"The Lord will work mighty miracles in your life according to your faith."

Hey,
It is good to hear from all of you. I hope as i email that you do not receive any misconception of the respect that i have for all of you, my companion, my leaders, and myself. Let's face it i love all of you! I heard about the Y game. They're struggling for sure. They will be good though I have full invested faith haha. So the work is going well. I really feel the faith that comes from my companion. E. Hansen is a great guy. As we have sought out the elect of God we have seen many miracles this week. Mariah is getting baptized this week on Saturday! I'm way excited. man I cannot believe the faith that she has as well. I think alot about the word faith and all that it includes. I think so often that Heavenly Father could just tell us the list of people to see and we would go teach them and the work would just skyrocket. There is a certain amount of faith that is needed to do it this way though. In true to the faith it states, "The Lord will work mighty miracles in your life according to your faith." Daily i see the Lords hand in the work. Like i've said before, I'm nothing out here without his helping hand guiding me along the way. I can't believe the miracles that i've see by His hand. Some are too sacred to casually speak of over email. I have a testimony of faith and the necessity of it down here. Heavenly Father loves us so much that he gave us the ability to choose for ourselves to follow him. I saw symbolism of this throughout my life growing up with the best parents in the world. I still don't know how you pulled it off. I did receive the money cards and honestly it was more than what i could've asked for. thank you so much. You all are an amazing example to me. I'm grateful for all of you and the Love that you've shown for me. So for Halloween the other elders in our complex bought a fog machine and we're going to play chess that night in the fog haha. Stupid I know but we have to be in that night by 6 pm. I want to let all of you know how much i'm loving it out here. I've grown alot. There are so many things that i would've missed out on if it weren't for all of you and your guidance and example. Much love!
Your Missionary

...spiritual thought for the day 1st john ch. 4: 7-9. Look it up!

Howdy family
So to answer the questions... My comp is sweet. I always treat him like he is a baby haha. I use baby talk after he's done talking to someone. Whats funny is he does really good. Better than me most times. He's a stud. So about a month ago he was talking with grandma B face to face. Appearently his grandma and our are great friends. His name is elder hansen. I need to take a pic and send it to grandma. I got all the packages. Thank you all so much. It's more than i could have asked for. thank you! The ring fits great. There are 6 missionaries in our district. One of them (E. Maughan) went to grandwiew and graduated '06. I saw him at one of the stake dances once. We're going to write a letter to President Hillier from both of us. My B-day was just like any other day haha. Although there was a family that wanted to take me out to pizza and bought me a 49ers shirt. They're sweet. Also another fam wants to take us out for my hump day and we're going to the olive garden. I'm pretty pumped. The members in this ward will do anything for us and it's sweet because it helps out so much with the work. I've grown to love the peeps out here, not just the members but everyone. Hansen loves to pump me up too. He's just super enthusiastic all the time. it's sweet. Ky buddy the decision is up to you. The 360 is sweet and you have alot of games but the Playstation is tight too and it saves us from buying a blu-ray player later. That is a tough decision... I'd probably go with the PS3 but it is totally up to you. Save up some muns so you can get some games for it too. the cougs let me down man. It's ok I want to be there when they have their BCS birth. We'll still have to see how they do the rest of the season but as of yet i'm disappointed. not that that means anything haha. It is going to be a good week. I made E. Hansen wake up at twelve midnight on my birthday to sing me happy birthday and it was pretty funny. thanks too for the video haha i loved it. Well Thanks again for all that you do! I love you so much. Also spiritual thought for the day 1st john ch. 4: 7-9. Look it up!

Happy Birthday Drewbee!

Our first attempt to sing Happy Birthday to Drewbee...



Happy Birthday Drewbee TAKE TWO...

Well, I hope you had a happy birthday. No longer a teenager! Weird. How does it feel??

"I know my family loves me and I know they love me too."

Hey Family!

So this week is crazy. Prez called me up on sunday and asked me if i would train a new missionary. Also he called me to be dist leader over the district. So many new things happening. I heard about the Y game. Sweet! Elder Nance (one of my Zone Leaders) and i might paint our faces for interviews on Friday. It'll be sweet. I doubt that prez is gonna let us watch a game but i might be able to catch a peek during a dinner or something. I'm very anxious to see what my new comp is gonna be like and it'll be interesting remenissing on my greenie days. I'm gonna pull a prank i think but i don't know what i'm gonna do. All in good humor of course. So this week sis hansen from our ward came up to us and told us how much of an influence we had on her son that is 21ish and has been semi-active for a while. Her heartfelt testimony strengthened mine based on the fact that there are certain people in the areas in which we reside that only we can have affect on. Heavenly Father continues to teach me as i go preach His gospel and i've found that there are many things that He has given me strength to do when otherwise i would not have had the ability. I am a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and that sentence alone gives me the strength to do anything that is in His will. His glory is my glory. So i'm 20 this week. Some of the ward members want to take me out this week for pizza and some chipotle. It's gonna be good. It is good to hear that you all are doing well. Ky keep up the good work buddy. Mom I want to go to the temple sometime this month. I understand what you mean when you speak of the power and the Spirit that resides within those walls. It's like a heavenly energy drink. Maybe not the best analogy but it gives me so much strength and gives the boost i need while i am out here. Dad the Y is kickin'. We need to hit up a ton of games when i get back. If we're lucky enough i'll be attending there for the summer and then that fall you guys can come to Provo and go to all the games! Well thank you all for all that you do. And in the words of a poet name Kyler, "I know my family loves me and I know they love me too."

Elder drewber scoober Baumgartner

Subject: Your most loved son/grandson/brother

Family!

Wasn't conference just great. it was. I can't say that i can pick out a favorite talk but i really liked this conference. It answered alot of our investigators q's and gave them the kick in the butt they needed. It always strengthens my testimony of revelation when i watch the apostles talk. millions of people have questions about something or other and i'd go as far as to say that every single one gets answered. Neato. So the mission is going great! One of our investigators named Mariah set a date for the 18th of october. I'm excited for her. she watched all of conference and said that she loved it. We are teaching many lessons which is good. President Pendleton wants us to teach 20 lessons a week and we've only hit it once. It is difficult but it is helping us and our area so much. he promised immediate results and i'm excited to see the blessings that come upon the people. Heavenly Father assured me that He is going before me in my labors. That felt really good haha. Some of these folks here just do not want anything to do with us and I feel i've become too accustomed to the no's that we receive. It is a day to day struggle. I don't know whether i'll be transfered but it could happen. I do get transfered alot. for being a year out i have had alot of comps and alot of areas. It'll be interesting to see what the Lord has in store for me in this next year. I'm excited. While at priesthood I saw a 12 or 13 yr old with his dad and he was sleeping on his dad's shoulder while the dad slept on his own hands haha. I thought about the times that dad and i were at conference and tried to stay awake with eachother. It was a funny flashback. I miss those times but i know that many great times are ahead. I told you that i'd do inventory this week. I really don't need much. maybe a couple short sleeved shirts and i need to fix up my bike a little. other than that i'm good. Also if you have any CD's of Motab that would be great. Elder Ballard came out and said that missionaries don't need Ipods or anything so I gave mine to the AP's and they put it in my "go home" box for after the mish. So any Motab would be great. Or classical i like that too. But i'm doing great and know that i'm doing my best to honor you all while i'm out here. I feel so blessed to be with you all and i couldn't ask for more.

Love your son/grandson/brother

Elder B