Letter from Mark 13 Feb 2006

dear family,

this week has been good. i am in Platteville at the momemt because we are going to janesville early tomorrow morning, and it is a 3 hour drive from Prairie Du Chien, a 2 hour drive from Plattville.

thank you for the piano music that you sent, that is great, it is nice to have something to play that is different the the hymns, the hymns are great, but they aren't made as piano solo's. It has been great going through them. they are hard enough that i actually have to put some effort into them, but still easy enough that i can learn them in the time that i have to play. I recieved the valentines package as well. that was great, thank you.

We had a dinner yesterday with a family that recently moved into the branch. they moved from arizona. they are awesome and are very eager to help us. she just got called as the 1st counselor in the young womens, giving us more leaders then young women, but that should change in june with a family that is moving in. they called her because the YW president lives by madison and comes because her husband was called as the 2nd counselor in the branch presidency, so they commute 2 hours to prairie du chien every sunday. this way they can have a leader here for the activities.

Our lesson with Judy and Laura went well this week. laura is realy getting into the book of mormon, and is starting to question if she is on the right path with the catholic church (she doesn't actively attend that church) she said she was going to try to make it to church on sunday, but didn't show up. it will be a slow prosses, but i think her heart is being softened from reading the book of mormon. judy has expressed interest in joining the church, but doesn't feel the time is right. she still smokes, and has a very busy work scheduel, she gets off of an 16 hour shift sunday mornings at 8 so she hasn't been comming to church recently.

My companion has been having a hard time, and realy wants to leave this area. prairie du chien was tracted way too much by the elders before my companion. we keep track of houses that tell us not interested so we don't bug them too much, and so there are a lot of streets that don't have many houses to knock, several times my companion will se someone he recognises that has told him no before, he has been doing a good job working, he just donsn't want to stay because he has knocked every door in prairie du chein multiple times. it has made it a little harder because he complaines alot, but he is willing to work.

I set up a bank account with wells fargo a few weeks ago. i did that so that i can cash checks that get sent to me without paying any fee's. I don't plan on using it for much than that at the moment, but there are several locations around the state that if nothing else i will have access to at big meetings. I figured that would be a good place because i can keep it when i go home.

I love you all and appreciate your support. thank you for your prayers, i pray for you.

Elder Lundberg