Hey!
Well Happy Thanksgiving!... A little late! Haha im glad that you guys had a great day. Here we just had a normal work day. And i ate cereal for my feast hahaha. But it was good. You guys need to take a picture of the temple for me with all the lights and everything! Oh man i love the christmas lights at the temple so much! Im sad ill miss it this year and next year. And its actually�a little cold here too! Haha but its probably a little more over there. But anyways. And thats funny all my friends went over. You should have told them that they are slackers and they need to write me! And im super excited to talk to everyone on Christmas! Woo just like 4 weeks! Something like that..
Well i got my new comp... And i have the WORST luck in the world with companions. His name is Elder Aguilar from Honduras and he is 26.. Oh my goodness. When they said that he is my comp everyone hugged me and said that they are sorry and that i just need to pray a lot. I have had some struggles with my companions. I dont really tell you guys� because i dont like complaining a lot haha i dont want you guys to get depressed from my emails haha. But oh my goodness. It has been 6 days with this guy and i feel like its been months... I dont even know how to explain him. Just incomplete. And he teaches false doctrine every once in a while so i have to be jump in and correct it. Man... Ok thats enough of that haha. But seriously just pray that ill have patience. I thought i was patient before too but oh man. I guess it will help me to be more Christ like. Its just super rough right now. And changes arent until january 4th! Thats a long time away hahaha. But its all good ill live... I think. But we did have some good lessons this week so that was super good. And with Carlos i think we are gonna have his baptism next week. But ill keep you updated on him and everything.
I love you guys so much and im missing you like crazy. Even more now that Christmas is coming and everything. Everyone says the first Christmas is the hardest haha. But its all good. Ill see you guys soon. Love you!
Love, Elder Gunnell
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011
Hey!
Well we know the changes.... and.... I..... dont have a change haha. Just my companion. So im kinda excited about that hahaha im just nervous about who will be my comp. Ive only had one that i still talk to and am cool with haha. But he goes home on wednesday :( haha. But yeah the video wasnt attatched :( She sent an email saying that she thought it sent but it didnt. But im sure she did awesome! I wish i could see it. She will just have to show me when i get home! Haha and thats cool about Craig and his buddies doing a musical number! I wish i had the opportunity to do more before i left. But its all good. Whats up with Livvy? Whats up Sis? Haha and im so glad that Grandma got my letter. I felt so horrible that i forgot to stop by her house before i left. I remembered on the plane... Ha It sucked.
But this week was pretty good! We found another Carlos! Haha i dont think the old one is gonna get baptized but the new one is like 32 years old and he is pretty awesome. I guess the elders before had a baptism date with him but then he left town for a while because his Mom was sick and then she died about a month ago. So we taught him the plan of salvation and testified that he could see his Mom again. Also he has been to church 3 or 4 times so we asked him how he felt about it. He told us that when he was in our church he felt peace and happiness. Like its apart from the rest of the world. And he liked it a lot. So we asked him to be baptized and he said yes! Woo! So we are excited about him. It might be this week but we dont know yet. If he is home we are gonna visit him everyday this week. Also we had stake conference here yesterday! The broadcast was awesome! We heard from Elder Clarke from the seventy, Sister Cook, Elder Holland, and President Uchtorf. It was so awesome. Elder Holland was hilarious. He started speaking spanish and it was horrible! So he made some jokes about it and then started in english and then the translation started haha. But then to end he bore his testimony in spanish. I would imagine that it was hard for everyone to understand with his crazy gringo accent but it was so powerful. Also president Uchtdorf! His talk was so good! He didnt try to speak spanish at all haha. But it was so great to hear their talks.
Well i hope that you guys have a great Thanksgiving. Ill be thinking about you guys Im not sure if ill get to do anything or not but we will see. I hope you guys enjoy it. Tell everyone i say that i love and miss them! Have a great week! Love you guys!
Love, Elder Gunnell
Well we know the changes.... and.... I..... dont have a change haha. Just my companion. So im kinda excited about that hahaha im just nervous about who will be my comp. Ive only had one that i still talk to and am cool with haha. But he goes home on wednesday :( haha. But yeah the video wasnt attatched :( She sent an email saying that she thought it sent but it didnt. But im sure she did awesome! I wish i could see it. She will just have to show me when i get home! Haha and thats cool about Craig and his buddies doing a musical number! I wish i had the opportunity to do more before i left. But its all good. Whats up with Livvy? Whats up Sis? Haha and im so glad that Grandma got my letter. I felt so horrible that i forgot to stop by her house before i left. I remembered on the plane... Ha It sucked.
