives and getting them to come back. The kids name is Chad Winward and Coach Jackson. You can get letters from them and even Barry Hales might be good too. Hey did you ever send that CTR ring? I am still waiting for it so yea just wondering what is going on with that. This morning i went to the hospital with an Elder so he could get an X Ray and it was probably the most frustrating thing ever. Haha nobody wanted to help. Finally i was just like we give you money you give us X ray its that easy. Haha i wanted to slap somebody though. Nothing even happened last week worthy of talking about. Haha sorry my emails these past couple of weeks are pretty lame. But soon enough you will be able to ask me whatever you want and i can answer right away. Anyways things are going well here. Love you. And if the package if you could send just some of those easy meal things that would be nice. Well see ya later.
Love you.
Elder Hukill
Hey,
Sorry i am writing a day late but whatever. Haha just know i am still alive and will write sometime during the week if i dont on monday. The weather here has been the coldest of my entire life. I seriously dont think i have ever experienced weather like this EVER. The other day it was -27 C. So cold. There is ice everywhere and its fun to slide everywhere. My feet though are freezing. Haha i am going to buy some wool socks so those will be nice. There is a ton of snow though. We finally got done with all of the Zone Conferences after giving the same talk about 6 times. I cant believe how fast this month has gone by. The first week of the month though i didnt think it would ever end. How did Cauley do? How often does he play. I dont really know what to say about my responsiblites though. I just help president with transfers and talking to missionaries and just know what it is going on the mission. I dont know. I just do whatever. And we do finding and such when we arent busy with other stuff. But for the most part we dont have much time which is to bad. We do alot of work though with Less Actives and getting them to come back. The kids name is Chad Winward and Coach Jackson. You can get letters from them and even Barry Hales might be good too. Hey did you ever send that CTR ring? I am still waiting for it so yea just wondering what is going on with that. This morning i went to the hospital with an Elder so he could get an X Ray and it was probably the most frustrating thing ever. Haha nobody wanted to help. Finally i was just like we give you money you give us X ray its that easy. Haha i wanted to slap somebody though. Nothing even happened last week worthy of talking about. Haha sorry my emails these past couple of weeks are pretty lame. But soon enough you will be able to ask me whatever you want and i can answer right away. Anyways things are going well here. Love you. And if the package if you could send just some of those easy meal things that would be nice. Well see ya later.
Love you.
Elder Hukill
Back in Good Old Dnepr
01/18/2010
Hey,
Well its good to be back in good old Dnepr after travelling over the whole southern half of the mission. Especially going to Nikolaev was really cool to see everyone from there and to impress them with my russian. Haha crazy to think though that i hadnt been there in almost a year. I love that city. The Crimea was nice but now i am back to the freezing cold and the snow. I hate the cold. Haha but i would rather take snow over rain anyday. The brothers have disappeared for the most part. They just love their bible way to much that its hard for them sometimes. Haha i love reading that scripture from 2nd nephi with them though. Always makes me laugh. the only thing really exciting was 2 guys almost got in a fight on a bus because one was drunk and threw up and the other guy almost killed the guy. Nothing happend though. Your shirt though sounds like its pretty good though. I finally got 2 packages. thanks for all the Utah stuff. One of the office elders that is living with us ( i cant remember if i told you they got robbed by some people with knives so they moved in with us for a bit) is a big utah fan so we have good times together. It really is fun with them since they both our good friends of mine. That girl on Oprah sounds stupid. Girls here dont expect to get married until they are 24 or so and looking for husbands at 16 is not true as far as i know. Sounds like a dumb girl and must have been. Most girls here dont get married until like 25 and yea dont believe most of that stuff. Ukraine is sweet and better without her. Haha anyways i am sorry to hear about Uncle Don. I hope to make it back before he passes away. Does that guy want my college grades or high school grades? Haha my college grades are fine but my high school ones are alot better so show them first. What does he want to know about soccer stuff? Just curious. Tell him i speak russian if that helps. :) I kind of have a cold so i know how you feel. Its all good though. Well i hope everything is going well. Talk to you in a week. Haha i am going on splits again to the northern part of the mission so i will be gone this week. Well love you guys and hope all is well. Hows the weather there? See ya.
