April 10, 2006
Thanks for the letter you sent mom, it made me feel special!
This ward is amazing. We had a passover dinner past tuesday, and i did an extensive study of the Christology of the passover ritual. Very interesting stuff. If youd like to hear about it, i can share a bit of it. This family the Larsens are amazing. Their 18 year old son passed away from cancer about 3 months ago, and it is inspirational to see how much strength and hope they draw from the gospel. It softens my heart and makes me want to be better when i hear the stories of faith from their family and their son. We had Easter dinner at the Phillips' home (EQP), with the McFaddens (2nd councilor in Bishopric), the Racliffes, and the Blanchettes. 4 AMAZING families. They are so cool, and are so fired up for the missionary work. We did have an investigator at Sacrament, but not as many as we were planning on.
Okay. Ask Dad if he has sent the letter of recommendation information to Dan Maher again/yet (i dont know if it ever went through). Also, did he ever get one from President England? I forget. Also, did he finish the extra-curriculars write-up and send it to Maj Houston? gosh, im a worry wort.
hahah we play raquetball every p-day. ive been getting better, but Elder Householder is amazing, and so are the other missionaries. Tell him to hit the ball low, but upwards and flick the wrist.
I know Elder Seegmiller. he was here in Nashua (the other ward though) just a few months ago. hes a cool kid.
The area isnt too big. It covers Nashua, Hollis and Brookline NH. Kinda rural expect for Nashua, which is about the size of Westlake id say. Not as run-down as north adams, but some places are older. a lot of spanish speakers, so i get to practice a bit. Shotgunning is where both elders are transfered, and 2 new ones go in. so elder Householder and I are both new to the area. Its been exciting. The Lord has shown us many miracles daily. Getting to know the zone has been the hardest, but they are AMAZING. I love the missionaries here, and things are already picking up. We have gone from 2 baptismal dates in the zone to 4 in just a week. We are looking at probably 10 for this month, which is good for the North East.
Gosh, already talking about be comming home? i still have 9 months (Wednsday the 11th is my 15 month mark), so i may be transfered one more time, im not sure. I guess you could come pick me up, but January is not very good for sight seeing. Most of the tourist stuff is closed then, but we could go visit my areas i guess. Id recommend that if you want to tour around and stuff, we would do it prior to me entering the academy in July. We could spend the 4th in Boston. that would be cool. Whatever you want. we have PLENTY of time to think about that.
Things are going great. This week we were tracking down a family who had bapstimal dates set, but when they were kicked out of their home, they lost contact with the Elders and they just fell through the cracks months ago when the transfers came. So we were looking for the daughters old place of employment, and actually found it. Remarkably, she didnt work there, but happend to call the store for some random reason while we were there. The clerk handed me the phone and we got her new info. She was very excited and said "i had been asking my mother if she had heard from you guys lately". we are excited to work with them.
Well Mom, things are going great. love ya and miss ya. i miss the city, but Nashua rocks. Ill talk to you soon. (mothers day is comming up!).
Elder Onken
This ward is amazing. We had a passover dinner past tuesday, and i did an extensive study of the Christology of the passover ritual. Very interesting stuff. If youd like to hear about it, i can share a bit of it. This family the Larsens are amazing. Their 18 year old son passed away from cancer about 3 months ago, and it is inspirational to see how much strength and hope they draw from the gospel. It softens my heart and makes me want to be better when i hear the stories of faith from their family and their son. We had Easter dinner at the Phillips' home (EQP), with the McFaddens (2nd councilor in Bishopric), the Racliffes, and the Blanchettes. 4 AMAZING families. They are so cool, and are so fired up for the missionary work. We did have an investigator at Sacrament, but not as many as we were planning on.
Okay. Ask Dad if he has sent the letter of recommendation information to Dan Maher again/yet (i dont know if it ever went through). Also, did he ever get one from President England? I forget. Also, did he finish the extra-curriculars write-up and send it to Maj Houston? gosh, im a worry wort.
hahah we play raquetball every p-day. ive been getting better, but Elder Householder is amazing, and so are the other missionaries. Tell him to hit the ball low, but upwards and flick the wrist.
I know Elder Seegmiller. he was here in Nashua (the other ward though) just a few months ago. hes a cool kid.
The area isnt too big. It covers Nashua, Hollis and Brookline NH. Kinda rural expect for Nashua, which is about the size of Westlake id say. Not as run-down as north adams, but some places are older. a lot of spanish speakers, so i get to practice a bit. Shotgunning is where both elders are transfered, and 2 new ones go in. so elder Householder and I are both new to the area. Its been exciting. The Lord has shown us many miracles daily. Getting to know the zone has been the hardest, but they are AMAZING. I love the missionaries here, and things are already picking up. We have gone from 2 baptismal dates in the zone to 4 in just a week. We are looking at probably 10 for this month, which is good for the North East.
Gosh, already talking about be comming home? i still have 9 months (Wednsday the 11th is my 15 month mark), so i may be transfered one more time, im not sure. I guess you could come pick me up, but January is not very good for sight seeing. Most of the tourist stuff is closed then, but we could go visit my areas i guess. Id recommend that if you want to tour around and stuff, we would do it prior to me entering the academy in July. We could spend the 4th in Boston. that would be cool. Whatever you want. we have PLENTY of time to think about that.
Things are going great. This week we were tracking down a family who had bapstimal dates set, but when they were kicked out of their home, they lost contact with the Elders and they just fell through the cracks months ago when the transfers came. So we were looking for the daughters old place of employment, and actually found it. Remarkably, she didnt work there, but happend to call the store for some random reason while we were there. The clerk handed me the phone and we got her new info. She was very excited and said "i had been asking my mother if she had heard from you guys lately". we are excited to work with them.
Well Mom, things are going great. love ya and miss ya. i miss the city, but Nashua rocks. Ill talk to you soon. (mothers day is comming up!).
Elder Onken
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