08/25/2008

Hey Family,

The flight was good. We stayed at the mission home the first night. i got to try muck-tuck which is whale blubber. It looks discusting, but when i tried it, it tasted like watermelon. Weird!

Then the next day we got assigned our areas and companions. It was exciting. When President Dance said who my companion was going to be. This cowboy looking guy with a hard hat on and a cardboard sign that said Sterling or Bust! ran straight at me and grabbed me. His name is Elder Call. He's a really great guy. He's from Pocitello, Idaho.

Its just so beautiful up here. Course the i spy game gets boring cause mostly all you see is trees.

The first day with Elder Call was good. We live in a members basement. They're really cool. I also think im not going to run out of suit pants or shoes. Cause Elder Calls last companion left alot of stuff there. Elder Call had fun with me the other day. we left from our dinner appointment early and he said we had time to do some tracking before our next appointment. Well we parked in this parking lot for appartments. And we went up to this lady and started talking to her, she was upset and was sick of the missionaries always coming by so she told this guy to take care of us. and then all of a sudden she says to get off her sidewalk and get in her house. It ended up that it was our next appointment that was with these people. so that was his joke on me.

But we're doing really great and I'm so glad to be serving in Sterling. I about hurt one of the Zone leaders that day too. Elder Call was giving me a chapel tour and one of them came from behind me. He > grabbed me and took me to the ground and i grabbed him and flipped him off my back. It was interesting.

Mom could you send more of the vacum bags.

All my Love,
Elder Cody Lee Hoffman

P.S. I'll send photos in my next e-mail if i don't forget my cable to my camera

Safe and Sound

My parents got a call from Cody's Mission President last night to let us know that Elder Hoffman arrived safe and sound in Anchorage. He had his first tracting experience and was just sitting down to dinner. God be with you til we meet again Elder!

~Tiffany

Off To Alaska

Off to the land of ice and snow...
Our beloved Elder is about to go...

Haha, had to get some rhyming in :)

Well, Elder Hoffman is leaving for Anchorage Alaska today. *As a side note, this is his first flight EVER! I hope he's not nervous (probably not)...I know I freaked out my first ever flight. Anyways. Safe Flight Elder. We love you and you're always in our prayers.

~Tiffany

08/19/2008 #2

Hey Fam,

I have some cool news. I might get to learn how to speak Hmong in Alaska. That would be so awesome to speak. I'm so fat know i think the scales broken cause it tells me. i've only gain 6 pounds. but i feel like i've put on 20 pounds. lol. mom those inticials RC= Referal Center, TEC= Teaching Evaluation Center, and TRC= Teaching Resource Center.

All my love,
Elder Cody Lee Hoffman

08/19/2008

hey fam,

Everything is going good. my leg has stop hurting. But now my arm is hurting. I keep joking that they should just cut it off. I'm not sure if i need anything right know except for uncle Ron and aunt Lories address.Well i've got to go love you all.

All my love,Elder Cody Lee Hoffman

08/16/2008

Dear Mom, Dad, and Little Sis,

....I'm doing great...I'm learning so much and enjoying being with my district. They are the best group of people at the MTC. i'm going to miss them all when we leave next Wednesday. I love you all and can't wait to hear from you.

All my love,

Elder Cody Lee Hoffman

08/12/2008

Hey Everybody,

I'm doing good. I'm living in building 14M. My companion is awesome, he's the district leader for our group and he is the most spiritual guy. There was a change so we have another sister in our district. But our district is the best. I don't know whatelse to say so. Except send me more letters than e-mails. I'm not really going to be using the e-mail as much so I would like a lot of letters.

All My Love,

Elder Cody Lee Hoffman

1st Letter Home

(in case you can't read it)

Dear Mom & Dad & family,

My first day was great. I learned a lot of stuff. We got to take a tour of the campus. And got to listen to a lot of people talk. My companion Elder Bjorkman is a great guy. He's from Idaho and was made district leader and senior companion. I can't wait to see what's going to happen next. Oh, I forgot to pack a family photo, so if you could send one that would be great. Perferrably a new one. The other guys in our room are great too. Atleast I'm not the shortest one, I love you and miss you all. But I have to get to work.

Love,

Elder Hoffman

1st Week at the MTC

Well, Elder Hoffman has been at the MTC for just over a week and we really haven't heard anything from him (not surprised). I'm sure all is well, and he's getting excited to leave for Alaska. We'll post an update as soon as we hear something.

~Tiffany