Hey Mother:)
How are you doing? I have still yet to receive any hand written letters from you or dad! So get on it please and thank you! This past week has been crazy! Been busy like no other, barely have enough time to write letters, so sorry if its short but as I was saying, this week was sweet!:) Having alot of fun, I'd say. My packages are amazing! I ate just the cookie dough, mmmm so good! Definitely send me more of the cake and brownie and cookie dough mixes and pudding :) LOL maybe some like alfredo sauce, too? Idk you are the packing expert!:) I LOVE YOU! This week we've taught 28 lessons, 40 gospel convos, & 3 baptismal dates are set!:) P-day was good, played football then we came and got money, came home and emailed and then went & taught 2 lessons. Didn't get home until 9:30 p.m. then I did small wash cause all my clothes are dirty, then I studied small on my lesson for today and then fell asleep. Woke up and studied more and now I'm writing you!:) Busy! I love you Mommy and I am so thankful for you!:)
Sorry my letters short- time crunch!
I love you! with all my Love & Hugs,
Elder Cody Randall
p.s. the muscle milk was good, could use some more:) jus sayin LOL!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
email highlights 4/3/2012
Hi Mom! Yes, i got ur packages:) and let me just say IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I'm doing grandtastic:)) how are you? Thank u so much for my package:))))) I had a great birthday!!ahah but my favorite thing was the card:) i love you mom and I hope all is well:)) be safe and know that i love and appreciate u so verryyyy much!:)))
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
I'm doing grandtastic:)) how are you? Thank u so much for my package:))))) I had a great birthday!!ahah but my favorite thing was the card:) i love you mom and I hope all is well:)) be safe and know that i love and appreciate u so verryyyy much!:)))
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
Monday, April 30, 2012
letter March 27, 2012
Hey Mommy:)
Man this past week has been crazy! I finally got a new companion. His name is Elder Martin, he's from Houston, Texas. He's not much of a sports guy, but I guess he was really into power lifting back home. But he's tight. He's 21. We started our companionship 3/21 and on Weds. I showed him around the area and took him to meet people, it was cool. Then Thurs, Fri, and Saturday we went to work! In those 3 days we taught alot. In those 3 days we taught 19 lessons, 3 member present lesson, 1 less-active, 6 new investigators, and 45 gospel convos. I must say I was happy! Working hard. I'm tired!! This week has been so busy I still haven't washed my clothes yet! Man! Sorry about emailing, too, like it took forever to sign in to my lds account, and then I had like 45 mins. messaged you then Dad then Court then Jed then Sami and Dustin. By the time I finally got your email it was 11 mins left. But anyways, sorry:( I miss you mommy! For P-day, as I said, I got hit but I'm fine. The car is messed up though. Huge dent in the side and cracked window. Funny, no harm to me, nothing:) Be we went and toured Cape Coast Castle then went and had pizza with all the other missionaries in my zone. It was fun! Had a sweet day! Then we came home and taught a kid named Francis. It was cool, didn't come home till like 9:30. Anyway, KIA KAHA!
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
Man this past week has been crazy! I finally got a new companion. His name is Elder Martin, he's from Houston, Texas. He's not much of a sports guy, but I guess he was really into power lifting back home. But he's tight. He's 21. We started our companionship 3/21 and on Weds. I showed him around the area and took him to meet people, it was cool. Then Thurs, Fri, and Saturday we went to work! In those 3 days we taught alot. In those 3 days we taught 19 lessons, 3 member present lesson, 1 less-active, 6 new investigators, and 45 gospel convos. I must say I was happy! Working hard. I'm tired!! This week has been so busy I still haven't washed my clothes yet! Man! Sorry about emailing, too, like it took forever to sign in to my lds account, and then I had like 45 mins. messaged you then Dad then Court then Jed then Sami and Dustin. By the time I finally got your email it was 11 mins left. But anyways, sorry:( I miss you mommy! For P-day, as I said, I got hit but I'm fine. The car is messed up though. Huge dent in the side and cracked window. Funny, no harm to me, nothing:) Be we went and toured Cape Coast Castle then went and had pizza with all the other missionaries in my zone. It was fun! Had a sweet day! Then we came home and taught a kid named Francis. It was cool, didn't come home till like 9:30. Anyway, KIA KAHA!
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
email highlights 3/26/2012
Okay, so my day was sweet:)) first, i got hit by a taxi! I ended up on the roof! But anyway, I dented the front fender pretty bad and cracked his glass, but I'm fine:) Nothing, no harm done to me, I'm fit as a fiddle, I'm a beast!:) Heavenly Father blessed me:) But then we went to Cape Coast and met the other missionaries in my zone at the Cape Coast Castle and we took the tour, and took some sweet pics:) Then we went and had pizza:)) sooo good, well kinda haha. and now I'm here. Soon we have to go:( we have an appt. soon. But ya, my new companion is sweet, we are working hard!!! Like super hard. haha. We taught 23 lessons in 3 days, and had 45 gospel convos, and have 6 new investigators. We work hard and do work:))We are really taking our time with the investigators making sure that they understand all the material so they can be strong members and not just less actives, u know! lol, but ya, things are sweet here:) I love you!!
letters dated March 19, 2012 (homesick?)
