August 22, 2011

Kære Familie,

How are you guys doing!?  Utah may be busy, but I would love to be there with you guys.  This week was pretty good.  On Monday we had P day.  It was ok.  We were going to go do some sightseeing, but by the time we got there we had to go to our eating appointment with the Poulsens.  They are a way cool family.  The dad served his mission in Idaho and really likes just to say stuff to pump us up.  But yeah they're way cool.  I'm really glad I've got this great ward to serve in.  There are a lot of really cool people here.  On Wednesday we had specialized training and also took Pachara (Thai investigator who wants to get baptized....after he's been a Buddhist monk for 3 yrs) to the Institute for English class.  He's coming again tonight to that and FHE so hopefully this'll help him find some friends in the church since he's always working on Sundays and can't come to church.  After that Æ. Koop and Pierson came on splits.  The next day was way productive.  We banked alot and found three new people and they are just fun guys to hang out with.  I get along with Koop really well.  So it's always fun to hang out.  On Friday we had an interesting appointment with Finn and Pernille.  Finn is a less active and Pernille is his mentally handicapped girlfriend who won't get baptized because she's afraid of water.  However, she does whatever Finn wants.  Which is good for this situation.  He really wants her to be baptized.  So at our appointment we were talking about how we prepare to go live with God again and we were reading in Alma where it talks about being baptized and entering into Gods' kingdom.  Toward the end Finn leaned over and asked Pernille if she still wouldn't be baptized.  Whenever I had asked, the answer was always a quick no, but this time she thought a long time and said, maybe.  We all fasted for her on Sunday and hopefully something will come of it. 

About the Scout thing.(The Scouts from Jeff's parents ward went to the International Scout Jamboree in Copenhagen)  We helped a little bit, but I wasn't the main helper for all the activities on Monday just clean up on Sunday night.  I was wondering if that lady would call you. (On Sunday night a very nice lady called who said that she had seen William at the Jamboree and he was doing well.  She also said the missionaries were wonderful with the Scouts.)  She told us to write our phone numbers down and that she would call our parents to tell them that she saw us.  I thought you might like that so I wrote it down.  They held a special Sacrament meeting that night that we all went to and it was so weird hearing everything in English - talks, Sacrament prayers, hymns, etc.  But yeah it was fun enough.  Hope you guys have a good week.  Clarissa good luck with school this week.  You'll do great.  The first week is the hardest, just getting used to everything, but then you've got months and months of fun ahead, and studying too of course. ;)  Love and miss ya'll have a great week!!

MKH
William