A letter and pics of our missionary (pics complimentary of our missionary's companion!)

Hey Guys!

Good to hear from you again! Sam, you punched a kid? What the heck is up with that?!? You should know by now that punching a poky kid is just a waste of time and energy. K'mon man, your better than that, but i probaly would have done the same thing. Sorry your game didn't go so good, good luck next week though, get another win and just play hard. Don't be discouraged and remember, wrestling season is right around the corner!!! Go get em man! Ben, i think that was about as straight as an answer as i could give you. Im not gonna tell you what to do, cause i know you would do awesome in both sports. Im partial to the opinion that you wrestle, but hey, maybe you will get to be 6 foot 2 in. or taller. Can't say for certain. You choose bud, your life and your decision. Sorry about your game though. I hate losing more than anything in this world, but we can learn a lot from it. Sorry your team didn't seem like they were doing there part, why don't you just get on the varsity team next year so you don't have to worry about your current teamates? That is one option, but it will take a lot of work. Try it Ben, i dare you to make varsity football next year! Hey there David!!! Im working on another letter for you this week, so i will probaly send it to you next week (just so you know). Sorry about your game buddy, but im sure you played great. Good luck with the all star game this week, score a goal or two, but most importantly......WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! (oh, and have fun too). JONATHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DUDE WHAT IS UP!?!?!?!?!? Sounds like you had a pretty great week this week. You pressed apples and ate donuts without me!?!?!? WHAT? What is this. That is ok, i forgive you. Have fun pressing apples, and drink alot of apple juice for me! Also, i sent you a letter today, so be looking for it in the mail. Cool have a great week buddy, let me know which Book of Mormon scripture story you read this week! JACOBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey man, im so glad you are feeling better and im glad you got to go to school this week! I hope it is not as stressful as it has been and i hope you are having fun there. Remember i love you very much buddy, and you are always in my prayers. Have a great week!

 

Ok, my week:

Montag: Went on joint teach with the other two elders, installed new oven (one of the elders got shocked pretty bad, i guess the power over here is a lot stronger than the power in the USA), found some potential freinds of the church. GREAT DAY!
Tuesday: District meeting, made some cookies and delievered them to Schwester Morgner for her B-Day. Contacted alot, met some cool people.

Wensday: Went and contacted in Wasserburg, such a cool city! Found some cool people then we went and doored in Rott am Inn the rest of the day. Long but awesome day!

Thursday: Attempted to find a less active who lives way out in the boonies. Found the house, but they were not home. Went and visited Familie Fuyrk with a member of our ward (Bruder Hunger) and got stuck talking to a drunk guy for almost 45 minutes, but he told us he was so glad that we talked with him. Interesting story..........

Friday: Went and helped the De Fillip's again with grouting, cleaning, and painting. Bruder De Fillipo sprained his foot really bad, and wasn't able to do alot. If you would, please keep the whole family in your prayers, they are going through a rough time right now. Later that night we taught Sch. Kissler, it was a great lesson.

Saturday: Spent the whole day helping De Fillipo's move. It was super fun though, had a great time!

Sunday: Went to stake conference in Munich. It was awesome! Learned alot, heard some super awesome talks. We actuallly then went to Traunstein to help the De Fillipo's finish moving cause they only had the moving van until 8 o clock this morning.

 

Well that was my week. This week is going to be an awesome week i can already tell! Well to close i just wanted to share a couple thoughts i had this week. There was and has been alot of stress the last year or so on every member being a missionary. Elder Ballard gave a wonderful talk last conference about doing so. He talked a little bit about what missionary work really is. It isn't just going door to door trying to talk to people about our church or even contacting people on the street trying to talk to them about the church. Yes, that is important missionary work that needs to happen, but as regular everyday members of the church, we don't need to do that, instead, we should be focusing on helping people we already know friends, aquiantances, relatives, everyone we know trying to help them understand why we choose to be members of our church. We should be helping them feel that joy and spirit that comes only through spirit and helping them identify that feeling as the Holy Ghost. We should be there to help both physically, emotionally, and spiritually identifying where it is appropriate to share a message from our church with them, a message that can really and litearlly help them. So guys, are we doing are missionary work? Are we keeping the part of our baptismal covenant where it says to stand as a witness of Jesus Christ in all times, all ways, and in all places? I was reading a while ago in Mosiah 18 and i would just brieflly like to share a couple of verses that stood out to me: verses 7-11

 7 And it came to pass after many days there were a goodly number gathered together at the place of Mormon, to hear the words of Alma. Yea, all were gathered together that believed on his word, to hear him. And he did ^ateach them, and did preach unto them repentance, and redemption, and faith on the Lord.
 8 And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are ^adesirous to come into the ^bfold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;
 9 Yea, and are ^awilling to mourn with those that ^bmourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as ^cwitnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the ^dfirst resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—
 10 Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being ^abaptized in the ^bname of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a ^ccovenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?
 11 And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our hearts.
This is what we covenanted to do at baptism, and in keeping this convant, we will indeed fulfill our missionary resposibilies. Alright, ill get off my soapbox, but this is really important guys. We need to be trying harder to fulfill this responsibility, we owe it to God, and i promise us all, as we fulfill our responsibilies as missionaries we will find more happiness in life than we ever thought would be possible, as it says in D and C 18:15-16
“And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!"
I love you guys so much. I think and pray for you everyday, have a wonder week, and remember your missionary responsibilities!
Love ya all,
Elder Seamons