Hello!
Usually what Sister
Stamm does is send the missionaries an email and tell them to call her, but she
never emailed me so I think she forgot. That is ok. I don't need cake. That is
pretty funny about the banana story. I did get your email from last week.
Last Wednesday we gave
a guy named Andrew a tour of the church building. It was the first time I've
ever did one. It didn't go the best because he was kind of mad at us the whole
time. He is YSA age so we referred the YSA elders to him. They stopped by his
house. I guess he didn't like that too much.
We just started
teaching a guy named Shawn. We are going to give him a church tour on Friday.
I'm excited. He seems interested. A couple of weeks ago I was on splits with
Brother Molling. We were driving and he pulls over to talk to this guy (Shawn).
Apparently just a week before Brother Molling had been on a walk and met Shawn
outside so they talked. While I was with Brother Molling he asked Shawn if he
minded if we (the missionaries) could stop by his house sometimes. He said
sure! See how simple missionary work is!? It all starts with a simple invite.
We met with Shawn on Sunday and invited him to be baptized. He said he wanted
to take things one step at a time, but defiantly wasn't opposed.
Things are starting to
pick up. Elder Dean has a lot of good ideas and is a hard worker. He has been
out 5 months. He is a twin. His brother is serving in the Denver Colorado South
mission.
Saturday Kambree got
baptized. She is the one we took to temple square a couple of weeks ago. Elder
Munton came back for it. As much as we didn't get a long when we were
companions, it was good to see him. He is in West Jordan now. I don't ever see
Elder Needs. We never get together as a mission any more. We used to all the
time when President Miller was the mission president. We actually have a
mission fireside on Friday. I'm excited. It will be the first time the mission
has gotten together since July 4. We are going to the temple today at 3.
The Draper temple. I am excited.
We talked with this
awesome family. They are the Nielson's. They are super missionary minded. Their
daughter is a beehive. There are three active beehives in that ward. And then
they get 6 nonmembers to come. Either to church or mutual. 5 of the 6
nonmembers even have their own scriptures and have been reading and marking
them. Many of these young women have been asked if they want to meet with the
missionaries and they say no. We did a family home evening with them last night
and they had one of the nonmembers there. They make member missionary work look
so easy because it truly is. I haven't heard from Sister Simmons in a couple of
weeks. Maybe I'll get a letter today from her.
Last night we went by
this family the bishop asked us to go by. They are all less active members.
There is an 8 year old girl who isn't baptized and wants to be that lives
there. We shared a message with them. It was the grandma, her granddaughter
(the 8 year old) and the second cousin. We talked about trials and how we can
overcome them. We asked them if they ever had trials they've had to overcome or
something like that. The 8 year old girl talked about how her aunt had died,
but it was ok. The grandma started crying and the spirit was really strong.
Then we left. We were a little bit down the road when the second cousin came
running after us. She is about 20. She stopped us and told us that she just
wanted to say Thank you for not giving up on her family. It was pretty cool. It
actually scared me because it was dark and this lady is like yelling at us and
running after us. I didn't know who it was.
Have you guys heard
about the Groaper? Apparently a guy on the campus of BYU goes around groaping
women and they call him the groaper. We've been joking and laughing about that.
Also this morning there was a mountain lion in our neighborhood. The schools
were on lock down. I don't know if they have found it yet..
We haven't been riding
bikes because Elder Dean's bike is getting fixed.
Jacob 2:8. The word of
God heals the wounded soul. Then the footnotes talk about the word of God being
powerful. The primary song "scripture power" is true! That really
stuck out to me though. I've been learning so many good things in the
scriptures now. I love it!
I can't believe I'm
going to be 20. I feel like I just turned 19! I feel like I'm 17 still. I'm
getting so old. before you know it I'll be married with 10 kids. Of course we
have dinner plans. We have dinner plans every night.
Yes I still exercise.
I try to be obedient!
Herre are some
pictures! Enjoy. Loveyou!
The first is someones
door mat.
There is a park called
bear park in our area so we had to get a picture with the bear.
This is from Kambree's
baptism. That is her grandpa and mom.
Hola Dad!
Sorry to hear about
all the sickness. That is no fun! I'm glad the Bishop visited you. He is doing
his job! :)
This week I learned in
the scriptures. Jacob 1: 10-11. The people loved Nephi because he protected
them physically and spiritually. They thought very highly of his name. It made
me think of all the different names we represent. Such as our family name, the
church's name, Christ's name, the company you work for. Are we living a life
where people remember our name for good? Just a thought.
I am doing really
well. It has been warm, the work is picking up, Elder Dean is great. Nothing to
complain about.
That is a funny
picture. Thanks!~
Love you!
