Dear Family,
Well, as you probably guessed after getting the district leader letter, I got transfered. I am not in Platteville, which is right next to Prairie DU Chien. and as didstrict leader i am over just Here and Prairie du chien. I report numbers to the zone leaders on wednesdays, fridays, and sundays, and I am in charge of 4 district meeting each transfer(one every week except for interviews and zone conferance week) my first 4 companions were all district leader, so i'm comfortable with the responsabilities.
The Prairie Du chien elders are leaving prairie du chien the end of this week and are getting re-assigned to a new branch of about 20 members. the are sad to be leaving the branch, the mebers there are great, in that whole process i will pick up some of the prairie du chien area, which i am excited about.
\My companion is Elder Christensen, he is from the cottenwood heights area. IT has been fun, he knows Daniel Tanner, and Jesse Baldridge. he loves to sing and is a hard worker. We have been getting along great so far. he has been out for about 10 months now (as long as Elder Mangum, my last companion,) and there is a posibility that he could train here next transfer, and i could leave. It has been great to serve with a companion that will pull his own weight and is a hard worker. even though i got along great with elder Mangum he was a bit lazy. so i was still pulling a lot of the weight, which he recognised at the end and wes feeling stressed to have me leave because he didn't know anything about the area because i was doing it all. at least he learned.
I have loved Platteville so far, It is a branch of about 60-80 active members. I have been so excited to be serving back in a branch. even after 6 months in elkhorn there were still people i didn't know there, but in a branch you get to know everyone well. I have also been joking with other missionaries about being out for over 14 months and only having 2 districts. occasionaly someone will serve in the same district 2 times, but it isn't a real common event. now i am serving in my 2nd district for the 2nd time, I am loving it though. one missionary said i should request to go to the last area in the lake mills district. as fun as that would be, but i don't think it will happen.
I have worn my glasses for most of my mission, because i havent been able to keep contancts in for a long period of time with out my eyes going red, but recently they havent been bothering me too much and with contacts everyone has been telling me i look like i am 17. most of the ward members thought that i was a new missionary, and were surprised to hear i was senior. it was funny.
I have been getting excited for conferance. conferance as a missionary is great, it provides great teaching material, and is a great experiance for investigators. I have found that at things like conferance, as a missionary, it isn't just for me, but i go there for the people i am teaching as well. It is great to be a missionary and get the pespective of other peoples lives and wher they are at spiritually and helping them progress. It is interesting how a 20 year old can talk to people he has just met and have them open up everything about themselves, sometimes including things that the people won't even tell family members. It is a Remarkable learning experiance, and i think i finaly know why every young man is asked to serve a mission.
Thank you for all of your prayers and support, I am working hard and love you all.
Elder Lundberg
25 September 2006
24 September 2006
18 September 2006
Letter from Mark 18 Sep 2006
Dear Family,
Things have been going well. It has been starting to cool off the past few days, some leaves are begining to change colors. it is wierd to see the change in the weather again and be able to remember last year as a missionary at this time.
Transfers are up again on thursday (sept 21) And I will probably be going, so please send everything through the office. there is a posibility that i will stay, but most likely not.
Gas has steadily gone down here. we were paying over $3 a gallon for a while, but now it is just under $2.50. It is amazing how $3 will make $2.50 look cheep, but when i left $2.50 was expensive. actually, it was about the same price when i got to wisconsin last year.
I had a cool Experiance this morning. the seminary teacher got some old time cloths and asked me to dress up as Joseph Smith and tell the story as if I were him. She had the Idea, and asked her neighbor who was the seminary teacher last year what she thought and she recomended me(we had taught them and i did the joseph smith part) so we did that and afterward there were a few people that wanted pictures, so we got a lot of pictures. It was fun. I should be sending a lot of stuff home this week, including those pictures. If i don't get transfered i probably won't send it though.
This past week i got a call from someone in that lake mills ward that i didn't know (and she didn't know me or that i had served there,) telling me that one of the youth from that ward was in the Elkhorn Hospital, and the father needed help giving a blessing. the kids name is James Delory, he was in a soccer game as golie and had someone drive on him and he grabbed the ball as it got a little a head of the other player. the kid on the other team couldn't stop and tripped over him, kicking him in the head, and after that James counln't remember a thing. he kept asking what happened adn as soon as they finished telling him he wouldn say "oh, ok, i don't know if i have asked you,but can you tell me the play." they said he just had a concussion and that he should be ok. One of their sons came home from a mission while i was their is now married, and another one of their sons is leaving on a mission soon. It was neat to get to see them.
