Letter to Jacque

Please dont name him Elder Malone. thats lame and what if you get mad at him or he dies? is it like a a voo-doo doll? no thanks. well im doing great! yeah have my mom put that poem up on the blog. its for everyone. its an ok one. i wrote it in about 15-20 mins. but whatever people want to out up on the blog is for all to read. just not personal stuff about me or help suggestions for others. well a pupppy? what kind? how about mr sticthes? or crosby? jynx? i dont know. but the people are awesome! here is my schedule 630 wake up 7 eat 730 exercise 745 show and dress 8 personal study 9 companion study 10 tracting!/appointments 1 lunch/study 2 more tracting/appointments 5 dinner usually with a member 630 visit less actives/recent converts 9 planning 930 get ready for bed 1030 sleep! its more detailed then the one i wrote my mom so probably put that one on my blog too. well i totally ate those drinks. yeah i ate them. they were really chunky. but still good. a tongan guy chugged 3 down without blinking. crazy kid. well i have to go but thanks for the letter. and tell grandma i said hi. have fun in san antonio! there will be a temple in virginia someday you can go to. love elder malone

from Marisa

Well, since my mom has sent me three invitations to contribute to this, I had better. From his letters Greg sounds amazing. His new picture of him arriving in Virgina confirms the fact that he is eating quite well! I talked to him at the airport before he left and he said "do you know how much you are paying for food?" I assured him I was well aware. Also he said " I forgot that normal people dont walk aruond in suits all day" That one made me laugh! Imagine everyone in your world walking around in suits... it was funny. Well, that is all for now! I miss my brother, but luckily he is gone doing something amazing. Bye!

10/30/07 Email and Update on Elder Malone!

See Emailing and Addresses for his new address. His p-day is on Tues. so expect an email then.
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From Greg:

Well now at the Chesterfield county library I have an hour to write so good news there. But Im loving it in Virginia! it is amazing! The weather is really nice. Not too much color change on the trees because they havent had much rain lately. But its gorgeous. the ward is awesome! they are filthy rich. The knight family owns a Universtiy in Virginia for charity only. And they buy and run hotels from Hilton and Marriot. Among other things. But they are really awesome though. My typical day is wake up. study from 8-10 both personal and companion. then tracting till 1. then lunch and study till 2. then tracting or appointments. then dinner-usually by a member. then we teach them or they visit less actives with us or appointments. and then planning from 9-930 and then bed by 10. but they have a really cool ward mission plan. but im in Midlothian ward. and its really big. not with members but size. its about 15 mile radius? something like that. elder rappleye is really sweet. he is really smart and knows a lot about the gospel. OH! we visited a lady named Rita Keiser and after a year of teaching she said, "Well I cant have you guys come over anymore." so I got sad but then she said she wants to be baptized! so we were really happy about that. but it was part her fellowshipper. they are in the same boat with only member in family and kinda older with no family. and i placed my first Book of Mormon to a "die-hard episcopal" as she put it. but 15 mins on her doorstep and she was touched by the spirit. so she accepted the book and promised to read it! well thats mostly it for now.
Love Elder Malone

Update on Greg

(ok the dates on th pics are off)

Greg left for VA on Wed. Oct. 24th. Unbeknownst (his favorite word) to his family, he suprised us with an early morning phone call from the airport! It was so wonderful to hear his voice. He sounded happy and the same teasing, always-finding-something- to- get- into guy. There were 5 of them going to VA. He loved his time at the MTC and sent home 3 items to remember it by....an acorn, fall leaves and a square of TP. Apparently they tp'd the elders room, went playing in the fall leaves (I don't even want to imagine what the suit looks like after that) and he and his companion bonded over collecting acorns. He wrote a beautiful poem which if he gives me permission, I will post on here. He keeps feeling prompted to write a hymn, I'm assuming the lyrics only. He says he "enjoys the challenges and look forward to those in the mission field."

