Thursday, August 27, 2009

WEEKLY EMAIL-WEEK 20

WELL TRANSFERS ARE HERE,ITS CRAZY HOW FAST THEY COME UP. SO THERE WAS A BIT OF A CHANGE.... ELDER WILSON IS BEING TRANSFERED, AND IM STAYING HERE. BUT IM WAY EXCITED, CUZ ILL BE SR. COMP AND DRIVER!!! MY NEW COMPANION IS ELDER GREENWELL, I HAVE NEVER MET HIM, BUT I'LL DEFFINETLY LET YOU KNOW HOW ITS GOING NEXT WEEK. BUT GOING SR. COMPANION WILL BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, BUT IM READY FOR IT! :) ITS CRAZY HOW FAST TIME IS FLYING. TRANSFERS HAVE ONLY BEEN GOING FASTER AND FASTER SINCE I HAVE BEEN OUT. AND BEFORE I KNOW IT I WILL BE IN MY LAST ONE ABOUT TO COME HOME! ITS CRAZY. BUT WHAT IS WAY CRAZY IS WE HAVE 23 NEW MISSIONARIES COMING TO OUR MISSION TOMORROW. AND ONLY 8 ARE GOING HOME. SALT LAKE IS EXPANDING OUR MISSION GRADUALLY OVER THEN NEXT FEW MONTHS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT ABOUT 170 MISSIONARIES, AND BY JANUARY WE ARE GOING TO BE A BIT OVER 200. SO LOTS OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MISSIONARIES. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. SO, WHITNEY DID AWESOME, AND IM GLAD TO HEAR THAT! AND THAT SHE DIDNT BREAK ANYTHING BY NOT PLAYING...LOL.. SO QUESTION, KURTIS IS STILL AT HOME? IF HE IS TELL HIM I WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM.:) ANYWAYS, HOW ARE THE GIRLS LIKING SCHOOL? IM SURE THEY ARENT LOVING IT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, IT IS DEFFINETLY EASIER THEN HAVING TO BE AN ADULT. WHICH I'M NO WHERE NEAR. STILL JUST A KID. LOL... A FORMER MISSION PRESIDENT SAID IT LIKE BEING IN CHARGE OF 150 BOY SCOUTS, BUT THESE BOY SCOUTS HAVE CARS. VERY TRUE STATEMENT. SO LETS SEE, NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY, JUST WITH SHORT TIME IN BETWEEN P-DAYS, AND TRANSFERS, IT JUST HAS BEEN A BIT SLOW. BUT NO WORRIES IM STILL WORKIN HARD. WE DID GET TO GO VISIT ASHLEY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE SHE WAS BAPTIZED. SHE AND THE FAMILY SHE LIVES WITH MOVED AND HAPPEN TO BE IN THE OTHER MISSIONARIES WARD NOW, SO WE HAD TO GET PERMISSION TO GO SAY BYE JUST IN CASE ONE OF US LEFT. SO THAT WAS NICE TO SEE HER. WELL AS YOU CAN CAN PROBABLY GUESS, IT MAKES ME HAPPY TO KNOW YOUR STILL SEEING SAM AND HAVING HER COME OVER. :) AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT DAVID AND ASHLEY ARE ALMOST HITCHED...LOL.. CRAZY STUFF! OH, UM YOU ASKED IF I WAS STILL DROPPING WEIGHT, I HAVE HIT A BIT OF A FLAT LINE, AND HAVENT DROPPED LIKE I DID IN THE MTC, BUT IM NOT GAINING, IM HOPPING THE JUMP ROPE WILL HELP ME MORE ALONG THE WAY. BUT IM DEFINETLY LOSING STILL. MY CLOTHES ARE BIGGER ON ME, AND I HAD TO POKE A HOLE IN MY BELT. I DONT KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL VERY WELL IN MY PICTURES, BUT I HAVE LOST...LOL. ANYWAYS, LETS SEE, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF EXCITING STUFF THIS WEEK, JUST THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY! THE STUFF I FIND EXCITING IS DIFFERENT FROM MOST PEOPLE. LIKE WHO ELSE DO YOU KNOW WHO GETS SUPER EXCITED WHEN SOME ONE TAKES A BOOK OF MORMON FROM YOU? HAHAH. A MISSIONARY! BUT THATS OK, THATS WHAT IM HERE TO DO. BUT THE EXPERIENCES IM HAVING OUT HERE ARE AMAZING. THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS HAVING A BIT OF A HARD TIME AND AS I WAS PRAYING I GOT MY ANSWER. I WAS SAYING I FEEL SO LOST, BUT YET IM RIGHT WERE I NEED TO BE. AND THATS WHEN IT HIT ME. AT TIMES ITS HARD AND I WANT TO COME HOME, AND IT HURTS TO BE REJECTED. BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I'M DOING WHAT IM SUPPOSE TO BE, AND THERE IS NO WHERE ELSE I SHOULD BE. I KNOW PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, AND I KNOW HE IS LISTENING! I LOVE MY MISSION! AND I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH! YOU ALL MEAN SO MUCH TO ME! I COULD NEVER DO THIS WITHOUT YOU! I LOVE YOU!

LOVE,

ELDER OGEN

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