Thank you for all that you do. I love you all.
Elder Lundberg
Things have been going well. It has been starting to cool off the past few days, some leaves are begining to change colors. it is wierd to see the change in the weather again and be able to remember last year as a missionary at this time.
Transfers are up again on thursday (sept 21) And I will probably be going, so please send everything through the office. there is a posibility that i will stay, but most likely not.
Gas has steadily gone down here. we were paying over $3 a gallon for a while, but now it is just under $2.50. It is amazing how $3 will make $2.50 look cheep, but when i left $2.50 was expensive. actually, it was about the same price when i got to wisconsin last year.
I had a cool Experiance this morning. the seminary teacher got some old time cloths and asked me to dress up as Joseph Smith and tell the story as if I were him. She had the Idea, and asked her neighbor who was the seminary teacher last year what she thought and she recomended me(we had taught them and i did the joseph smith part) so we did that and afterward there were a few people that wanted pictures, so we got a lot of pictures. It was fun. I should be sending a lot of stuff home this week, including those pictures. If i don't get transfered i probably won't send it though.
This past week i got a call from someone in that lake mills ward that i didn't know (and she didn't know me or that i had served there,) telling me that one of the youth from that ward was in the Elkhorn Hospital, and the father needed help giving a blessing. the kids name is James Delory, he was in a soccer game as golie and had someone drive on him and he grabbed the ball as it got a little a head of the other player. the kid on the other team couldn't stop and tripped over him, kicking him in the head, and after that James counln't remember a thing. he kept asking what happened adn as soon as they finished telling him he wouldn say "oh, ok, i don't know if i have asked you,but can you tell me the play." they said he just had a concussion and that he should be ok. One of their sons came home from a mission while i was their is now married, and another one of their sons is leaving on a mission soon. It was neat to get to see them.
Thank you for all that you do. I love you all.
Elder Lundberg
11 September 2006
Letter from Mark 11 Sep 2006
Dear Family,
Things have been going well this week. We talked to the Hobson's, the family that wants their 9 year old son baptized and we have decided that we are going to first work on getting them to church regularly, then when the time is right he will be baptized, but i told him I would rather have it done right, and have to miss it, than to see his son baptised when he isn't ready. It was a good visit.
Our Zone is getting together today and doing a zone Preparation day. I'm not sure what we are going to be doing, but it has been a while since we went to milwaukee for preparation day, so it should be fun.
It was wierd to talk to Brandon Hill, he has called me a few times, he said "you will never guess who i am talking to on the phone", then he said "your sister" and told me how he ended up doing that. i was surised
I have a package that i will be sending sometime, but i might not send it untill next week, when i will know if/where i am getting transfered.
We went on an exchange with a member that served in this area about 4 years ago. he took us to go find some less-active members that nobody knew anything about. we got lost a few times, and each time ended up in a small town called Little Prarie, it has about 50-100 people in it. each time we would start saying, this looks familiar, then we realized where we were. it was annoying, but funny.
Elder Mangum and i are getting a long great. It makes missionarywork so much easier when you and your companion get along. it makes it nice to not have to argue what needs to be done. the only thing that we fight over is the piano it is basically a race to the piano when we have free time. I found a John schmidt book at a music store, and have been teaching myself "All of Me" I am slowly getting it. I love playing the piano now, i find it is getting easier, at least the hymns are. I think i can play them al lot better now after focusing on those for the past while.
There is a family that is on the border of the Elkhorn ward and the Lake mills Ward. lake mills changed their meeting time to a time when the father could't make it (he is a manager of an old navy and works some sunday evenings) so they are going to start comming to elkhorn so they can come as a family. It was fun to see them again. they said that i looked taller and they think i have grown. i don't think i have, but now I want to try to fing a way to check it. I think it is just that they havn't seen me in a while.
Thank you for all that you do. I love you all.
Elder Lundberg
Things have been going well this week. We talked to the Hobson's, the family that wants their 9 year old son baptized and we have decided that we are going to first work on getting them to church regularly, then when the time is right he will be baptized, but i told him I would rather have it done right, and have to miss it, than to see his son baptised when he isn't ready. It was a good visit.
