hey everyonei hope that everything is going well thereas for myself, i've been sick this past week. mostly it's been a cold with really bad congestion. it's been very annoying. but i've been doing good other than that.
as for right now we should be having the baptism on saturday, and were both really excited for it. so how was the banquet last night? i think that would be fun to be there, and good food as well. i can't belive how fast halloween is here. i can't belive it's been almost a year. time is going way fast. yeah i heard the dolphins back up has really come form nowhere. i heard he really is looking good. yesterday we taught vallery and jason and there big football fans. so they usually talk alot about football. she is a big 49ers fan and she also likes the redskins which is the big team here. so usually hear alot from them.
so funny story for the week. we had stake confernce this past weekend and we called and asked if were suppossed to go to the priesthood leadership and adult sessions of stake confernce. one of zone leaders said, yes you should go. so we went and went to the leadership meeting and afterwards we called the zone leaders because they needed one of our beds and we called and told them were at the priesthood meeting where are you? we talked to the other one and found out we didn't need to be at the priesthood meeting. oops.. oh well we still learned some good things from it. but stake confernce was really good it had a lot about missionary work and about strengthing our families. it was really good. we had a slow week, but it was filled with service opprunties. we had to move quite a few things for members who needed help. so it felt good to help them and we've had a good week. well hope that everything goes well. take care and have fun.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
October 7, 2009
yeah i was pretty excited to hear that brigham city was reciving a temple. i was also crossing my fingers for one in Richmond but brigham city was cool. i always thought when i was younger there was a temple there, so pretty cool theres one there now. yeah we did not get to have any ice cream this time. we didn't have the time. we spent the night at the scotchtown elders place and we didn't get in till 10:30. so by then we were very tired and had no time to. but i enjoyed confernce of what i was able to see. the reception at scotchtown wasn't the best and it cut in and out all the time. but we had alot of good talks that we did see. elder hollands was powerful and then the first session alot of talks seemed to speak towards me. it was great.
thats sad about jills hamster. i'll be sure to write her today. elder karpowitz is from salt lake, near sugar house. he loves football and just loves giving people a hard time. he's been out about a year. last night was transfer calls and were staying together another transfer. in fact at the end of this transfer i will be his his 2nd longest companion. i'll be tied with his trainer. and you asked about for my birthday, right now the most i need is socks and some more garments. so thats all that i really could use.
so i have a funny story to share, last firday we were at jason's and vallery's having dinner and as we were eating, our phone starting ringing. elder karpowitz pulls it out to silence it and it said it was coming from jason. he made the comment, your calling me. then we heard Preston, there son start laughing and he was holding his cell phone. the funny part is he's almost two and from all the people he could have called, he called us. it was pretty funny. but other than that not tomuch news i know of to say, other than we've had alot of fun and had a lot of fun expriences. oh yes, jason and tabby another couple were working with should be getting baptized on the 17th. were looking forward to that. well my bike is fixed now too. it's been fixed for a few weeks now, i just keep forgetting to say something. well sorry if this isn't to long but hope everything is going good, well take care. Elder S. Johnson
oh just another thing, i think dad might be intersted in hearing. so for hunting in virginia, theyre pretty lazy. they climb up into a tree stand and send the hounds out to chase them out and then they shoot um. and they tend to do it in hunt clubs. so it 's kind of a cheap way it you ask me. well that's it. well take care
thats sad about jills hamster. i'll be sure to write her today. elder karpowitz is from salt lake, near sugar house. he loves football and just loves giving people a hard time. he's been out about a year. last night was transfer calls and were staying together another transfer. in fact at the end of this transfer i will be his his 2nd longest companion. i'll be tied with his trainer. and you asked about for my birthday, right now the most i need is socks and some more garments. so thats all that i really could use.
so i have a funny story to share, last firday we were at jason's and vallery's having dinner and as we were eating, our phone starting ringing. elder karpowitz pulls it out to silence it and it said it was coming from jason. he made the comment, your calling me. then we heard Preston, there son start laughing and he was holding his cell phone. the funny part is he's almost two and from all the people he could have called, he called us. it was pretty funny. but other than that not tomuch news i know of to say, other than we've had alot of fun and had a lot of fun expriences. oh yes, jason and tabby another couple were working with should be getting baptized on the 17th. were looking forward to that. well my bike is fixed now too. it's been fixed for a few weeks now, i just keep forgetting to say something. well sorry if this isn't to long but hope everything is going good, well take care. Elder S. Johnson
oh just another thing, i think dad might be intersted in hearing. so for hunting in virginia, theyre pretty lazy. they climb up into a tree stand and send the hounds out to chase them out and then they shoot um. and they tend to do it in hunt clubs. so it 's kind of a cheap way it you ask me. well that's it. well take care
September 30, 2009
wow, woods cross is doing pretty good this year. yeah i remember wendover's airshows, that they usually had to look towardthe sun with it, so that was not always fun. but did see part of an airshow a few weeks ago here. yeah we had a a cool weather pattern satrt for us, it was in the 80's and next day the sixties. yes i did get robby's wedding announcement, so it was good. it's been kind of funny between the two of us we have 4 wedding announcemnts. three of them go every week. so elder wangemann got married last friday, and now it will be robby, and then next week it's his cousin.
