Smoking = Not good

 Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. I am back for email number a lot. idk how many it's been but it's lots. Alright so this was quite a good week. Lots happened, lots done. 

So we are grinding now. We are just knocking doors and working our butts off. It's the best. One day when we were knocking President called and asked me to be district leader so now I am officially important. Good for me. I am so mature, so good at missionary work, just a great guy. So now I get to do leadership stuff, have meetings, call the district, help them out, and train other missionaries. Lots of stuff and it's fun.  It's giving me more motivation and I am less bored so I love that.

Also this week we went to this lady named Linda's house. We had a lesson with her and it was very good. We talked about God and the Book of Mormon and a lot of our beliefs. It was really cool. Elder Story and I killed it. At one point in the lesson she reached into a drawer and grabbed a pack of cigarettes and said, "Watch this. Watch me be bad." She then just started smoking in front of us. Wow. That will be a fun word of wisdom lesson. But she is so kind and genuine and said she would be happy to have us come back and teach all of our lessons. YAY!

Besides that we are doing lots of service and stuff now. One day we cut down a tree and were putting it into this big metal crate thing and I just stood and was stomping and crushing trees for like 3 hours. It was the most painful experience of my life. Awful. We also got to go caroling to some members and they LOVED IT. So cute of us. 

Well it was a good week and next week will be a good week too. I love you and miss you all. Happy December.

Elder Slavens

Elder Tree Stomper 

Elder Leader

2 Nephi 4:26 through Christ we can be better. All afflictions GONE.

สัปดาห์นี้ผมได้เรียนรู้ว่าพี่น้องชาวดัตช์มีช็อคโกแลตร้อนที่ดีมากดังนั้นหากคุณต้องการเครื่องดื่มอุ่น ๆ ไปที่นั่น

This week I learned Dutch bros has very very good hot chocolate so if you want good warm drink go there.

Welcome to the ranch house ward bathroom. It's very red in here. So unique. So cool.

PHOTOSHOOT ALERT. Man don't we make some good Santas? Don't answer this question because 

I already know the answer. Yes we do. 

DUTCH BROS. delicious chocolate. Candy cane flavor? Yes please. 

This is the cage thingy where I legit stomped sticks for 3 hours. I was cut, bleeding, dead, 

but at least they gave me lunchables. 

So we went to this ward Christmas party and 2 people were acting as Joseph and Mary 

and this was the baby Jesus doll. They said please take this I'm done holding it. 

I'm glad I am trusted with the acting baby Savior. 

Power going to my head

สวัสดีครับ I am Tren Elder Slay and this is my email. I will tell you about my life and what's been going on. 

So we had transfers a little bit ago but still crazy trying to adjust to everything. We thought for sure Elder Story and I would be separated but NOPE so we still get to be together and I love it so much. I am still training him so I'm his only Daddy. My son, my cute son Story. I also just want to emphasize that we are finally back down to 2 wards. Like that was rough, not gonna lie it wasn't fun at all. Too many people too much to juggle. We had lessons and it was good but it was very complicated. So we are back to normal and have started to finally figure it out again. We already said we are gonna grind this transfer so it'll be sweet. Lessons every day nonstop work. Put me in coach. Yeah baby. 

As I said last time we needed a car like real bad. We called the APs maybe like 6 times saying, "c'mon when we getting that car" they finally said we can have one. They looked at a map and said, "Sheesh they do need a car". I charmed the crap out of those guys. We are car boys now. Also this week our district leader had to go home for health problems and it was real sad. But since we didn't haven't a district leader I legit took over. I was calling all these companionships and am doing district council Tuesday. Self appointed temporary district leader is so cool. They still need to call one but for now this district is mine. Power like a power ranger woo. 

Umm what else. I got to speak at church on Sunday about developing Christlike attributes so if anyone got questions about that let me know, I got you. That talk was wack. I legit don't remember anything I said. Words just spilled out idk if it was English or Thai. Oh well people said it was good. NICE WORK ELDER. 