Our Zone is getting together today and doing a zone Preparation day. I'm not sure what we are going to be doing, but it has been a while since we went to milwaukee for preparation day, so it should be fun.
It was wierd to talk to Brandon Hill, he has called me a few times, he said "you will never guess who i am talking to on the phone", then he said "your sister" and told me how he ended up doing that. i was surised
I have a package that i will be sending sometime, but i might not send it untill next week, when i will know if/where i am getting transfered.
We went on an exchange with a member that served in this area about 4 years ago. he took us to go find some less-active members that nobody knew anything about. we got lost a few times, and each time ended up in a small town called Little Prarie, it has about 50-100 people in it. each time we would start saying, this looks familiar, then we realized where we were. it was annoying, but funny.
Elder Mangum and i are getting a long great. It makes missionarywork so much easier when you and your companion get along. it makes it nice to not have to argue what needs to be done. the only thing that we fight over is the piano it is basically a race to the piano when we have free time. I found a John schmidt book at a music store, and have been teaching myself "All of Me" I am slowly getting it. I love playing the piano now, i find it is getting easier, at least the hymns are. I think i can play them al lot better now after focusing on those for the past while.
There is a family that is on the border of the Elkhorn ward and the Lake mills Ward. lake mills changed their meeting time to a time when the father could't make it (he is a manager of an old navy and works some sunday evenings) so they are going to start comming to elkhorn so they can come as a family. It was fun to see them again. they said that i looked taller and they think i have grown. i don't think i have, but now I want to try to fing a way to check it. I think it is just that they havn't seen me in a while.
Thank you for all that you do. I love you all.
Elder Lundberg
09 September 2006
Cross Country Cougar Challenge 08 Sept 2006.
The Cougar Challenge was hosted by Kearns High School, and included 5 high schools; Murray, Kearns, Payson, Lone Peak and Waterford.It was a nice facility at the Oquirrh Park adjacent to the Olympic Speedskating Oval. And except for a faulty starter's gun and a locked gate on the course that the JV runners had to hop, a really well-run and fun spectator event.
Allie (freshman) placed first in the Girls JV race!
Allie's time puts her on the varsity squad for the next meet, and she hopes to letter (must run two varsity events).
Here's a prediction: Allie will be really good if she decides to go for it, even with the disadvantage of my genes!
This smaller, out-of-focus photo shows the margin of Allie's vistory. The second place girl, who ran a good race, is the person about 50 yards back by the goal. Incidentally, Allison knows her from violin. Small world.
Julie and I agree that this was a fun sport to watch because you don't have wacky parents yelling at refs. Everyone supports one another and all appreciate a good effort.
Signed, Proud Papa
04 September 2006
Letter from Mark 04 Sept 2006
Dear Family,
This week has been good. we had Zone Conferance in Lake Mills on saturday. that was great. I got to stop by the harts and say Hi.
We are Getting close to having a 9 year old baptized. both his parents are members, but they don't come to church much. once they start comming to church he can be baptized. they have told us the last 3 weeks they are comming, but they havent yet. we even tried stopping by on sunday morning, but they didn't answer the door. they would like to have him baptized before i leave,which could be the 21st of this month. That isn't likely though, because they haven't been to church yet, and we don't want them just to come the minimum, then not come again later.
Elder mangum and i are getting along great, I am going to ask president to leave me here, but i don't know if he will because i have been here a long time.
well i got to go i don't have much time. i love you all.
Elder Lundberg
This week has been good. we had Zone Conferance in Lake Mills on saturday. that was great. I got to stop by the harts and say Hi.
We are Getting close to having a 9 year old baptized. both his parents are members, but they don't come to church much. once they start comming to church he can be baptized. they have told us the last 3 weeks they are comming, but they havent yet. we even tried stopping by on sunday morning, but they didn't answer the door. they would like to have him baptized before i leave,which could be the 21st of this month. That isn't likely though, because they haven't been to church yet, and we don't want them just to come the minimum, then not come again later.
Elder mangum and i are getting along great, I am going to ask president to leave me here, but i don't know if he will because i have been here a long time.
well i got to go i don't have much time. i love you all.
Elder Lundberg
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