yeah i'll be fine with you picking me up, i thought that was the plan. so i don't know much else about it right now, so i'll write him today and ask about it. or you could too. so last friday we were able to teach vallery and we talked alot about trials and overcoming them. it was a great lesson, spirit was very strong there. she wasn't able to come to church mostl;y because he son was kepping her up the night before. but she's really excited for us to come over this week. so it's been great.
sunday we had the primary program and it was really funny. me and elder karpowitz were laughing at some parts. theres a family we've been working with, the mom not's a member and there oldest son leroy was up there and was it was funny watching him doing this one song, it was one where there was signs in the song, and he kept the whole time doing the same one. it was funny. but the best part is his younger brother whoses about three went up on stage and said, i know i'm not to be up here, but i want to. then on the primary leaders let him sit next to him and he was just fine the whole time.
saturday we biked in the rain all day so that wasn't to much fun, but we actually found alot of sucess that day, so went good. i'm sure looking forward to confernce this week. it's going to be a blast. i'm looking foward to it. well hope everything goes well at robby's reception, and have fun.
yeah i'll be fine with you picking me up, i thought that was the plan. so i don't know much else about it right now, so i'll write him today and ask about it. or you could too. so last friday we were able to teach vallery and we talked alot about trials and overcoming them. it was a great lesson, spirit was very strong there. she wasn't able to come to church mostl;y because he son was kepping her up the night before. but she's really excited for us to come over this week. so it's been great.
sunday we had the primary program and it was really funny. me and elder karpowitz were laughing at some parts. theres a family we've been working with, the mom not's a member and there oldest son leroy was up there and was it was funny watching him doing this one song, it was one where there was signs in the song, and he kept the whole time doing the same one. it was funny. but the best part is his younger brother whoses about three went up on stage and said, i know i'm not to be up here, but i want to. then on the primary leaders let him sit next to him and he was just fine the whole time.
saturday we biked in the rain all day so that wasn't to much fun, but we actually found alot of sucess that day, so went good. i'm sure looking forward to confernce this week. it's going to be a blast. i'm looking foward to it. well hope everything goes well at robby's reception, and have fun.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
this week was pretty good. yeah i heard that tom brady got beat and byu and utah as well. well it good to hear that dad is doing better, but time sure flying for me as well. i'm also looking forward to general confernce. i'm excited to hear what will be said.
well right now i'm up at richmond actually. we doing p-day uphere. we did exchnages and instead of switching back up we both are staying here. so it's been fun. had fun talking with them, earlier we played frisbee golf and that was great. also this past saturday we had a grounbreaking ceremony for the new church. it was great. there was a really neat story with it, there was a member who was very excited for it and he passed away and they dedicated the groundbreaking to him. he died a few weeks before i got here. it was really cool. the buliding is going to be big from the sounds of it. it suppossed to be able to house two congrogrations. very big for a branch. but everyone is excited about it.
well last thursday a member invited his friend to be taught and he's been reading the Book of Mormon and loving it. it's was a great lesson. then saturday after the groundbreaking we had an awesome lesson with another members friend. very powerful she knows it's true, the only problem is we had to pass her over because she lives in Charlotteseville, but other that that it was great. then sunday had a stake priesthood mtg and we had a great time there. i saw alot of members from Gayton. alot of them thought i had gone home already. they asked me if i was visiting. it was pretty funny. defiantly shows i've been out for a while. so yesterday had a pretty fun time with elder simmons. he was the elder i was on exchanges with. very odd being in city though. theres so many people here. kind of creepy. but it was a really good week. things are really starting to pickup here and it's been great. well take care, and tell everyone hi for me.
well right now i'm up at richmond actually. we doing p-day uphere. we did exchnages and instead of switching back up we both are staying here. so it's been fun. had fun talking with them, earlier we played frisbee golf and that was great. also this past saturday we had a grounbreaking ceremony for the new church. it was great. there was a really neat story with it, there was a member who was very excited for it and he passed away and they dedicated the groundbreaking to him. he died a few weeks before i got here. it was really cool. the buliding is going to be big from the sounds of it. it suppossed to be able to house two congrogrations. very big for a branch. but everyone is excited about it.
well last thursday a member invited his friend to be taught and he's been reading the Book of Mormon and loving it. it's was a great lesson. then saturday after the groundbreaking we had an awesome lesson with another members friend. very powerful she knows it's true, the only problem is we had to pass her over because she lives in Charlotteseville, but other that that it was great. then sunday had a stake priesthood mtg and we had a great time there. i saw alot of members from Gayton. alot of them thought i had gone home already. they asked me if i was visiting. it was pretty funny. defiantly shows i've been out for a while. so yesterday had a pretty fun time with elder simmons. he was the elder i was on exchanges with. very odd being in city though. theres so many people here. kind of creepy. but it was a really good week. things are really starting to pickup here and it's been great. well take care, and tell everyone hi for me.