Also I Iove Christmas so Merry Christmas. I asked last week too, but if anyone has specifically Christmas cards they want to send me, HIT ME UP. I love your faces. Well have a good week faces. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. 

Elder Slay 

Elder Power Ranger Me 

Elder Christlike Attributes

Elder Christmas 

Matthew 5:48 PERFECT 

เวลาที่ดีที่สุดในการสวมเสื้อกันหนาวมีลายคือเวลาทั้งหมดซานต้ายังเป็นของจริง

The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time. Also Santa is real. 

This is Elder Grajek. He is my best friend ever. He sadly went home and I am dead. He is my hero. 

He is so fun. We both like Sodalicious. Friendship is so cool. 

WE LOVE JESUS CHRIST. Don't worry, He loves us too.  The Book of Mormon is sweet too. 

Also peep the eyebrow. So gangster.

Conveniently I learned how to play the violin this week. I thought I might as well start now. 

So here I am being good at instruments. 

This is chalk we found on the floor. This person was thankful for Jesus and among us. 

2 important things in this life. 

Welcome to our bedroom. We stole the tree to spice up our room. 

We always feel so festive as we read the Book of Mormon. 

Boo. Hope Spongebob and Spiderman didn't scare you. 

If they did tell me know and I will send you a virtual hug.  

The Story and Slay story continues

Hey, welcome to weekly email with Tren. This week was Thanksgiving and I am grateful for you. Whoever you are, if you are reading this, I am grateful for you and you have impacted my life. Love you, yay. But I love Christmas time and also Thanksgiving time.  This is a good time of the year. 

So shall we get started on how this week was and what Elder Sleigh did? Get it? Cause like Slay but Christmas Sleigh. Coolest thing I've ever done right there. Well yes let us get started. So it was a real good week per usual but like what happened? Not much at all. Sad and unfortunate for me. Well since I don't have a dog or horse or anything apparently it wasn't that cool.

Oh yeah, so we had transfers this week. I thought we would be separated but I am back to a duo normal companionship with Elder Story. Elder Mitchell got a new companion and I call him DD so that's cool. But 2 Elders in the house also stayed together but they moved to a different house so rip our friendship. I also am FIGHTING to get a car. We legit are so far from our area, our service sucks at our house so we can't do lessons there, because of Covid we can't sit in church buildings all day, lessons are hard to get to, and we have 1 car in the house which is the other elders.  But don't worry our 2 areas are only 20 minutes drive away. SOOOO easy. Kidding so yeah, we really need a car so I'll let you know if I can use my charm and get us a car. 

We had Thanksgiving this week. We usually can't go to dinner but we could on this day so we went to the Porter’s house. Just the coolest family ever.  It was real nice. Holidays on missions are wack but pretty cool yup. So that's about it for this week. Not tons. Story and I continue, we need a car, I still love naps. Well, have a good week. Love you and go watch Spongebob.

Also if anyone wants to be nice and send me Christmas cards or letters or little presents I will be nice and give you something in return. It is your choice. Something for me, and something for you. Pros and no cons. Merry Christmas!

Elder Slay

Elder Sleigh

Elder Food

Elder Daddy Still

Elder Car Charm

Enos 1:12 FAITH ENOS WOW

ถ้าคุณแต่งตุรกีในชุดซานต้าจะเป็นของประดับตกแต่งวันคริสต์มาสหรือวันขอบคุณพระเจ้าผมไม่รู้ คำถามลึก ๆ

If you were to dress a Turkey in Santa clothes would it be Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations. I don't know. Deep question.

Meet the Porter family. They make very good Thanksgiving food. Very kind, very nice and a dog too. It felt like I was home. Cute. 

I love friends and I love their parents. This is Cole Edgren. Say hello. He is kind and is a missionary. So cool. 