But this week was pretty good! We found another Carlos! Haha i dont think the old one is gonna get baptized but the new one is like 32 years old and he is pretty awesome. I guess the elders before had a baptism date with him but then he left town for a while because his Mom was sick and then she died about a month ago. So we taught him the plan of salvation and testified that he could see his Mom again. Also he has been to church 3 or 4 times so we asked him how he felt about it. He told us that when he was in our church he felt peace and happiness. Like its apart from the rest of the world. And he liked it a lot. So we asked him to be baptized and he said yes! Woo! So we are excited about him. It might be this week but we dont know yet. If he is home we are gonna visit him everyday this week. Also we had stake conference here yesterday! The broadcast was awesome! We heard from Elder Clarke from the seventy, Sister Cook, Elder Holland, and President Uchtorf. It was so awesome. Elder Holland was hilarious. He started speaking spanish and it was horrible! So he made some jokes about it and then started in english and then the translation started haha. But then to end he bore his testimony in spanish. I would imagine that it was hard for everyone to understand with his crazy gringo accent but it was so powerful. Also president Uchtdorf! His talk was so good! He didnt try to speak spanish at all haha. But it was so great to hear their talks.
Well i hope that you guys have a great Thanksgiving. Ill be thinking about you guys Im not sure if ill get to do anything or not but we will see. I hope you guys enjoy it. Tell everyone i say that i love and miss them! Have a great week! Love you guys!
Love, Elder Gunnell
Monday, November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
Hey!
I`m glad that you guys got the letter :) I thought it was gonna be like after thanksgiving that you guys would get it but im glad that it came quickly. Im sure that was awesome for Livvy to be in that play. Im sure you did awesome Liv! Haha and you guys should take a video of Liz`s recital and then send it to me in an email! Just with a digital camera. That would be sweet. And Mom! Give Craig permission to wrestle! He`s gotta do it! Haha he is a beast! Thats unfair to the team to take him away haha. (I got your back dude :) ) haha. And i hope that you are feeling better now Mom.
Well this week was a little better than the past few. So we hadnt really been teaching very much because we dont really have anyone to teach. But at the beginning of the week we got to teach a lesson with a less active member. And it was awesome! We just shared a scripture and our thoughts about it and stuff like that. But i felt so good afterward. I had forgotten how good it feels to read the scriptures with someone and share feelings about it. It gave me a well needed boost for the rest of the week. My comp and I were both more motivated to work. So we went and really looked for the opportunity to teach and we found the opportunity a few times haha. It was really awesome. Also i dont know if i told you guys about this guy that we contacted a couple weeks ago, Carlos? Anyways we got a member to come and visit with us and we got to put a day for his baptism! December 3rd. But he wasnt able to come to church yesterday so we are gonna have to push it back a little bit but i think we can get him baptized. So we are gonna work with him a lot this week.
And yeah changes are about a week away. Next wednesday. And my first and second companions that i had are both going home haha. They call me sometimes and all they talk about is going home haha. It drives me insane because i still have such a long way to go! Haha but its ok. Im gonna be excited too when my time comes. But no we dont know who has a change. We will know this coming sunday. But this lady in our area that we visit every single day because she is awesome told us that if one of us has a change that she doesnt want us to come to say goodbye. She has had the missionaries come and visit her for more than 25 years! Crazy stuff. And she said that twice she has cried for missionaries when they left and if we come to say goodbye she said that she will cry. Man, this lady is my favorite. Its that lady in the picture that i sent last week. Sister Paiz is her name. Its crazy how fast i come to love people here. When i left my last area it was super hard because i love all those people. And when i leave here its gonna be the same. This area that im in right now is super hard but the awesome people here make it worth it to be here. Saying goodbye to them is almost like saying goodbye to you guys when i left! Its pretty rough. But im gonna keep in contact with them so its all good :)
Well i hope that you guys have a great week. Oh and ill let you know about things that i may need in a Christmas package. I love you guys so much and ill talk to you guys soon!
Love, Elder Gunnell
I`m glad that you guys got the letter :) I thought it was gonna be like after thanksgiving that you guys would get it but im glad that it came quickly. Im sure that was awesome for Livvy to be in that play. Im sure you did awesome Liv! Haha and you guys should take a video of Liz`s recital and then send it to me in an email! Just with a digital camera. That would be sweet. And Mom! Give Craig permission to wrestle! He`s gotta do it! Haha he is a beast! Thats unfair to the team to take him away haha. (I got your back dude :) ) haha. And i hope that you are feeling better now Mom.
Well this week was a little better than the past few. So we hadnt really been teaching very much because we dont really have anyone to teach. But at the beginning of the week we got to teach a lesson with a less active member. And it was awesome! We just shared a scripture and our thoughts about it and stuff like that. But i felt so good afterward. I had forgotten how good it feels to read the scriptures with someone and share feelings about it. It gave me a well needed boost for the rest of the week. My comp and I were both more motivated to work. So we went and really looked for the opportunity to teach and we found the opportunity a few times haha. It was really awesome. Also i dont know if i told you guys about this guy that we contacted a couple weeks ago, Carlos? Anyways we got a member to come and visit with us and we got to put a day for his baptism! December 3rd. But he wasnt able to come to church yesterday so we are gonna have to push it back a little bit but i think we can get him baptized. So we are gonna work with him a lot this week.