September 16, 2009
how is everything going? things here have been on the fair side. bike still needs some work done it, i'm planning to look over it today and do some, but i've been borrowing a bike from a member and thats been fine. yeah sounds good that dad is doing better. i've had cole slaw a few times, but i'm not the biggest fan. but i hear its really good on bbq sandwiches. atleast most places that have them have cole slaw on it.
oh yes, tell the stringhams hi for me too, plus grandma. there actually a missionary out here from tremonten and he says he knows chad. all i know is his name is elder bronson. he had to go home for a while for health problems but he's back out now.
so the normans moved, thats sad, i'm going to miss them, but tell the ward hi for me. so kate has started dancing lessons. wow, she really loves dancing. well for this week, we've had a alot of things happen. i spoke in church on sunday, about missionary work, tied into the plan of salvation. so that i think went allright. things have kind of gone downhill with vallery. she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and her mom isn't very supportive with the church and it's back to square one again, but she will make it sometime. but for the other couple we've been working with jason and tabby, there oing great. theve been having som troubles lately but what helped out was the member we took with us talked alot of marraige and what caused his marriage to fail. then he went on how to strengthen it, so it went very well. they defiantly needed that. we also visited a member who is really big into the confedrates, and showed us this flag he has thats the title of liberty, sown into a confedrate flag. i'll make sure to send you pitcures. but anyways our week been pretty good. had some bumps in the road, but things have been doing good. i aslo got a wedding announcement from one of my old companions. so that was pretty fun. well take care, and have fun.
oh yes, tell the stringhams hi for me too, plus grandma. there actually a missionary out here from tremonten and he says he knows chad. all i know is his name is elder bronson. he had to go home for a while for health problems but he's back out now.
so the normans moved, thats sad, i'm going to miss them, but tell the ward hi for me. so kate has started dancing lessons. wow, she really loves dancing. well for this week, we've had a alot of things happen. i spoke in church on sunday, about missionary work, tied into the plan of salvation. so that i think went allright. things have kind of gone downhill with vallery. she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and her mom isn't very supportive with the church and it's back to square one again, but she will make it sometime. but for the other couple we've been working with jason and tabby, there oing great. theve been having som troubles lately but what helped out was the member we took with us talked alot of marraige and what caused his marriage to fail. then he went on how to strengthen it, so it went very well. they defiantly needed that. we also visited a member who is really big into the confedrates, and showed us this flag he has thats the title of liberty, sown into a confedrate flag. i'll make sure to send you pitcures. but anyways our week been pretty good. had some bumps in the road, but things have been doing good. i aslo got a wedding announcement from one of my old companions. so that was pretty fun. well take care, and have fun.
September, 2009
well we had an intesrting week, things are starting to cool off but still on the warm side. yeah i heard about byu and utahs game, utah i wasn't to suprised about, but Byu i heard that they did really well. heard that okaholmas quaterback is out for the year now as well. well we actually saw a piece of an airshow on friday. louisa has a small airport and we saw a plane doing the acrobatic tricks, so we figured out what was going on there pretty quickly.
i also found out this past week that next month were having a 70 come out and visit the mission. his name is elder kenneth johnson. so they've been telling us to prepare because he will be doing one on one roleplays with some missionaries. so some exciting news here. well for this week we had a zone mtg on friday and had a good time there, it was a werid feeling thinking i was there a year ago. espcially because one of zone leaders was brand new when i was there last. i also found out i'm the oldest in the zone, that, was very scary, doesn't seem right.
then sunday we had a really cool exprience, we called up jason rodgers to see why he didn't come to church and vallery picked up the phone, and elder karpowitz stared talking to her about football, and then it got on to prayer and said when she came in on tuesday and saw us parying she felt like she was missing out. well she wants to get taught again, so we will be teaching her tommorrow, it's great. then yesterday we had zone confernce and learned a lot of things there. alot about making sure you have love for the people and bringing heaven into the work. it was really powerful, they also gave a copy of a tallk that was for training new mission presidents, that was all about making sure the holy ghost is in everything. Im excited to read the talk.
oh yes, also on saturday, we were drivng down the road and and a car in fron t of us motion us over and he said that a bike fell off the back. i turned back to see that my bike was no longer on it. so it needs some repairs now, not to badly damaged, mostly just scrapped up and such. but still needs some work done, just thought id let you know. anyways take care
i also found out this past week that next month were having a 70 come out and visit the mission. his name is elder kenneth johnson. so they've been telling us to prepare because he will be doing one on one roleplays with some missionaries. so some exciting news here. well for this week we had a zone mtg on friday and had a good time there, it was a werid feeling thinking i was there a year ago. espcially because one of zone leaders was brand new when i was there last. i also found out i'm the oldest in the zone, that, was very scary, doesn't seem right.
then sunday we had a really cool exprience, we called up jason rodgers to see why he didn't come to church and vallery picked up the phone, and elder karpowitz stared talking to her about football, and then it got on to prayer and said when she came in on tuesday and saw us parying she felt like she was missing out. well she wants to get taught again, so we will be teaching her tommorrow, it's great. then yesterday we had zone confernce and learned a lot of things there. alot about making sure you have love for the people and bringing heaven into the work. it was really powerful, they also gave a copy of a tallk that was for training new mission presidents, that was all about making sure the holy ghost is in everything. Im excited to read the talk.
