Wednesday, September 23, 2009

September 9th Letter

Tucking in my boy I threw this cowboy hat in the air toward elder larsen, and it landed right on his head!
SO cool bed time story


Sword fighting with e larsen


Hey! how's it going everyone! Life is good up here from Calgary. just keeping it real. Sorry about the delay, myldsmail.net was not doing too hot yesterday, so i couldn't email for half the time. SO when i went to send the email it totally got lost and i was not happy. That happened multiple times so that was frustrating. We just had mission conference and it was great. WE had Elder Kent Richards from the second quorum of the seventy.It was so good. Just one of those conferences that really gets you excited for everything and fills you with knowledge and makes you want to do better. SO, here's the story for the week. First, a confession. I went swimming. Ok, now the story. WE had an awesome day at one of the community lakes in our zone. An investigator of the zone leaders wanted to thank us for all the service we've done for her so she had a BBQ for us. It was awesome. We played beach volleyball, played a sweet game of capture the flag, and had awesome hamburgers.Then, towards the end of the day, we were trying to catch a seagull (yes they are up here i was so shocked when i saw them) using the box and stick method. It was pretty serene. A lady was combing the beach using one of those tractor things they use at baseball games, and seagulls were everywhere. All of a sudden we start hearing someone yelling "help help help!" I first thought it was the lady on the tractor, like she had gotten stuck or something. But then i saw a guy thrashing around in the water. Someone goes, "is that guy drowning?" And the elder holding the string says, "forget this!" He drops the string and takes off running. That kind of wakes the rest of us up out of our stupor, so me, elder larsen, and elder whitt are sprinting down the beach as fast as we can, larsen in front, me behind, and whitt behind me. Larsen rips off his shirt, and that really wakes me up to the situation. This guy is DROWNING. SO i take mine off as well, and run into the water. We ran about 150 yds down the beach to get to him, and he was about 20 yards offshore. (we later looked at our footsteps and they were about 10 ft apart. we were running pretty fast, hahaha) Larsen gets to him first, grabs him around the chest and starts swimming him in. I finally get there and grab him arm to stop him from flailing, cuz he was fighting larsen pretty bad. Then whitt gets there are starts helping him as well and we bring him in. Turns out the guy was in the second stages of hypothermia when we pulled him out. So, there's some highlights. We Saved a guys life, and got to swim legitimately. It was pretty awesome and a story to beat all stories. Now i just gotta get it down in my journal. Another missionary was talking to him as he was recovering and let him know who we were so hopefully he gets interested. Life is going good though. the ward is on fire with missionary work so we are happy about that. I'm so happy so be out here and count my many blessings that i get to serve people up here as well as my God. I love you all!
What are the qualities of your bishop that makes him a missionary bishop?

Missionary work is a big topic in PEC and he always wants to help. Also, his mission is decently fresh in his mind, so he knows how it is. Also, he never judges us, but is grateful for what we're doing always, and that makes me want to do more.
ANSWERS TO DAD'S QUESTIONS:

What does he do in the ward to excite them?

The WML did a 5th Sunday lesson on this new book that is out. instead of doing a typical missionary work lesson, he did it in a round about way that wasn't so same old same old, but people saw it as really important. The church hired a PR firm to survey what people around the world thought of our church, and L. Tom Perry did a talk about it. I can't remember what its called but you could probably find it. Its in church bookstores.

What do the members do for themselves to have the spirit of missionary work?

We help them. They need to recognize when they have one, and love it

What do you and your companion do to add to it?

Share scriptures, challenge and commit them.


Tell me what you do as a district leader. How does it differ from what you would be doing as a regular missionary?

TO be honest, i don't like it. They throw so many rules and regulations that you cant do what you feel but have to do what you're told, even when its not necessary. But i do like preparing the trainings i have to do every Monday morning, that's fun. But there's just a lot of unnecessary work and even back biting they ask you to do. I don't like that part at all.
Has it been a good experience?It has, you see a lot, and the responsibility is good. I like that part. it gives me a feeling like i can always do more and help others.
NO id didn't send pics. I didn't have any. But i do this week.

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