The mission home called me on Wed. night to tell me Greg had arrived safely and he ate a great dinner and was writing a letter and sending a picture of him. He was spending the first night at the mission home and then going to the local chapel the next day to train and then meet his trainer....sounds like dog obedience school to me!!! So now he is an official "greenie!" Anjum

Comments from Elder Malone

We've gotten a few letters and e-mails in the past couple of weeks. Greg seems very happy and loves learning so much about the gospel. He's kind of glad that he doesn't have to learn a language because he gets to go "way" deeper into the gospel. He says that he's following the rules and it's "surprisingly" easy. He wanted Halloween pictures from his sisters, but then said that Alex and Jacklyn will probably just be boogers and Kayla will think she's a "princess" again so never mind, it'll be just another boring year!

He really enjoying the changing of the leaves and weather in Utah and is very excited to get to Richmond on Wed. Oct 24th. He said to think about him at 3:00 pm Az time, he'll be at his new home. His time at the MTC has been wonderful and he says, "It's gone by so fast! The days are long, but the weeks are short."

He thanks everyone who talked him into going on his mission.

Elder Malone's First P-Day Letter!

Hey I finally got my email! Its gregorymalone@myldsmail.net.
please note the .net part. its not .com!

things are going amazing here! Its my first preperation day
and im lovin it! Its so werid to think its already been a week.
like its been really full but I dont know how to explain. its so
fun though. Im learning so much already. its nice not learning a
language because we can get into the deep doctrine. oh and not
meaning to brag but at our devotional last night we had a talk by
Elder Gerald N. Lund. Yes the author of work and the glory. and i
shook his hand!

My companions name is Elder Hatch. He is crazy. we have a lot of fun
together and its funny but we play like we are mad at eachother but we
never really are. but other elders look at us funny. The food is delicious
of course! and endless too so im afraid to step on a scale. I exercise
too so no worries right?

A normal day for Elder malone is wake up and get to class by 7 am.
Personal Study till 815.
Breakfast till 9
Class from 915 till 1
Lunch at 115
Class from 2 till 6.
Dinner from 615 to 7
Then class till 9.
then planning for the next day

but with conference its been a little mixed up which is good. and class
is not just sitting but teaching and going to different workshops. they
have so much different things to do. I called a lady in new jersey and
asked how she liked the pamphlet on familes. she enjoyed it alot so i
offered for the missionaires to come by with a Book of Mormon and she
agreed! she was a devoted catholic and said she was having a really rough
time. but they awesome part is also that i had prayed for someone to pick
up the phone and no one did. but i kept the faith and prayer in my heart.
and look what happened! the Lord blesses those who seek for an answer. and
by the trial of their faith will He answer them! I know this to be true.
Thank you so much for all the pushing you did to get me out here. its really
paid off. and Im missing home but not enough to come home yet! haha
sorry. maybe in 725 days. love to all!

Elder Malone

Emailing, Writing and Addresses:

EMAILING:
You can email Greg at: gregorymalone@myldsmail.net

WRITING:

If you want to avoid the hassle of getting stamps, writing etc. you can also sign up on DearElder.com to write letters which will be mailed to him by the dearelder people. They print them and mail them for you....just choose his mission.

Or Write to him at the addresses posted below. 

LIVING ADDRESS:

Address for where he's living in NC:

Not Available yet...plz send letters to email or the mission home


Mailing Address for the Mission Home in Richmond, VA:
please use this address for mailing packages and when you don't know his regular address-

Elder Greg Malone
Virginia Richmond Mission
9327 Midlothian Tpke. Ste 1-B
Richmond, VA 23235-4944

Elder Malone Enters the MTC!

Greg and Nate Johnson (friend going to Nicaragua) both entered the MTC on Oct. 3, 2007 at 12noon to begin their service to their Father in Heaven for the next 2 years! He looked so wonderful in his blue suit and red tie. His mom, dad, stepmom and friends accompanied him. Pictures will be posted soon. Mom got to put his name tag on him. Then we all went into the chapel to listen to talks by his MTC Mission President and watch a video. Then came d-time....hug goodbye and he goes one way and we go another. Tears flowed freely...except him of course...he was too excited. His estimated date of departure is Oct. 24 for Virginia. See the address section for his current address. He LOVES care packages and letters! Check back often for news.