oh yes, also on saturday, we were drivng down the road and and a car in fron t of us motion us over and he said that a bike fell off the back. i turned back to see that my bike was no longer on it. so it needs some repairs now, not to badly damaged, mostly just scrapped up and such. but still needs some work done, just thought id let you know. anyways take care
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
September, 2, 2009
hey everyoneyeah things have been great here in Louisa. so brett is getting married, sweet. alot of people i know are right now, bro. wangemann, one of my old companions, and now brett. sounds great. friends with kim too, that's pretty funny. well sounds like it will be fun the singles ward back up. well i'll probably give it a shot. theres been a cold bug moving around here. the bracnh president here is sick as well. or the people we live with. so we actually live with members here, i'm not sure for how long, because they have plans to move back to idaho, so maybe moving out soon, but for now my address is 829 goodwin store louisa, va 23093so about louisa, it's country, right now were meeting in the local high school, but there going to have a grounbreaking ceremony for the new building in a few weeks. so they'll have there own building soon. alot of things are very spaced apart, so my companion elder Karpowitz loves to bike, so we've done alot. he is from salt lake, and he loves sports and hunting. so for a story, we parked the car and went out biking for about 9 miles and he got a flat. so we had to walk all the way back to the car. the worst part is we had little water, and it was about lunch time. so wasn't to fun. but this week we had a lot of intersting things happen, at transfers i saw bro. brockman, formerly elder, and we talked briefly. he actaully ives in newport news now. so i'm may seem him again sometime. it's been pretty fun being her seen someplaces where i've been before on exchanges so its been fun. yesterday we taught jason rodgers and got to see vallery again. just incase uyou don't remember, she was someone me and elder beames met on exchanges. she actually came out to us and said how she had been praying to know what to do, the night before and we knocked on the door the next day. so it was good to see both of them again. she right now got a little bit of cold feet, because after the missionaries started working with her she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so she asked for sometime. so hopefully we get to start teaching her soon. well i don't know to much more to say, but good hearing from you, take care, and have fun. and get feeling better
August 26, 2009
well last night was transfer calls and i'm getting transfered. i'm actually going somewhere i have been before on exchanges of course. i'm headed to Louisa. it's kind of funny, about a year ago i left Gayton, and now i'm headed next door to it. my companion is someone i've never heard of, elder cupplets or something like that. i'm sad to leave again i loved it here. so you aksed aout richard and he is still set for the end of september, but it may get pushed back. not sure though. elder hines will have to worry about that. my replacement should be arriving in virginia in a few hours. he's training, so he's excited about that. but i can understand a bit with you not feeling well, i had a few days were i felt a little sick. i think it was mostly i didn't drink enough water. but i'm doing better with that. now for what happened this week. on thursday we taught someone named George toth. he is a great guy, has a lot of questions. the biggest thing is he's a talker, and we brought a member wth us named bro. berryman who is also a talker. so what ended up happening is we got pushed to the side and they both went back and forth. we struggled to get anything in. but it was still a good lesson. then monday we had a lesson with kevin and sarah. they lesson went very well. were we quite nervous going in there, because we were going to teach the law of chastity and word of wisdom, but they accepted it and they should be set soon, unfornately i wont be able to. then we taught richard last night and he's doing great. last night he made a comment this is the only church he's every been to that explains everything. he's solid, he going to be baptized, i'm sure of that, he even gave a friend of his a book of mormon sunday. i'm sure going to miss them. richard, sarah, and kevin are all great. well i don't know to much more to say, but i'll let you know my new address next week, and much more. well take care, and have fun.
August 19, 2009
hey everyoneyeah this week has moved by quickly once again. its crazy how fast things are going. but it great that everything is going well at mom recovery. and grandma's too. wow, sounds like that harry potter clue sounds really fun, i'm starting to get bored of the games elder hines always wants to play. normally chess, and this game that is a lot like sorry. but it's been fine. Sarah and kevin are doing great. kevin's mom should be out of the hospital now and they didn't need to have anymore of her foot taken. now for a funny story, elder neugebauer is leaving tommorrow to go home, so he can get home in time for school. well yesterday he had to get an ingrown toenail removed, so the doctor brings some papers to sign and he reads on it that theres a chance that if it gets infected he may have to lose his toe, foot, or leg possibly. he was fine until that point. so afterwards we had exchanges and the elder there kept giving him a hard time about it. he wasn't to happy. so after we met back up for exchanges we found out that they still had a our phone, in fact we found that out after we got back. so we called them using a payphone and they had to drive back down to give us it. so they weren't to happy. so hopefully it doesn't happen again. but exchnages were good, i was able to go up to farmville again, and i got to see the jones fam again. it was great. last thursday we had interviews with pre. millburn and committed everyone to use a scripture before he asks you to share one with him, well almost everyone failed because as soon as you sat down he asked you. so it did not go to well. well other than that i don't know to much more to say, but take care. everything is going well here, i'm lovin it. well take care
Monday, August 17, 2009
August 12, 2009
