Another letter from Elder Seamons! He has a new companion, Elder Jerman!

Hey Guys,

Well another week has gone by and it sounds like you are all still alive. Sorry Ben and David that your games didn't go as well as you had wanted, but i hope things will go better for you this week. Sam you beat Marsh Valley!!! Thank Heavens!!! And it sounds like you also got to play a little varsity time too. Super cool man!!! Keep up the good work and congradulations with your cross country meet! Dad said you did really good, keep up the work man, it will pay off next February (STATE CHAMPION!!!) David, you got to tell me what position on the back line you are playing, so that i can know kind of how to help you better. It sounds like to me that your team is not keeping their shape on the back line, and also not marking up on people. If you are playing outside deffender, make sure you are always a little bit ahead of the center back, or the middle deffender and make sure also that you are even with the outside deffender on the other side. If you are the middle deffender, back sure you are a little bit behind the two outside deffenders and also that you are even with the other center deffender (if there one). Shape on the deffensive line is super important in order to properly deffend the goal. Don't mess around with off sides, it's too risky, just try to stay in front of the top forward and always make sure that he is marked up. Practice your 1 on 1 deffence with Sam. That will help you alot, even if he does play football, Sam can dribble pretty good and he is a lot bigger than you, so you will have to be aggresive, and smart. Also, remember that "keep away drill" i did with you Sam and Ben where i would dribble the ball and keep it away from you guys? Try doing that with Sam, Ben, and Jonathan. I think it would really help you with "pressure situations" and ball control. Cool im sending you a letter this week so look for it in the mail. Ben, whip your team into shape!!! Be the leader that they need on that team, and try (if at all possible) to play so well that it makes up for some of the not so good players on the team. Good luck this week bud!!! JONATHAN!!!!!DUDE, you have your first game this week! That is so exciting, good luck and let me know how it goes!!! JACOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss you buddy, sorry school is being dumb, i'll say a prayer for you. Hang in there man! 

My week:

Monday: Had p'day and then went on a couple of forbei's. Nothing to exciting.

Tuesday: Had Zone Training, really great, had dinner by the Schönwald family and had German Class. We have two German students now, and we finally found some stuff on the internet in there "middle eastern language" to help them better understand what we are trying to teach them, because both of them only speak a little english. It was super cool, and i think they are finally understanding, what we are trying to teach them. Cool!!!

Wendsday: Elder Armstrong had to finish packing in the Morning, then we went to the De Fillipo's new house and helped them paint and prep their floors for tiling. We were there the whole day and i think (i hope) they appreciated our help.

Thursday: We went to Munich to drop Elder Armstrong off, and pick Elder Jerman up. He is so cool! We have gotten along great so far, and hopefully things get even better. We went by on a referal from one of our members, had a lesson, and now he is a new investigator!!! So exciting! Unfortunately, he will be out of town until the end of this month, or the beggining of next month, but he told us he would read in the Book of Mormon before we meet next time. It was awesome, his name is Martain, and everything he said to us was so Golden, his beleifs and his confusion with some of the Practices of the Catholic Church made us both feel that this is what he has been looking for, to answer those questions and concerns he has in his life.

Friday: We did weekly planning, and went on a couple forbei's, then that night we had a really awesome lesson with Schwester Kissler one of the less actives we are working with. She has had a really tough life, and it has been hard for her the last couple years having her daughter move away for college and also have alot of surgeries repairing her knee and arm. We talked with her about putting our trust in the Lord and what that means. We also talked about how we can gain comfort through the Atonement because Jesus Christ really does know what we are feeling/going through. Our joint teach Bruder Greenhalgh was awesome and helped resolve alot of the concerns she was having. Good day.

Saturday: We did some more service for Frau Ford, she hasn't read in the Book of Mormon yet, but she told us she read a little in English 40 or 50 years ago. We invited her again to read in it and also invited her to church. Hopefully something comes of this one day, i really do hope so. We also had a lesson with the Ojo Family on the Plan of Salvation and it was super awesome. We brought the Newly Weds Thomas and Geresich Lubke and they did an awesome job teaching. The best part of the visit was when Geresich invited the Ojo Family to walk to church with them in the morning. They said yes, and it was an answer to our prayers, cuase we had been praying for something like this to happen. For some of the members to reach out to them and help them get to church.

Sunday: Well, the Ojo's didn't end up coming to church, but Schwester Kissler did (3 weeks in a row). We went by the Ojo's later and it turned there youngest two were really super sick. Elder Jerman and I gave them both blessings, and they seemed to be doing a little bit better by the time we left. If you would, please keep Benita and Bennett Ojo in your prayers, they really need it. We went by also later that day on the Furyk Family that day (he had just gone through another round of Kimo last Monday) to see if we could help them, but he says even though thinks are rough, he knows the Lord really is there for him. He shared with us his "conversion story" and let us know that he will never forget God. It was so awesome to see such faith in a man regardless of how much pain/trials he is going through right now. If you could, keep Family Furyk in your prayers also. They need it.

 

So ya, that was my week. To close i want to just share a little bit of Bruder Furyk conversion story with you cause i thought it was super cool. He said he and his wife were at home one day.His wife was super sick and they had called the Docter to come by and check her and as they were waiting, they heard a knock at the door. Thinking it was the Doctor Bru. Furyk opened the door and there were two elders there. He told them that that his wife was very sick and that they needed to go away. He shut the door on them, and about 5 minutes later they heard a knock at the door again, thinking again that it was the Doctor, he opened the door and it was the same to elder again. They quickly asked him if he beleived in God and he said of course, they then said they could give his wife a Priesthood Blessing if the truly beleived it could help her. He said that he and his wife felt like it was the right think to do, so they allowed these two elders to do so. He said as soon as they were done with the blessing, the pain his wife had immediately went away, and she was as good as new. They then started investigating the Church and were eventually baptised. To this testimony and story of Bru. Furyk i would like to add my own testimony of the power of the preisthood. I trully know with my whole heart that it is indeed the power of God. It is the power he used to create the heavens and the Earth, the power he uses to touch and change the lives of people, and the power which leads his church here on the earth today. I am so thankful that i was able to grow up in a house where the preisthood authority presides, To have a Father who exercises his that authority righteosly and who has lived a life that has kept him worthy and able to exersise that preisthood worthily. Thanks Dad, for all the father blessings you have given me throughout the years. I know it is because of them that i was able to do as well as i did in school, sports, music, and just life in general. I am especially greatful for the blessing you gave me the morning before i left to the MTC. I don't think you know how much it meant to me, but i want you to know it has indeed changed me as a person and as a missionary. Everything you said in that blessing was what i needed to hear, and i know that because of that blessing you gave me, that i will be the missionary that you, mom, and Heavenly Father expect me to be. Thanks again for all that you do for our family dad. I love you and mom so much and hope you never forget it.

I wish you all the best week ever, and pray you have success in all that you do. Take care and remember i love ya all a lot!!!