as the human torch once said, "flame on"

Hello my fans. I'm back and let me just tell you, life with a cast is kinda the worst. I do not recommend this to anyone. Showering sucks. So many people laugh when I say I fell off a bike.  It's itchy, it's very sweaty, but at least it looks cool. But showering is truly so awful. I bought this bag thing I wear over my cast and it smells like rubber and hurts to put on and take off. I can't wash either of my arms really because one is in a bag and you can't really wash your left arm with your left arm. Tricky stuff.

This week I hit 92 days in Quarantine. Surprisingly, I haven't been that bored or sick of it yet. Well, until this week. We do the same exact thing every single day. It's madness. It's really fun and I am learning so much but 92 days inside ain't fun for most people I would assume. There have been a few ways I have really kept myself amused. I watch random videos in Thai. I can't understand them but It's still fun. I also journal, but I now have a cast so I type instead. We also eat a lot. This week a member family brought us dinner and brought some gravy with it. It was yummy gravy. We then left this normal cup of gravy out for maybe 5 days. It smelled pretty good for maybe 2 days. Then something changed in the gravy. Our whole house soon smelled like gravy and slowly began to smell like poop. It felt like we were surrounded by poop in the air. It was awful. Still not sure why we didn't throw it away. It just sat on our table rotting. We finally threw it away but I still randomly am sitting on the couch and get a little scent of gravy. It's haunting me. 

One night we went on a mighty walk. On the way back we were walking by our apartment complex and saw something move on the floor. At first I assumed it was a scary rat. Nope. We looked and it was 6 baby kittens living in a gutter pipe. We walked closer to them then they walked to us. We put our hand out and then they just kept hissing. I don't think they liked humans. They only like darkness and smelly gutter pipes. We visited them for a few days. We left some tuna and water for our babies. We were so exited for our children to become huge lions. But our teenagers got sick of home and ran away. Teenagers always have to be so sassy don't they? I just don't get it. Parenting is so hard.

Besides that, it's been the exact same all week. Tons of lessons with members and tons of studying. I can't bike so we can't even really leave the house anymore. We go on little walks but walks get boring. So instead we just sit inside. It's the best. It's hard but so rewarding. I have seen so many blessings come from working hard and staying positive. 

On a spiritual note I lost my speaker this week. It was so sad. I said a prayer and woke up and it was at my feet on my bed. Confused how it got there. I guess God does answer prayers after all. 

Enjoy life. And it was Dallin's (brother of mine) birthday this week. He turned some age above 21. I'm so proud of him. Oh, also caption was something I randomly thought of during my studies. Yeah. Bye everyone. Corona sucks but God doesn't. 

Elder Slavens

Elder Gravy

Elder Kitty Carer

Mosiah 2:22 Very good, I posted this on my Facebook story. It's that good. 

กาลครั้งหนึ่งนานมาแล้วมีเด็กชายคนหนึ่งชื่อฆ่าและเขาข้อมือของเขาจนจบ

Once upon a time there was a boy named slay and he broke his wrist the end.

When we went on a walk and just sat and stared at the pool. If only. Sad.

Us and our kitty children. So little, so kind. But that can change any moment and your children will steal your heart and run away. Be careful fellow parents.

These photos were a recreated photo of my "Dad" when he was little. They said to find a picture of your Dad so I stalked my Momma and found this. It's my Uncle Jeff but oh well. Nobody knows that. 

When your zone has to wake up at 4:20 to go on a sunrise hike and you miss the sunrise. At least 4:20 was fun. 

Say Hello to my fancy arm. It's still pink. It says, "Myth Busted". If you are really interested follow Trenton Slavens on Facebook and find out for yourself. It's a good video. 

Snap Crackle Pop

Now this was a crazy week. Let us begin. 

About a month and a half ago I was riding my bike down the street. I let go or something happened and I fell down and crashed. I assumed I just sprained my wrist. I iced it and stuff but kept using it. I just realized this week that is still mega hurts. I thought, "that's not right". I called the Mission nurse and she said, "Yeah, that ain't good. Let's get you a doctors appointment". I went in and got it all checked out. I got X-rays and such. The doctor told me it could be fractured. I didn't want that. I got the results of the X-ray and it is, in fact, broken. The nurse told me how to help it and to get an appointment with a surgeon. Scary. I went to the hospital for the 3rd time this week and got crazy news. Ok, so it turns out I broke my Scaphoid bone in half. That is not a good bone to break. It does not get a lot of blood to it, and you need blood to heal. Crazy how the body works right? He told me, “This is not good. You have two options:

