June 4, 2012
Dear family,
This week was really really slow and there is
not too much to report.
We started the week off last Monday by going
and hitting golf balls. It was the first
time that I have actually swung a golf club so you can imagine that I was a
little rusty and my left pointer finger got a huge blister. It was really
fun though. It made me miss golfing and my own golf clubs. Oh, I hate
holidays as a missionary! They always interfere with our normal email
time, which screws up the rest of the week.
After Monday and Tuesday we worked hard
trying to find some new people to teach. Now that the Kramer’s are baptized we don't
really have any other good investigators that are progressing. We tried
to visit with Chester several times but he kept saying that it was a bad time
and then one day we even decided to go to his house and knock on his door and
he finally answered. He told us that he wanted to be honest with us and
told us that he does want to stop doing all the bad things that he is doing but
that it wasn't a good time for him. So who knows when his time will come
to be baptized because he knows it’s true he just hasn't given up his
addictions.
We also tried to meet with Brett and Brittany
this week because they were progressing and doing well for a while but they
never wanted to meet with us this week. Then, yesterday Brittany called
me and told me the whole situation and everything that had been going on which
was a lot more than I really wanted to hear. However, she told us that
she was having problems with her ex-husband regarding the custody of her kids.
She is also having problems with Brett being to mean to her kids and her kids
don't like Brett at all anymore. So, her solution to all these problems
is that she is going to sneak her kids out of the state and go back to live
with her family in Illinois. She told us to keep working with Brett and,
as for her, I told her that there are missionaries everywhere and they can come
teach you. She said her family wouldn't like that but then she told me
that she was really happy that we had come into their lives. She said
that she could feel a change in her and her relationship with Brett became
better. She said it has given her a lot to think about. The seed is
planted and hopefully some other missionaries can reap the reward. What
Brittany is doing might be illegal but we are missionaries and don't tell
anyone anything.
Actually, I sometimes think about that.
Missionaries would be the best undercover cops because people tell us
everything! If the success of a mission was based on how many people you
put in jail then missions would be a lot easier haha, not saying that we
have turned anyone in or would. There was a missionary in the past that I
heard about who threatened to turn one of his investigators in to the cops for
possession of marijuana if he didn't get baptized but that missionary got sent
home.
That is awesome that Taylor got a 4.0 in college!
That is quite an accomplishment! It’s pretty crazy that Brady is
graduating; we are all getting so old! Are Brady and Taylor still playing
golf a lot?
That is cool that Garrett came to Utah and
visited you guys! He is a good guy and I am glad that he is my brother in
law. He has set a great example for me. I sometimes wonder what
Garrett was like on his mission and what kind of missionary he was. I am
guessing he was very goal oriented and accomplished many things.
I refilled my prescription and my eyes look
pretty much better now!:)
Well family I love you and I hope that Vegas
was fun!
Love Elder Mouritsen
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