well i'm glad to hear that everything went good with the surgery. it kind of suprismed me to hear about it, i was riding an email from tiff and read that mom had surgery, took me off by suprise. but anyways glad to her that everything is going better. wow, i can't believe that grace is almost 7 months now. it doesn't seem like it's been that long. still feels like the other day that i emailed. we've had a couple of really warms days lately. we had a few days where we were just roasting. well on thursday we took the car to colonial heights to find out that they don't have the cable to replace for the recall, so were supposed to get a letter when the part arrives, so for now we still have the car, but the person in charge of the cars has told us if anything happens they'll switch the car for us, so it's been good. then we had a lesson with someone named george toth. he's awesome, he talks alot, and gets on alot of tangets but he asked us a lot of questions, which we could answer, such as the spirit world and such. it was great. then we had a district mtg the next day and went on exchanges with elder rodgerson, one of our zone leaders. it went very well. it was great. then sunday was a very discouraging day, kevin and sarah did not come to church and we spent most of the day with things falling through. then the next day we found out that kevin's mom was in the hopital with a very bad infection in her foot. she is also diabetic, and they had to remove three toes. they hope they got it all or else she will be losing more of her foot. so they've had some rough times start showing up, but we should be teaching them again on saturday. then yesterday we had another day of running all over the area, it was fun though, plus got to stay out of the heat. well i don't know to much more to say, things have been going very well here. things have really been moving along here. well take care, hope that evrything goes well with your recovery. i love you all so much
August 5, 20009
wow, jill and jason broke up, that was a shocker. but sounds like it was a good thing. also it was suprising to hear that james and mitch are elders now, mostly it helping me realize how long i have been out. time is just flying by. i'm starting to wonder where it's going, it felt like yesterday i emailed. it's crazy. sounds like you all had a blast at the reunion, oh yes, i keep forgetting to say this, one of the new things i've tried is goats milk. it's actually really good. theres a member here that has a milking goat and gave us some to try. very time time we go back they ask us if we want some. i say sure. well no scary weather experinces for this week. just so you know. well we had a very intersting week. we taught kevin and sarah again, theyre doing great. there just taking everything in. sarah even came to church even though her boyfriend was sick. she called for a ride and came. it was really great. then saturday we did alot of walking out in the country, mostly due to elder hinds bike needed some repairs. not much happened, just saw a lot of cornfeilds and heat was not fun. but then we had a lesson with the cathey's a member family that way and they had some intestring stories they told us. bro. cathey told us of how he came into the church, and said, that missionaries came looking for his wife, and he kept saying she wasn't here, and a fter a few weeks, they finally ask if they could share a message with them. he agrees. and then when it came to being baptized he didn't tell his wife at all just said, there was an activity going on at the church. so they both go and turns out it was his baptism. she was very much taken by suprise. then yesterday we found out that our new car has had a recall on it. so tommorrow we have to take it in. apparently theres a problem with the parking gear, that it hasn't been working, it's worked for us, they just want to inspect it. so no big worries there. then the rest of the day we went all over the area teaching lessons, it was a busy day, we loved it, espically after the slow week we had last week. well it was good to hear from all of you. things are doing great. well hope everything goes well and take care.
July 29, 2009
hey everyonesounds like you all had a fun week, we did here. yeah we had tornado weather again belive it or not, but we luckily were on the good side. it was in amelia, all we knew was we were talking with a guy on the porch, and then a storm out of nowhere popped us, and he said, i think you guys needs to get going, we didn't get any rain but elder hines said, it was tornado weather, hopefully i'm not scaring any of you, but i'm fine, don't worry. there an older couple that serving in framville named the fishers, and aparantley her maiden name is rasmussen, so i don't know but we may be related, i think she said she has family in brigham city. so maybe you could find out, i don't know. but that sounds fun, there was one in the branch here a while ago and it was pretty much three familes, that make up most of the branch. the three familes are the daltons, roarks, and adams. wow that activity sounds great, that sounds very fun, wish they did that back then for me. thats sad to hear about brother soelberg, wow it's going to be werid going back there. well for some other stories for you, on thurday we had a lesson with kevin and sarah and it went great. we went over the restoration with them again to make sure they understood and they did. they also made it to church on sunday and they loved it. then monday sarah told us that this is the happiest she's been in a long time. theres alot of potiential there i'm really excited. well were reallyexcited with them. saturday the branch did a fish fry and that was really good, there was a lot of less actives and plenty of members there. it went very well. monday we went over to the johnsons and were going to have sarah and kevin taught in ther home. so thats a plus. there i also found out that wakefield's branch presidency was reorganized. i don't know to much information other the bro. Johnosn's son is the new second councilor. elder Salisbury is still there as well. then yesterday we had our zone confernce and learned much about doing short, powerful lessons. we took alot out of that. pres. millburn also told us how he was called as weel and said that pres. Faust told him your sucess as a mission president will not be determined until 20-30 years later. it depends on how your missionaries will be as parents and grandparents. so that was something i never really thought about. then that night we went on exhcnages and elder neugebauer came down with us. we also set richard for baptism. he's right now scheduled for september 26th. so thats the good news on this end. elder burmister, one the missionaries i came out with is a trooper, he 's been having alot of health problems recntly, but he's still going out strong and he's great. he was just diagnosed with something, i cant remeber what it's called, but he know has to eat alot of fruits and vegatables. he cant have very much fat. well other than that thats the news for us. we've had a lot of things happen this week, and saw lots of miracles. it's been great. it so good to see how much the lord wants to bless us. it's great. well take care, and have fun.
