Wright Clan News

Not that we look at this page much, but here’s a quick refresh to the look and feel of the place.

Mark, Marie and I gathered at Casa de Papa wth the Wilson clan last sunday to blow out some candles in your honor.

See video link below for a terrible rendition of “Happy Birthday”.

Right-click here and save locally to play… (it’s about 55Mb).

Mark and Traci have arrived safely in Xian, and word is that the elder and younger Wrights are enjoying themselves greatly.  They’ll soon be heading home the slow way, by way of Beijing, Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York, London, Paris, Munich (everybody’s talkin’ ’bout, mmmm, pop music!)

Dad has a new update at the What’s Wright site, including new photo albums. (more…)

Hello!  Just sharing a few pics from our trip to Austin, TX this past week.  We visited the LBJ Presidential Museum, State Capitol, TX History Museum, Austin Children’s Museum, and saw the bats at Congress Ave bridge.  We also had a day of fun at Park N Pizza and enjoyed swimming at the hotel pool.  It was a fun trip!

If you’ve written to Jon but haven’t heard from him lately, apparently he’s been having some issues with the account.

His monkeyboy409 address still works, and he (re)sent a bunch of emails that didn’t make it through the first time.

Here they are.

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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:36:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: “Jon Wright”
Subject: first missing email
To: Mom

hello mother and father whom i love so much. so today i deposited my $421 tax return so im oh so fine on money. we have no miles left for the month to drive the truck so we are going to be riding bikes till the end of the week. its very tireing but im doing allright. well things are going well here. my foot is fine, my health is good. last sunday or so we gave a ton of blessings. we confermed 3 people we baptized and gave 2 other blessing for the sick. 3 of the 5 were in spanish. it was a good experiance. right now we are working on some re-actavations and we found a cool new family to teach. im really likeing this mission alot.

well dont worry im not counting but today im 1/3 of the way done with my mission. thats so weird. its going really fast. like really fast. but im loving just about every minute of it. except for the part were my comp dosent feel like working which isnt very often but it still happens sometimes. well mom and dad it sound like your having quite the adventure in china. its still alittle weird for me to think that my mom and dad are on the other side of the world. so spanish is coming along really well. im working hard at it. im trying to finish the book of mormon in spanish. im actualy understanding just about all of it. its still weird how the gift of toungs works. like when im speaking english i kinda forget i know how to speak spanish. but then it just clicks on. and i can say what ever i want. its really cool. im so greatfull for all the blessings i have been given.

this mission change has been such a blessing. i feel i can now say with a surity the lord knew exactly what he was doing when he sent me here. my testimony is growing alot. im studing way hard. i had to sen dhome history of the church. my zone leader asked me to, i didnt want to at first, i thought it was dumb and i should be able to have it, but i humbled my self and did the right thing. so i feel good about it. well mom and dad, i love you both sooooooo much. your the best parent a missionary could ask for. than you so much for sending thouse cards and everything. the pictures always make me smile, and its super cool to get real mail from you. im sorry that i dont have time to send you hand writen letters. i will try and send one when i get the time.

i love you both so much, thank you so much for everything. OH MY GOODNESS MOM I WANT TO PICK AT YOUR BRAIN WHEN I GET HOME. im so interested in like hebrew and like the history and geography of the areas jesus walked and taught. and dad your wisdom on the scriptures and doctrin. i still am learning things from that article you sent me. haha i never knew how smart you two were untill i came on a mission. i bet that makes you all happy. well keep on keepin on. you two are amazing. thanks again for everything
Your Littlest Missionary
Elder Jon Wright
Jon

From: “Jon Wright”