1. You can wear a cast for 6 weeks to possibly 8 months, but there is a 20% chance it doesn't help, or 2. You can get surgery this week and have a shorter recovery, but you can possibly get sent home because even with surgery there is a 5-10% chance it doesn't help". What a day! I didn't know what to do. He left the room and I just sat there. I thought, "Huh, maybe I’m going home next week". That was a wild thought. Then the doc comes back in and tells me that there is a good chance it will heal because I am young and healthy. He told me I will get a cast and see if anything changes. So, now I have a bright pink cast on. I will have this cast for 3 weeks then go back to the doctor. I will get another X-ray and if it is not better I'm getting surgery and possibly going home. Depends on the nurse and the doctor, but we shall see. So that was pretty exiting. 

I'll say it. My mission has been pretty wack. From thinking I'm going to Thailand to going to Gilbert to living inside for 83 days straight to having a cast and maybe getting surgery. Now this is a true adventure. I love it. 

Besides that. we have been able to have “Come, Follow Me” lessons every week with the 2 wards we cover. This week a lady in our wards said there are some people that are really ugly on the outside, but beautiful on the inside. She then began to name all these ugly people in her life including her cousins. She's the best. 

So, this week was pretty exciting.  I’ll let you know if any more news comes out about my janky wrist. I know God has a plan for us and evidently part of that plan is that I have a broken Scaphoid bone. He loves you and of course I love you!

Have a mega good week. Don't ride bikes. They'll snap your scaphoid. You don't want that. BYE BYE

Slay Out

Elder Slavens

Elder Pinky

Elder Scaphoid

2 Nephi 18:9 This scriptures is about Wizards. Wizards are true and so is the Church.

2 Nephi 24:11 And this verse talks about worms. The scriptures can be weird sometimes. 

อย่าหักแขนของคุณมันไม่สนุกผมไม่แนะนำให้ใครเลย แต่นักแสดงสีชมพูของผมเท่ห์

Don't break your arms. It's not fun. I do not recommend to anyone ever, but my pink cast is cool

Pre cast me and Elder Weston ft. brace. This is a sign by this huge park. 

I think these pictures are pretty cool. I don't know about you tho. 

Mid casting. At this stage I was confused and was deciding what color I wanted.

Cast boy. Don't mess with Elder Scaphoid. 
His wrists are weak but his heart is strong. 

The door is locked and the only way out is through the...perfume department.

I'm gonna be honest. It was a very normal missionary week. Well, not really cause I'm still inside. Normal missionary week in 2020 for sure tho. 

I'm trying to think of what happened. It was a very, very busy week. We had tons of lessons with members. We have started to teach the lessons we would normally teach to investigators so that's been cool. Some lessons end up being like 45 minutes long and we always feel dead afterwards. There was one night we had 4 lessons so we would get off one lesson then plan for the next and have said lesson. I wanted to cry. It has been really amazing to teach and learn tho. I'm still with Elder Weston and we work really well together. Good stuff. 

We go on lots and lots of bike rides. It's almost 111 degrees here everyday so that's rough. Bike+Hot=No Fun. Do not recommend hot weather. Positives of hot weather are nice watch tan and mega farmers tan. Idk about you, but I think I like that.

No joke, that's all that happened this week. My bad this week was just not exciting. I'll make it more exciting in the future. I think it might be kinda hard to make life exciting during quarantine but cheers to 76 days stuck inside. Congrats me. 

Have a jolly week. I miss Michael Bublé this week. That's all. Have a good one. Oh also the subject is from Spongebob of course. If you’re bored, watch the episode Shangheid. It's good. Now bye bye 

Elder Slavens 

Elder Shavens

Elder Eminem 

Elder Lavender 

หากคุณกำลังคิดที่จะนำอาหารมิชชันนารีอย่าไปกับพิซซ่าผมจะได้รับพิซซ่ามากมายและผมก็พอแล้วขอบคุณมาก

If you are thinking to bring missionaries food, don't go with pizza. I get so much pizza and I'm like that's enough. That's all, thanks

2 Nephi 13: 16-20 These verses are weird. They talk about wanton soup and mincing veggies and cars and ornaments you hang on trees but they are hung on legs. I don't get it. I do want wanton soup now tho. 

This week we went on a bike ride to the park. It was normal until I looked and saw a family walking their dogs. I'm not gonna lie their dogs looked kinda weird. Idk what breed they are but it's not normal. Arizona’s got wacky dogs.

