January 29, 2006
Mom,
Wow, so right at this very moment you are probably oreinting, or on the way to orient for your new job. thats so cool!
Ahh, yes, G-Mas 29th birthday. I remember her last 29th birthday. always much fun.
How is Nat's new apartment? is Ryan studying for the ASVAB? thats good.
How are the Hamiltons. i Didnt really get to know them all that well, since they left on their mission. It sounds like your having a good time w/ the ward though.
The weather. yes, freeeeezing. Especially on friday! it was -20 with wind chill. the news actualy used the words "Arctic Winds". Not a lot of snow though. there is some on the ground, but not much.
I did make the Dip, and my wrists and forearm were dying, but it was totaly worth it. There is a lot of dip there. I was kinda amazed! it was good though. but not as good as yours.
No run-ins with the spitter lately. Whenver we get into the Davis square area, i always turn on like the commando mode, and am like moving around carefuly, and scanning the crowd for her ruthless scowl. haha
The work is going great. We had such a powerful lesson with Moniz last night. He is from Rowanda, Angola, and has just been amazing working iwth him. We have asked him to be baptized twice now, but he is still unsure. He knows Joseph Smith is a prophet, and he knows the BoM is God's word. I dont know what his hold up is. i think perahps its that he is unsure of himself being able to live up to the commandments? We also have dinnner with Tony, our ivnestigator form Thailand. He has come such a long way. He now believes in God, and we have been focusing on helpin him get a testimony of Jesus Christ. We are having dinner with him on thursday with a bunch of other missionaries and a member. It will be great. If he gets baptized then he will be the first person ive ever found/taught/baptized. I guess Michael and Sue dont count becuase they were Part members, or member referals. oh yah, did i tell you that Sue from North Adams finaly got baptized? hahah im so happy for her!! i miss N. Adams, and wish i had the time to write to the branch there. It would be nice to be a ZL in springfield so i could go up there and visit on tours lol. im just dreaming. We area also teaching this guy named Seth. He is awesome, and although he has a few concerns, his sincerity cannot be beaten. He is awesome, and hope that he will come to church and be baptized soon. We are still working with Fabio from Albania. He is such a good guy, and a real friend. His family is so nice, and its so humbling to see their kindness to us. Fabio comes to church every week, i just dont know what his holdup about baptism is. He is comming ot one on Saturday ,so maybe that will sway his opinion. We recuieved a referal from some sister missionaries for a guy names Cristiano. We taught him a first lesson ,and will be teaching him again on tuesday. He is great, and is probably going to be baptized. We also are going to work with this guy named Fernando. He is from Maracibo(sp?) Venezuela. He is way cool ,and a Member Referal. We hope to meet with him sometime soon.
Elder Reyna is awesome. He is from Monterrey Mexico, called to English speaking mission. He has been teahcing me some spanish, although i suck at it lol. He is the guy right in front of me in the pic.
I actually have thought about it a fews times about how much cleaner the house probably is w/o pets around.
Im glad that you saw Matt. he is so funny. Tell him that i saw hi, and congratulations for his promotion! thats so cool! tell him ive got about a year left, and then ill come visit him.
well, love ya, miss ya, ttyl!
Elder Onken
Wow, so right at this very moment you are probably oreinting, or on the way to orient for your new job. thats so cool!
Ahh, yes, G-Mas 29th birthday. I remember her last 29th birthday. always much fun.
How is Nat's new apartment? is Ryan studying for the ASVAB? thats good.
How are the Hamiltons. i Didnt really get to know them all that well, since they left on their mission. It sounds like your having a good time w/ the ward though.
The weather. yes, freeeeezing. Especially on friday! it was -20 with wind chill. the news actualy used the words "Arctic Winds". Not a lot of snow though. there is some on the ground, but not much.
I did make the Dip, and my wrists and forearm were dying, but it was totaly worth it. There is a lot of dip there. I was kinda amazed! it was good though. but not as good as yours.
No run-ins with the spitter lately. Whenver we get into the Davis square area, i always turn on like the commando mode, and am like moving around carefuly, and scanning the crowd for her ruthless scowl. haha
The work is going great. We had such a powerful lesson with Moniz last night. He is from Rowanda, Angola, and has just been amazing working iwth him. We have asked him to be baptized twice now, but he is still unsure. He knows Joseph Smith is a prophet, and he knows the BoM is God's word. I dont know what his hold up is. i think perahps its that he is unsure of himself being able to live up to the commandments? We also have dinnner with Tony, our ivnestigator form Thailand. He has come such a long way. He now believes in God, and we have been focusing on helpin him get a testimony of Jesus Christ. We are having dinner with him on thursday with a bunch of other missionaries and a member. It will be great. If he gets baptized then he will be the first person ive ever found/taught/baptized. I guess Michael and Sue dont count becuase they were Part members, or member referals. oh yah, did i tell you that Sue from North Adams finaly got baptized? hahah im so happy for her!! i miss N. Adams, and wish i had the time to write to the branch there. It would be nice to be a ZL in springfield so i could go up there and visit on tours lol. im just dreaming. We area also teaching this guy named Seth. He is awesome, and although he has a few concerns, his sincerity cannot be beaten. He is awesome, and hope that he will come to church and be baptized soon. We are still working with Fabio from Albania. He is such a good guy, and a real friend. His family is so nice, and its so humbling to see their kindness to us. Fabio comes to church every week, i just dont know what his holdup about baptism is. He is comming ot one on Saturday ,so maybe that will sway his opinion. We recuieved a referal from some sister missionaries for a guy names Cristiano. We taught him a first lesson ,and will be teaching him again on tuesday. He is great, and is probably going to be baptized. We also are going to work with this guy named Fernando. He is from Maracibo(sp?) Venezuela. He is way cool ,and a Member Referal. We hope to meet with him sometime soon.
Elder Reyna is awesome. He is from Monterrey Mexico, called to English speaking mission. He has been teahcing me some spanish, although i suck at it lol. He is the guy right in front of me in the pic.
I actually have thought about it a fews times about how much cleaner the house probably is w/o pets around.
Im glad that you saw Matt. he is so funny. Tell him that i saw hi, and congratulations for his promotion! thats so cool! tell him ive got about a year left, and then ill come visit him.
well, love ya, miss ya, ttyl!
Elder Onken
posted by Queen Bee at 8:04 AM
1 Comments:
Hey, Elder Onken!
What? No mention of a delicious dinner by faithful ward member Marie Thompson? That hurts. I guess the "Christmas in Italy" dish didn't make as much of an impression as I thought. Just kidding, you're awesome.
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(Starting with the heathens)
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