Hey Mommy!
I just wanna say Me do wu ! (I love you) pa pa pa pa bay bray (a lot a lot alottt)! I miss you and our trips to the doctor's or the store, or to school, or eating. I loved having Cody-mommy time. I'm definitely a Mama's boy for sure. LOL. Not afraid to admit it. But it's transfers here in Africa and I'm getting a new companion. YAY! But big news is that our mission is going to be split into the Ghana Kumasi mission and the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. Crazy, huh? I still don't know where or what side I'll be put in, but I hope I'm with my MTC mates so we can go home together. It would be sweet and I like most of my American MTC mates. But, this week should be good/ interesting. IDK what's to come or to happen, so we will see:) But, I just want you to know that I love you mom and am so very thankful for you love and your guidance of and for me in my life. You're an amazing mom. Keep it up. Just a long way still to go:) LOL! I love you!!! Be safe!
Love your son!
Elder Cody Randall
Hey Daddy!
I hope all is going well at home and you are able to continue to build plenty of houses. You know something I miss is waking up on Saturdays and helping you maintain the house. Maybe at the time I didn't enjoy it cuz I thought I had better things to do. But I didn't. Looking back on it now, I can't wait to come home and spend Saturday morning with the family and help clean and all those things. I never really noticed how hard and how much you REALLY did work for us. I want to be able to help you and be there for you. So be ready to put me to work..yard work, painting, shopping, anything, I'm there as long as I still have at least a little free time for my friends and myself. But I'll be getting a job and everything, no worries!:) You can see how hard you've worked through the things you've accomplished and you've worked HARD! There are things you've accomplished that I don't think I ever will. We'll see though!:) "Cuz I've been watchin you, dad, aint that cool, I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be JUST like you and eat all my food and grow as strong as you are!":) It's a country song, "Watchin You", but it's the truth. I love you dad, you're such an amazing example and an even more amazing father! I love you and will be forever grateful to you for everything!! I love you, be safe, and stay strong:) Me do wu ( I love you)! Nyame do yin ya na (God loves us all)!!
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
I just wanna say Me do wu ! (I love you) pa pa pa pa bay bray (a lot a lot alottt)! I miss you and our trips to the doctor's or the store, or to school, or eating. I loved having Cody-mommy time. I'm definitely a Mama's boy for sure. LOL. Not afraid to admit it. But it's transfers here in Africa and I'm getting a new companion. YAY! But big news is that our mission is going to be split into the Ghana Kumasi mission and the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. Crazy, huh? I still don't know where or what side I'll be put in, but I hope I'm with my MTC mates so we can go home together. It would be sweet and I like most of my American MTC mates. But, this week should be good/ interesting. IDK what's to come or to happen, so we will see:) But, I just want you to know that I love you mom and am so very thankful for you love and your guidance of and for me in my life. You're an amazing mom. Keep it up. Just a long way still to go:) LOL! I love you!!! Be safe!
Love your son!
Elder Cody Randall
Hey Daddy!
I hope all is going well at home and you are able to continue to build plenty of houses. You know something I miss is waking up on Saturdays and helping you maintain the house. Maybe at the time I didn't enjoy it cuz I thought I had better things to do. But I didn't. Looking back on it now, I can't wait to come home and spend Saturday morning with the family and help clean and all those things. I never really noticed how hard and how much you REALLY did work for us. I want to be able to help you and be there for you. So be ready to put me to work..yard work, painting, shopping, anything, I'm there as long as I still have at least a little free time for my friends and myself. But I'll be getting a job and everything, no worries!:) You can see how hard you've worked through the things you've accomplished and you've worked HARD! There are things you've accomplished that I don't think I ever will. We'll see though!:) "Cuz I've been watchin you, dad, aint that cool, I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be JUST like you and eat all my food and grow as strong as you are!":) It's a country song, "Watchin You", but it's the truth. I love you dad, you're such an amazing example and an even more amazing father! I love you and will be forever grateful to you for everything!! I love you, be safe, and stay strong:) Me do wu ( I love you)! Nyame do yin ya na (God loves us all)!!
Love,
Elder Cody Randall
letter dated March 12, 2012
Daddy:)
I hope your back's feeling better! How are things going? anything new I should know about?:) Love to be updated! Africa's sweet:) I'm enjoying! Bearing my testimony and relating myself to my investigators helps me relate to them (duh) But I just try and see things through their eyes and it's easier. I feel somehow more connected:) How are your lessons going? Doing anything new? Tonight was sweet! I taught Jr. a recent convert about the importance of coming and reading the scriptures. We read 1 Nephi and I explained everything, then asked if he would read at least 1 verse a night. He said he would and the spirit was strong! It was sweet, I enjoyed it plenty:) Let me know what's up Dad! Stay safe! Please! If you have any free time, feel free to write me a letter! Love you!
