Transferred! Letter from Mark 05 Dec 2005

Dear Family,

I was Transferred. I am now in Prairie du Chien. it is on the mississippi river. it is a huge area. it is larger than my last area by a little bit, but we live on the edge of our area, so to get to the other side of our area we use a lot of miles. My nw address is

637 e. Blackhawk ave app. H
prairie du Chien, WI 53821

My companion is Elder Sieler. he looks like a taller Elder Hodgson. the branch here is small. last month was their highest average for attendance and is was just over 40. they meet in an old auto parts store. i didn't get to see the ward size because it was stake conference yesterday.It has been interesting. I wanted to stay in lake mills, but the more i thought about it i didn't think i would be staying, and i felt a great peace that where i would be transfered woud be the right place for me. elder jensen was a very hard worker, and we got along great, i picked up some good habbits from him. my companion now will work hard, but i hae to push him to work, he has a more laid back approach to missionary work and dosen't have a problem breaking a rule here and there as long as it dosen't happen too often. we have been working way harder than they did last transfer, dispite his last companions efforts to work hard, we get a long great, so he is willing to work hard as long as we have fun, he said his last compaion was way to serious about everything. i can see a lot of room for growth here and while i know it will be hard, but i know I will grow more this way than with a companion that wants to work as hard as i do.

thanks for the tape, it was great to hear from all of you. alex is getting good on the piano, and allison and amanda did a great job on the violins. I will try to send a tape and pictures soon.

I don't think i had time to write it last week, but it sounds like you had a fun thanksgiving, ours was cold, but fun. happy birthday a little late to mom.

there is now about 6 inches of snow here and starting to get colder. my companion has a temperature thing in our appartment and it got down to 0 this morning when we woke up.

we got to go to the christmas devotional lastnight. that was great. we had to drive an hour to plattville to be able to see it at their church building, but it was worth it.

I am having a great time here and can see the blessings both here and there from service. I have been working hard, and pray for you, i am thankful for your prayers and support. I love you

Elder Lundberg