Everything always works out when you tell the truth.

5 March 2012

Dear Family,

This week has been great! To start off the week we had an exchange with the zone leaders so I got to spend two days with my trainer Elder Stewart! I was fun to talk to him again because I hadn't really talked to him since he was transferred but, he is still doing well and he gets to speak more Spanish in his new area. I wished he could've stayed longer. Stewart was the bomb! We went and painted Loannva's front door while Stewart was here so he was able to see her and Loannva loves her door. She is so funny. She talks all gangster-like even though she is almost 60 and she was acting out the way Elder Rudd acts and how Elder Stewart acts in front of Elder Ika and me.

The other night we went and had dinner at the O’Hara’s and afterward she had us move some furniture to her garage. While were moving things we found a weight bench and a bunch of weights and immediately we asked if we could borrow it. She said yes and now we have an Olympic bar and all kinds of weights for it. We are going to get so jacked now! That night we brought all the weights and everything home and right away the other elders came over and we all maxed-out on bench. I benched 235, the most I have ever done. It must be the missionary strength that you get out on missions that eventually becomes old man strength. After we did that we tried to organize everything in our apartment so we could have room to work out with all our new equipment. As we were getting ready to go to bed we heard this big ruckus coming from upstairs so we got really quiet and listened and we heard the lady above us yell "don't touch my stuff" and then a little later we heard "get the heck out of my house" then there was a big commotion down the stairs so we hurried and turned off all the lights and looked through the blinds. We saw her boyfriend slam the door and then do an awkward move throwing something at the door. He then walked to his car, lit up a cig and called her on the phone where they argued over him breaking the door. Then he left in his car and 5 min later he came back and knocked on her door. They argued for a while using lots of profanity and then she told him to leave and she shut the door. He didn't like that so he busted the door down and left and she started crying hysterically like she was back in the 6th grade and someone had just hurt her feelings. It was so immature of both of them but it was insane, and while all this was going on Elder Rudd and I watched and heard the whole thing. We have most of it on camera, haha. After the guy broke the door we called the cops and they came out and looked at the damage, filing a claim. We were shocked! It is probably the craziest thing I have seen on my mission!

We have a new family that we are teaching that are looking to be very promising they are Brett, Brittany, and Ethan. Brett is a mason and really enjoys learning new things and studying to know the truth for himself. The church and the book of Mormon are perfect for him.

Jim came to our apartment this week and said that he wanted to become a good Mormon and he is willing to change everything. I brought him inside and he and I had a good talk and I told him what he needs to do to straighten up his life so hopefully he follows the guidance I gave him. I told him that he needs to gain the trust of people because no one trusts him and so once he gains the trust of people they will be more willing to help him. Being trust worthy is one of the greatest qualities that you can have. I am grateful for the examples in my life that have shown me how to be trust worthy because everything always works out when you tell the truth.

Baby Georgia is the cutest baby in the whole wide room! No, just kidding, she is the cutest baby in the whole world! I love looking at all the pictures and she is already smiling a little bit. Is she a really happy baby? Has she even cried yet?

It sounds like fun being in California with Whitney, Garrett and the baby! I will probably go live with Whitney when I get home so I can be close to my new niece and always have nice weather, haha.

I got an antibiotic for the rash on my face and it did nothing. My eye just got worse so I called the doctor again today and he was going to send me to a doctor in town.

My ankle is doing really well. I just bought a really good brace today. I had bought one at Wal-Mart but it sucked so I went to this medical store that sells walkers, crutches etc., and they had a really nice one so I bought it. It was $32. It will show up on your gold card but it was 30% off. Awesome right!

We have not gotten a new apartment. I am mad. They are taking forever. It will probably never get done because the guys that are doing it are lazy and keep having other projects come up. But we got a new couch this week and it makes our apartment feel so much better and nicer. The other couch was deep down dirty!

We go to bed every night at 10:30 and get up by 6:30 and I have yet to take a nap. I have the best sleep ever! I am so tired that as soon as my head hits the pillow I am asleep.

Transfers are in two weeks and I feel like I will stay with Elder Rudd for one more transfer.

I will probably send back my IPod so you can put some more stuff on it like talks and some classical instrumental music because some of the music is just annoying like Eclipse. I can't stand them, haha. The Spanish music is great and George Dyer is the bomb. He was my primary teacher.

We are going to Costco with the Kenley’s tomorrow in Harrisburg because they have a Costco card and we will be in Harrisburg for zone conference.

Love you family!! I hope you have a great week with the baby!

Elder Mouritsen