February 26, 2006
Hey Mom!
Im sure you had a blast in vegas!! thats sooo cool! hows Oma? i worry about her a lot. Ive met like 3 dutch people this week. i shared with them the 3 phrases i know in dutch: ich van mou - I am tired; Yeh reich net as tenacas (sp?) - you smell like toe cheese; and Yeh vent erech moi (sp?) - you are beutiful. Those are the 3 useful phrases Dad taught me!! hahaha. they just laughed as i struggled to pronounce it right. lol.
That new dogs looks so rad!! hahaha. its so small. the pen is the size of its neck. thats crazy! i know you love it though. you dont take it everywhere though, do you? that would be sad.
im not sure why Elder Reyna left so quickly. I think perhaps it was because they needed a spanish speaker in the spanish zone. im not sure. Anyway, i think im gone in a few weeks, but i hope i stay until may. That would be great!
You should totaly go to dinner with the Dubrows. Im not sure where, i forget all the places back home.
I ripped my suit pants, but its NOT because im fat!! its because the suit is waaaay old, and so is my backup, but i think it will be okay lol.
This week has been great. The weather is warming up, but today its snowing. Its not too bad, but the wind is what makes it cold. Elder Walker and I are really working hard to make this zone grow. We have zone conference next week, and us and the district leaders are going to do the whole thing.
We have to move because extra missionaries came in, and since we dont live in our area, we are the ones who are getting kicked out lol. we went looking, but nothing amazing.
We found some new investigators on the trains, and have been contacting like mad men. Its fun, and some great stories with some great people we have met. we had a very powerful fireside last night, and it was very spiritual. During the musical fireside, i was reflecting on music concerts back at CHS. I was remembering what it felt like to listen and enjoy the music, and was comparing the differences. I noticed that the biggest difference to me, was not that i felt good during the music, but that inbetween the songs there was somthing very different. In a normal concert, you feel good after the song, and then it kinda mellows out as you wait for the next song; When the songs are of Christ, and the testimonies are beign borne, the warmth the comfort lingers, and even grows in between the songs. it is amazing.
We have 2 new investigators this week ,and want to get 3 this next week. we should be setting some baptismal dates soon!
I have been worrying a lot about how to get the zone to really start to blossom. its somthing that has been on my mind for the past few days and even weeks now. Elder Barton (one of the APs) told me at transfers that "the zone is in your hands now, lets see what you can do". So ive been feeling a lot of pressure to make some big changes now taht im the sr ZL for the zone. well, last nigth before i went to bed, i was reflecting upon the problems in the zone, thats keeping us from being super successful. We had polled the zone, and the DLs and came down to a few concerns, but nothing really concrete or laid out. Last night it came to me in a wave of inspiration, excatly what we were to do. I m exctied to now present it and see how everybody likes it.
These past 2 weeks have been booming with work. We have prayed for miracles, and they have showed up. Its amazing how simple it is what we need to do, if we only ask and have faith. It is truely remarkable. we have 6 baptismal dates for march, and more on the way!
love ya so much, miss ya a ton!! take care, ttyl!
Elder Onken
Im sure you had a blast in vegas!! thats sooo cool! hows Oma? i worry about her a lot. Ive met like 3 dutch people this week. i shared with them the 3 phrases i know in dutch: ich van mou - I am tired; Yeh reich net as tenacas (sp?) - you smell like toe cheese; and Yeh vent erech moi (sp?) - you are beutiful. Those are the 3 useful phrases Dad taught me!! hahaha. they just laughed as i struggled to pronounce it right. lol.
That new dogs looks so rad!! hahaha. its so small. the pen is the size of its neck. thats crazy! i know you love it though. you dont take it everywhere though, do you? that would be sad.
im not sure why Elder Reyna left so quickly. I think perhaps it was because they needed a spanish speaker in the spanish zone. im not sure. Anyway, i think im gone in a few weeks, but i hope i stay until may. That would be great!
You should totaly go to dinner with the Dubrows. Im not sure where, i forget all the places back home.
I ripped my suit pants, but its NOT because im fat!! its because the suit is waaaay old, and so is my backup, but i think it will be okay lol.
This week has been great. The weather is warming up, but today its snowing. Its not too bad, but the wind is what makes it cold. Elder Walker and I are really working hard to make this zone grow. We have zone conference next week, and us and the district leaders are going to do the whole thing.
We have to move because extra missionaries came in, and since we dont live in our area, we are the ones who are getting kicked out lol. we went looking, but nothing amazing.
We found some new investigators on the trains, and have been contacting like mad men. Its fun, and some great stories with some great people we have met. we had a very powerful fireside last night, and it was very spiritual. During the musical fireside, i was reflecting on music concerts back at CHS. I was remembering what it felt like to listen and enjoy the music, and was comparing the differences. I noticed that the biggest difference to me, was not that i felt good during the music, but that inbetween the songs there was somthing very different. In a normal concert, you feel good after the song, and then it kinda mellows out as you wait for the next song; When the songs are of Christ, and the testimonies are beign borne, the warmth the comfort lingers, and even grows in between the songs. it is amazing.
We have 2 new investigators this week ,and want to get 3 this next week. we should be setting some baptismal dates soon!
I have been worrying a lot about how to get the zone to really start to blossom. its somthing that has been on my mind for the past few days and even weeks now. Elder Barton (one of the APs) told me at transfers that "the zone is in your hands now, lets see what you can do". So ive been feeling a lot of pressure to make some big changes now taht im the sr ZL for the zone. well, last nigth before i went to bed, i was reflecting upon the problems in the zone, thats keeping us from being super successful. We had polled the zone, and the DLs and came down to a few concerns, but nothing really concrete or laid out. Last night it came to me in a wave of inspiration, excatly what we were to do. I m exctied to now present it and see how everybody likes it.
These past 2 weeks have been booming with work. We have prayed for miracles, and they have showed up. Its amazing how simple it is what we need to do, if we only ask and have faith. It is truely remarkable. we have 6 baptismal dates for march, and more on the way!
love ya so much, miss ya a ton!! take care, ttyl!
Elder Onken
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