July 2, 2009

ja! Genau! Das is richtig wie man sagt, es geht mir gut! ha ha wow your german is decent bro!! ha ha thats awesome that things are going good in north shore im so happy that you got your new misison presiddent. Ha ha sorry if i spell anything wrong i have got soo much german on the brain. So coolest stories of my life!!!! we got to do some service on friday last week which was setting up chairs and taking down tables after all the apostles got done eating. so pretty much we got to see and be right next to the apostles that were at the mtc that day. which were d todd christofferson who we talked to (his wife speaks german by the way) and l tom perry, elder bednar elder holland, elder oaks and several others. which was awesome we stood like 2 feet away from them all as they chatted and we worked. so cool. at the devotional they had like seven apostles sitting there on the stand and elder Holland gave a wonderful message!!!! He is such an amazing and powerful speaker. The big thing though is the sacrament meeting me and my comp got to go to. i broke the bread at the sacrament table adn my comp passed the sacrament to the people that were there. It was such a wonderful experience. all the first presidency was there monson uchtdorf and eyering, as well as all of the quorum of the twelve besides Packer. There weere so many priesthood keys in that one room. I could feel the spirit so strong as the presidency entered the room and everone stood up!! wow so so cool. Pres monson gave an hour long talk that is so awesome!! It was all about mission stories as he was a mission president in toronto canada. I cant believe that i got to be a part of that amazing sacrament meeting. Since when is all of the quorum of the twelve together in one room?! Yes devin i write in my journal jeden tag (every day) and trust me this past week has been so journal worthy!! i have so many awesome stories i think i will just send my journal home so that you can read them all. k mom. thank you for being the best most dedicated mother ever. I love you so much. I realize that you do so much for me. it is just that i dont have the greatest amount of time to email such long stories. but i do have like 5 hours and while my laundry is cleaning to write letters so i will try to be better about that. i will get back on later. write back if you get this in time love you fam!!!! Bis Spater. Tschus!!!

hey dev thanks for the scriptures. those were really good! ha ha so i remember that one time you had the cool experience in the rc with that one guy. i had one like that. this lady, her name is audrey requested a book of mormon and i was just doing a confirmation call. it turned into like a 20 min coversation about everything. everything that was going on in her life was like an exact thing that applies to the gospel (das Evangelium) so we were talking and we read 3 nephi ch 11 over the phone and moroni 10:3-5 taking turns reading a verse over the phone i committed her to read the book of mormon and she was like ya i have been looking for something like this to study in my bible study group. ha ha and she is planning a family reunion cuz some members of her family recently died and so she wanted to do some geneology. the whole time as i was talking with her i was wondering if she was really a member and she was just pulling my leg. but no she accepted to have the missionaries come over and teach her but she wanted to still talk to me so i keep going back every once in a while to talk with her. it was soo cool i gave her like the entire first lesson over the phone and i bore testimony so often and she liked everything i had to say. she said, " you must really be a child of God, you are so kind and i can tell you want to follow Jesus" ha ha so yes i think i smell a baptism. ha ha it was good talking to her. she was a nice southern black lady. hey mom in the fourth of july package the post office here closes on fri and sat so i wont get it till mon or so. i dont really need anything i sent you a letter too. i might need some cash i had to pay cash for the pics i sent and i didnt have any so elder cannon had to spot me so if you could send a little tht would be awesome so i could pay him back. he has been getting a little home sick lately and its hard to keep him on task. idk what to do. I love you mom thank you so much for supporting me and writing me everyday. it makes my day when i get a letter. im still busting my butt trying to keep my comp busy and geting the Lords work done. I love you and since you have two diligent missionaries out you get double the blessings. time is up love you tons i dont really mind what gets sent in the package but i know it will be good love you!