Boy Howdy!

This week has been stellar as usual. I'm getting to be good friends with an elder named elder aland. There aren't too many missionaries that, knowing me, I'm not going to keep in too much contact with. But he'll be down at snow college while i'm wherever I am. P town Provo. We first met while we sat on the plane ride out here. He's pre tight. Anywho both of us talked to president today about school and stuff. Aland hasn't really thot about school or anything until now and President was telling both of us to get on the ball. Which brings up my next point to thank all who are preppin the way for me to get back. Thank you for the effort to get me going as soon as I get back. I appreciate everything. It's weird to be thinking about all this stuff but I guess it is inevitable at some point. Lets see. Not too much has gone on this week except for this huge miracle in the lives of one of the families in the ward. They have a son that, from when he was 20 until now when he is 30, has not wanted much to do with church or anything. Every move they made towards getting him to come out has just pushed him the other way... This Sunday was the first Sunday in ten years that he has stayed for church all three hours. Bishop was talking to us as we were out visiting people yesterday about a "Alma the younger" moment that this man had. Bishop said that the man would be in contact with us soon. Sure enough he called Elder Powell and I to set up an appt to teach him and his non-member girlfriend the lessons. He was talking to me about how he was praying one night with all of his heart and that the Spirit touched him in a way that he had never felt before. After that he was surfing the internet and in his head the word Atonement kept popping up in his head. All the sudden all the teachings he had received as a youth and in primary started rushing into his head. It was a tender moment as he started to bear his testimony to me over the phone. I felt the spirit so strongly. I feel honored to have witnessed a miracle like this and share it with you not casually but trusting that this witness will help you feel the spirit as well. I'm grateful for a loving Father in Heaven. I'm grateful for the strength that our parents have in dealing with us as we stumble along the path. I am in awe of the humbling and enabling power of the Atonement. The 4th is going to be fun. We have an early morning bar-b-que with the ward. We don't get to do too much but I'll enjoy the company anyway. I've still got to do the passport thing and let me know if there is more that I can do to help out with the plans when I get back. I love you all!!!

Hey Familia!

Hey familia!! The pic is of a girl named Jenicca Gute that we taught the lessons to. Her dad is a recent convert and he was able to baptize her. It was great! Fam'lies can be together forever.... I was singing that while I typed it. Yeah that would be fine to go to a SL campus... I'll just have to buy a moped to get up there haha. Decked out with flames... maybe a sweet jacket. Uber cool. Well this week has been a good one. I found out today that i'll be stayin here another six weeks. I was excited to get that news because there are alot of good peeps here. Our zone is getting 3 greenies haha. I think this is president's "experiment" zone. Of course he is inspired to do everything so in reality this is God's experiment zone haha. I really like the missionaries here. They are getting better and better as time goes on. I bring good news that the work is progressing forward... I've said it once and i'll say it again, we are on the verge of great missionary work as the Lord's church continues under His direction. I am honored to be a full time part of it. Well sorry it seems like there is less and less time to email you every week but I hope that my pathetic efforts to write will suffice. Happy Father's day! This lady we were talking to said how come you get to call your moms on moms day but you don't get to call on papa's day? Whats the deal. I said it's probably because the moms need it more. No offence on either side. I'll get that faxed to ya this week for sure. Much Love. Keep on keepin on. Peace.

Hidee ho!!

Hidee ho!! Sorry it's been a quick pday so I have just a minute to write you! So This week has been good. The ward is making great progress toward breaking the barrier between the full-time missionary efforts and the wards themselves. It is great... There are going to be major strides in the work as soon as that barrier completely crumbles. I don't know how much that means to ya but you'll start see the Work increasing greatly. It is good to hear from you. So we are eating with a very nice family in the ward tonite. They are the Macys. They always treat us like kings. Sorry I don't have more time to write but I am grateful to you for the love that you show to me and always for your prayers. Keep 'em up please. I love you all!!!!!!

Peace

Fam-a-lam

What is happenin'. It is great to here about the things that are going on back there. It is weird how close it is getting to that time... It will be fun. Have you all done much boating yet this summer? You better!! So this week was an interesting one. First of all I was stressin' about this meeting that we have every first sunday of the month with the stake pres out here. We have the missionaries with their ward mission leaders fill out some questions so that we can tell pres brower how the stake is doing with the missionary work. Last month in our meeting we found that the answers that we were getting from the missionaries were way to subjective and didn't really tell the true story. So this month we did similar and found that the answers were the same so two days before the meeting Elder Powell and I sat down with pres Pendleton and prayerfully discussed what needed to happen and then we came up with something and worked all day saturday to type it all up and took it into the meeting and they loved the info that we provided. It is a very different aspect to missionary work to make spreadsheets and make a report for the stake presidency but the principles are still the same. Through prayer and reliance upon the Lord and His power, we may know exactly what needs to happen. So this week is definately going to be a little less stressful thank goodness. But enough about me I am grateful for all of you and your spirits. I find myself, in lessons, constantly relating experiences that I have had within the home and with the family. I am amazingly blessed to have the oppurtunity to be in the family that I am in. I must have done somethin' right up in heaven to diserve the blessing of a great family. I got the birth certifacate so I'll get that done asap. I have a feeling that I am leaving Auburn in 2 weeks but who knows. I love you!!!!!!!

Peace be unto you and your posterity forever. (thats me and my kids haha)

Hey hey!!!

Hey family!

This past week has been pretty normal as well. In the mission right now we are focusing on having strong commitments especially with the baptismal commitment. It is exciting. There has been many miracles in just the short amount of time that we have been instructed on it. One of our investigators has accepted the commitment to be baptized on the 27 of this month. She has a long way to go and many humps in her way but she is earnest and we are going to be there with her as she continues to grow. We are having some peeps come from SLC to talk to the mission and so the leadership is having a meeting on tuesday and i'm looking forward to the instruction that we are going to receive. I have an instense testimony of the promises that the bretheren extend to us as missionaries and as members in general. If we do the things that they ask then we will reap the blessings that are promised. I've seen it and felt it as well. I'm grateful to all of you for your constant prayers and other help that you give to me. I reflect on the glory years (namely my childhood) and think about how many blessings that we have received from the Lord and it blows me away. He has done so much for us. But if there is anything that I can do for any of you let me know. I love you all and look forward to hearing from you more!! Loves

Elder B