Nov. 24 - I got NASTY in ward council!

Ok, so here is the deal.  I am writing you first cuz I don't think your gonna write back, but its all good Momma.  It's better that way cuz I should be writing other homies like Elder W., the Pres and stuff. But don't worry Momma, I know that you are there and its just the fetchin computer. I love you tons!
(Again, I DID write him and it is the Mexican Café that he emails me from!!)
This week was a little better, we found a new guy but he didn't come to church.  But its all good, we put 3 babtism dates this week, but they all fell cuz they didnt come to church.   A.  said he got his answer that the church isnt true.... pretty sad.  I know he got his answer and he is just afraid to change.  I was bummed. But the good thing is is that the other 2 dates are good they are 2 ladies and they are super awesome.  One of them (D.) came to our wards babtism and said she really liked it. So that's the good thing of the week.
Today we have interviews witht the Pres, its gonna be my last real one....pretty sad.  I am good right now just wroking hard and trying to really help the people that we teach.  I got nasty in ward council yesterday cuz no one does their visiting teaching, Hahaha!!  It was pretty funny.   It's frustrating when none of the leaders of the ward do anything and come to church and think everything is all good.  But whatever!  Me and Elder M area ballin it up.  I love him tons.
I just want to let you know that I love you tons and I am super grateful for everything you do.  I will look for the package you will sent.  Don't worry.  Just keep praying for me big time so I keep working hard and not think about home.  I don't want to think abut home and is it really that bad if I speak in ward conference?  Why can't I speak in ward conference for my homecoming?  But its whatever...I just want to speak right when I get home.  I don't want to wait a week to speak and stuff. 

Love you tons Momma!  Tell the fam and everyone that I love them.

Nov. 17 - JUST TRYING TO BECOME THE BEST I CAN!!

Hey, so I still haven't got an email from you but whatever, but what the heck is going on with the Gee family not writing their son? I think mom needs to take a class on how to use a computer, or maybe its just because you don't want to write...who knows?  But it's all good.  I don't care.
(by the way...I did write him, I have never missed a week in the last two years.  It was the Mexican internet that was messing us all up, not my computer skills!!)
So here is the deal,  this week was pretty cool.  We got D to come to church and that was awesome. Little by little we are doing work here and having more success.   It's still hard cuz we don't have lots of people but we are working hard.
Me and Elder M are super tight. I love him so much, he's such a boss!  He has his struggles but is a good missionary.  I know that the Lord wants me to be with him and no one else.  We just walk in the street talking and I know pretty much everything about him now.
I'm glad to see that everyone is getting home but I am actually scared.  Not gonna lie because Satan has total control in the real world.  I am just trying to become the best I can now, so that I will be strong enough to overcome his fiery darts when I am not a missionary anymore. I love being a missionary. I love to work and to learn everyday. I learn something new, especially how to become better and how to help others. 
I love you all tons just know that you are all in my prayers.

Mom, I love you soooo much, I got to go ... bye!!



The district before we got split

My long lost twin brother here in Mexico...Hahahahaha!!

Nov. 10th - ME & MY COMPANION ARE HOMIES!!

Hey Momma,  loved the letter that's awesome that Mark got home and you guys got to see him.  He looks smaller...Hahaha!  Kyle's hair looks ballin as ever and I'm glad he's having fun with lax.  That's crazy that everyone is getting home now.  Make sure you to send me tons of pic of Ty's homecoming.
Like honestly Mom, just write up something for the newsletter cuz I say the same thing every time. I swear...Hahaha!!  just tell them I am good and everything is going great and I am working hard!
This week was sick. We actually found a new lady yesterday and she seems pretty cool. We are actually gonna teach her again tonight.  Also, I went on interchanges with Elder M...it was super fun and we had a good time.  Me and my comp are homies.  I am just trying to help him out because he struggles but is awesome.  He tells me tons of stuff when we walk the streets that make me laugh.  He tells me the funniest stories of when he was a drug dealer and stuff...Hahaha!!  He is a balla!!
We are gonna go play volleyball at the church against the other district in the zone...Hahaha!! I am so stoked, it should be fun I guess we can play volleyball cuz there is no contact.
Mom, I don't know what's going on with the computer but just know that I know your trying to write me back and sometimes the computers just suck.  I love you tons, I bet this is a blessing so I can be more obedient and only write for an hour.   Just look at the bright side Momma, we will Skype soon and I will be home pronto.