Alright now this is good. So we were at a service project and I found this sticker and said, "Watch this" I then became Elder Food. It's nice to meet you. This isn't a phase Mom. It's the new me. 

Wanna see something cool. Just look at the brow. I am much cooler now. Promise. 

We used a camera and took fancy pictures. If you wanna see more email me. I got a few more cool ones. 

We were feeling cool and ate on the roof of our car. Shoot, I love Thanksgiving leftovers. High quality.

Spongebob is always on my mind

Ahoy Ahoy mateys. I have a question. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Also what is the best Christmas movie. I will give you the answers. Spongebob Squarepants and How The Grinch Stole Christmas. If you disagree I am sorry for you and your childhood. 

Well, welcome to an email from me. This week was good. So last week I told you about our dog Keeper. Well here is the back end of that story. So we had her about 3 days and we were like, "Ok we legit need to figure out what to do with this dog". So we called some rescue places and the only ones that were full shelters were out of the mission so we were like hmm bummer. We took Keeper to the vet and turns out she didn't have a microchip so we ended up calling an animal control place and they got it figured out and came and picked her up and took her in. It was so so sad. I miss Keeper lots. They were going to hold her 3 days then take her to a rescue so I know Keeper will find the best parents ever. I miss her and wish her the best of luck. I'll never forget you Keeper. 

So what else is happened this week you may ask? Well, missionary work of course. So we only have 1 more week in this transfer which is kinda crazy. Idk what will end up happening next transfer like if Story and I will be split up but I bet Mitchell will get a new comp and I will either be with Story again or get a new companion. Who knows. Exciting. But we still got our 4 wards and it's hard to keep track of everyone and know people so that's exciting. Elders in our house were sick too lately so we were trying to stay inside so it has been exciting times. But yeah a good week. 

I learned I love the stars, cool right? I look at the stars at night and I'm like, "aww cute". I don't get constellations but maybe I will some day. Also it's Christmas so this means that Chick-fil-A has peppermint shakes so go get one for me. Thanks. Also I love cookies and garlic bread. Just felt I should add that in there. 

Ok well yeah that's it. Love you. Drink your shake and take a nap for me. Bye. Love you, love you, love you! 

Elder Slayyyyy

Elder Squarepants

Elder Grinch

Elder Didn't Keep Keeper

Alma 34:38 Thanksgiving you already know

ผมรัก Spongebob และผมรักคริสต์มาสมีอะไรในโลกที่ดีไปกว่า๒ สิ่งนั้น? อาจจะเป็นตอนคริสต์มาส Spongebob ที่มีอยู่ดังนั้นคุณควรดู

I love Spongebob and I love Christmas. What in the world is better than those 2 things? maybe a Spongebob Christmas episode which exists so you should watch that.

lots of pictures enjoy you filthy animals 

This was the last picture I got with Keeper before she was taken. 

She is so cute and only a little stinky still. I hope she finds a good home. 

House party you already know. We got Martinelli and yeah that's about it. 

What else do you need for a party besides fun people and Martinelli? Nothing!

Who wants canes for lunch. All of us do. We had a party at the park and ate, laughed  

and enjoyed each others presence. 

Elder Story took this picture of the moon. I can try to take credit and say I did, 

but that would be a big lie. 

cheese. smile. wind. cold. Arizona. 

TOP GOLF. I legit suck at golfing so much but who cares. I am good in my heart that's all that matters. 

Woof Woof Bark Bark

Buckle those seatbelts ladies and gentlemen because you are in for a treat. People say they like my emails, well this one should be a good one. Not being cocky but I just know my weeks and I know this was a pretty good week. 

