Okay
so since you have a bunch of questions, this will probably be the general long
email for everyone. So this week was pretty tight. I got my iPad and we have
had a lot of stuff going on. Elder Falatea and I work really well together and
have like the same exact personality. (It's probably not a good thing hahaha)
but we are both pretty outgoing and relaxed. But when we work and we are out
tracting we are always working hard. So here's some stats for us right now; so
we have 6 people on date to be baptized, 2 more that are super super close to
being on date, we have found 6 new investigators this week and we have a few
progressing. This area is super solid.
So 2 of those on date are Brandon and
Kelly. They were super solid but this week we gave them the chastity
pamphlet... (They are living together and not married) so that went super rough. At first they were solid with it and wanted to
get married so they could get baptized but then they saw that we don't condone
homosexuality and weren't too happy with that. Hopefully they will be fine in a couple of days.
We also have Shawn who is getting
baptized in two weeks and he is super solid and ready. There are a few more on
date and they are doing super good. And the two that are almost on date are
Mainen and Daryl and they said they want to but they are going to pray about
it, so that's cool.
Also ally is one of the few on date and she's having a
super hard time with her family so pray for her if you can!
So the dinners are
alright. My pickiness is going away I guess...kinda...not really. I just suck
it up and eat whatever they have. Sometimes people make good stuff though, so
that's tight.
On Pdays we usually do a zone activity or just hangout as a zone
in the institute. We get up at 5 and go to the YMCA and then do laundry and
shop and then just hang out. We
haven't been able to go see the fifes but we are going to this week. I feel
better now, we have a lot of people to focus on and I just try to focus on the
work and not myself which seems to be working. And right now we have a car so
we barely have to use our bikes which is super nice. I miss everyone a bunch
but things are going super good right now and our area is doing super tight.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Friday, April 22, 2016
(Written Letter)
Mom and Dad
What's up? Today is sunday and I have been here in Oregon for 5 days. This is only my third day as an actual missionary though. I'm writing you this now but i'll probably just end up emailing you all of this tomorrow anyway, but its alright. My trainer is Elder Falatea from Hawaii and he is super cool. We are a lot alike in how we can be relaxed and have a good time but still get a bunch of work done. We have already taught around 6 or 7 lessons in the last 2 days we've been together. We've found several new investigators which is sweet too!Then yesterday I asked Brandon and Kelly to be baptized on May 21st and they said Yes!! I got my first two people on date! The struggle will be that they have to get married before then but they want to so we are going to help them. We should have 7 of our on dates, progressing investigators, and less actives coming to church today so lets see if they all make it. Maybe i'll let you know if I finish the letter after church, how many came. or i'll just email you tomorrow. haha The first 3 days were super hard being here. I felt really lonely and depressed. Like it's just me and my companion and if we have a bunch of people fall through or we can't find anyone to teach it really sucks! And i'm used to being with you guys or my district at the MTC so just living with one companion and barely seeing or talking to other people can be super depressing. It has been better since we got a bunch of new investigators and lessons and stuff but it can still be a struggle. I also try not to think about how i'm only on day 5 and I have a super long time left. It's a struggle. It can definitely be fun but it can just as well be depressing. Maybe I will get used to it. Elder Snyder is in the same area as us so we've seen him the past couple days which was cool. P-day is tomorrow which i'm excited about and i'm sure i'll let you know how its going when I email tomorrow...
I am now finishing this letter after church and only one of the seven made it to church so that sucked but it's whatever. Well I will be writing you guys and emailing. Love you and Miss you!
love sawyer
Mom and Dad
What's up? Today is sunday and I have been here in Oregon for 5 days. This is only my third day as an actual missionary though. I'm writing you this now but i'll probably just end up emailing you all of this tomorrow anyway, but its alright. My trainer is Elder Falatea from Hawaii and he is super cool. We are a lot alike in how we can be relaxed and have a good time but still get a bunch of work done. We have already taught around 6 or 7 lessons in the last 2 days we've been together. We've found several new investigators which is sweet too!Then yesterday I asked Brandon and Kelly to be baptized on May 21st and they said Yes!! I got my first two people on date! The struggle will be that they have to get married before then but they want to so we are going to help them. We should have 7 of our on dates, progressing investigators, and less actives coming to church today so lets see if they all make it. Maybe i'll let you know if I finish the letter after church, how many came. or i'll just email you tomorrow. haha The first 3 days were super hard being here. I felt really lonely and depressed. Like it's just me and my companion and if we have a bunch of people fall through or we can't find anyone to teach it really sucks! And i'm used to being with you guys or my district at the MTC so just living with one companion and barely seeing or talking to other people can be super depressing. It has been better since we got a bunch of new investigators and lessons and stuff but it can still be a struggle. I also try not to think about how i'm only on day 5 and I have a super long time left. It's a struggle. It can definitely be fun but it can just as well be depressing. Maybe I will get used to it. Elder Snyder is in the same area as us so we've seen him the past couple days which was cool. P-day is tomorrow which i'm excited about and i'm sure i'll let you know how its going when I email tomorrow...