Everything is the same old here in Mexico just trying to find more people to teach as always and just working as hard as I can. We are gonna work hard with this new lady that we found so she can get baptized, keep her in your prayers she is named M. 

Love you tons,  Momma.... I  hope you get this email,  if not maybe some beandaddy will and he will get converted to the gospel!!

 

I love you tons Momma bye!!

Nov. 3rd - THE LORD IS GIVING ME ONE LAST MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.

Mom, I got your email, thanks for keeping me posted on what's going on.  Nick the Brick is sick...Hahaha!  I'm glad he's doing good.
So this week was a tons better. Still super hard and slow but lots better. A. accepted a baptism date and has almost finished the book of mormon and came to church.  So we are doing pretty good with him.  He actually started to cry in sacrament meeting cuz he felt the spirit.  So help me out by keeping him in your prayers and that he keeps progressing and nothing happens. Pray so he can receive his answer.
Dad, thanks for the advice. I need it big time.  Actually,  what I have learned is that the Lord is just giving me one last mountain to climb so I can come home even better. I have actually come real close to my companion, Elder M.  He struggles and has a hard time on the mission.  We walk a lot but I think its because the Lord wants me to talk with him and just convert him.  He is a good missionary. Crazy story, he was a drug dealer before the mission and was less active all of his life. But I really enjoy helping him.  Right now we are only 4 in the district.... I'm ticked. I loved having the sisters in the district it was awesome. I don't really like a district of 4.  Kinda boring, but whatever.  Actually the other elders are telling me that the sisters are giving there new district leader troubles cuz he's not as "good as elder gee"...hahaha, funny!!  Right now we are just four in the district working hard and trying to find new people.
The weather here actually is pretty cold...Hahaha!!  The water is freezing in the morning and not always warm for showers, so that sucks!  hahaha!! But it's all good. I talked to Hermana Brailsford and she said she talked to you over an email.  By the way, I don't even know when I get home, so don't worry.  She told me she told you I am heading home the 21st.
Hey, I need protein can you send it to me?  It's like $50 bucks here.  I also need one of those shake bottles too, if you can.

Thanks and I love you tons.  I got to be obedient and go. 

 

Love you and peace out!!

Oct. 20th - WOW, DUDE YOU HAVE CHANGED!!

Hey Momma, hurry and write back quick.  I got your package on Wednesday, it was great.  Thanks, I read your letter. And I love the sweater and tie.  I am wearing the sweater right now cuz its actually pretty cold here, it's been raining all week.

K, so this week was another long one. Lots of contacting but no one wants to come to church or do anything.  The thing that makes me so mad is that everyone knows what we teach is true they just like being lazy.  I guess everything works out when you are doing drugs, drinking and then going to mass on Sunday.  It's sad, but whatever.  I have learned a ton about just being diligent and working hard. Even though we don't see lots of results I know that the Lord will bless us pronto.  The mission is hard, but the best thing I have ever done.

Wow,  I can't believe all the stuff thats going on.   I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fetchin excited that Kent Brown is the new stake president...Hahaha!! That's sooooooooo awesome. I love Kent Brown.  There is no one I would rather have release me than him.  I am gonna ask him if he can give me a calling in the stake teaching mission prep.  That's my dream calling.  NOTHING would make me happier when I get home that having a good calling in the church where I can continue to teach.  I would love to do something like that, I just want a calling that lets me teach still. I love to teach.

Something cool that happened this week. We had to go get shots from the doctor at the temple.  I got to go with W. and see tons of missionarys from our mission.  Some other missions were there too.  I saw a kid from DHS and he came up to talk to me and stuff.  We started talking and after a little bit he told me, "Wow, you're not the same Josh Gee anymore.  Your not crazy like in high school and you are way calm and mellow now"...Hahaha!!  It was pertty funny.  Before the mission,  me, John and the others would always say, "WOW, DUDE YOU HAVE CHANGED!" and it was a bad thing. But it actually made me pretty happy to know that the atonement changes people.  I don't know why but that was a cool experience for me. 

