Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Leaving
For those who don't know I will be leaving to serve a mission tomorrow morning. This means I did not get around to updating about everything. This also means I will not be around to blog for the next 2 years. During that time this blog may be used on occasion to have my mother post things I send her to keep people updated on my goings on. Just so you all know!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Mission Mail
If you would like to get in touch with me during my mission the best way to do that is to write a letter. I would love to hear from anybody and everybody and hear how things are going for you. In my mission; however, we use pouch mail. It is a way to send mail to Chile (or other countries) for cheaper but has some different requirements. The following is copied from the information I received because it can explain it better than I can:
If you choose to use the pouch service (which is cheaper) fold the paper into thirds and tape the long edge of the paper closed. Put a stamp on it and address it to:
"Pouch mail instructions: The Church provides pouch mail service to your mission. Items sent by pouch mail use the United States Postal Service from your location to Church headquarters, where they are forwarded to the missionary by a private courier along with other Church mail...
...Only postcards or one-page correspondences (no envelopes) written on one side of the page may be sent through the pouch. Notebook of other light-weight paper will not process through the USPS machines. Photographs are not acceptable...
...Items restricted from the pouch [such as photographs, packages, letters more than a page long, etc.]
may be sent through the USPS or a private courier."
If you choose to use the pouch service (which is cheaper) fold the paper into thirds and tape the long edge of the paper closed. Put a stamp on it and address it to:
Elder Richard Bishop
Chile Santiago East Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City UT 84130-0150
If you choose a more conventional method (or have to use it since what you're sending won't go through pouch) then address it to:
Elder Richard Bishop
Chile Santiago East Mission
Pedro de Valdivia 1423,
Providencia
29 Santiago
Region Metropolitana CHILE
Phone: 56 2-340-5035
You will need the phone number for a private courier.
Wow, such a long explanation! I look forward to hearing from you all!! And if you're not inclined to write me don't worry, I fail at writing to missionaries too.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Stocks!!
For years I have wanted to experiment with investing in the stock market. At the moment I find myself with a little free time and some mad money (money I can lose and not be hurt).
I initially invested $500, but the problem is that with a small amount of money it is hard to recover from the brokerage fees ($7 for each trade). Though all but one of the 5 stocks I chose have been up around 10% from where I initially bought them, I still cannot sell out of them without going in the whole because I don't have enough shares to cover the fees!! Good thing this is only to learn, right?
Right. But it still irks me to know that even though my investments have done fairly well, I will still be ending this endeavor with less money than I began (probably only by a couple of dollars, but its the principle of the thing!!). So, even though I have told myself and my parents that I will not become a day trader, I have picked out a stock that I feel I can make significant money on if I watch it and day-trade on it. I know, usually you pick a lot of them and different ones each day and all that good stuff, but I am confident on this and if it works out well perhaps I will talk more about it.
Basically it is a crappy company with consistent (almost every day for the past year) daily highs and lows. My plan, obviously, is to buy in on the daily low and sell on the daily high. The dangerous part is that a quick glance at the company's financials plus the fact that the stock has been stagnant for over a year means that this company could disappear any day. Bankrupt.
Risky? Yes. Good thing I can lose this money and not be too hurt! That being said, I am still fairly confident in this plan and I can watch the stock during the day and see exactly when other day traders do the same thing, so I'm not alone in utilizing this cash-cow. In a few days I should have more than paid for the "learning experience". I'll keep ya'll posted!!
I initially invested $500, but the problem is that with a small amount of money it is hard to recover from the brokerage fees ($7 for each trade). Though all but one of the 5 stocks I chose have been up around 10% from where I initially bought them, I still cannot sell out of them without going in the whole because I don't have enough shares to cover the fees!! Good thing this is only to learn, right?
Right. But it still irks me to know that even though my investments have done fairly well, I will still be ending this endeavor with less money than I began (probably only by a couple of dollars, but its the principle of the thing!!). So, even though I have told myself and my parents that I will not become a day trader, I have picked out a stock that I feel I can make significant money on if I watch it and day-trade on it. I know, usually you pick a lot of them and different ones each day and all that good stuff, but I am confident on this and if it works out well perhaps I will talk more about it.