We realized almost every picture we have taken together we have our helmets on. I don't care. I think helmets are safe, and fashionable.  

We found a monster's lair. Pretty spooky, so I had to make it a little better. Thanks to comeuntochrist.org the once evil lair is now a spiritual haven. 

Me when it's hot outside. Nice. 

This is Elder Bahian. I love him more than words can describe. He is from the Philippines so I always look up words in Tagalog and we speak together. I always ask him on dates and he says no. Sad. Yes he is wearing egg cartons as goggles. 

ok huh what who how now?

Ok, well this has basically been the craziest week of my mission, or maybe even my life... Just not what I expected at all. I cried myself to sleep every night. Kidding, kind of. 

So it started as a normal week with normal lessons until Tuesday night. It was 9:59 and we got a phone call. We just heard, "Reassignments." We were like, “What?” They told us we were both getting reassigned missionaries as companions tomorrow. I was told I was moving apartments and had to pack and leave by tomorrow morning. The morning came and I packed up and was ready to go when the other 2 missionaries in our apartment got a call saying they were leaving and I was moving to their room. So, I packed everything to move maybe 10 feet. Nice! I had to move all my stuff just steps away, then we went to get our new companions. Elder Hall and I were only companions for 2 weeks and now my companion is Elder Weston. He is from North Logan Utah and has 9 siblings. He's the youngest and his next sibling is 10 years older than him. Wack. He was serving in Brazil and now he's in Gilbert with me. At this point we did not have an area we were serving in, no wards, no sim card to text members, and no clue what was going on. We “whitewashed” our area which means we both are new to the area and having to figure everything out. We received 2 wards and then we just went crazy. We have been calling members for like an hour and a half every day getting lessons set up, and dinner to eat. It has been mega busy. We have almost 3 lessons a day and next week we have 4 back to back lessons almost every day. Stressed, yes. But really Elder Weston is a very, very, very, very, happy missionary and we get along very well. We get to study language together. He is learning Portuguese and I'm learning Thai but at least I'm not alone learning a language. 

Besides that, nothing else has happened. I have learned I really enjoy tuna. Surprising, yes. It smells awful but tastes yummy. Canned tuna, mayo, salt, pepper, Wheat Thins. Prepare to have your taste buds dance. It's good stuff. I also made chicken and was scared I would get salmonella but we good. Also, we go on a lot of bike rides. Biking is fun but it makes your legs tired. I almost crashed 2 times this week. One of the times I fell, but somehow I jumped off and was still holding on, running next to my bike. Then I  jumped back on and kept going. Sounds confusing, I know. It's hard to explain but it makes sense to me so, yeah, sorry about that. 

My mission is completely insane but it's still amazing. I'm learning and growing and am always confused but it's the best. Highly suggest. Love you all and all people, go on missions. Thanks. It's fun stuff. Now enjoy your week. BYE BYE

Elder Slay

Elder Slaylien

Elder Tuna Breath

Moroni 7:13 YES GOOD

ผมชอบที่จะเท้าเปล่ามากกว่าสิ่งใดและผมก็ชอบที่จะวางลงผมสามารถทำสิ่งเหล่านั้นตลอดไป

I love being barefoot more than anything and also I like to lay down. I could do those things forever.

Here tis me and here tis Elder Weston. Maybe I'll start calling him Elder Wheaton. But we love the church and we love helmets. They keep you safe. 

We went biking and went to this complex. These two old fellers in the statue are the owners, I assume. They look nice. 

I know this looks nasty. It was. One morning I thought maybe I'll eat raw eggs. Then I thought I'll add protein powder and milk. I wanted to puke when I tried it so, I decided to cook it. I thought it might be better. Nope, still super nasty. I wasn't sure if it looked more like ground beef or refried beans. Let me know what you think. 

First picture together of the dream time. After this I made myself chicken and eggs. It was a good day. 

Don't take google for granted

I realized this week how much I really do miss Google. As a missionary your phone has mega restrictions and one of those restrictions is no Google. I love Google so much, and now I don't have it. Use it while you still can. It's a great tool. 

Also, I just really miss Spongebob. Someone, anyone, just watch Spongebob for me and tell me how it is and whether it’s good or not tell me it was great. Just sad times without my hero. 

This week not much really happened. It was a pretty normal week. And by normal I mean just sitting inside because Corona stinks. Arizona is starting to open up and there is no more mandatory quarantine but we, as missionaries, have to stay inside until someone tells our Mission President to tell us it is good to go outside and teach people. I am hoping that is soon. I am also hoping Thailand opens up so I can head to there. I know God has a plan, though and I will follow what He needs me to do and where He needs me to be. I'm just hoping and praying something happens because I am a little bored inside sometimes. Not much happens. Sad. 

