Dear Maren (Blake, Braden & Brody),
I would love to talk to you if I have time. So, if you can work it out with mom, I can do it. This is where being in a big family sucks, but if you do the sibling calls with their spouses, I think I can do it. Kalen tried on formal dresses with mom? Tell her to smile because now that I have 3 girly sisters.
My Zone Conference is this Wednesday. I can't go to your blog. It is not on the approved list, unless one of 2 things happen. #1 My Mission President, President Summerhays, say yes, or #2 you find some way of attaching it to the churches website. I can go anywhere as long as I can get there from lds.org. But in July, President Summerhay will be released and President Jensen will take charge.
I would look for myself but I am busy. I need one more thing. Marking tabs, which is hard, because I am looking for a certain type or brand to match the ones I already have. I don't remember the name of the brand, but I can describe them to you. They come in a pack of 5 with neon colors (blue, yellow, orange, green, and purple). They look like arrows because one side is flat, but the other side comes to a point. You can write on them and they are transparent so you can put them right on the words and still be able to read the page. They come in a blue and white package. They are about an inch or less long and are $2.49. I bought them right before I left the MTC, at the MTC Bookstore, but they only had one in a pack of 25 per colors and it was some off brand. So I know it is not the Post-it Brand. I would just called the MTC Bookstore and ask what the brand is but I am not allowed to make non-missionary related calls. I use them to mark Preach My Gospel and the scriptures. It's ok if you can't find them.
Mike Gunn is coming to church, slowly, but he will probably convert. He is 48 and retired on a fix income, so he has problems with tithing, but we are also teaching his father John Gunn. We are not at the point, with the Gunn's, where we can just sit down and give them lessons. We do service for them and working in lessons, but John Gunn is a really nice old man. We might not be able to give him lessons, but hopefully down the road there are Elders who can. A mission is not about how many people you baptize, it's about bringing people or making people be open to the gospel.
But I have a cool story for you. We were visiting less actives. So usually they say go away and are rude about it. We find this member and he lives in a really nice neighborhood. Down here nice neighborhood mean they don't like us. So we knock on this guys door and before we can ask for anyone. He says "Oh, hi Elders. Come on in". This was one of my favorite parts of my mission so far. Because he covered all our bases without us saying anything. We talk alot about his family and ours families. We stayed there for 2 hours and all of my missionary check list was covered. He told us how he came into the church, then he said, "Yeah, I should probably start coming back to Church." Then he gave us 24 military MRE (Meals Ready to Eat), which are surprisingly good. You should probably buy some for your food storage because all you need is water to cook them. But if you do buy some, only buy the Military ones and every pack is a balanced meal. Elder Thomas and I usually share one because they are so big. Then he gave us his son's address and told us to go see him and come back anytime. So, in 2 hours, we helped him feel the spirit, committed him to come back to church, made many dinner appointments, and got a referral from him with us not having to say any of it.
Well that my week.
Elder Forsberg