November 21st, 2008 Letter

Dear Mom, Dad & Hannah
I switched my handwriting to cursive for a few days but for the sake of saving time I've promptly switched back to normal mode.
So how's it going? I think I'm supposed to get a letter from you in a couple of days, right? Feel free to write every week I don't mind!
I went to Wal-Mart today. Apparently Wall-E is on DVD now eh? That's all the media I saw. Has the news been updating you about God's anger towards California? It's pretty nuts it sounds like. But Buena Park's been blessed so we're flame-free! Well...I doubt there's a city in California that's really flame-free but ...
Elder Rodriguez and I visited a man yesterday named Dennis who only wanted to talk about Proposition 8 related topics. He said he wrote his college thesis about homosexuality. He said he likes talking to missionaries like us cuz he knows we have strong morals and that's rare in today's society. His view was homosexuality shouldn't be treated as a civil rights issue because it's not a race it's a choice of lifestyle. He said that act is wrong but the people aren't in most cases bad people. I pretty much agree. Dennis has one leg cuz his other one got amputated due to diabetes. He's read the Book of Mormon before and his beliefs are different but he's christian and a nice guy though he admits to have strayed from his ministry.
There's this other guy we're visiting named Jason. He's a super nice guy with a strong testimony but he hasn't been baptized yet because his wife is against it. He's what I guess we call a "dry Mormon". We cleaned up his shed. There was a ton of junk and a ton of black widow spiders. I was very cautious, thinking of Dallas Bradshaw's purple and swollen hand.
So 3 baptisms this weekend! Let's pray that all go through! Nocholas, David and Sam!
I Love You!
Love
Elder Tyler Lewis