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This site is set up just to laugh at how the English language is mis-used across the world. Here are some funny ones I liked.

Viva Venezuela!

The people of Venezuela are finally fed up with President Chavez!!! He went too far this time in shutting down RCTV which is one of the only channels that comes in clearly in the poor neighborhoods. I hope that something will be done to give Venezuelans back their freedom.. especially freedom of press.

When I was serving in Venezuela a protest similar in size took Chavez out of office for a brief time... hopefully they can take him out of office and keep him out of office.

Barn shot

I took this picture down at this old barn that I found in Alpine

Just kidding... I didnt take it but I wish I did..

Flowers in Alpine

Here are some pictures that I took in Alpine this last weekend. They came out a lot better than I thought they were going to.

I am not quite sure what type of flower this is but I think its awesome! This smaller size just doesn't do it justice .

This is a poppy flower... they grow like weeds up in the fields... I really like the bright orange.

Monster Pig

Have you ever seen a pig this big in your entire life?

An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog that just may be the biggest pig ever found. It weighed a 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. The boy who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Hogzilla II. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.

Through it all there was the fear that the animal would turn and charge them, as wild boars have a reputation of doing.

"I was a little bit scared, a little bit excited," said Jamison, who just finished the sixth grade on the honor roll at Christian Heritage Academy, a small, private school.

His father said that, just to be extra safe, he and the guides had high-powered rifles aimed and ready to fire in case the beast with 5-inch tusks decided to charge.

With the pig finally dead in a creek bed on the 2,500-acre Lost Creek Plantation, a commercial hunting preserve in Delta, trees had to be cut down and a backhoe brought in to bring Jamison's prize out of the woods.

It was hauled on a truck to the Clay County Farmers Exchange in Lineville, where Jeff Kinder said they used his scale, which was recently calibrated, to weigh the hog.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275524,00.html

New Mission Pictures

I know I have been home from my mission to Venezuela for 4 years now but I just got sent these pictures this week. Here are some members from my first area Punto Fijo.

This is the Hermano DeStefano and his son Miguel... they were baptized just before I arrived in Venezuela... they loved the missionaries and would do ANYTHING for them. They volunteered to wash our clothes every week... and they would always feed us. Once when we were on lock down for riots... Hermano Destefano road his bike about 5 miles to bring us food and to make sure we had everything we needed.

Wilmur Seco (Dark Blue Shirt) was someone we met when we were out walking between appointments. We stopped to get a drink from a food stand and the weirdest thing happened while I was standing there... He was there drinking a soda next to me when I felt inclined to poke him in the stomach.. I fought the inclination for what seemed like several minutes until I finally gave in... he responded much to my surprise and relief with "When are you coming over to visit my family?". I was shocked.. Wilmur was baptized shortly after... his 5 children were baptized and just before this area was changed from my mission to another mission... Wilmur's wife was baptized. She was the last person to be baptized in Falcon by the Maracaibo Mission. They are still going strong.


The Romay Family.. Mom, Dad and 2 of the sons showed up to church one day in white shirts and ties and bibles in hand all on their own... in others words... we didnt know them... no one did... no one invited them... they just came... and they were ready to learn more. I kid you not... this family took notes during the discussions... anyway... it seemed like a slam dunk... they were truly converted. But, opposition will always come... the Dad was nearly killed by a drunk driver days before their scheduled baptism... you can see him still in a wheel chair in his baptism picture. It was an extreme trial for this tight knit family but they persevered and today they are stronger than ever. The oldest son Alan Jr.. served a mission, got married in the temple and lives in Salt Lake. The second son is just about to leave on his mission as well... and I also just found out the Dad just got called to be a bishop in Maracaibo!

Time Warp

This house is for sale across the street from Curry and Melissa... it boarders the city cemetery and the woman who lived in the house died in the house about 4 weeks ago. The current asking price for this house it 369,000 (outrageously high). We walked into this house and walked into another era. Here are some pictures that we took.

There were several of these beauties throughout the house

Um... yes this is red shag carpet... no its not throughout the house... every room has its own color!

This is an original padded toilet seat... this one is extra fancy because of the detail work. Curry jumped out at me from around the corner and scared me half to death... I seriously was just considering what room the old lady died in when he did it... not funny...

Here is the parlor... this carpet looked like it was never stepped on with shoes and you can only imagine what it looked like with plastic covered furniture. This room also sports just a hint of wood paneling... they just couldn't have a house in the 70's without just a little paneling.

So when they went to pick out appliances they forked over extra to upgrade to avocado green. Well worth every penny!

Curry estimated that to bring this place up to date it would run around 250 thousand dollars but the ghost of the woman that lived here comes free!

My Day!

Yesterday I rolled over one more digit on my odometer of life. I know I look older than I am but I just turned 25! Andrea and I spent the evening with Curry and Melissa and their kids. Melissa made an awesome dinner and also made me this cool Dinosaur (fire breathing) cake! She did awesome!

A Day with the Jones'

We spent Saturday with the Jones' taping memorial day fliers to about 200 mailboxes in Alpine. After lunch we decided to take a break and have fun with the kids. We could spend all day with these kids and not get tired of 'em!