Momma, I love you tons and make sure to tell the fam that I love them tons and always think about them.  Love you.  I got to go, bye.   Pray for me big time cuz changes are coming up again and I have no clue what's gonna happen.  I don't know if I'm gonna stay here or not but we will see.

 

I love you so much, Mom.  I got to go...talk to you next week!!

 

Getting shots with Elder W and Elder M

 

Oct. 13th - Pozole for my B.DAY!

Hey Momma, write back quick I got some pics to send to you of the birthday.  It was sick. I haven't gotten your package yet, but I will Wednesday I think.  Me and W. went on intercambios it was sick!
Ok, so this week was super hard at first, like tons of contacting and tons of people just flat out rejecting us.  It sucked and I was getting pretty down. I don't know why, but this area is a little bit harder.  People are like not super open to the gospel, but that's no excuse.  Anyways we were looking for a guy who we contacted and he ended up lying to us and saying he lived in this one house and he doesn't, so I just decided to start knocking on other doors trying to find people.  A lady opened it up and let us in! Hahaha!!  It was sick.  She has a huge family and she is super awesome and open.  We taught her and her 3 daughters and we are going to go with them again this Wednesday.  its gonna be sick.
Then Sunday came around (birthdays suck here) and I just went to church that was probably the best part of my birthday...Hahaha!! Oh ya,  the bishop gave me a book of the teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith,  so that was my birthday present! Elder W. also wrote me a super cool letter honestly he's got to be one of my best friends. His note made me cry and I realized that that was probably the best gift anyone could ever give me.  My birthday was good.  We also ate some pozole with a hermana who knows I how much I love pozole and she bought me a cake. I will send you a pic.
I got to go, I'm sorry.  Me and W. are going home the same day.  He is going back to California and coming back to BYU in the summer.  But I already told him that Me, Hunter and maybe Mark and John are gonna go and stay with him in Cali for a couple of days and go to the beach with him. He doesn't have tons of friends that are in California right now and everyone he knows is in Utah.
I got to go, I am sorry.  I hope I get my package this Wednesday.

Love you, bye!

My birthday dinner...Pozole!

Me, Elder W and our companions

YUM!

Oct. 6th - "IF I WORK HARD & HELP OTHERS, I CAN'T FAIL"

Ok, so this week was pretty sweet mainly because of the conference and I got to watch it in the stake presidents office,  on way comfy seats right next to Elder W. and M. so that was sooooo awesome. I wrote down a ton of personal questions and the prophet  and his apostles answered all of them. It was crazy how much revelation I received.  They are all called of God for sure.  We watched all the sessions in the office. 
Don't know what is gonna happen this next transfer.  I kinda wish I could just finish my misison in this area. It's pretty cool and I love the district here.  I think I will stay for a little longer but I am not sure how long. But Elder W. is for sure leaving this transfer.  The changes are in 3 more weeks I think.  My companion Elder M is from Mexico and he's actually a baller.  We get along good and we are working hard together.  I can't complain.
Don't worry, we will party hard on my birthday.  I am actually thinking that we will do interchanges and I will be with W.  this Friday before my birthday.  So we can go eat that would be cool. I will make sure to eat somewhere cool.  Honestly general conference was my birthday present.  Birthdays suck in the mission.  Honestly,  I just think of the family and it ends up being a crappy day.  The mission changes everything around, but next birthday will be sick don't worry.   But I still need a sweater and garments.
I hope Kyle is doing good and paid a lot of attention in conference.  There were tons of good talks I  loved it!  Syd is hilarious and I don't like it that she has a boyfriend, but whatever.
Love you all sooo much.  Thanks for all the things you do for me.  Just know I am in good hands and loving the work.  It's hard when people don't listen but just like one of the apostles said, "If I work hard and help others I can't fail."
Hey Mom... I gotta go.  Just make sure you keep me in your prayers and pray for E. and her husband so they can accept a babtism date and everything.   This week pray for A and A so they can know that our church is true. Tell Kyle he is filthier than ever and that I love Syd soooo much . Just know that I always pray for you guys.

Love you!

Me and Elder W.