I am now finishing this letter after church and only one of the seven made it to church so that sucked but it's whatever. Well I will be writing you guys and emailing. Love you and Miss you!
love sawyer
Monday, April 18, 2016
mom--so we are in an apartment and I cant remember the address
because we aren't there right now but I sent you and dad a letter so it will be on
that and if you need to send anything just send it to the mission office I
guess. so when I get my ipad I don't think I can look at email everyday but I will be
able to email you easier on Mondays. today I'm on a computer so its difficult
and I wont write a bunch. my companion is so tight. the lord matched us
together like a professional. we are both super chillaxed and wen we work, we
work hard so its tight. we already got 4 people put on date this week! I got
two of them myself! so my first couple baptisms might be soon! we are doing so
good. i don't think I need anything in specific but packages are always so
awesome. ties are always needed btw. cool ties. other than plaid too. and we
rode our bikes today but that's the first time. we haven't had to that much and it
isn't raining in Eugene right now. I'm in the Eugene area too btw. so that's a quick
answer since I don't have much time. ill send you another email if I have time
again today! love you and relay to dad :)
dad- hows it going?? hows work? i hope you're doing awesome
and i hope work is going well! Oregon has been real weird. a lot of pot smoking
and atheists hahaha. its kind of funny. i already was able to put two more
people on date and we have four total if i remember correctly, maybe six. i
felt super depressed the first couple days but since we have been so busy its
been good. i get my ipad soon so next time i email should be better. i emailed
mom so you can look at that too and i sent off a couple letters today too. i
will email you again next monday! miss you and love you!
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016
so yeah I got the box
and it was a week maker again! the socks were perfect! it doesn't matter if
they are the same because i need a lot of them! so we watched general
conference all together as the MTC in the MTC so it was kind of cool. it was A
LOT TO SIT THROUGH along with our additional devotionals in between the
sessions and after them. i will be calling you on
Wednesday when i'm at the airport so have your phone ready! that's the one time
we are aloud to call you! i'm pretty excited! i really loved a lot of those
talks from conference though! Monsons was super awesome even though it was
short and Uchtdorf and Hollands were awesome as always so it was cool to hear!
there were a couple more that stood out but i forgot to bring my notebook with
me right now. i've almost filled my entire new notebook in two and a half weeks
of class hahaha. also, there is a way you can write me every day, its called
"dear elder" its a website i think that you write me and i get it as
a printed out letter that day. If you want you can do that and if you aren't
sure how you can call here and ask! this week was super exciting! not only did
a new district come into the zone and i get to show them everything but elder
Snyder and i are the only ones teaching a serious non member investigator! its
way more stressful knowing he is really no joke not a member but he is super
cool and we are having our fourth lesson with him tomorrow! Elder Snyder and I have had some issues
because he can be emotional and I show like no emotion usually and i'm not very
sympathetic so we have just had to improve our communication and we are solid
again! I can not wait to eat normal food again!!!!!!! that's what i'm looking
forward to the most other than being able to call you guys! I will be writing
letters to you guys also so expect those. I sent one today. i hope all of you
are doing awesome! I miss you so much but keep up everything and i love you
guys! love you! oh and here are a
couple pictures.
Friday, April 1, 2016
well first to reply to dad- it is awesome to hear from you!
your letter was a huge help to me! i enjoy written letters so much! i finally
understand what you have been telling me all these years about it hahah. i
seriously miss the runs and hikes with you already. i pray every night that you
will be able to go to work and have a good time or at least a decent day. i love
you so much and miss you tons. keep the work outs up and update me whenever you
have one that seemed really good! love you! (ill attach pictures at the end)
mom- so my companion is bracken snyder from orlando florida.
my favorite meal is definitely when they have either papa johns or subway once
a week. all the rest of the food is disgusting and makes me want to quit eating
for the rest of my life hahaha. for easter we got to hear from elder ballard!
it was sick! he was like 40 yards from me. but the food was awful and the rest
of the day sucked lol. i pretty much cant even check or see your emails until
friday which is hard but i am not supposed to check them until then so... i have
class, study, or teaching like every minute of every day though so not much
time to think about stuff. and thank you for that scripture.
Mom & Dad- so that package came yesterday. it made my entire
week. i was so happy. thank you so much. i am going to start sending actual
letters too so expect those. i had to get a shot yesterday that i guess we
missed doing before i came and my arm is destroyed and it cost seventy
dollars or something. anyway thank you so
much for the letter, rocks, jacket and everything else! means so much! just a
reminder, socks (like the blue and grey ones we got at khols) and ties are
always needed! thank you so much for all that.
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