Subject: missing email number 2
To: Mom

wow i tryed to email you last week, im bummed casue it was a way good one. i did write you. but i guess it didnt go through. that sucks. well things are going good here. sorry i spend so much money, well two days ago i was in the hospital cause they thought i had skin cancer, i have a mole on my back and it could be nothing or it could be very bad, the hospital said if it is skin cancer thats what it would look like, so tomarrow i need to get it removed. im not to excited about it. but oh well. i was in the hospital for 10 hours. we didnt get home till like 5:30 in the morning. we went to the hospital at like 7:30 the night before. it was sooo long but we taught 2 really good lessions. so it was cool. i really liked general confrance. i didnt get to see the saturday afternoon session cause we had to do something. but i saw the rest and they were way good. i really liked elder uchkdorfs talk. he is awesome. and elder monson was awesome. about the makafekis, i really enjoyed it. well i just sent dad a hand writen letter. youll be getting one to. so, everything here is awesome. i really like my area, im still in the same one i started in. well im not sure what more to say. nobody is writing me lately. i tryed to write wayne, and mark, and a bunch of other people last week and i guess it didnt work. oh well. hopefully youll get this one. well today i got way sick and have been pooping like crazy, but im holding togeather for the most part. well. i love you both so much, and i hope all is going well.
love elder Wright

Jon

missing email number 3
To: Mom

hey mom hey dad, well the time has come to were i can actualy ride a bike, like im alowed to medicaly. and last month we had to ride bikes, i didnt have one so i used this other elders bike, its a piece of junk. its like a wall-mart bike. and as much as im going to be rideing. im going to need a bike that can take the years. so ya. the bike i was using isnt even mine and its falling apart. so im wondering. if you wanted to help me out. if not its ok. i actualy have tax return money i can use. but i was just wondering what you wanted me to do. so ya email me back and let me know. everything is going super well. i really love the mission. im working super hard. we taught like a 2 hour lession today to a guy who thought he was jesus. turns out he wasnt, haha. but ya not sure how he is gonna do. well i love you both so much. dad you have a letter on the way and mom im writing you a letter soonlove you Elder Wright

Jon

missing email number 4
To: Mom

ok so i wanted to let you all know that im not dying. i have a growth on my back that needs to be removed. but i think im ok. they need to do a biopsy on it. to make sure that there is nothing weird. but im pretty sure everythings all good. the mission presidents wife told me to write you and tell you that so you dont freak out or anything. she said that she was once the mother of a missionary, and when a mom getts a letter that somthing might be wrong, they atomaticaly asume the worst. she told me to tell you that if there is any problems, or if they find something bad, they will get in contact with you.

well i love you. im not sure if you got my email about needing a bike but if you could tell me what i should do about one that would be awesome.
love your favorite little missionary
Elder Wright

im ok just the email is being dumb.

To: janetwright44@yahoo.com

k so i have sent you all like 6 emails in the last few weeks but it appears you havnt gotten any of them. im not sure whats going on. i got a call this morning from the mission office and they said you all were freaking out cause i havent writen you. but i have. i even have all the letters saved on my other email address. its so dumb. i hate dear elder. some people get my emails. im not sure why you dont. but im going to start emailing you from this email address. i just sent off a letter to you. and i sent one to dad earlier in the week. so i hope you all get them.

well im gonna try and send you all the emails through this email acount. ill
just copy and paste them

well i love you all and i hope you get them

elder wright

I’ve moved the postings for 2006 from the What’s Wright site to declutter it without losing things.  I’ll be moving the others over a bit at a time.

If there’s anything you’d like me to add, such as links to your “wish lists” (on Amazon or somewhere else) or photo albums, please do.  i’ve added what I can.

French HornOriginally uploaded by Wayne E.Wright.

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know I’m back in the business of torturing young children.

I’ve joined the Alamo City Community Marching Band. Our first gig was a parade at the Houston Street Festival in San Antonio, TX. Feels good to be playing again. Just ask Catherine.

-Wayne

Marie wants me to add a stern disclaimer that these photos are RAW, as in not yet retouched, altered in any way, or otherwise cleansed from such unsightly things as cars in the temple parking lot and double chins on members of the Wright and Tanner clans. But even so, the bride is blushing and beautiful, the slides pretty dang purty in their own right, and … well, download it and judge for yourself. Download slide show (16 Mb)