Basically it is a crappy company with consistent (almost every day for the past year) daily highs and lows. My plan, obviously, is to buy in on the daily low and sell on the daily high. The dangerous part is that a quick glance at the company's financials plus the fact that the stock has been stagnant for over a year means that this company could disappear any day. Bankrupt.
Risky? Yes. Good thing I can lose this money and not be too hurt! That being said, I am still fairly confident in this plan and I can watch the stock during the day and see exactly when other day traders do the same thing, so I'm not alone in utilizing this cash-cow. In a few days I should have more than paid for the "learning experience". I'll keep ya'll posted!!
Wow...
...ok so I may have let my blog fall behind as of late. No, I did let my blog fall behind. Its been busy!! (but mostly I've just been lazy)
Last time I posted I was headed for West Virginia. That was a fun trip! I spent about 2 weeks visiting my brother and his family. My sister-in-law had to go up to girls' camp the second week to help run things so I watched the kids for her. It only amounted to one day really but that was enough. SOOO glad I don't have to be a mother. Seriously, I don't know how you women do it! Between crying children trying to climb in the shower with me and poopy diapers, I was ready for their dad to come home and save me.
At the end of my visit my sister-in-law and the kids flew back to Utah with me so that she could go to her family reunion and my other brother's wedding!! Congrats bro! The night before we flew out my brother gathered his family around him and gave each child and his wife a father's blessing. It was a wonderful example to me of a man utilizing his priesthood- much like my father always has been. He and his wife offered me the opportunity to bless their youngest child. It was such a sweet and tender moment for me- one that I will never forget. The priesthood power is truly amazing.
The wedding/reception was the Saturday after I got back so there was a lot of work getting the yard ready for the reception and the like. The day went well and, in spite of the stress and tension, was a good day with family.
The next family event will be taking me to the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Yes, I have a mission call. I have had it for a long time now, just haven't written about it. I will be serving for the next two years in the Chile, Santiago East Mission. I enter the MTC on August 31. My mission- geographically speaking- is the smallest proselyting mission in the world. It is about 20 miles long and 7 miles wide; however, in that small area are about 3.5 million people!! 10 stakes, 55 wards and 2 branches of the church fit within the boundaries of my mission along with a Temple, the headquarters of the church in Chile, an MTC and possibly- my fingers are crossed- the Chilean Military Academy. It will be a fun and exciting 2 years!! I'll post contact info for me while I am gone in a later post, along with what my life has been and will be made up of until I go.
Last time I posted I was headed for West Virginia. That was a fun trip! I spent about 2 weeks visiting my brother and his family. My sister-in-law had to go up to girls' camp the second week to help run things so I watched the kids for her. It only amounted to one day really but that was enough. SOOO glad I don't have to be a mother. Seriously, I don't know how you women do it! Between crying children trying to climb in the shower with me and poopy diapers, I was ready for their dad to come home and save me.
At the end of my visit my sister-in-law and the kids flew back to Utah with me so that she could go to her family reunion and my other brother's wedding!! Congrats bro! The night before we flew out my brother gathered his family around him and gave each child and his wife a father's blessing. It was a wonderful example to me of a man utilizing his priesthood- much like my father always has been. He and his wife offered me the opportunity to bless their youngest child. It was such a sweet and tender moment for me- one that I will never forget. The priesthood power is truly amazing.
The wedding/reception was the Saturday after I got back so there was a lot of work getting the yard ready for the reception and the like. The day went well and, in spite of the stress and tension, was a good day with family.
The next family event will be taking me to the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Yes, I have a mission call. I have had it for a long time now, just haven't written about it. I will be serving for the next two years in the Chile, Santiago East Mission. I enter the MTC on August 31. My mission- geographically speaking- is the smallest proselyting mission in the world. It is about 20 miles long and 7 miles wide; however, in that small area are about 3.5 million people!! 10 stakes, 55 wards and 2 branches of the church fit within the boundaries of my mission along with a Temple, the headquarters of the church in Chile, an MTC and possibly- my fingers are crossed- the Chilean Military Academy. It will be a fun and exciting 2 years!! I'll post contact info for me while I am gone in a later post, along with what my life has been and will be made up of until I go.
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