And yeah changes are about a week away. Next wednesday. And my first and second companions that i had are both going home haha. They call me sometimes and all they talk about is going home haha. It drives me insane because i still have such a long way to go! Haha but its ok. Im gonna be excited too when my time comes. But no we dont know who has a change. We will know this coming sunday. But this lady in our area that we visit every single day because she is awesome told us that if one of us has a change that she doesnt want us to come to say goodbye. She has had the missionaries come and visit her for more than 25 years! Crazy stuff. And she said that twice she has cried for missionaries when they left and if we come to say goodbye she said that she will cry. Man, this lady is my favorite. Its that lady in the picture that i sent last week. Sister Paiz is her name. Its crazy how fast i come to love people here. When i left my last area it was super hard because i love all those people. And when i leave here its gonna be the same. This area that im in right now is super hard but the awesome people here make it worth it to be here. Saying goodbye to them is almost like saying goodbye to you guys when i left! Its pretty rough. But im gonna keep in contact with them so its all good :)
Well i hope that you guys have a great week. Oh and ill let you know about things that i may need in a Christmas package. I love you guys so much and ill talk to you guys soon!
Love, Elder Gunnell
Monday, November 7, 2011
November 7, 2011
Hey!
Sounds like everyone is enjoying life. Thats crazy it actually rained over there! Haha for a while it was raining every day here but i think rain season ended thank goodness! Haha Its pretty warm here right now. I thought it would cool down a little bit but nope! But its better than the cold. Anyways this week nothing really happened. My area is still going super slow and my comp is crazy. But its ok! We have changes in about 2 weeks. I just need to pray for patience with this guy for 2 more weeks! And then its possible another 6... But i dont think so haha. But we did contact a guy about a week ago and we gave him a Book of Mormon and we told him we would stop by his house when we could. So we went and he was outside so we just talked to him for a few minutes. He didnt have time at the moment but he said that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and he said it was muy bonito! Haha So we invited him to church but he couldnt come yesterday but he said that he will come next week. So we will see what happens with him. Also yesterday was testimony meeting and it was awesome! When i woke up yesterday i didnt wanna go to church very much. I was super tired and it was a little cold in the morning and we have to walk forever to get to the church. A lot of it is uphill... So i didnt want to go. But we went of course and when the meeting started i forgot how tired i was and all the reasons that i didnt wanna be there. It was just an awesome meeting. All the testimonies were super good. And i was sitting there fighting with myself trying to make myself get up. So i fought it for a while but then i won the fight over my fears and i got up and bore my testimony haha. I think it went alright. I was super nervous though haha and after i had finished and i sat down i was thinking and i couldnt remember what the heck i said haha.� Anyways church was awesome yesterday. And it was my 7 month mark so that was pretty sweet haha. Its weird to think that havent seen you guys for 7 months haha. But there is a kid here in my district that has less time than me! Its pretty sweet knowing that im going home before someone ;) haha well i love you guys and miss you. Ill see you soon! Have a great week.
Love, Elder Gunnell
Sounds like everyone is enjoying life. Thats crazy it actually rained over there! Haha for a while it was raining every day here but i think rain season ended thank goodness! Haha Its pretty warm here right now. I thought it would cool down a little bit but nope! But its better than the cold. Anyways this week nothing really happened. My area is still going super slow and my comp is crazy. But its ok! We have changes in about 2 weeks. I just need to pray for patience with this guy for 2 more weeks! And then its possible another 6... But i dont think so haha. But we did contact a guy about a week ago and we gave him a Book of Mormon and we told him we would stop by his house when we could. So we went and he was outside so we just talked to him for a few minutes. He didnt have time at the moment but he said that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and he said it was muy bonito! Haha So we invited him to church but he couldnt come yesterday but he said that he will come next week. So we will see what happens with him. Also yesterday was testimony meeting and it was awesome! When i woke up yesterday i didnt wanna go to church very much. I was super tired and it was a little cold in the morning and we have to walk forever to get to the church. A lot of it is uphill... So i didnt want to go. But we went of course and when the meeting started i forgot how tired i was and all the reasons that i didnt wanna be there. It was just an awesome meeting. All the testimonies were super good. And i was sitting there fighting with myself trying to make myself get up. So i fought it for a while but then i won the fight over my fears and i got up and bore my testimony haha. I think it went alright. I was super nervous though haha and after i had finished and i sat down i was thinking and i couldnt remember what the heck i said haha.� Anyways church was awesome yesterday. And it was my 7 month mark so that was pretty sweet haha. Its weird to think that havent seen you guys for 7 months haha. But there is a kid here in my district that has less time than me! Its pretty sweet knowing that im going home before someone ;) haha well i love you guys and miss you. Ill see you soon! Have a great week.
Love, Elder Gunnell
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