We are still able to have a lot of member lessons. My companion and I cover 5 wards right now so we have a lot of people to text and set up lessons with. We have set up abut 20 lessons already and we have a lot more people to text. Exciting times. 

Ok, so if you remember, I told a story a little bit ago about me dropping and shattering my phone. Well, today I went to a place that replaces phone screens just to see how much it would cost. I handed him my phone he said, "Yeah, that would be $140." I'm like, “What?” This phone was only like $170. Why would anyone do that? So, now I have to live with the cracks on my phone and the memory of the poor, dead bird I was trying to bury when it all happened.  I guess I’ll just keep this phone until it breaks so much that I can't use it and am forced to get a new one.  Sad times for Elder Slavens. At least the bird is buried and is in a better place. 

Fun update. I ran out of conditioner so I went to target and got Dove lavender scented soap. It smells very good and let's just say I am pretty excited to shower now and smell like an angel. 

Ok, I finally discovered my favorite thing ever this week; shaving my legs. I learned shaved legs are incredible. Shaving your calves is so nice. So smooth and beautiful. Shaving your thighs gets prickly and uncomfortable to sit down. I really feel for all the ladies out there. It took like an hour and a half to fully shave and it was awful. My legs get so prickly so fast but it's all worth it when I get that nice shave and just look down and say, "Wow. Are those really are my legs?" I truly suggest it to all men, women, and children out there. Ok maybe not children but you get it. 

Enjoy life enjoy your week. Corona stinks and God is good. Love you all. BYE BYE. 

Elder Slay Out 

ทำไมไก่ถึงข้ามถนนโอ้ใช่ไปที่ด้านอัจฉริยะอีกด้านหนึ่ง

Why did the chicken cross the road? Oh yes, to get to the other side genius.

Alma 13:28-29. Good stuff 

It was Mont's birthday this week. Everyone wish him a happy birthday. I love my father. 13 years old never looked so good. 

Shave 2.0 Top that. I got tired of using the shower to shave so I decided to shave and use the sink at the same time. I can remove hair from my legs and remove bacteria from plates with good dawn soap. 

I made this to post on Facebook but you can look at it too if you would like. It's pretty good if you ask me. 

Me and my Guitalele. Yes, I shred. No I'm not good.

Ratatouille Ratatouille Ratatouille

I'm sorry, but I have decided that I don't want to be a troll in Dungeons and Dragons anymore. Let me explain: This week Elder Hall and I went on a walk. On the walk I thought, "Well, I know he plays Dungeons and Dragons, let's ask him some questions." I started asking him things. He then proceeded to tell me every character, every weapon, tons of spells, the different game types. Wow! He also told me he is a Dungeon Master who makes the scenarios and games, so I had him make one up on the spot. It had to do with Goblins. In case you are not aware, there are 3 different types of Goblins all with different heights and intelligence levels. Interesting stuff. But the reason I don't want to be a troll is because I asked who the bad guys are and of course, Troll was at the top of the list. You can be a troll, but they are evil. So, I decided I would rather be a Wizard named Spunkers. His wand is made of pvc pipe and he sings when he speaks. That's me and now I will win. 

So, as you probably can imagine, it was an interesting week. I learned a lot from my companion. I really learned a lot about missionary work, along with the History of WW2 and how cool maps are. My brain is overflowing. I don't remember my childhood anymore because it is full of Goblins and the Battle of Midway. It's complicating stuff. 

But, to be honest, being with Elder Hall is amazing. I am learning so much. We work so hard. We plan every morning and there is no empty space in that schedule and we are always, always doing something. I got some free time this week to do a puzzle. I think I hate puzzles. It took me like 3 hours and I got the boarder done. Like are you kidding? I am now so determined to finish that 1000 piece puzzle how ever long it takes. 

This week we also got some crazy changes from our President. We have less outside time and I have less language time and we have mission devotional calls every day now. Wacky!  But we are just going so hard and I need a nap constantly. I am always tired but,  “Power through, Elder Slavens!” And finally this week we went to the Church and had a photo shoot. I hope you enjoy the photos. I know I do.

Ok, so yeah, this week went fast and I did a lot, but it was great and I hope yours was just as good. Thanks for tuning in. 