Love your son,
Elder Cody Randall
I hope your back's feeling better! How are things going? anything new I should know about?:) Love to be updated! Africa's sweet:) I'm enjoying! Bearing my testimony and relating myself to my investigators helps me relate to them (duh) But I just try and see things through their eyes and it's easier. I feel somehow more connected:) How are your lessons going? Doing anything new? Tonight was sweet! I taught Jr. a recent convert about the importance of coming and reading the scriptures. We read 1 Nephi and I explained everything, then asked if he would read at least 1 verse a night. He said he would and the spirit was strong! It was sweet, I enjoyed it plenty:) Let me know what's up Dad! Stay safe! Please! If you have any free time, feel free to write me a letter! Love you!
Love your son,
Elder Cody Randall
letter dated 3/4/2012
Hey Mom!
It seems like forever since I wrote you. Sorry about that. I've been super busy lately, it's crazy. This past week kinda flew by! Monday was Mission Tour which was cool. Learned about the importance of OPENING MY (your) MOUTH (OYM) to everyone you meet. We are disciples of Jesus so we should act like him. If Jesus sat next to you in a taxi, and he didn't talk to you, would you be happy? No, lol. so talk:) Then Tues was p-day. Super fun, went and played soccer on a turf field. Had a ton of fun. Weds and Thurs I was sick:/ Power has been going out lately but it's okay. I'm surviving. Friday I went to Yamoransa on splits with Elder Udo-Bassey, a Nigerian, he's cool, taught some really powerful lessons:) Then I had to wash all my clothes that I had on cuz I had to spend the night and I didn't want to stink for the baptism. So I stayed up and washed till 1 a.m. then I came back to Mankessim, which wasn't planned, but I did and found out non of our investigators are ready yet, so next couple of weeks. LOL. So Sat. baptism. Sunday fasted and had a good church day. then we ate at 2 families houses. I'm so full! But I still yearn for my mama's food:) I love you! And I hope all is well at home. Tell everyone HI for me:) Kisses and Hugs to all! Can't wait to hear from you! I LOVE YOU!
Love from Africa!
Elder Cody Randall
letter dated 3/12/2012
Hey Mommy:)
How are you? I'm doing great today!:) I had a fantastic P-day, we played soccer on the turf field again, it was sweet! Then got subsistence (money), then we ate fried rice and chicken and then we left. I found some kool-aid jammers and bought 10 cedis worth and bought some more mac & cheese. Yummy, enjoying I am:) How are things at home? Having fun? I am well. I'm doing my best! How was Dustin's bday? Anything fun happen?:) Nothing too exciting here. They had a funeral for Elizabeth, our recent convert that passed away this past Saturday. I heard it was good:) We're teaching some pretty cool kids now, too. Enjoying:) I'm enjoying my apartment :) Still waiting on your HANDWRITTEN LETTERS!!
I mean, if you expect me to write them, I want some from you, too!!:) Only fair, right?:) Well, Mom, I love you so so so so so X infinity much! Be safe. Hugs & Kisses!
Love your son,
Elder Cody Randall
Hey Mom!
It seems like forever since I wrote you. Sorry about that. I've been super busy lately, it's crazy. This past week kinda flew by! Monday was Mission Tour which was cool. Learned about the importance of OPENING MY (your) MOUTH (OYM) to everyone you meet. We are disciples of Jesus so we should act like him. If Jesus sat next to you in a taxi, and he didn't talk to you, would you be happy? No, lol. so talk:) Then Tues was p-day. Super fun, went and played soccer on a turf field. Had a ton of fun. Weds and Thurs I was sick:/ Power has been going out lately but it's okay. I'm surviving. Friday I went to Yamoransa on splits with Elder Udo-Bassey, a Nigerian, he's cool, taught some really powerful lessons:) Then I had to wash all my clothes that I had on cuz I had to spend the night and I didn't want to stink for the baptism. So I stayed up and washed till 1 a.m. then I came back to Mankessim, which wasn't planned, but I did and found out non of our investigators are ready yet, so next couple of weeks. LOL. So Sat. baptism. Sunday fasted and had a good church day. then we ate at 2 families houses. I'm so full! But I still yearn for my mama's food:) I love you! And I hope all is well at home. Tell everyone HI for me:) Kisses and Hugs to all! Can't wait to hear from you! I LOVE YOU!
Love from Africa!
Elder Cody Randall
letter dated 3/12/2012
Hey Mommy:)
How are you? I'm doing great today!:) I had a fantastic P-day, we played soccer on the turf field again, it was sweet! Then got subsistence (money), then we ate fried rice and chicken and then we left. I found some kool-aid jammers and bought 10 cedis worth and bought some more mac & cheese. Yummy, enjoying I am:) How are things at home? Having fun? I am well. I'm doing my best! How was Dustin's bday? Anything fun happen?:) Nothing too exciting here. They had a funeral for Elizabeth, our recent convert that passed away this past Saturday. I heard it was good:) We're teaching some pretty cool kids now, too. Enjoying:) I'm enjoying my apartment :) Still waiting on your HANDWRITTEN LETTERS!!
I mean, if you expect me to write them, I want some from you, too!!:) Only fair, right?:) Well, Mom, I love you so so so so so X infinity much! Be safe. Hugs & Kisses!
Love your son,
Elder Cody Randall
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