July 22, 2009
hey everyone
so blair is getting married, thats great news. that so good to hear. i'm also glad that grandma is doing better as well. thats some really good news. wow so tiff and dan got to ride in a limo, thats something. well sounds like grace is doing well. thats great to her that everything is fine at the doctors. that sucks about spencer breaking two teeth. thats no fun. but for the drug trafficng , the cloest thing ive seen to that was all the unmarked police cars pulling people over. they always seem to come out of nowhere. luckily were always going the speed limit. this week had some intersting things happen. on thursday we said goodbye to elder hall and he's no out in washington, probably strumming a guitar. that same night i somehow stepped in a nest of ticks. i had about thirty on my leg, that was annoying. then the next day we were headed to victoria, and we got a few miles out of town and we saw some really meaning clouds on the way there, we decided to turn around and get inside, which was a good thing, the lightning was terrible, and it rained fairly heavy and had some nasty hail. a little bit later we found out there was a tornado warnin, i don't know if there was one or not, but all i know, is the clouds were a a mixture between this dark bluish gray with a green tint. but we were fine, excpet for getting a little wet. then we had a great lesson with a couple we met named sarah and kevin. were going to see them again tommorrow. then the next day we went up to amelia, and got a lost, i looked at the wrong road and and by the time i figured it all out we were way off target. so we've had to walk a monday, everywhere, still a little sore from it. but other than that not much more i know of to say. things have been on the slow side this week but they are getting better. well take care, have fun
so blair is getting married, thats great news. that so good to hear. i'm also glad that grandma is doing better as well. thats some really good news. wow so tiff and dan got to ride in a limo, thats something. well sounds like grace is doing well. thats great to her that everything is fine at the doctors. that sucks about spencer breaking two teeth. thats no fun. but for the drug trafficng , the cloest thing ive seen to that was all the unmarked police cars pulling people over. they always seem to come out of nowhere. luckily were always going the speed limit. this week had some intersting things happen. on thursday we said goodbye to elder hall and he's no out in washington, probably strumming a guitar. that same night i somehow stepped in a nest of ticks. i had about thirty on my leg, that was annoying. then the next day we were headed to victoria, and we got a few miles out of town and we saw some really meaning clouds on the way there, we decided to turn around and get inside, which was a good thing, the lightning was terrible, and it rained fairly heavy and had some nasty hail. a little bit later we found out there was a tornado warnin, i don't know if there was one or not, but all i know, is the clouds were a a mixture between this dark bluish gray with a green tint. but we were fine, excpet for getting a little wet. then we had a great lesson with a couple we met named sarah and kevin. were going to see them again tommorrow. then the next day we went up to amelia, and got a lost, i looked at the wrong road and and by the time i figured it all out we were way off target. so we've had to walk a monday, everywhere, still a little sore from it. but other than that not much more i know of to say. things have been on the slow side this week but they are getting better. well take care, have fun
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
July 15, 2009
don't worry i did get the email from dad. it was good to hear from dad. well this week as been an intersting one. transfers, i don't know too much about, other than i'm staying here and so is elder hines. it will be just the two of us, so it will be a little differnt but should be fun. i'm glad to hear that grandma is doing better. thats really good news.
well i have a funny story for you, sunday we had dinner with the johnson's, and there son was my branch mission leader in wakefield, there was loking like a storm was going to hit there and bro. johnson needed water for his graden so elder hall joked around and did a rain dance for like 5 seconds, and about five minutes later, a really nasty storm hit. it was crazy, afterwards they joked around and said, it's a good thing he didn't do any more or we would have been blown away. it was really something. we also had quite a few miracles, theres this one less active family that all of the sudden want to come back now, so that was really something.
well i don't know to much more to say other than that i got a letter from Jacob this week, and i found out that he's works on updates for the new family search service, and he also is putting in a bunch of names from brazil. he says it's a blast. well take care, glad to hear from you again. take care
well i have a funny story for you, sunday we had dinner with the johnson's, and there son was my branch mission leader in wakefield, there was loking like a storm was going to hit there and bro. johnson needed water for his graden so elder hall joked around and did a rain dance for like 5 seconds, and about five minutes later, a really nasty storm hit. it was crazy, afterwards they joked around and said, it's a good thing he didn't do any more or we would have been blown away. it was really something. we also had quite a few miracles, theres this one less active family that all of the sudden want to come back now, so that was really something.
well i don't know to much more to say other than that i got a letter from Jacob this week, and i found out that he's works on updates for the new family search service, and he also is putting in a bunch of names from brazil. he says it's a blast. well take care, glad to hear from you again. take care
Saturday, July 11, 2009
July 8, 2009
hey everyone,i'm able to email this week, but we still have terrible interent. they were trying to change internet last week and apparently it didn't work. so hopefully i'm able to email.
well i just heard some good news from elder wangemann. he's engaged. so that was a shock to see this week. it's almost been a year since he went home. but anyways it good to email today. i'm also sending a home a package today so i can get rid of some things, so it's your choice whether to wait to open in 9 months or you can open it. mostly it's letters, cards, and some souvioners. that sucks to hear about sis. thompson, i defiantly write them today. and it good to hear that grandma is doing better. so thats really good news.
we were not able to see any fireworks this past week. so it was a bummer but the branch had a barbque so we went to it and had a good time. i've been fine with the heat, only a few times has been bad, but thoise salt tablets work wonders. well i did hear about that new policy at the Mtc, but i heard what it was like there with the newbies, found out it was actuallly the swine flu, but heard its good now.