Goodbye my lover,

Goodbye my friend

You have been the one 

You have been the one for me

Elder Slay

3 Nephi 18:18-20

หากใครรู้ว่าดันเจี้ยนและมังกรทำงานอย่างไรโปรดช่วยฉันเข้าใจขอบคุณมากขึ้น

If anyone knows how Dungeons and Dragons works please help me understand better thanks.

I just like Ratatouille. That's all.

Ok, so I took this photo the night before I was transferred last week. I hated it, but I am confident about my body even though I have a big neck or something in this photo. I didn't like it, but I have accepted it. Laugh if you want. I did. 

Here are 3 pictures from our photo shoot. If you would like more email me. This is truly some good content. I love this book and so should you.

We went on a walk and I saw this swing set and I said, "We have to go on those swings." As you can see from this photo we did go on the swings and it was the most fun I've had in 13 years. 

One day we decided to go on a walk. Man, Elder Hall loves to make his own path. We were walking through bushes and sand and dirt and rocks. I was like, "What is happening? Where are we?" We finally got to the end and it was just more dirt but I thought, “Ok, we can talk a photo.” So, we did and then we headed back through more bushes. 

Home -> apartment I cry

Well I was going to write this email and say this week was pretty boring and not much happened but boy was I wrong. 

This week we had transfers on Wednesday, so Tuesday night we just thought, "Let's go get some ice cream real quick." We drove to McDonald's and then I got a message and it said I was being transferred. I didn't think at all that I would be getting transferred but plot twist, I'm out of here. I lived in the same house for only 7 weeks. I got here a little early from the MTC and made it 1 transfer and now I'm in a little apartment in Queen Creek, Arizona. It's actually not that bad. It's a lot smaller than my house and we sadly don't have a gym tho. I am with 3 new Elders I have never met before. My companion is Elder Hall. He is from Kansas has 6 brothers and loves Dungeons and Dragons. Another companion who is very different from me. I am excited to see what I learn from him and to talk about what level he is in his mind game. Exciting stuff. Maybe I will play a game with him. I will be a buzzed troll named Garthatron. I have sharpies for fingers and stain everything I touch. When I speak I yell. I know I will win Dungeons and Dragons. But now I am in a new apartment and I am not sure how long I will really be here. We have 67 new reassigned missionaries coming in this next 6 weeks. A lot of missionaries who were sent home and are being sent out now and we get 67 this transfer. This means we could be changing companions any time this transfer. Crazy. Fun stuff. 

Also this week we had to say goodbye to Elder Hunter. He was the other Elder in the house with us from American Samoa. We got  along really well and we always danced. You look at us and we are dancing. I guess you can say it's a talent of ours. Anyway he actually made it his 24 months. He had a cough so they didn't send him home and Samoa was closed so he is now being sent to Utah with his Aunt until Samoa opens back up. It was sad to see him leave. I'll miss that big huge strong boy. 

We also had the opportunity to do a couple service projects this week. We have to get them approved but it was so nice to get out of the house. I got to weed wack for like 3 hours each service and I loved it. I think I am addicted to weed wacking. If you ever need anyone to wack some weeds for you, I'm there. Just give me 2 years and I can help.

Besides that not much really happened. We were able to teach a lot of lessons to members and I was able to teach more friends. Yay for missionaries! I am also very excited to meet people in my new area and learn from this new Dungeons and Dragons man. It will be an interesting transfer that's for sure. 

I love you all quite a lot and hope you have a mega super good week. Someone eat an acai bowl for me. Thanks. I miss those. Now bye bye my fans.

อพาร์ตเมนต์นี้มีกลิ่นเหมือนโรงแรมแปลก ๆ แต่ผมคิดว่าผมชอบมัน

This apartment smells like a hotel, weird but I think I like it.

Mosiah 7:33. When you read come follow me and find a really good scripture, you happy.

RIP Elder Hunter. I will remember you, will you remember me. Good song. Always brings a tear to my eye tho.

Service. Hunter was so happy to drive that mower and I was so happy to be weed wacking and have a buzz cut cause oh boy it hot. 

We asked a member for Thai food and he hooked us up. It's like I'm in Thailand already wow. Also that member said my companion and I have the same voice. Idk if that's a compliment or what. Thanks tho.

A picture we took with a horse. Horses don't really care about anything. Like I would pet the horse and idk if he didn't feel me petting him or what he just wouldn't move or do anything. Odd animal.

We got drinks. That's about it. 

My new and improved companion. He is actually a cyborg, half man, half robot. His brain is full of cheat codes for Dungeons and Dragons. I play against him and even with my character Gartharon and I'm screwed.