February 19, 2017
Aloha e ka 'ohana,
First week went by and we are doing some really good things. We have a few people that want to be baptized soon and a few people that asked us to teach them. We have Starry, Arron, and Maddy a mother here and two young girls that are taking the lessons and is asking all the right questions with the support of their less active father who is wanting to come back. Then there's another person and her less active mother and investigating father who is a less active family who was told in a priesthood blessing that he is going to be healed from his injury because he needs to go back to church. So he is trying and he set up for us to teach his three children who is not yet baptized and finally and E and L who both had really good friends that are in the church and have helped them in their lives and had recently gone to the temple lights and have a really big desire to be baptized. They said that they will be baptized but they want to be ready. I'm like right on, let's do this! Working with them and trying to find people by asking the members. Teaching is so much fun too! We are planning to have a missionary month for the youth in March. That will be fun. Show them and prepare them for missionary life early. Lots of planning going in to it and so we need to be prayerful. We had a hangi this past Saturday. Lots of food. It was so good and lots of less actives and investigators came too so we did a tour of the chapel and introduced them to members and we all had a really good time. Some of the investigators came to church the next day so that was really good.
I am not writing in my journal every day. It's only one or two days apart. I mainly just write on the really good days that we had or summarize what we did in the past days. I like reading it over to see what kind of trials or success that I had in the past. It helps me out if I forgot what we did on this day. For planning the next day I can look over it. I can forget things fast now. So many things it has to be in the planner. I am still in the first book. It will last me. I write two to three pages each journal log. We signed up for a gym in our area. It is a pretty good gym. Not cheap but good enough. Glad to be in the gym again. Still go it too. We go every morning at 6am to 7am. We also changed our eating too just when the members feed us we eat, no problem. Opened my email from President this morning to see that some missionaries had gotten hurt working out and now the entire mission is not allowed to go to gyms or members' houses to work out. We only can go on runs or do exercises at the flat. I was so sad. So we are going to use up the rest of the time we have in the gym then go off of it. Sad. It will make it harder to stay fit especially when all the members in this area give us a big feed when we go over even if we tell them no. All in all everything is good. How is the van and the truck doing? School and work okay? I am going to get my garments this week at the visitor center. $1 a piece. Pretty good! We are going to have the conference with Elder Renlund too! Excited for that!
But hope all is well! I keep praying for yous at home. I miss you all. This place I am in now is a lot like Hawaii but not quite struggling. With that, I love you all! Gotta go soon. Ofa atu!
Thursday, June 22, 2017
February 12, 2017 Happy Valentines Day!
February 12, 2017
Aloha 'Ohana Mortensen,
Transfers has past and over the past few days I have been asking in my mind, "President, what do you want me to do or what is my purpose in this area?" because I was moved out of Grandview!!! Why?! We have three baptisms that is coming up this transfer, the 2 Bird family girls are going to be baptized this Saturday and then Lyn is going to be on March 18 and we have been finding some families that I just got to know. It was hard leaving the area. So many families and work to do.
My new area is about two hours away and it is somewhat like Wairoa but i reckon much nicer. It is along the coast and it is in a gulf. I am in the Paeroa Branch but covering the Coromandel Branch as well. Our area is massive. The towns we have to get to for visits are 1 hour apart and some are even further so we have unlimited k's and the work isn't amazing so our members try to help us as much as possible to get us people to teach. The drives are nice but you lose lots of time driving. I will send you some photos later. My camera died. My new comp is Elder Osborn from Utah, the factory. He is the district leader of me and a missionary couple the O'Neals. He is so funny. We are really trying to pick this area up because there are so many less actives in the area.
The members are mainly Maori and Tongan so we get fed a lot. One of the Tongan members gave us some raw fish and some oysters. I was glad to eat it but my comp would not eat any of it and from then on they remember me as the first elder the had in their home who would eat raw fish. I just have to tell you Mom and Dad, thanks for teaching me how to eat sea food however it was prepared.
Our flat is mean as. It is a house and it has everything and it is clean. I have some photos I took. I would move to this place if I could. The town is big but not too big and has all the things that you would need; markets, shops. . . so I am pretty good out here in my area. Just far away from other missionaries that's all and too far from the temple to go again this transfer.
Lots of things to do and it will be awesome. I hope I find my purpose in this area soon. Yeah, that's me. I love you guys. Hope all is going good over there. Talk to yous soon.
Aloha 'Ohana Mortensen,
Transfers has past and over the past few days I have been asking in my mind, "President, what do you want me to do or what is my purpose in this area?" because I was moved out of Grandview!!! Why?! We have three baptisms that is coming up this transfer, the 2 Bird family girls are going to be baptized this Saturday and then Lyn is going to be on March 18 and we have been finding some families that I just got to know. It was hard leaving the area. So many families and work to do.
My new area is about two hours away and it is somewhat like Wairoa but i reckon much nicer. It is along the coast and it is in a gulf. I am in the Paeroa Branch but covering the Coromandel Branch as well. Our area is massive. The towns we have to get to for visits are 1 hour apart and some are even further so we have unlimited k's and the work isn't amazing so our members try to help us as much as possible to get us people to teach. The drives are nice but you lose lots of time driving. I will send you some photos later. My camera died. My new comp is Elder Osborn from Utah, the factory. He is the district leader of me and a missionary couple the O'Neals. He is so funny. We are really trying to pick this area up because there are so many less actives in the area.
The members are mainly Maori and Tongan so we get fed a lot. One of the Tongan members gave us some raw fish and some oysters. I was glad to eat it but my comp would not eat any of it and from then on they remember me as the first elder the had in their home who would eat raw fish. I just have to tell you Mom and Dad, thanks for teaching me how to eat sea food however it was prepared.
Our flat is mean as. It is a house and it has everything and it is clean. I have some photos I took. I would move to this place if I could. The town is big but not too big and has all the things that you would need; markets, shops. . . so I am pretty good out here in my area. Just far away from other missionaries that's all and too far from the temple to go again this transfer.
Lots of things to do and it will be awesome. I hope I find my purpose in this area soon. Yeah, that's me. I love you guys. Hope all is going good over there. Talk to yous soon.
January 29, 2017 Letter from MOM
January 29, 2017 Letter From Mom
Aloha Nui e ka 'Ohana,
Short one today.
We had Lynn, one of our investigators set herself this past Wednesday. That was a miracle for us this week. We are having Elder Renlund come to our mission to speak to all of us so that is really exciting. he is coming some time in February. Other then that all is well. Love having lessons with people. Miss yous all. I can't wait for Mother's Day to Skype again! Love yous!
Aloha Nui e ka 'Ohana,
Short one today.
We had Lynn, one of our investigators set herself this past Wednesday. That was a miracle for us this week. We are having Elder Renlund come to our mission to speak to all of us so that is really exciting. he is coming some time in February. Other then that all is well. Love having lessons with people. Miss yous all. I can't wait for Mother's Day to Skype again! Love yous!
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