friday i was ble to return to Farmville on exhanges, so that was pretty fun, didn't get to see to many memebrs but it was fun. had a good time with elder neugebauer. monday we saw a recent convert named brother McCadams and he is a geniune redneck. he is very intersting, however he always gets into longwinded tangets on politics and stuff, but he also is very much in to food storage, and stuff. in fact he keeps telling us when we get home to make sure we have plenty of food and bullets. yeah he has a lot of guns. but he's a character, a little crazy, but it's fun. i don't know much else to say right off but that things are going really well here. well take care, tell mom to have a good time a shakespeare. take care.
well i just heard some good news from elder wangemann. he's engaged. so that was a shock to see this week. it's almost been a year since he went home. but anyways it good to email today. i'm also sending a home a package today so i can get rid of some things, so it's your choice whether to wait to open in 9 months or you can open it. mostly it's letters, cards, and some souvioners. that sucks to hear about sis. thompson, i defiantly write them today. and it good to hear that grandma is doing better. so thats really good news.
we were not able to see any fireworks this past week. so it was a bummer but the branch had a barbque so we went to it and had a good time. i've been fine with the heat, only a few times has been bad, but thoise salt tablets work wonders. well i did hear about that new policy at the Mtc, but i heard what it was like there with the newbies, found out it was actuallly the swine flu, but heard its good now.
friday i was ble to return to Farmville on exhanges, so that was pretty fun, didn't get to see to many memebrs but it was fun. had a good time with elder neugebauer. monday we saw a recent convert named brother McCadams and he is a geniune redneck. he is very intersting, however he always gets into longwinded tangets on politics and stuff, but he also is very much in to food storage, and stuff. in fact he keeps telling us when we get home to make sure we have plenty of food and bullets. yeah he has a lot of guns. but he's a character, a little crazy, but it's fun. i don't know much else to say right off but that things are going really well here. well take care, tell mom to have a good time a shakespeare. take care.
Letter July 2, 2009
Hey family, as you could probably tell I couldn't email this week. The internet was down today so, I get to write this time. This week was interesting. ONe day we went out with Brother Berryman, and he went out and contacted quite a number of people all over the area. We found success. So we were pretty excited about that. We also had a family named the Hammonds (?) whose kids want to take the lessons again. So good news there as well. Sorry I don't know much to write. I can't really tink of much but take care. I should be able to email next week take care.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
day after mission conference
hey everyone. this week went very well. the week before nothing happened and now quite a bit happened. so it was great. i also got the package monday, so thanks. wow, thats crazy, that the new ward mission leader served here and trained todd that shows how small of a world it is. okay so to tell you more about Elder Hinds, he is from pleasington, Kansas. he been alot just a little bit less than me, and he enjoys playing games. so today we have been playing rook. it's been fun.
yesterday we had mission confernce, so all the northern zones got together. i was able to see alot of missionaries i haven't seen for a while, it was great. found out how my past areas have been going and so forth. it was great. pres. millburn has also starting up a book of mormon reading, i'm so pumped for it. it's called a 146 days to remember. basically were given different gospel principles to look for as we read so that we can use them to become better and more powerful teachers. i'm really excited for that. we also were able to hear from siter millburn yesterday as well. she been having some health problems, that she just hasn't been getting alot of energy. she got up and bore her testimony to all of us, it was really powerful. in fact what was really special is that when she walked in everyone stood up for her. it seemed to hit her pretty hard. but she is doing better, sounds like it's been slow but she been improving.
we had a really cool miracle as well the first day with elder hinds, we had a lesson with a less active part member family and we got there and they hadn't got home yet, so we worked for a little bit and then decided to go back. they were they and in fact they had a friend there and he wanted a book of mormon. so we gave him a copy and now were teaching him as well as them. so you can call it two birds with one stone. that was a miracle. but other than that, thats been the most intersting stories for the week.well thats basically our week, we had some pretty bad stroms earlier in the week, an ac that broke down, and now it's been nice so far this week, knock on wood. well take care. have fun.
yesterday we had mission confernce, so all the northern zones got together. i was able to see alot of missionaries i haven't seen for a while, it was great. found out how my past areas have been going and so forth. it was great. pres. millburn has also starting up a book of mormon reading, i'm so pumped for it. it's called a 146 days to remember. basically were given different gospel principles to look for as we read so that we can use them to become better and more powerful teachers. i'm really excited for that. we also were able to hear from siter millburn yesterday as well. she been having some health problems, that she just hasn't been getting alot of energy. she got up and bore her testimony to all of us, it was really powerful. in fact what was really special is that when she walked in everyone stood up for her. it seemed to hit her pretty hard. but she is doing better, sounds like it's been slow but she been improving.
we had a really cool miracle as well the first day with elder hinds, we had a lesson with a less active part member family and we got there and they hadn't got home yet, so we worked for a little bit and then decided to go back. they were they and in fact they had a friend there and he wanted a book of mormon. so we gave him a copy and now were teaching him as well as them. so you can call it two birds with one stone. that was a miracle. but other than that, thats been the most intersting stories for the week.well thats basically our week, we had some pretty bad stroms earlier in the week, an ac that broke down, and now it's been nice so far this week, knock on wood. well take care. have fun.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
June 17, 2009
well i have some news for everyone. i'm staying here with elder Hall. but i'm also getting another elder with us. his name is elder Hines. i've met him a few times, but i don't know much more to say. but ill let you know next week. i was not too suprised with grandma going to the nursing home, i was kind of expecting it. but i think it sounds good that she'll move in with pam though. that way she has someone there to help her.
