Joseph's letter and pictures from his Companion October 27, 2013

Hey Guys!

Good to hear from you all again this week. Sounds like it was another exciting and awesome week. Sam, congradulations with your game man! Im super proud of you! Keep up the great work and remember im always praying for ya (and everyone else in the family). Make this last game count, go out with a win!!! Ben, i've already told you what i think, you got to decide what you want to do buddy (plus by the time you read this letter, you will have already made that decision). Personally, i don't see why you couldn't do both, but if you choose to only do wrestling, you should try to go to all the High School Practices. Have Sam talk to Coach Olsen, but if you go that route i would try to do that. Hey David! Sorry about your lost this week buddy, just forget about the game and try to play better next season. Speaking of which, are you playing indoor soccer this year? And are you playing Spring soccer next year? I hope so, that would be super cool. Did you buy those cool soccer cleats you showed me? I hope you have fun squishing apples this next week, i sure do miss being there with you guys. Have a great week!!! JONATHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's up man?!?!?! Good to hear from you buddy! You got up to 100 points already!??! Dude, THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Im so proud of you, keep up the great work! I love the story of Ammon, i especially love the part that when he is first brought to King Lamoni that he says to him that he doesn't wish anything from him, only to be his servant and to serve him. That is what we try to do out here as missionaries Jonathan. We look every possible day for oppurtunities to serve people and to help them feel the love we have for them, because as we serve other people, they will recognize that we have something special as King Lamoni did with Ammon, and through time, we will find and identify oppurtunites to share the gospal with those we serve. Kool!!! Have a great week buddy, remember how much i love you! JACOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey there mini man!!!!!! How ya doing? Sorry you have to have surgery on Tuesday buddy, but i hope these new tubes in your ears will help you feel better, and help you want to speak more. I hope these meetings these week helped get you the help you need for school. Ask mommy to teach you German, that way we can talk to eachother in German when i get home off my mission, that would be so cool, huh? Hope you have a great week buddy, remember your always in my prayers!

 

Cool, here is how my week went down: 

Monday: We had district meeting with Sister Miles, and interviews with President Miles in Munich. Was fun, almost missed our train home though!
Tuesday: Went on an austausch with Elder Young. We went finding in a little town called assling (ya, it's kind of a funny name) talked with a lot of people and ended the day by having a great lesson with there miracle investigator Arnold (the one who walked in the church).

Wendsday: We had a lesson a Sister Timm's house (the 95 year old lady in our ward) it was great and she shared some stories about her early church days with us. Was awesome! We then went to Frau Sherer's house and helped her with some of her yard work and some things around the house. Then that night we had dinner with Familie Furyk and had a awesome lesson about prayer, scripture study, and prayer with there 11 year old grand daughter who isn't a member, but has curiousity about our church. We'll see how that turns out.

Thursday: Had a good lesson with Martin at the church (he sure can talk alot though). Then we went to Traunstein to help Familie De Fillipo with there house a little bit more. Bruder De Fillipo said his foot might need surgery though, so ya, that's not good, considering there is still alot to do in his house. If you could please keep him in your prayers, i now it would much appreciated. That night we had a awesome lesson with Fimilie Ojo. We talked about the plan of salvation, and how that ties in with Temple Work. Both Bruder und Scwester Ojo have great deep desires to go to the Temple, so we set a date for next May for a Temple day. That was exciting!

Friday: Had an eating appointment with Sch. Schrank then spent the rest of the day helping Familie Greenhalge move to there new house.

Saturday: Spent most the day helping Familie Greenhalge finish moving into there house, then that night we had an awesome lesson with Rita!!! We talked about the Holy Ghost, who he is, what his job is, and how we can recognize him. Bruder Lederer was there and shared some personal experiences that really helped bring the spirit into the lesson. It was awesome! Times and moments like those are definately what makes you feel the truthfulness of this Gospal and the love our Heavenly Father has for each of us!

Sunday: Rita and the Ojo Family came to church! It was super awesome!!! Church was awesome, and Rita told me she really enjoyed it. Later that day, we had a Lesson with Familie Krügel and it went really well. We talked about the apostacy and the Restoration, and there little Girl Afra, was actually very attentive throughout the whole lesson. It was awesome, they get a car in a couple of weeks, so they should be able to start coming to church then!

 

Well that was our week. To close, i just wanted to share with you guys a couple things that is being pushed out here in the field right now and that is planning and goal setting. We have been talking alot in district meeting about how to plan and how to set good goals. Some things i have learned over the last couple weeks is that we should always set goal before we plan, that way our plan is focused on helping us acheiving our goals. One other is setting goals with the help of our Heavenly Father, to prayerfully ask for help and seek guidence in setting goals and making plans. Another thing that has been stressed is having sub goals that lead up to that main goal and making plans for those sub goals. Another is being realistic with the goals we set, and not setting go many goals at once. That way, we don't feel overwhelmed and stressed all the time and can really see the success and progress we are making in acheiving our goals. Now, i know that i have wrote about goals and making plans to acheive them before, but i don't think we always truly understand how important they are or how much mastering these skill of setting goals and making plans can help us throughout our life. These skills along with hard work, are perhaps the greatest skills we can learn while we are young in our youth. If we master these skills at a young age we can help succure a happier, more succussful, and more spiritual future for us and for our future families. I challenge you all to take time in the upcoming weeks to set goals and make plans that will help you stretch and grow, and help you reach your full potential. I promise you as you do, you will be happier, see more success in your lives, and have a stronger better relationship with our Heavenly Father. (AND BEN, if you think your making the Varsity Football team next year, you better be setting some high, self pushing goals today, cause it's gonna take alot of work buddy! But i know you can do it, if you really trullly want to.)

 

I love you all a ton, and miss you very much. Have a wonderfully awesome week, and we'll see you in a couple years!

Take care,

Elder Seamons