...today we went to our ward mission leaders house to see his two cows get shot and slaughtered...

So fam.

Bright and early today we went to our ward mission leaders house to see his two cows get shot and slaughtered. That was an experience. A crazy one. Mom sorry i haven't answered all your questions. I try but sometimes i miss some. Soooo this week one of our investigators said she wanted to be baptized. It was pretty crazy because we were planning on setting a date with her but in the middle of the lesson she was like i'm gonna get baptized by my uncle. I was like sweet my job here is done haha. She's awesome, I commited her to pray about the BOM and she was like oh yeah i've done that and know that it's true. Ok perfect. So thats exciting news. Also I blew a flat two days ago and bought a tube and fixed it and everything and then found out that the tube came with a hole in it. I was frustrated to say the least. It ended the night pretty much. But now i'm back in business because i borrowed this kid's bike thats in my ward. I'm takin the tube back today. anywho So many exciting things for you all! Ky buddy nice work. Pimp fa life. You are meant for some great things brotha and i mean that. You're going to be a powerful force for good so remember always to rep your beliefs and continue to be the example that i know you are. Wait wait wait you're telling me that alexis is now cleaning and making dinner and doing laundry consistantly? Isn't that one of the signs of the times? Haha kiddin i told you that you'ld make a great mom and who could doubt? Livi has it made with you two. Just pray that she wont be like you when you were a teenager haha. Dad BYU is kickin! 7th in the coaches poll and 8th in the country? sick! How is working at the temple going? Sweet i bet. I'm going soon. Maybe for my B-day. It'll be sweet! Talmage wrote Jesus the Christ in the temple and said that it was all through the spirit of the temple. Pretty sweet. Amazing things happen there for sure. Matt if you hit 290 by the time i get back then i'll buy you a candy bar. haha Sounds good huh. Maybe I'll hang it in front of you and you walk on the treadmill haha. i could see it. Also the pics of Alivia are so cute. I bought a little 2 gig drive to store all those pics and stuff on. I'll take an inventory this week of the things i need. It's not much most of my shirts are good and my pants are good too. I have enough Gs so i'm doing pretty good but i'll see if there is anything... I do need to take my bike in to get a tune up and everything and that is like $50 so that will happen within the next month. Also transfers are the 14th so just send the package to the mission office if you send it around then so if i transfer then i'll still get it. Lets see theres the weekly report! I love all of you and hope you have a grrrrrreat week!

E. Baum

Rado...

Familia,
Yo soy missionero de la iglesia de Jesuchristo de los santos de los ultimos dias. comparto un mensaje de Jesuchristo y su evangelio. So hecka funny story. We were out street contacting last night and there was a lady walking on the sidewalk listening to her ipod and so we pulled up and I said hello and she jumped hardcore. She almost jumped off the sidewalk haha. I couldn't even say anything! Holding back my laughter i said, sorry and rode off. It was really funny. I felt bad but I didn't know what to say. Anywho we had Zone Conference this last week and pres is really pushing for 20 lessons a week, whether it is to members or investigators, and he promised us immediate results in the work. I'm excited! Rarely do we get immediate results in the work and so this will be very exciting. This area is doing just as i thought it would. It is booming. There are alot of people that have been prepared for the gospel in this area and all we have to do is to trust in the Lord to know what to do, where to go and what to say. I was reading my patriarchal blessing and a certain part really stood out to me this time. It gives me a promise based upon my ability to magnify the callings that Heavenly Father sees fit to give me. I started thinking about how to magnify my calling as a missionary and found that this certain calling given me is not a two year contract but rather an eternity's worth of devotion to the commitments that i've taken upon myself. There is one simple thing that we need to do in order to receive all we've ever wanted and more. Keep the commandments. EVERYTHING else will fall in line. Anywho Elder Keyser is sweet. He's from Heber. He enjoys snowboarding and doing missionary work. It is a nice companionship. He is one of those go getters so we have no problem getting the work done. His last comp wouldn't leave the apartment till 4 in the afternoon. I am grateful that we are comps because we are both growing to be greater missionaries and tools in the Lords hands. Lifes going well. I love what i'm doing and rest easy because i know that it is worth it. It is always worth it. Byu spanked Wyoming! We have a former tightend in our ward named Mike Franks. He was a freshman when byu took the Championship back in the day like 20 years ago. BCS bowl for sure. I'm feelin it. Alivia is so freakin' cute! Man i can't wait to meet her. Also Ky go gettem' buddy. I will allow you to use my phrase back in the day for your campain. Who's your daddy? But don't feel obligated you work your magic homes. Anywho I love you all and am so grateful to have this power-house behind me. Sometimes i feel like i can hear your prayers and i thank you for every single one of them.
Forever Yours
Elder Baumgartner. Also i've received the nickname Rado out here. You know because of Colorado. It's cool i think.