One day it was around lunch time and I love naps. I decided to take a nap and 2 Elders in the house Burgess and Heinhold said, "Elder Slavens look at what we got, a new pet". I look and they are carrying a dog. I said, "Wait what, ok let me cuddle with her." So it turns out they were on a walk and this stray dog started following them. They were like alright sounds good and they brought it into the house. We all sat and pet this stray dog then I though hmm she is pretty dirty so I gave her a bath using old spice. She smells so manly now. We got her all cleaned up and since we don't have dog food oddly we gave her our leftovers. We had corn, spaghetti, and some pork and turkey that she loved. She ate up all this food and loved it. She was so stinky and nasty but now she is an angel. She is the boniest dog I have ever touched. Very sad. But we let her sleep in the kitchen and she only peed on the ground 3 times and now the floor is sticky even tho I legit moped up the whole floor. We are trying to figure out what to do from here. We need to get her real dog food, and a home. We took her to a vet to see if she had a little microchip thing and of course she didn't so they said either care for her or take her to the animal rescue shelter. As missionaries we aren't really suppose to have pets so we need to figure out what to do with this dog. She reminds me of Tivoli back home so thats fun. Besides that I hang out with this dog all the time. I named her Keeper so everyone decides oh yeah we should keep her. Clever eh? Well that was a long story but good story.

OK on a spiritual side TOM WAS BAPTIZED THIS WEEK. Woo baby. Tom is such a beast. We got to meet with him tons and then we had the baptism on Saturday. He had his friends baptize and confirm him and it was amazing. We got to teach the restoration of the Gospel while they were changing and it was the best I've ever taught that lesson. Good work Slay. Keep Slaying. So you can see it was a good week. 

Besides that we just got news we can't go to dinners because this corona stuff is getting worse. Sad. So we are in our house a lil more now but it'll be good we can keep working. If anyone has any stories plz tell them to me I don't wanna get bored. 

Well I hope you don't have corona and if you do get better. Also if you have a stray dog let me know that would be a cool connection we have. Alright bye. 

Elder Slay

Elder Woof

Elder Mama Doggy For Lil Doggy

Elder I Can Wash Dogs

Mosiah 2:41 this is like such a good scripture may have said read before idk but read it. 

หากใครรู้วิธีทำอาหารสุนัขที่บ้านโปรดแจ้งให้เราทราบเพราะผมไม่ขอบคุณก็มีวันที่ดี

If anyone knows how to make dog food at home please let me know because I don't. Thanks have a good day.

LOOK HOW CUTE. So this is Tom to the left of me. He was baptized and he is the coolest guy in the world. I want to live like Tom. 

Meet Keeper. She is stinky and dirty, is a stray dog, has long nails, loves pork and wags her tail a lot. Good girl. 

I gave Keeper a lil face hair cut and she just laid in my hands. How precious. I know it's wrong but I may keep her forever. 

What's up I love technology and computers and phones and such. Call me Einstein baby. 

Surprise phone call thanks momma. Meet Isaac Hansen, meet Jenna Hansen, meet Kristi Slavens. Dream team. 

I took this when I was cold cause Arizona is at a freezing 75 degrees.  

I just ate taco bell

Good evening everyone. So like nothing really happened this week so idk what in going to talk about. I guess I'll think of something I always do but we will see what happens. 

I am currently in a trio still. This is my 4th trio on my mission. I decided God needs me in trios to learn something. Apparently I haven't learned it yet cause this keeps happening. I'm calling it now I'll be in at least 3 more trios in the next 14 months or whatever I have left. Congrats for me.

So I guess a fun update last pday I got sweaters and jackets from thrift stores so I am less cold. Another fun fact I get cold very easy so jackets are a necessity.  Another fun fact Arizona was 90 all week then randomly now it's cold and its like 60. Many of you will say that isn't cold but it's very cold for me. I would wear 4 jackets if I could. Thanks for listening to my fun facts. 

Well this week has been a good one still. We have mostly figured out how to work our schedule with 4 wards. We split it so every day has a different ward so we can contact and talk to them all. It's hard to knock or call everyone so we text people in our wards a lot and we get a lot of responses for possibly lessons and service so it is very good. We have Tom's baptism next week which we are quite excited for. He has an interview this week and he is so ready for his baptism. Besides that we are working hard and having fun. Good stuff. Gotta love that mission life. 