Elder Hukill
Hey,
Well its good to be back in good old Dnepr after travelling over the whole southern half of the mission. Especially going to Nikolaev was really cool to see everyone from there and to impress them with my russian. Haha crazy to think though that i hadnt been there in almost a year. I love that city. The Crimea was nice but now i am back to the freezing cold and the snow. I hate the cold. Haha but i would rather take snow over rain anyday. The brothers have disappeared for the most part. They just love their bible way to much that its hard for them sometimes. Haha i love reading that scripture from 2nd nephi with them though. Always makes me laugh. the only thing really exciting was 2 guys almost got in a fight on a bus because one was drunk and threw up and the other guy almost killed the guy. Nothing happend though. Your shirt though sounds like its pretty good though. I finally got 2 packages. thanks for all the Utah stuff. One of the office elders that is living with us ( i cant remember if i told you they got robbed by some people with knives so they moved in with us for a bit) is a big utah fan so we have good times together. It really is fun with them since they both our good friends of mine. That girl on Oprah sounds stupid. Girls here dont expect to get married until they are 24 or so and looking for husbands at 16 is not true as far as i know. Sounds like a dumb girl and must have been. Most girls here dont get married until like 25 and yea dont believe most of that stuff. Ukraine is sweet and better without her. Haha anyways i am sorry to hear about Uncle Don. I hope to make it back before he passes away. Does that guy want my college grades or high school grades? Haha my college grades are fine but my high school ones are alot better so show them first. What does he want to know about soccer stuff? Just curious. Tell him i speak russian if that helps. :) I kind of have a cold so i know how you feel. Its all good though. Well i hope everything is going well. Talk to you in a week. Haha i am going on splits again to the northern part of the mission so i will be gone this week. Well love you guys and hope all is well. Hows the weather there? See ya.
Elder Hukill
Travelling Ukraine
01/12/2010
Hey,
Well sorry i didnt write yesterday. I am still alive though in case you were worried. Haha yesterday we had zone conference in simferopol. It was really sweet to be able to see everyone. I saw Ben. I love that guy. Anyway, we get around by bus and train and sometimes president. We just stay at other elders apartments. I have been gone since last thursday and wont be home until saturday. It is really fun to see everyone but i am really tired always. That is crazy that a true freshman played off the bench in that game. I bet he was freaking out. I wish i could have seen the games. Few months i will watch them. Right now i am in sevastolpol and its so sweet. It so warm seriously like st george warm. Had some sweet pictures. That is good that dad saved Makenna. HAha i wish i could ahve seen it. I got the money order from grandpa but i have no idea what to do with it or where to cash it. I seriously might just hold on to it until i come home. I havent been to nikolaev yet. We are going this week. Tonight we are taking a bus there. I am excited to see them. I hope people even remember me. I guess i got two packages in the office right now but i dont know from who. One from jani but i dont know the other. Zone conferences are held every 6 weeks. WEll nothing to exciting going on except i am travelling Ukraine so that is way fun. I dont mind it. I did see Ara and talked to him. He is doing good and planning on moving to america sometime this year. I hope he does. Well anyway i know this is short but just know everything is going good. Thanks for everything. Love you guys.
Elder Hukill
Hey,
Well sorry i didnt write yesterday. I am still alive though in case you were worried. Haha yesterday we had zone conference in simferopol. It was really sweet to be able to see everyone. I saw Ben. I love that guy. Anyway, we get around by bus and train and sometimes president. We just stay at other elders apartments. I have been gone since last thursday and wont be home until saturday. It is really fun to see everyone but i am really tired always. That is crazy that a true freshman played off the bench in that game. I bet he was freaking out. I wish i could have seen the games. Few months i will watch them. Right now i am in sevastolpol and its so sweet. It so warm seriously like st george warm. Had some sweet pictures. That is good that dad saved Makenna. HAha i wish i could ahve seen it. I got the money order from grandpa but i have no idea what to do with it or where to cash it. I seriously might just hold on to it until i come home. I havent been to nikolaev yet. We are going this week. Tonight we are taking a bus there. I am excited to see them. I hope people even remember me. I guess i got two packages in the office right now but i dont know from who. One from jani but i dont know the other. Zone conferences are held every 6 weeks. WEll nothing to exciting going on except i am travelling Ukraine so that is way fun. I dont mind it. I did see Ara and talked to him. He is doing good and planning on moving to america sometime this year. I hope he does. Well anyway i know this is short but just know everything is going good. Thanks for everything. Love you guys.
Elder Hukill
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