well it's still cloudy here, probably will get some rain today again. we've been getting rain alot as it is. monday during study it was a downpour outside and luckily by the time we got out it was good. well this week was very discouraging, we would go out and come in and nothing happened all day. we just couldn't get appointments to keep. it was very annoying. on sunday me and elder hall spoke on missionary work. and then the stake mission leader spoke as well. he's a character. i spoke on fear and faith tied into missionary work, it went all right, didn't go the way i wanted. but i think i got the point acrossed. saturday, notoway county did this thing called relay for life and it was a fundraiser to stop cancer, the church had a booth there so we went there and helped out for a bit. it went fairly well. then later that day we had a lesson with a media referal. she was awesome. she asked us a lot of questions about the church, and she is geniunely intersted. it was great.
there was also this older man we met he was outised and told us he had a stroke three year ago and it was really bad and barely survived. he was from puerto rico and as we finished the street we walked back and he was sitting underneath the tree. it turned out his leg gave out from under him and he couldn't get back up. so we helped him up and helped him walk back to his house and then his wife showed up and after that he expressed his thanks and it reminded me alot of bro. thompson. but it was so amazing because he said he was praying that we would come back by and help him, and we did. I know we were suppossed t be there, because his wife would have needed help to get him up and yet we were there to help. well i'll be sure to write grandma and give her some good news. i don't know much else to say right off but take care. and have a good day.
well it's still cloudy here, probably will get some rain today again. we've been getting rain alot as it is. monday during study it was a downpour outside and luckily by the time we got out it was good. well this week was very discouraging, we would go out and come in and nothing happened all day. we just couldn't get appointments to keep. it was very annoying. on sunday me and elder hall spoke on missionary work. and then the stake mission leader spoke as well. he's a character. i spoke on fear and faith tied into missionary work, it went all right, didn't go the way i wanted. but i think i got the point acrossed. saturday, notoway county did this thing called relay for life and it was a fundraiser to stop cancer, the church had a booth there so we went there and helped out for a bit. it went fairly well. then later that day we had a lesson with a media referal. she was awesome. she asked us a lot of questions about the church, and she is geniunely intersted. it was great.
there was also this older man we met he was outised and told us he had a stroke three year ago and it was really bad and barely survived. he was from puerto rico and as we finished the street we walked back and he was sitting underneath the tree. it turned out his leg gave out from under him and he couldn't get back up. so we helped him up and helped him walk back to his house and then his wife showed up and after that he expressed his thanks and it reminded me alot of bro. thompson. but it was so amazing because he said he was praying that we would come back by and help him, and we did. I know we were suppossed t be there, because his wife would have needed help to get him up and yet we were there to help. well i'll be sure to write grandma and give her some good news. i don't know much else to say right off but take care. and have a good day.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
June 10, 2009
well it's been intestring here so far. i thought i told you but my new companion is elder Hall. he's going home next month. but whether ill be with him one week or six i don't know, but it will be known tuesday. sunday there was a baby blessing here and it was reminding me that grace was going to get blessed so it was a little discouraging but at the same time i got over it. i'll see her when i get home. sounds like you got a lot of rain this week. we did as well. there was one day i think it was friday we tracted all day out in the rain and most people acted like were nuts going out. but it was fun. the other day we tracted outside a small town and came by an airfield, it reminded me of dad. well burkville is basically country, lots and lots of country. in fact its one of the biggest areas. i cover most of amelia, all of nottoway and lunenburg, counties. and a corner of two others. so it's big. well this week has been pretty crazy. it's been alot of finding, goes from hot, to wet, pretty much every other day. but it's been fun. the branch here is about the saem size as farmville, but more priesthood holders. but is still difficult because the area is so big. well it was good to here from you. yeah i'll be excited to get those confernce talks once they come. but things have been going very well. i'm loving it right now. well take care
Thursday, June 4, 2009
June 3, 2009
well this week was intersting, monday we got a phone call and found out transfers are being postponed two weeks. but the missionaries going home need to be replaced, so i got moved, not to far but to burkville. in fact the burkville branch was a ward but was split and made into two branches. one of which is farmville. so i'm not to far, but i'll be here atleast till transfers. my new address is 620 south main street apt 8b, Blackstone, Va 23824. just leeting you know.
well i've gone a week without any ticks now, so it's good, but i've heard there really bad this summer. so hopefully it can keep going. i hope dad gets feeling better, i don't think it's fun getting sick though. well that exciting news for robby.
well the most intersting stories this week was that the jones family are praying about a baptismal date, but we think theyre lacking that spiritual conversion, right now, we think its more they know it mentally. but they've been doing really well. but i can't think of any other good stories though, i forgot my planner to make a brief look over. well it's good to hear from you again. things are going very well. well take care.
well i've gone a week without any ticks now, so it's good, but i've heard there really bad this summer. so hopefully it can keep going. i hope dad gets feeling better, i don't think it's fun getting sick though. well that exciting news for robby.
well the most intersting stories this week was that the jones family are praying about a baptismal date, but we think theyre lacking that spiritual conversion, right now, we think its more they know it mentally. but they've been doing really well. but i can't think of any other good stories though, i forgot my planner to make a brief look over. well it's good to hear from you again. things are going very well. well take care.
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