10-05-09

From an E-mail...
Hey- so you'll find out in the letter, but I got robbed 8...(
It makes me super sad. They took all my pictures from my entire mission. I don't even care about the camera, but I can't replace those pictures.
It was a member of the church that did it too... at church... there weren't kids... there weren't teenagers... all adult member of the church... SUPER SUPER SAD.
The Letter...
Hey Family,
Well this sucks- big time. :( I got robbed. Spring Valley was 100 X more ghetto than here! Yesterday at conference at the stake center! I usually never leave my bag anywhere. I always have it with me. Well- I set it down in the chapel to go into the gym and eat really quick between sessions. No one was even in the chapel. Well, they stole my camera and ALL the pictures from my ENTIRE mission. From my cards and on my jump drive that had pictures & missionary documents on it. They took my drivers license & credit card out of my camera case and put them back in my bag. but took the most important things to me. The only things that cannot be replaced. :( Makes you want to throw up huh... Me too. It's really depressing. At first we thought it was a missionary playing a joke- Nope! I had a whole bunch of new ones I was planning to print and send home today. So look on line for it or something- it was three - 4gig cards & a kodak camera M340 10MP in a black case & a 4gig jumpdrive. From El Centro, Calexico, Brawley or Imperial California.
Mom- Do your thing - Go get them!
Those pictures are my everything! Another thing: On Tuesday we were out running and the next thing I knew I was waking up on the ground in a lot of pain. I guess I blacked out. I've got a few bruises and scrapes and I can move my shoulder again, so that's good. Mom-Jen go find the pictues please! You always get your way. Something crazy was that we were the only ones w/investigators at conference. And they left after teh first, so it was probably a member, even after such a great conference. It's so SAD- My entire mission- even before. Ben's graduation from college was on there. MOM Go get them! - We had the miracle, Garcia family made it to conference and they loved it! It was awesome. Okay bye- Mom go get em! do your thing!
Heart/ Hna Baker 8...(
Guess what else: We were at our investigators home trying to get her to understand the importance of not just going along with it- but praying & knowing, when we look at the floor and there's ticks everwhere! I mean EVERYWHERE!!!
Maria even got us a hammer to squish them on the floor. So we did for like 20 minutes. She said she'd pray...
Funny huh! Oh, thanks for the pills and the candy. We all thought it was fun. The squirt guns caused a war between me and my comp. It's finally starting to get cold now. Yay! How's dad?
On the envelope... The world is messed up! Almost 3000 pictures & videos!

Please pray for whoever took Stacie's stuff to have a 'mighty change of heart' and somehow return it to her. They can keep the camera if they want... just give her back her memories! I know this is really, really hard for her. They could have beat her with a big stick and not hurt her as bad as this is. I've notified the Bishops in the area, left messages for them, one called me back. He'll let the others know and make announcements in wards on Sunday. I've also notified the mission President, and I've looked on Craigs list & ebay- Not for sale... I think they probably wanted the camera for themselves, not to sell but who knows. Any suggestions? Please let me know!