I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family. Have a good week friend family hair follicles. 

Elder Slavens 

Elder Taco Bell I Had For Fun Recently

Elder Trio

John 16:33 read it!

จาก taco bell ผมได้รับ doritos los tacos สูงสุดและพวกเขาทำให้ผมมีความสุขและอร่อยมาก

so from taco bell I got Doritos los tacos supreme and they made me happy and were delicious

Hey look at out fridge! We were gonna pass these to members but since you know trio we get to use them as decoration. 

The sunset was really good and I said to myself, "I will take a selfie". So I did that.

I bought this jacket! I like it! You like it! We like it! 

Oh yeah we did this hike a few weeks ago. If you can find me I'll give you a high five in 14 months. Lucky 

Shoutout to the Bardusons. You are welcome. They asked me to do this. 

Here is a video of us getting good luck and wishes. Reminds me of my finsta imprawn go ahead and give it a follow. 

Man Arizona is just so cold

WELCOME TO EMAIL WITH TREN AKA SLAY. I AM TREN. HOW ARE YOU? COOL.

I feel like something crazy happens every single week now. I am not saying that is a bad thing, actually opposite because if nothing crazy happened I would get bored. I like crazy. I am crazy. Example: I ate a green crayon this week because it was a dare. It was non-toxic don't worry. Green is a good flavor. 

So this week Elder Story and I were having a good week when an Elder in the house got to go back to Africa, his original assignment and then we were put in a trio with Elder Mitchell. This is my 4th trio. It is like God needs me in trios. Sounds good to me they are fun. So Elder Mitchell is from Idaho and was originally serving in Chile like the soup. Don't worry it is not chilly in Chile he gets that a lot. He has been out like 14 months or something so that's super. We now cover 4 wards which is a lot and 2 areas that are not next to each other. It is a lot of figure out and do but it's real fun, you know.

This week I woke up one day with a little bug bite or something on my arm. I was like oh cool, and I of course was itching that sucker. The next day I woke up and it had a little red ring around it. It was not too big but people were like, "Bruv you gotta call the nurse". I proceeded to do that and she said, "Well that looks like ringworm but let's have you go to the doctor". Idk what it is about me and the doctor on my mission but I go there quite often. I went to the doctor that helped me know my wrist was broken. Cool. He told me I might have Lyme disease and I'm like, "yay". jk not yay scary. So they took my blood and will let me know if I got Lyme haha sweet. I guess I'll let you know. What an exciting surprise. They say it’s from deer or something idk I don't get it. Wish me and my Lyme body good luck. 

Well big week see. Cool stuff. Lots happened and it was good times. Enjoy your week love you friends.  

Elder Slay

Elder Lymes

Elder Trio

Philippians 4:13 good wow

ว้าวผมรักMichael Bubléมากขึ้นทุกวัน  เนื่องจากหลังวันฮัลโลวีนผู้คนคิดว่าเป็นที่ยอมรับในการฟังเพลงคริสต์มาสดังนั้นไมเคิลจึงมาที่นี่อีกครั้ง

Wow I love Michael Bublé more every day. Since it's after Halloween people think it is acceptable to listen to Christmas music so Michael here I come once again. 

Here is the 3 of us. Meet Elder Slavens, meet Elder Story, meet Elder Mitchell. 

We love missionary work and Buffalo Wild Wings.

Hey what's up. I got my blood stolen. I didn't pass out. I hope I don't got Lyme.

Here is the cool circle thing I had. If you got one of these, good luck. You may have Lyme, or ringworm, 

or just a bite idk. 

Here we are taking a picture in the dark. This day our bike broke so we had to walk and it was cold. 

Yeah Arizona is freezing. Like once a week you need a sweater ugh. 

Elder Story, Elder Slavens love Walmart. We shop and eat and have good days.