MARCH 19 letter
hey everyone my mission is going amazing. this week has been such a blast.
Taylors- me and elder sommerfeldt went to the indian reservation.
with terry and judy taylor. it was way fun at the res we taught about
4 lesson and were able to learn about some native american stories
those were pretty cool. the taylors are and amzing couple they are
both half natvie american and they are kind of like are mission
grandparents here. brother taylor said that he really liked me he said
that i could just attract people to me. he said that he quite enjoied
being with me and that he would like to spend the whole day with us.
it was really nice to meet this couple.
miller family- this week we taught the miller family. it was quite
an amazing experience because deanna didnt think she would be ready
for baptism by april1st and she wanted to move her date back. we were
able to talk to her and told her she was ready to get baptised this
week. and amazingly she agreed. we still had to teach her son matthew
all the lessons so we met with them like 4 times this week. deanna is
a very shy person-even more shy then kandis! she doesnt like to show
her emotions at all. but this week while we were teaching mathhew we
bore our testimonies and during mine she started to cry it was quite
and amzing experience. at the end of our lesson matthew asked me to
baptise him. it was super awesome. this sunday the millers werent at
church at the begininng me and elder sommerfeldt were really worried
the devil had gotten to them. so we drove over to their house. when we
got there their car was there so we knew they were home. we rang their
doorbell and they didnt answer for awhile. matthew came to the door
and we realised that they had slept in this morning. and his mom was
still getting ready for church. we were relieved. after church we had
the baptisms. out of all of them me and matthew had to go first i was
super nervous that i was gonna mess up! (this was a big deal because
our bishop, stake president, and mission president scott and his wife
were there.) but i did everything perfectly i was nervous up until
matthew came out of the water. when he came up he had the biggest
smile on his face! thats when the spirit overcame me. it was powerful.
wu's- this week we met with the wus a few times as well. they came
to church on time. and were all dressed up and ready for church even
george. it was really sweet. this week in church george was amazing he
actually participated in singing time. it was sweet. oh also as a side
note this week we watched george play the piano it was amazing he can
play some hard songs he learned by listening to his sister play and he
memorizes the song in his mind. his sister is in a level 4 book. after
i had baptised matthew i was standing at the back of the font all wet
and watched all the wu's get baptised. they were baptised by brother
de jong. it was amazing the spirit was so powerful there.
derek- this week we ran into him and his girlfriend twice just
walking around downtown. this reminds me of how i used to be with
kandis all the time. but also we got his girlfriend to realize that
mormons were actually normal people. derek is a great investagator he
really understands and believes all the things about the gospel we
taught him the word of wisdom and law of chasity. he already does
these things... he is like perfect.
kira- kira is another chinese investagator. he loves learning he
has already listend to al the lessons and read the whole gospel
princapals manual. he has been to church the last three weeks. but one
problem is that his parents want him to wait to get baptised. in the
chinese culture whatever the father says is final.
so while i was talking to elder sommerfeldt the average missionary
baptizes 2 people a year.......and that 20% of the missionaries
baptize 80% of the people. i was shocked at this. i was like people
are goona be pissed at me. he was like yeah you have had more baptisms
then you have had weeks. hahaha this is our neew joke we share with
everyone. hey those picture that sister jones sent you you should send
those to everyone.i am having a blast out here all is going amazing! i
hope everyone one at home is doing great. i love hearing from
everyone. love elder strobel
hey everyone my mission is going amazing. this week has been such a blast.
Taylors- me and elder sommerfeldt went to the indian reservation.
with terry and judy taylor. it was way fun at the res we taught about
4 lesson and were able to learn about some native american stories
those were pretty cool. the taylors are and amzing couple they are
both half natvie american and they are kind of like are mission
grandparents here. brother taylor said that he really liked me he said
that i could just attract people to me. he said that he quite enjoied
being with me and that he would like to spend the whole day with us.
it was really nice to meet this couple.
miller family- this week we taught the miller family. it was quite
an amazing experience because deanna didnt think she would be ready
for baptism by april1st and she wanted to move her date back. we were
able to talk to her and told her she was ready to get baptised this
week. and amazingly she agreed. we still had to teach her son matthew
all the lessons so we met with them like 4 times this week. deanna is
a very shy person-even more shy then kandis! she doesnt like to show
her emotions at all. but this week while we were teaching mathhew we
bore our testimonies and during mine she started to cry it was quite
and amzing experience. at the end of our lesson matthew asked me to
baptise him. it was super awesome. this sunday the millers werent at
church at the begininng me and elder sommerfeldt were really worried
the devil had gotten to them. so we drove over to their house. when we
got there their car was there so we knew they were home. we rang their
doorbell and they didnt answer for awhile. matthew came to the door
and we realised that they had slept in this morning. and his mom was
still getting ready for church. we were relieved. after church we had
the baptisms. out of all of them me and matthew had to go first i was
super nervous that i was gonna mess up! (this was a big deal because
our bishop, stake president, and mission president scott and his wife
were there.) but i did everything perfectly i was nervous up until
matthew came out of the water. when he came up he had the biggest
smile on his face! thats when the spirit overcame me. it was powerful.
wu's- this week we met with the wus a few times as well. they came
to church on time. and were all dressed up and ready for church even
george. it was really sweet. this week in church george was amazing he
actually participated in singing time. it was sweet. oh also as a side
note this week we watched george play the piano it was amazing he can
play some hard songs he learned by listening to his sister play and he
memorizes the song in his mind. his sister is in a level 4 book. after
i had baptised matthew i was standing at the back of the font all wet
and watched all the wu's get baptised. they were baptised by brother
de jong. it was amazing the spirit was so powerful there.
derek- this week we ran into him and his girlfriend twice just
walking around downtown. this reminds me of how i used to be with
kandis all the time. but also we got his girlfriend to realize that
mormons were actually normal people. derek is a great investagator he
really understands and believes all the things about the gospel we
taught him the word of wisdom and law of chasity. he already does
these things... he is like perfect.
kira- kira is another chinese investagator. he loves learning he
has already listend to al the lessons and read the whole gospel
princapals manual. he has been to church the last three weeks. but one
problem is that his parents want him to wait to get baptised. in the
chinese culture whatever the father says is final.
so while i was talking to elder sommerfeldt the average missionary
baptizes 2 people a year.......and that 20% of the missionaries
baptize 80% of the people. i was shocked at this. i was like people
are goona be pissed at me. he was like yeah you have had more baptisms
then you have had weeks. hahaha this is our neew joke we share with
everyone. hey those picture that sister jones sent you you should send
those to everyone.i am having a blast out here all is going amazing! i
hope everyone one at home is doing great. i love hearing from
everyone. love elder strobel
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