Man i love the mish!

So Fam!
I'm going to have all my messages forwarded from Myldsmail to gmail because myldsmail keeps going a ll weird and won't let people email me. So you can just send it here or to myldsmail and it'll get to me. Sounds like life is treating you all well. Man i love the mish. At church this sister came up to us and said that she enjoyed the spirit that we brought into her house when we came over for dinner. Her 20 yr old son was there and she said that his whole attitude changed after we ate there and he was like a whole new person. That is one of the greatest things of being a missionary. You ALWAYS have the spirit with you when you are doing all the things you need to. We carry the spirit unto the hearts of all those that will allow it in. I had a profound thought yesterday and this maybe a once in a lifetime thing because profound thoughts are not in my nature but i was thinking about how a missionary has success while out in the mission. We know that it is not in the baptisms that we have or even all the people that we help but it is measured in the number of times that your knees hit the floor in offering prayer to our heavenly father. It is so true. Absolutely nothing gets done out here save it is by and through our eternal God. I'm so happy to have the knowledge that i do. I pray every night that i wont take it for granted ever. But yeah. The BYU game must have been sweet. We have some byu fanatics in the ward so they gave me the shpeal on how it went. They kicked their trash. Also Colin is going on a mission!!! As you already know. I am so incredibly happy for him. Man there is nothing greater that you can do than to serve the Lord. And to serve him full time is often a once in a lifetime oppurtunity. Roseville is tight and we're having tons of fun. This area is just going to blossom and show forth the fruit of the ward's labors. How exciting. Read the Lords interssesory prayer and think about missionary work. It's pretty tight. My ring size is 9. and thank you for the package. I needed a stash for this apartment. I'm out of tizime, but I love you all and am so happy for the blessings that we all have received as a family from our Heavenly Father. We are incredibly blessed. Well much love!!
Your happy missionary, Elder Drew Baumgartner

Howdy folks!

Howdy folks,
Man i'm so glad people are sayin that it's going to cool down soon. I'll tell ya Cali is not the place to live. Everythings expensive and its hotter than anything. So we had a lesson with this family and it was E. Keyser and i, The APs and Pres that taught them. I can't remember if i told you last week. It went really well except for the fact that at the beginning we were talking about how the AP's have moved in with members in citrus heights who have a mansion and I jokingly i said, "what a rough life they have." MAJOR mistake. Pres looked me dead in the eye and said, "You don't even know how hard they work" and went on a speech about them getting up at 4 in the morning and other things. Elder Kunz (one of the APs) and i laughed about it afterwards. It was pretty funny. This family is extremely close to baptism but they have a few hang ups. This area is just going to blossom. The APs had so many other things to do that this area has hardly been touched. it's nice... so Mom how is it going with that family? Have they taken interest in coming to church or coming over to eat at the house? Let me know. Also how is everyone doin? I havent heard from Alexis in ages and I only here about Ky a little bit. I'm sure you're all busy but throw me a bone here. On a more spiritual subject I was reading yesterday during sacrament and I was drawn towards the sermon on the mount in Matthew 6 and was reading about keeping the eye single. I love the fact that while i'm out here I can work on that alot. Without keeping my eye single to his glory there is no way that i can do anything worth while. I've come to find out alot of things out here. But thats a subject for a different day. Love you all and have a good one!

I had no idea sunscreen was so expensive...

Family!
Yeah it was a quick area. I got shotgunned into the area with elder keyser. That means that we both moved into the area at the same time. The AP got who covered the area went to being Zone Leaders so we took their area. Dalton is training. Shotgunning is sweet and not sweet at the same time. There is loads of work to do and we don't know anything about anything. haha my apartment is tight. it's brand new. It's a bike area but i think eventually they will have to give us a car. the area is huge. Sounds like you guys had fun this last weekend. The library i'm sittin in is so fancy. It's been so hot too. I had no idea sunscreen was so expensive till i got out here. Its a rip off. It was weird movin after just one transfer. unexpected for sure. Sorry there is not much to report this week i'm just settling in. Elder Keyser is pretty cool I think we'll get along alright. We met our ward mission leader and he's crazy. Well much love. Its suppose to cool down too this upcoming week. k love you all and hope that you all have a good week.
Word
Elder Baumgartner