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Hi,
So I can protect the privacy of people mentioned/pictured in my blog I want to change this blog to a private blog, by invitation only.

If you want to keep reading this, please email my mom your email address so she can add you to the "readers" list.  You will get an "invitation" from blogger that will allow you access to this blog and then you will be back in the loop!

mtpercival@msn.com    (mom's address)

Thanks for the support and news that you email me at william.percival@myldsmail.net.
Hopefully I will be in Brazil by my birthday in April!

Will

Happy New Year from Lacey, WA

The Last Letter of 2013

Hello!

 We are going to a family for dinner on new year's eve, but other than that I am not sure what we will do. Yes, I got the games. Thank you. I will not be able to play them today but will in the future. My companion opened all his presents right before he was transferred so he did not have to carry them around so I am not really sure what he got for Christmas. I thoroughly enjoyed my Christmas and wish those ungrateful sisters of mine would be thankful for what they have. Many people have much less, if anything at all.

Yes, today on our p-day we are going to the mall, but I will not have to buy any vitamins because the Wards sent me a bunch. It was very convenient. No, my investigators did not come to church. Grrr. My new companion has assorted a collection of good church music and we have a big boombox we listen to things on. Its great. On Sundays after Sacrament meeting we go to the Gospel Principles class, and then usually go with the priests during third hour. There are not many priests and I am pretty much their age. It is good for us to set an example for them.

 And yes, I just opened the package from the Wards. It was great. It had food, a picture from prom, vitamins, and sunglasses. I wash all my stuff often do not worry. I have barely had to pay for everything. We were at the church one day when they were distributing things to people in need and they had a lot of stuff left over. We got everything from fruit, to laundry detergent. I have not had to pay for any part of laundry so far on this mission. There is also a family who has more stuff in their food storage than they know what to do with. They tell us to take whatever we want. I have gotten lots of free food and toiletries from it.

 Looks like I might be in Brazil a little earlier than I thought. It will probably be around mid-February. I just filled out another online form so you do not have to and sent three copies to the travel office in Utah. 

We did not have a lot of success this week. As I said before, most of our investigators told us to come back after the holidays. I have enjoyed reading a book called Doctrines of Salvation Vol. 1 by Joseph Fielding Smith. I plan to read all three volumes. It is amazing all the doctrine that it contains. Tell Dad that I would love to read more books, but I will soon run out of room in my suitcase to Brazil, so unless they're small I will probably not have time to read them or room to pack them. There is one book called Visions of Glory I am excited to read. Dad, you should read a summary and see what you think. Its not doctrine but its very interesting stuff. 

One thing me and my companion do that is fun is every night after coming home at 9, we watch a bunch of old Church-made videos on a little dvd player. We watched one and Elder Miller pointed to an actor telling me he thought he was less active. It was really funny because it was Will Swensen. I told him I am kind of related to him and it was really funny. I hope you enjoy the new year and don't forget Perci's birthday! How old is she? Get my Christmas card? 

Lots of Love,

Will 

Photos From Lacey, WA

My Stuff

They're not beer cans......

My new companion and our apartment in Lacey.

Where I email...the "club house" of the apartment complex

Tacoma Washington Mission Christmas Party

Merry Christmas 2013

New Companion in Lacey

Thanks so much for the Police letter information.  That is great news! That means I will be in Brazil in the next 3-4 months, maybe sooner. But it means I will get there so that is all that is important.

 Not as much sunshine as you think but it has been warmer. Lots of rain. It even snowed here on Thursday but it all melted by noon. Yes, I can see Mt. Rainier. It surprised me one day because I did not know there were mountains around here. Yes, it has been nice and  it is warm (40 degrees), but biking around in the rain is not very enjoyable. We just ditched the bikes yesterday and walked around to our appointments. 

You are correct in the success of younger people. Old people have zero desire to change anything in their life. Whenever someone old answers the door you can expect a swift "not interested" and a slammed door. My new companion is Elder Miller.  He has been out about a year longer than me so he is very good at teaching the lessons. I have learned a lot from him. We have had some success in finding new people to teach this week. We found a new family who wanted us to discipline their child for not being grateful. Using all my years of parenting skills I told him to honor thy father and mother. I am not really sure what she wanted us to say but she enjoyed our company and their whole family is coming to church this Sunday. 

We expect a very slow week this week. We have P-day today, and no proselyting on Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, and Jan 1. Most people tell us to come after the holidays so we will not be able to do much missionary work for awhile. We continue to teach Kathy but with no avail. She believes everything we tell her but has a hard time understanding and won't come to church. The hardest part of the missionary work so far is when people tell you a specific time to come back and they are not there. It upset me at first but have since gotten used to it.  We will be Skyping on Christmas probably around 11 or 12 in the morning my time. Just be ready sometime in the afternoon. Send me a Skype account I can connect with and I will look at my email before Christmas. I will probably call you on the phone if I cannot get a hold of you so have mom's phone ready.

 We are having Christmas eve dinner, Christmas breakfast, and Christmas dinner with three different families so we are well taken care of. We do everything with the sister missionaries in our ward so we get invited everywhere. I am glad to hear everything is well at home. I will miss being at home for Christmas but look forward to opening my presents in the apartment. I will send some pictures of where I live and where we email. We have been eating at Subway a lot recently because we get 2$ 6 inch sandwiches because its December. I hope to have at least one baptism this transfer. 

Talk to ya on Christmas,

Will

Lacey, WA