Dear Mom,
It has been a very strange week, after the transfer
meeting was over, my trainer Elder Hales, who is from Idaho took me to an
appointment with an investigator who is Chinese named Sigrid, she was nice and
very cooperative, but she is Buddhist and knows nothing about god, so i cant
wait to talk to her again, the next day was a p-day, but for three hours,
because P-days are generally on Monday. After getting stuff unpacked, i hung
out with the District leader Elder Mun, he is South Korean and had to learn
English on the mission, he has a strong testimony and is such a great guy, his
companion is Elder Sill, who was in my class at the MTC. Tracting has been a
whole new experience for me, everybody on Mercer Island are millionaires and
really don't like talking to us, but we do find those who are seeking the truth
eventually and that’s why I am here. I had to stay at the mission home to help
watch Elder Newman an AP who caught pneumonia, so I got to learn many things
form him. Another missionary broke both arms in a bike crash and was sent home.
Last night i was going down a very steep hill on my bike and there was a turn,
but i was going way to fast to turn and i was going to hit a wall, so i press
on my breaks, but i was going way to fast so when i braked I still fell off, I
only scraped my hands a little bit, but other than that I'm fine, It was a very
scary moment for me, because i did not want to be injured and go home. I gave
out 1 Book of Mormon and taught 2 lessons to people at the door and I probably
sang 50 times, because if they don’t want to hear the message you ask them if
you can sing a song for them, half the time they say yes, the other half give a
mean no. I met my Bishop, Bishop Post who has just been called so it will be
interesting to work with him. My ward mission leader Brother Jolly has taught
me many great ideas on how to involve members in missionary work, and Brother
Jacobson is the assistant to the ward mission leader and he is a convert, he
has such a great testimony, plus I hear he always helps the missionary's out
with stuff they need. I went on splits with Elder Mun and we went tracting on Saturday
before the Seahawks pre season game, everybody when they answered their door
would say they getting ready for the game or were watching the game, so nobody
wanting to hear our message, the whole time Elder Mun was saying "I hate
Seahawks, what more important preseason game or your Salvation", he cracks
me up. Last night we were tracting and a guy opened up the door and was
genuinely excited to see us so I started talking about the wonderful message we
would like to bear, then my trainer said that the guy was a member brother
Vassau, I was so surprised he was the first member I met outside of church and
reason he wasn’t at church was, because he was on a plane flying home from BYU
Idaho where he dropped his son for college. I have had such a wonderful week
and I have learned so much, I love you and miss you. As for a package, Dr.
pepper is always good, but no more junk food, i get enough of that already from
members. I would also like some pictures of you guys and maybe some more
toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, and floss, from your amazing stock, so I can
save money not paying for it here. My allowance is $152, but everything is a
little bit more expensive here, so its nice to get a couple of things out of
the way. I will be okay buying food for myself, mainly fruits and sandwich
stuff, so I can feed myself nutritious stuff for breakfast and lunch, Dinner I will be fed. I dont have an Ipad, but I hear we will receive Ipads soon, because
they are going to make every mission in the states an I pad mission. Again I love
and miss you Mom
