News from our amazing missionary! Sept. 29, 2013

Hey Guys!!!

Good to hear from you again! Sounds like another awesome week. Rats, i was looking forward to another story from "Ben the Beast", but it looks like im gonna have to wait another week to hear about these 150 rushing yards and 15 sacks next week, right Ben??? Well, good luck at your game this week buddy, play good, and win!!! Sam, sounds like you have some really good games this week to. Four sacks, that's really good, keep up the good work. Sorry you didn't win your JV game, but it sounds like it was pretty close, so keep up the good work, you'll get em next week. And concerning the varsity game, i don't think Preston has beat Blackfoot for over 7 years, so that is quite an accoplishment. Keep up the good work there bud, and good luck with you audition pieces for bass. David!!! Sorry, your cleats look red in the picture, but orange is cool to. Congradulations on your goal buddy!!! Left footer? Not bad, keep up the good work, and make sure you are improving every time you play or practice (be careful with these Rec. games, im still pretty sure you can't play in two leagues). Also David, HAPPY STIKING BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK!!! Dude, you are so old. 12 man, i remember those days, scouts and such. I had such an awesome time with my Deacon's quarum and i know that you will to. AND YOU ARE FINALLY OUT OF PRIMARY!!! WOOHOO! Have a great Birthday this week buddy, party hard, and do some good!!! JONATHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sorry to hear you crashed your bike dude, that really is not fun, i remember when we used to live in Cedar City and i crashed my bike and had gravel in my hands for the next two weeks. I know how you feel buddy. hope it gets better. Thanks for telling me your story you read in the Book of Mormon this week. Abinidi and King Noah, that is a really good story and we can learn alot from it. One thing that sticks out to me in this story is even though Abinidi probaly felt that no one listened to him, we find out then and later that Alma was converted to his words and in the end he ended up being the High Preist over the people in the land of Zerahemla. We can liken that to our lives, in that sometimes we don't think people listen to what we say or watch what we do and for this reason, we sometimes think that what we say and do doesn't matter. But as we learn from this story, our words and actions can and will indeed affect others. This being the case, we should always strive to be desciples of Jesus Christ, to say what he would say, and do as he would do. Even if you sometimes feel to little Jonathan, or if sometimes it seems hard to choose the right, i promise as you do, you will bless other peoples lives and these people will look up to you and admire you. Cool!!! Let me know what cool story you read this week buddy!!! JACOB MY MINI MAN!!!! How ya doing? I got the package you sent me for my birthday, those cards we really pretty and they made my day. I hope school is going great, and i hope you have a fantastic week man, take care!!! Hey Mom and Dad, sorry i already opened the package, but i haven't opened all the presents yet if that's any incentive. I would have waited, but i really needed a coat and sweaters this last week, cause it's raining cold! So, i hope you will forgive me and know how thankful i am for the gifts!!! Have a great week!!!

Ok, my week:

Monday: Well, you heard the majority of Monday last week, playing at the funeral and emailing you guys

Tuesday: We had district meeting and then we tried to make a vor bei, but unfortunately the place ended up being a lot further then we thought it would be, so we didn't get it quite done, but we had a great German class with Ijaz again and later had GMK that night.

Wensday: We dropped some flowers off at a former investigators house. She has cancer and had been in rehad the last month or so. She wasn't home, but we left them anyways. We went contacting most the day, and we actually had some good success!!! We have a couple termines for this week so hopefully they all work out. Later that day, we went and helped Frau Sherer again in her garden. She's a hoot and shared with us a bunch of strories from the "Good ol days". Didn't have time to teach her a lesson, and i don't think she was really in the mood to listen. That's ok though.

Thursday: Tausched with Elder Young and we had a lesson with Andreas. We taught the first lesson, and he seemed to really get what we were trying to say and how we beleive that it is the authority from God to lead his Church that sets us apart from the other Churches. Went really good, Elder Young taught really well (he is a transfer younger than me).

Friday: We had "Singen Uben" with the other Elders in our district in preperation for this singing thing we are doing in Neuatine this Friday. Then we had Mitagessen with Familie Krugel and had a great lesson with them (first lesson). They also told us that they had been thinking that they would wait for Afra (their daughter) to get baptised (probaly a couple years). They said they wanted it to be her choice, and that it is something she is sure she would like to do. We both agreed that is a wise decision seein as they have not been to Church in over a year. It was good. Later that night we met with Schwester Kissler and talked more about putting our trust in God, this time tying it into the Plan of Salvation. It went really well, and our joint teach John Lindstrom was awesome. He offered picking her up for church and she ended up coming to church because of that. It was awesome!!!

Saturday: We had mission putzen tag so we cleaned till about 3, then we went and helped Bruder De Fillipo work on his house the rest of the day.

Sunday: Went to church, had some awesome meetings and then did weeklly planning the rest of the day.

 

Well that was my week, went pretty well. To close i just wanted to share a cool experience that i had on Sunday. On Sunday, an older lady from our ward asked all four Elders if we would give her a blessing and of course we said yes, but she asked me specifically if i would seal the annointing and give the blessing. I was actually shocked that she asked me, but said yes even though i had no idea exactly what to say, or if i would even half way say it right. It turned out to be a really powerful experience for me. I said the prayer really slow trying and concentraing 1. To say the right words and 2. To conjugate the words right. As i gave the blessing, i felt extremely guided to the point where i know for a fact that what i said came from God and it was what this Sister needed. After i closed the blessing, she said the same think i had been thinking, that that was what she needed and she told us elders that she knew we really called from God to serve here in Rosenheim at this time. It was a really neat experience and i hope that my description of it can serve justice. I don't share this story to "Glory in myself" and my "wonderful" German, but simply to Glory in the power of God and his love and willingness to help his children do his work here upon the Earth. I know it was really only through him that i was able to say the things i said during that blessing, and i know that the things i said in that blessing came from God. I challenge you all to seek out how God can help you in your Church Callings, to look for what he wants, and not for what we want or think. I know as we all do this, that we will be greatly blessed and be able to "magnify" our callings in the church that our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ have generously given us.

 

Well that's all folkes!!! I hope you have a wonderful week, know how much i love and miss everyone of you guys, and know that you are always in my prayers!!!

 

Bis Später,

Elder Seamons

 

PS: Hey mom, thanks for your letter this week, it was the best Birthday Gift you could have given me. Please know what a wonderful mom you are, and please don't ever doubt or question your successfulness as a mother. Your the best mom anyone could have and i know all your "little boys" love you very much. Take care, have a great week!!!